Evening star., 1919-10-03
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 3-Carrying .
two-game lead. the Cincinnati Reds
today invaded the home territory Of
the Chicago White Sox for the third
contest OF the world series-the game
many base ball men believe virtually
will decide whether the American
serious contenders for the champion.
ship.
g. Weather Is Fine.
It appeared as though the weather
man who rules over the destinies o3
the Chicago realm refused to be out
done by his contemporary at Cincin-
for base ball as either Of the two
days In the Ohio city. A capacity crowd
Of about $500 Ii Indicated by the ad-
vance sale Of reserved seats and the
rush for the pavilion and bleacher
The teams, accompanied by some
1000 Cincinnati rooterh arrived this
morning on more than q dozen trains,
the Reds confident that they wl1 re-
turn to Ohio Sunday night. possesstA
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Players Al Primsd
"fhe boys All slept well and 80.
ready to put up the Same kind Of bail
here that they displayed in Cincih-.
" after his asgregation arrived
Manager Gleason also reported that
every man on his team was feeling In
great shape. -.
before the series started. Now the
Same odds prevail on the Reds: How
ever. the followers of Comiskey's
team were confident that today's
contest would be the beginning Of
9 On % todays game game i there e' were s0 some
bets at even money but in most cases
the White Sox adherents demanded,
odds. .-..s-,
Kerr May Oppose Ring.
Manager Gleason Of the sox an
ncunced his intention to send Dick Kerr.
the sensational foung left handler. to the
mound. - r-r
For the Reds Manager Moran nm
doubtedly win pick 'tJim' Ring or
'1lod'. Elier, both right-handers and
both stars Of the Reds pennant CAM
paign. Ring Ii regarded as first choice.
First Fan in Line.
Fans began gathering at the base
ball park last night. waiting in line
to purchase the general admission
tickets placed on sale at 10 o'clock
this morning. The first fan appeared
at the park at sac o'clock yesterday
afternoon and shortly afterward
others arrived. By midnight moro
than q hundred were in line. and all
night the ticket seekers increased
The bleacher sells for $1.10 and pa
vilion space for 1920, including war
tax. No person was allowed to pur-
chase more than one ticket. and after
receiving the pasteboard was re-
There are 10000 bleacher tickets and
reserved seats were sold in advance.
Grows to 10000.
Daylight saw 5000 fans gathered at
the bleacher and pavilion gates, but
by the time the portals were actually
thrown wide fully 10000 lined the
streets leading to tn the park park; poiiIs n,,
sides, while sailors and marines as
sisted the officers Of the law.
At breakfast time the habit OF
holding place" while its occupant
grabbed sandwiches and coffee became
specting the ownership Of place"
was observed rigidly.
nv o'clock the sale price OF a place.
in the line was 81, but by $3.50 this
had been increased to 20.
Disabled Soldier First In.
when the gates were opened the
first man to enter the pavilion was
poland RYAN, a wounded soldier, from
Fort Sheridan, who had been in line
ali night Ryans home is at Elyria,
Ohio, and he is recuperating from
wounds received in the Argonne with
the 37th Division of the United States
Army.
Yesterday evening and prepared for
the long siege by providing himself
with a soap box for seat. He had
q small basket Of lunch and a pocket
full of cigarettes.
Bleachers Fill Early.
At noon the far reaches of bleacher
stands showed q mass Of humanity,
while the left field pavilion was ala
most filled and the remainder Of the
seats were being rapidly
occupied. @
A band occupied q position near
third base and entertained the crowds.
At 12:1b q duo of popular song vocal
lists with large megaphones became
busy repeating their selections to
the various stands. -.
Crowd Cheers Teams.
The Reds made their appearance ON
he field at 12:40 and stuck close to
heir dugout. They were closely fol.
owed by the White Sox. who imme.
lately began batting practice. The
.rowd cheered both teams, IauAnSHl
lerved up bendetS to the 03a0na1