The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
INDIANS HOPE
TO SCALP DODGERS
Cleveland Happy in Winning
Its First Pennant After AZ
Years of Baseball.

CLEVELAND. Oct. s.--Thousands OF
Cleveland baseball fans were downtown
to-nigh. to welcome Iris Speaker and
the Cleveland Indians, winners of the
American League pennant, when they
arrived homo from Detroit. After years
of patient waiting Cleveland Is at last
fc see an American League pennant and
perhaps the worlds championship flag
float from the masthead at League Park
James c, Dunn. president of the
Indians, to-day wired his congratulate
tons to Manager Speaker as follows:
MY sincere congratulations to you
and all members of the team. I am
sharpening the tomahawks and I am
sure we will scalp the Dodgers. You
fought fairly and squarely and deserve
the championship"
For forty-two 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 of teams bring home
the pennant.
In 1892 the Cleveland team, led by
Pat Tebeau, finished first in the last
half of the season. the campaign being
divided, Boston winning the first half.
In the post-sesson series Boston won.
In 1908 Cleveland lost the American
League pennant by half game.
through all these years Cleveland fans
remained steadfastly loyal to the team
and now that the Indians have won the
championship the next goal Is the
worlds title that begins at BROOKLYN
next Tuesday.
When Ray Chapman, the teams star
shortstop was killed In New York last
August, the victim Of a pitched ball, the
Indians slumped badly, not caring
whether thsy won the pennant or fin
ished last
1T took nearly two weeks for Them
to recover from the shock. Then they
were told by Manager Speaker that they
must carry on for Chappie's sake"
1ney took heart, made squirt from
third place which ended in winning the
pennant at Detroit YESTERDAY. one dey
before the season closed.
r. s. Barnard, business manager of
the team, to-day announced the ar
rangefnents for the sale OF tickets to
the Cleveland worlds series games,
extra precautions having been taken to
prevent tickets from falling into the
hands of scalpers.
Several weeks ago when II appeared
Cleveland would win the pennant the
management requested that all fans de-
string reserved seats for the games
should make application for tickets by
mail. Nearly 10000 requests were re-
ceived.
The 1924 reserved seats have been
allotted in pairs to fans who sent In
written applications Nine thousand
general admission tickets Mt 81 each
will be sold at the park each day when
the gates open.
The S,312 lucky fans will receive
notices from the club in n day or two
that each will receive two seats for
each of the four games here-eight tickets
no applicant less than that number.
No seats will be sold for just one or
two games-they must be taken for the
series. No choice of seats is possible,
as the 1924 reserved seats were al
lotted in pairs, just as they were
counted out.
Reserved seats other than boxes will
cost $2640. $500 and s44. according to
location. This covers in each case the
price of two seats at each of the four
games and includes war tax.
League Park seating capacity has
been carefully checked up and the fol-
lowing figures announced: 1887 box
seats at Sc each, 1927 reserved seats at
So each, 4,732 reserved seats at 81 each,
5,57s reserved seats at SO each and 5000
general admission at 81 each
The management hopes to start the
distribution OF tickets by the middle of
the week.