The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
CLEVE,L. FANS TO
HONOR IT'S INDIANS
Mayor Requests All Citizens
to Urge Their Team to
Victory.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Oct. T.---Despite TIVE
defeats by the Brooklyn team. winners
OF the National League perrant The
Cleveland Indiana. the American IeaT'e
rha51rio.ls ard cortenders In the worlds
Championship series. viii receive bis
ovation from tho,sands OF Cleveland
farm when the team reaches home to-
morrow to begin fonr game series here
with tbs Dodgers. bs-in-!n- Saturday.
Mayor w. s. Fitzgera,; gave an o.
fetal aspect to the waicosie home by Is
suing n proclamation to day calling fpon
Cleyela rdars to do bosor to their team.
'"rhey viii vin the aeries " Cleveland
bscka them as II backed them In the
pcnraut fight" said his proc!srnstion.
II ask that Cleveland or Friday show In
every way pcss,ble It's appreciation"
The proclamation ciocss with the sug-
ycStion that automobile si-srs nnS fac
terry whistles no sounded at noon ito
Urge the team to victory"
Thousands OF fans are expected ~
thrcng tho station when tho team
reZrhes home end a decentralization Is
looked FOR 20 outdo anything OF the
kind the city has eyer Witnessed.
1t was expected tonight that Manager
Speaker and hin men would reach here
about Q O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Tho distribution OF box and reserved
continued to-day. long .nos OF fans
fling part the ticket Windows from 3
A. NJ until s r. NJ. Business Manager
Barnard OF tho local club estimated
tonight that more than 10 per cent.
OF the box and res4rved seats had been
called for. The distribution will con-
tinuo tomorrow.
Drs,tic steps TO check the "scalping"
of worlds SERIES tickets were taken by
officials of the Cleveland club to-day
following Information from Columbus
that two tickets FOR oil four games. orig
inaI,y allotted to Cleveland man. had
hssn sod In Columbus for $40. The
original price of the pair OF tickets was
y35.yc
Not only these two Tickets a state
mont of the club officials said, but six
tickets allotted to three other persons
whose names were submitted by the
C.ey.;snc man Will he cancelled and the
purchase price refunded upon the return
Of the tickets
The atatsment gives the numbers OF
thass tickets. and the public Is warned
not u ~, chase any OF them. They viii
loo stopped IT tho gate. IL possible. but II
the holders Of theye tickets get past the
gate they Will End the seats wired so
that il wiz be impossible TO occupy them.
No ticket ~-csIp.nz'' has been In EVIL
ecnco In the Vicinity OF tho park since
the slio.rnent OF tickets begsn, but II
was 81 IA there was considerable selling
Of t,ehrts In downtown cigar stores and
hotol lebbiss
Ind.ytd,,ai fann OF small means who
hsd TO buy two tickets for cscN OF the
four gsrncs aud VINO hsd only expected
70 use one or two poddlec their surplus
tickets among their friends. and rome
Of them wcre not above turning a profit
on tSo "urloAdirg" process
Club officials announced tonight they
wcre r7aS.ug cvery effort 70 End trace OF
"scaiplnR' by either amateur or proFes-
sicnsls. II have had tveaty men ont
to-day trying 70 buy tickets to discover
whether the tickets have boon bought %
an Investment" business Manager Bar
nard said.