New-York tribune., 1921-10-04

has drifted away. Visitors to MY
are hitting in a tough league just ne
A lady and two children from Paw
tucket. f. l.. walked into one of the
largest of our hotels yesterday and
asked for suite of three rooms.
Sorry, madame" said the clerk, "but
there isn't room left in the house.
It's this world war that's just starting
that has crowded US up"
World war;" gesped the lady. 81
thought that was over long ago"
That's the other one you are think
ing Of apologized the clerk. "They
morrow at the Polo Grounds. Yankees
and Giants. y'know. They calls it a
worlds series. but it looks more like
world war to me, the way the folks
stopping here are taking on about it.
The tidal wave of fans began 70 curl
up on the rocky coast of Manhattan
Island early yesterday and increased
in power and volume az the day
progressed. They came with but two
ideas, the first of which was to get
& seat within the haloed confines OF
room. By s o'clock last night both
desires were meeting with enough
complicated difficulties to dishearten a
Irofessio onal optimist.
City Crowded With Fans
1t is making no rash or exaggerated
statement to say that New York will
house more wild-eyed diamond fanatics
this evening than were ever within
the corporate limits of the famous five
boroughs before. According to hotel
men of experience who sized the situa-
tion up last night. it will be matter
of choosing between the parks and
obscure boarding houses for those who
are so unfortunate as to arrive late
The two Offices of the combatant ball
clubs were madhouses yesterday, and
nt midnight last night they were still
going strong. The Office forces, after
having worked almost all of Sunday
night, looked like feet OF department
store clerks on Christmas Eve.
A Tribune representative who called
yesterday afternoon at the Yankee
headquarters, in Forty Street, to
see Charley McManus, assistant bust
ness manager of the club, was told by
an Office boy that "Mr. McManus is
somewhere under that pile of papers," A
series Of excavating maneuver5 proved
that this was true, and that the pile of
papers was made uD of applications for
tickets to the worlds series. Mr.. Nc
Manus looked haggard, war-worn and
on the verge OF two fits and bad
spell.
From the narrow marble stairway
leading to the street came the dull
crunch and grind of human bodies in
bitter conflict 1t was caused by the
yellow uniformed special officers, IA
niliar figures st the Polo Grounds, try
ing to stem the upward surge of fans
in pursuit OF what some original guy
has called "the coveted nasteboards."
Officers Guard Stairway
There was one officer stationed at the
street level, another half way up the
stairs and third at the top. They
were needed to hurl back the unrea-
soning hordes who labored under the
impression that acquiring ticket was
merely a matter of slappng down the
price and walking out. The idea OF
making written applications or having
certified checks or money orders never
occurred to hundreds of persons who
swooped down on the Yankees yester
day, and many Of them took the ex-
planation OF the officers as persona
otfense.
Among those who charged the outer
defenses of the executive Offices of botf
clubs were the emissaries of specu
lators, who, in this particular series
seem to be at their wits ends. In spec
ulative ticket Offices UP and dowr
Broadway were signs hanging in the
windows which said in pleading words
I'VE Buy Worlds Series Tickets"
A Tribune reporter who sought tt
purchase seats for the first or seconf
Informed that I'VE are buying em, not
selling 'em." There was every indi
cation yesterday that the number o
tickets falling into the hands Of spec
ulators will be smaller than at ar,
worlds series ever played. although
Broadway throbbed last night will
stories of large blocks OF seats tina
had fallen into the hands of ruthless
profitcers, who were holding them unit
the demand reaches its crest.
Many Minus Pastboards
That those holding tickets for spec
ulative purposes will reap rich har
vest, was indicated by the fact tina
hundreds Of persons from Chicago
Cleveland, Pittsburgh and other point
West. were arriving here last nigh
without having made any arrangement
for the securing of seats. Many OF then
were totally unfamiliar with the regu
lations governing the reserved section
at the Polo Grounds and will be force
TO take their chances with the genera
admission crowds. This means camp
ing outside the Polo Grounds from day
light tomorrow morning until Tn
gates are opened.
While the battle Of the baseball por
ulace was surging back and forth j
the Roaring Forties, the principals i
the great diamond drama which be
gins tomorrow were taking things eas
and trying to pretend they we're III
aware that the eyes Of their trainer
were watching their every move. Tn
Yankees, under the direction of Mile
Huggins, had strenuous workout q
the Polo Grounds IN the morning, Tn
drill lasting little more than an hou
Mays, Shawkcy, Hoyt. Quinn and Ha,
per warmed up, while the rest Of tn
team devoted most of ita attention t
batting practice. When the work o,
was over rain clouds were gathcr;n
over the field and the players wei
hardly back in their "ciyyies" befoi
the downpour began.