The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
MYRIAD FANS SEEK
RESERVATIONS FOR
THE WORLD SERIES
Cincinnati Offices DeIuged by
Appeals for Coveted Paste.
boards--Herrmann Has Big
Job Ahead of Him.

N INCTNNATI, Sept, 9s.--Base-
ball enthusiasts from an
parts Of the country wilt
come to Cincinnati 10 sea the
HIm Cincinnati Nationals and the
WMNM Chicago White soS clash In
AESNG4 the world series games, az let
EA% tiers requesting seat reserva-
- tons and hotel aecommods-
tons can DO relied upon.
President Carry Hermann. Of the
Cincinnati Nationals, was besieged weeks
IN advance OF the closing OF the Ma
tonal 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 withesa
the games to be played in this city. Hoo
tells also reported that hundreds Of re-
quests for rooms had been received,
To give every attention and conven-
'enoe to visitors during the worlds
tt"ies games, the Cincinnati chamber
81 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 a special committee
OF five to devise means for best meet.
ing the desires Of Mr.. Hermann
The committee arranged TO establish
hotel bureau In charge Of cornpe-
lSHl HlhlIl W lVOh hIteI all TeQueGI3
accommodations. It was decided to list
every available hotel room, and to add
to these accommodations a survey OF
every room In boarding houses and pri-
vate residences where visitors could be
lodged. All these rooms were to be
inspected in advance so there could be
20 question concerning their desira-
bility.
Word was sent to Washington, D. c.,
requesting the cooperation OF The rail-
road administration in the matter OF OBJ
tanning desirable parking places for
special Pullman cars carrying large pri.
vate parties to the games. II was ex,
pected 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.
Watch for Dips.
For the protection Of patrons visiting
| Cincinnati' and Chicago during the plays
| ing Of the series, detectives who are
specialists in dealing with pickpockets
and auto thieves will be very active
| In both cities. A large number Of Chi
| cago plain clothes men will be on duty
/ mere WlllC the IediIlS are III SiLtlhiidti
and in turn the local experts will min
gle with the crowds when the scene
shifts to Chicago.
Time was when the pickpocket clans
gathered from the four quarters OF the
country to follow the pennant. winning
| baseball teams to the fields Of world S
series combats But times have changed,
say the police, and now 1t Is easier 70
steal automobiles than to extract q fat
purse from the pocket OF an excited
| fan,
The professional dip still attends
worlds championship battles, but his
profession has fallen into decay The
one time adept at shipping q sparklei
from a scarfpin whose artful methods
combined courage and a sort OF leger-
| domain Is as scarce as radium, accord
ing to detectives.
Picking pockets always was hazard
GUS ana stealing automobiles has be.
come profitable with even less element
Of risk So the pickpocket fraternity
has lost many members to the easier
means Of unlawful profit, say the plair
clothes men.