Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-09


sered twelve safe blows off the four
The score;
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BY Associated Press.
Cleveland, Oct. Baseball pride
smouldering in the hearts Of Cleve-
lands baseball fans thru forty-two
years Of championship aspirations
blazed into a furry of excitement to-
day for the fourth game okthe world
I. series between Brooklyn and Cleve-
land Other cities have beene accus-
toned to world series, perhaps, but
this is Clevelands first and every
thing has been forgotten save one
thing baseball. Two Ohioans. fight
tns for the presidency has MP inter-
oct to Cleveland today. Ths para
4 mount. question is baseball wherever
crowds fcpngregate. Every incoming
tSntu dpmpeH tn load Of fans into
tho cify and early Indications were
that 4 capacity crowd Of $1,000 per-
sons would witness today's game.
A1tho Brooklyn has the edge OF
one game, the; Indians will battle on
: their own reservation today and fig
ure they will play IN improved form.
"Early Birds Catch Tickets"
The sun rose on league park today
with Edward Fox, Of Proctor, VT,
holding first place in the ticket lind.
Fox took up his station at 2:15
o'clpck yesterday afternoon, carry
ing. a large box which, he said, con-
tnined his supper, his midnight
lunch, his breakfast and his lunch for
today.
Fox, who came all the way from
Seattle. WASH, to see the game,
,..lanced at the rapidly growing line
hehind him.
They're wise birds,' he said
That's the only system; the early
bird catches the ticket"
Others began lining up soon after
Fox planted himself on a box in
frontSof the ticket window. A Clevel
land fan dropped in to second place
and Edward Brown, Of YOUNGSTOWN
O.,~took up third. Behind Brown
came the first woman in line. She
was Miss Julia Kelly, of Bridgeport
Conn, who, with her escQpt, saN
s they were friends Of Steve O'Neill
the catching "aSe" of the Cleveland
club.
Curb on Sealpers.
Downtown Cleveland was honey.
combed with ticket scalpers despite
every effort made to halt thern. F'if-
tY agents Of the Cleveland club, per.
. g6nally directed by President Dunn
were scattered in the hotel lobbie:
ready to take up any ticket Offered
for sale for more than face value.
Federal authorities and the police
also were on guard. Altho no arrest:
rnlling tickets at prices ranging
sf,om $3.50 to $3.50 for sets of four
Individual tickets sold from s15 tt
$i0.
Batting Order For Today.
The batting order for today's game
follows:
Cleveland - Jameson, left field;
Wambsganss, second base; Speaker
center field; Smith, right field
Gardner, third base; w. Johnston
first base, Sewell stortstop; C'Neill
catch; Eoyeleskie, pitch.
Brooklyn - Olson, shortstop: J
Johnston. third base; Griffith, right
field: Wheat, left field; Myers, cen
ter field: Konetchy, first base; Kill
duff, second base; Miller, catch;
Cadore. pitch.
Umpires: Deneen at plate: Klein
ut first; Connolly at second, anG
O'Day at third.
CoNeleskie Picked.
Stanley Coveleskie, Polish apostle
Of the moistened ball, stood prepared
to feed the poison pill to the unsus-
pecting National Leaxuers.
All Cleveland came to League park
today, or tried to. Those who didn'1
come stayed homo to welcome the
hundreds that surged into town from
alRcver Ohio and other central west
states to see Cleveland take it's world
series baptism. All factory whistles
blew at noon and flags were flowr
where flags never flew before.
y mo flags for US In Brooklyn" sale
Jimmy Johnston, the Dodged third
sacker, except at the weather bur.
eau"
Hundreds stood in line all night tc
get into the unreserved stands.
Spectators sold seats in the re.
served stands for $40 apiece, an6
s;lere were those who bid higher fo,
them when the supply ran out. II
was a fine day for the sport.
A new outfield stand, built in right