Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-04
CLEVELAND READY FOR
THE WORLDS SERIES
10000 Requests Received for
Tickets for Games to BE Played
in Indian City.
10y Associated Press.l

CLEVELAND. OHIO. Oct. 3.--Thou-
sands OF Cleveland baseball fans were
down tonight to welcome Iris
speaker and the Cleveland Indians.
winners of the American League PEN
nant. when they arrived home from
Detroit. After years of patient wait
/ ing, Cleveland is at last 10 see an
American League pennant and per-
| hapS the world champion ilaS iioat
| from the masthead ut League Park.
! james {. Dunn, president Of the In
| dams, today wired his conEratula-
| tons TO Manager Speaker as follows:
MY sincere congratulations 10 YOU
ana ali members OF the team. | am
sharpening the tomahawks and am
| sure We will scalp the Dodgers. You
fought fairly and squarciy and de-
serve the chan 1ionship."
For foriy-iwo years Cleveland has
been represented In some major
league, the last twenty years in the
American League. but not until this
season did any Of its TWO score teams
come near the pcnnant.
In 100: the Cicvcland's. LED by Pat
Tebcau, finished first lin the last half
OF the season. the season being di-
y,ided, Boston winning the first half.
IN the poSt-ScaSou Roston won.
Lost ny Half Gnn,e In IaOS.
In 1905 Cleveland lost the American
League pcnnant by half a game.
Through all these years the Clevc-
10 the team. and now that the Indians
nave won the championship the next
10 All is the worlds title that begins
III brooklyn next Tuesday.
When Ray Chapman. the teams star
ShortStop. was killed in New York
last August, the victim OF a pitched
oali, the Indians slumpcd badly, not
caring whethcr-ihey won the pcnnant
or finished last.
1t took nearly two weeks for them
to recover, from the shock, Then they
We're told by Manager Speaker that
they must carry on for Chappic's
SAKE. They took heart, made Il
squirt from third place. which ended
III winning the pcnnant at Detroit
closed.
l.. :. Barnard, business manager Of
the team, today announced the ar
.hnESmcniS for ;he sale OF tickets to
ira precautions having been taken 10
prevent tickets from falling into the
hands of Scalpers.
10000 HcIncsts far Tickets.
several weeks ago. when IL an
peafeu Cleveland would win the pen
nnht: the management requested that
-. 49,, tans desiring reserved seats for
for tickets by mali. Nearly 10000 re-.
quests were received.
me 1858 reserved seats have been
m!otteI IN pairs 20 rams who sent in
written applications Nine Thousand
general admission tickets at 81 each
Will be sold ut the park each Iow
WnSn the gates open.
Inc S;3l2 lucky fans will receive
notices from the club in a day or Two
mat each Will receive two seats for
cach OF the four games hcrc-cir-ht
tickets To all. No person will receive
morr; no applicant less than thai
muin"tr. No seats will be sold for
i!st one or two Eames--thcy must
ne taken for the series. No choice of
seats is possible. as the lG,6ai ro-
Svr.ed seHs were allotted in pairs,
'Ns' rs thcy We're counted out.
49, box seats So Ench
he ticket notice allotmcntS will
each contain card bearing a serial
NUMBER and Il place for signature. aud
address Tho recipients VIM bring
M r".s ho'ice 10 the park, where the
number, signature and address ON tho
card Will be compared with the nur,-
Der, signature and address On .bo
original application. II these corrc-
sIohu me ran will receive eight rc-
served tickets for the series aiio,ied
TO him. paying at that timr thc fnii
Price Tor whatever seats placed in his
envelope. II he draws box seats hc
must pay $3.50, for the eight tickets
80 each ana 80 cents war tax. IL he
eoTdingly.. Reserved seats other thnn
boxes VIII cost $3.50, $500 ana 81.
according 10 location. This covers in
encn case the price OF two seats nj
war tax '"'cs
League Park seating capacity has
e e carefully checked up and the
following figures announced: 1887
Don seats. at So each: 4.3a7 reserved
seats: at - each: 4,T32 reserved sears
At 81 each; 5.5TS reserved seats
* each: 5000 general admission ~
81 each. ''"' III
The. management hopes to start fine
81 ttS,rrion,'on OF tickets by the middle