New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-09
New York Fans
Reflect Shock
OF 2 Defeats

Indications about town last night
were that while New York fans had
not quit on the Giants, their enthusi-
ssm had received somewhat OF shock
by the loss Of the opening two games
in Chicago.
Baseball bettors who wanted TO take
n short end fier on the Giants were
offered 4 and In some cases 70 !
last night, but there was not much bet
ting. The majority Of the baseball
gamblers were willing TO abide by their
original wagers, and those who wanted
10 hedge found that it required the
hazard of too considerable outlay.
Woodland Bards Here
Both ball clubs reached New York
last night, the Giants coming in on r
special train at $3.50 o'clock and the
Sox arriving at o'clock. Comiskey's
famous organization. the Woodland
Bards, arrived with the White Sex, and
preceded by band Of fifty pieces they
paraded into the Hotel Biltmore, their
shouts and music overshsdowing the
roar Of traffic.
To-day $4,000 seats were to be sold,
and the indications were that they
would be taken and the Polo Grounds
filed when the two teams began play
at o'clock. approximately $4,000 res
haIn
gates were TO be thrown open at 10
o'clock to-day.
In Broadway circles il was believed
that to-day's game would be the turn
ing point in the series. If the Giants
lost again, it was conceded their case
was hopeless, but it was believed if
they could win to-day and Wednesday
there was still chance that MsGraw's
club could upset precedent and capture
the worlds greatest baseball honors.
The bettors who had placed their
wagers on individual performances dur
ing the series were bewailing the fact
that Heinie zimmerman and Benjamin
Kauff were apparently far off their
stride. After Zim's first long drive TO
the outfield in his first appearance at the
bat in Chicago Saturday he had failed
10 even move the ball out Of the infield.
Likewise Kauf had lifted the ball in
the air on his various appearances At
the plate in n manner that was most
discouraging 10 his many New York
well wishers.
II was, in fact, that inability of the
middle of the Giants batting order 10
hit 20 form that was pointed out as the
reason the Giants had twice lost.
Writers at BiItmore
Press arrangements, under the su-
pervision of w. J. Macbeth, of the
New York Chapter of Baseball Writ
ers, provide for several hundred reser-
vstions at the ringside, with telegraph
wires radiating to every city In the
country. The writers opened headquar-
tiers yesterday at the Hotel Biltmore,
with John Dorgan, the well known
pugilistic impresaTio, in charge.
Thousands of baseball fans from
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New
England States are in the city for the
two games. The majority of these had
obtained reservations in advance and
we're stunning the spectators. 1t was
reported yesterday that few tickets
were TO be procured from the well
known Broadway "scalpers," but those
which had fallen into the hands of the
ticket sharks were being held for ex-
orbitant prices, with chance of the
scale suddenly lowering in the event of
a declination of interest in the Sox and
Giants.
One SPECTATOR yesterday asked $40
for two box seats for both games, and
another held two seats for the opening
game st S35.
An army Of Chicago war correspond
ents accompanied their team East and
took quarters at the Hotel Ansonia,
where the Sox will stay during the