The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-26
CINCINNATI IS
READY TO OPEN
FINAL SERIES
Red Officials Have Practically
Completed Plans for Big
Event.
(By Associated Press)

10y Associated HFeSS)
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Sept. 26-Base-
ball enthusiasts from all parts of the
country will come to Cincinnati to see
the Cincinnati Nationals and the Chi
cago White Sox clash in the World
series games, If letters requesting seat
reservations and hotel accommoda-
tons can be relied upon.
President Garry" Hermann Of the
Cincinnati Nationals was besieged for
weeks in advance Of the closing of
the National league season for tickets
for the games by Cincinnati followers
of the Reds, and by fans from every
section of the country, who desired to
witness the games to be played in this
city. Hotels also reported that hun
dreds Of requests for rooms had been
received. To give every attention and
convenience to visitors during the
worlds series, the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce planned to cooperate
with the Cincinnati club management.
Acting on the request Of President
August Hermann, the convention and
publicity department Of the Chamber
Of Commerce named special commit
tee Of five to devise means for best
meeting the desires Of Mr.. Hermann.
The committee arranged to establish
a hotel bureau, in charge of compe-
tent staff, to look after all requests for
accommodations. 1t was decided to
list every available hotel room, and to
add to these accommodations a survey
of every room in boarding houses and
private residences where visitors
could be lodged All these rooms were
to be inspected in advance, so there
could be no question concerning their
desirability.
Word was sent to Washington, D. c.,
requesting the cooperation OF the
railroad administration in the matter
of obtaining desirable parking places
for special Pullman cars carrying
large private parties to the games. 1t
was expected that many visitors would
utilize their cars for sleeping purposes
while in the city, providing they had
parking places.
Arrangements also were in prepare
ton for suitable parking places for
the automobiles of out-of-town visitors
and for parking places in the vicinity
OF the baseball park during the games
To Protect Fans.
For the protection of patrons visit
ing Cincinnati and Chicago during the
playing OF the series. detectives who
are specialists in dealing with PICK
pockets and auto thieves will be very
active in both cities. A large number
of Chicago plain clothes men will be
on duty here while the teams are IN
Cincinnati, and in turn the local eX
perts will mingle with the crowds
when the scene shifts to Chicago.
Time was when the pickpocket clans
gathered from the four quarters of the
coutry to follow the pennant winning
baseball teams to the fields OF the
worlds series combats. But times
have changed, say the police, and now
it is easier to steal automobiles thar
TO extract a fat purse from the pocket
of an excited fan.
In three days of world series con
tests between the Chicago Cubs ant
Boston Red Sox in Chicago last year
the police arrested So suspected pick
pockets and auto thieves. Nearly 1O'
motor cars were driven away from
the vicinity OF the baseball park b!
persons not their owners. The ma
jority were recovered, but many Were
not.