The New York herald., 1921-10-09
with the Tigers and Ty Cobb. Person

with the Tigers and Ty Cobb. Person
ality is the big answer.
: Ruth thinks he may be able to play to-
day. It's easy to figure why Mr.. Nc
Graw expressed himself in Chinese when
the little drops began to triekle on his
silvered bean It's easy to see why Hug
gins spent the whole day giving cheers.
Had the dampness not messed things
and converted Hennery Fabian's ballyard
into a duck slough yesterday would have
been considerable day in the annals OF
baseball. There would have been a
whale Of crowd. probably full capac-
ity, somewhere around 10000 There
surely would have been more pep. for
there couldn't have been less. This series
has made record for spiritless specta-
tors II the man who owns the Giants
and the two Colonels who possess the
Yankees in fee simple had been passing
out five dollar bills it Is doubtful that
much enthusiasm would have been cre-
ated. Nobody ever saw such a mob Of
dummies
Irtracitv stuff. That's the reason.
mainly. Nobody much gets up fighting.
scrapping. yelling enthusiasm when two
wen liked teams of the same city are
in conflict There has got to be an
an alien team in the fight. though that's
that Frisch OF the Giants and Hoyt of
the Yankees are about the only native
sons on the two teams. The rest are all
South, Central West. all
over the lot Anyway. the rain spoiled
a good show, but the loss can be re-
paired If to-day Is fair The expecta-
ton Is for the biggest world series
crowd in the history of that features
They went early TOO yesterday, and
even It O'Clock there was flock Of
fans camped at the gates Oh the Speed
way and in Eighth avenue. BY the time
the gates were opened a little after 10
there We're 1000 or more in Eighth ave-
nue. and about half that number III the
Speedway. shutting along like Phil
Douglas, killing time reading the base
bali dope in the newspapers.
There were a good many kids In the
crowd yesterday being Saturday and
the schools closed, and when you want
to study sure enough baseball fan. a
sure enough bug, pick out a kid of about
ten or twelve The Polo Grounds simply
will be wriggling with them to-day, and
IL the sun shines and a girl doesn't have
to worry too much about the up to date
compilations required nowadays there
viii be lot of the superior sex around.
Dry Enforcers Bored. - ~
While the crowd was flowing in p,
bunch Of prohibition enforcement agents
tried to jimmy their way into the
grounds by flashing their shining badges
Fifteen of them solemnly demanded adj
mittance on the ground that they were
Federal officers ard that 1t was their
duty to enter anf search fans for TASKS
and such. Wien they were told that
prohibition enforcement badges were no
good. they got angry. and a young riot
was forming when the police took a
hand
They thoroughly agreed with Joseph
O'Brien, secretary of the New York
National League club, that the enforce
ment officers had no right to. demand
admission just because they we're maxi
ing life uncomfortable for people, and
they wasted no time at all in yanking
said agents out OF the line.
''And sure I'll rap you one If you
open your face" said a big policeman
to one Of the grumbling volsteaders.
Which ended that. Persons in the
neighborhood wondered how any pro-
hibition agent with sense In his head
could expect to get into anything owned
by Jake Rupert unless 1t was fur
mace
Echoes of the series are heard in
many neighborhoods. Magistrate Sweet
ser in the jefferson Market court
dressed down twenty-three men who
had been arrested in restaurant at
SO Goerck street at midnight on Friday.
then let them go with a suspended sem
tence Tina fan myself" the Magis-
trate said ''hr' -9cn'e Ave no right
70 shout baseball ar cots when folks
who have 10 get up early are trying
20 ret come sleep"
additional details OF the world
series VIII be founa IN tne sporting
section of to.aay'e wv YORK
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