The Washington times., 1920-10-05

record for crashing the gates at all
big sporting events, explained that he
was not quite up to date on the base
ball stuff, but is willing to learn.
II just came in from phe Dempsey
Miske night at Benton Harbor." he eN-
planned land Mr.. Hype 1goe kindly
obliged by getting me job with
Harry stevens over here today. |
don't know what I'm supposed to sell,
but I'm In here, amt /? That's the
big idea. A lJfta guys with plenty OF
lack can't get in, can they? But m
in"
NEVER MISSED A TRICK.
"one-eyed" Connolly is forty-one
years old today and never missed
trick. SAY" he yelled, "where's this
Tammany Young? They tell me ne :
got the local crashing records. but
where is he today? Nowhere. came
all the way from Benton Harbor in
side door pullman and here i am hid
ing behind a sack of peanuts ana see
ing the series for nothing.
So saving, Mr.. Connolly blew along
rather proud of his white hat and
Jacket. but bemoaning the fact that
there were no customers to be hao-
At that hour squire Ebbets had not
opened the gates and the only pros
pective peanut buyers were number
of hard boiled" telegraph operators
who wanted credit.
To borrow phrase from the So
ciety editor OF the leading Brooklyn
publiction. the world series opened
bright and fair here this morning.
few scurrying clouds that worried
squire" Ebbets,' as he ate his preak-
ia It of an-arm chair in the clubroem
hlnWn bN
a cool wind from the northwest and
a benevolent Indian, summer sun
warmed UP the customers who stood
in line in the streets bounding the
baseball park, patiently awaiting the
arrival of the National CGnmissions
hirelings. who are trusted with the
responsibility of opening the portals.
NO BAND ON HAND.
The only gate open up to 1880
o'clock was the official entrance for
the accommodate ton OF employees, play
ers. scribes and other cuff customers
The scribes and telegraph pharisees
were on the job early, but local color
was lacking until noon.
This is the first worlds series ever
MIA we'd without band. On all otherN
such festive occasions the band has
opeped the program. -Four years ago,
in this very town, band played
diraes while spectators succumbed
TO cold and were frozen stiff
That was before the days OF prohi-
bition. There will be no deaths from
exposure today for two reasons: One
is because it isn't very cold. The
other Is because the fans have now
ACQUIRED the habit of having some
thing on the hip,
a l.,s To-, ,,,,NE
weIl-known Brooklyn expert. that the
Musicians Union is trying to get
sometLng on this series. II the horn
tooters can prove that the games are
not on the level they Will have a
club to WELD on the magnates in the
future.
EARLY BIRDS IN LINE.
The squire" was looking for favor
able weather signs, but what his gaze
was a thin line of hud-
died forms extending down Cedar
place to ihe bleacher entrance. The
inevitable ( <early ~birds" were even
then forming for an assault that was
not TO take place until eight or ten
hours later
Several young men claimed the dis
tinctiou OF being the first TO knock
al the Ebbets Field portals for gen
cral admission ~ the opening game
OF the world sAries between the
nrooklyn and cleveland teams to-
day. They were all anxious to give
their names and addresses and stand
for rlashlight photographs. one, who
carried n camp chair. said he wqs the
FIRST in line, hut during an unSuarded
and aleepy moment he wa1 dis
possessed and woke UP TO find HIM
self In the middle OF street.
Activities within did not cease un-
I'll long after the walls OF Ebbcts
FIELD were banked with sleepy fans
who held tickets for general admis-
sion to the 81 and 81 seats Many
OF tkaR same fans had stood in line