The New York herald., 1921-10-07
THOUSANDS NOTFANS
in THRONG AT GAME
A Great Spectacle Rather
Than Baseball Deemed
Chief Attraction.
NO TROUBLE TO POLICE
Would-Be Pr0fiteers Show
Disgust at Economy Of
Spectators.
hot Dogs GO BEGGING
couldn't Sell EN- a Buck for
a Jitney,' Comments Ex-
perienced Barker.
NO TROUBLE TO POLICE
HOT Dogs GO BEGGING

The crowd that poured into the Polo
Grounds yesterday was larger by some
5000 than that of the day before, and
moreover, it came not in driblets from
early morning until p. NJ, but In a
real. substantial rush between noon
and the starting time.
was an aggregation of economical in
dividnals, most OF whom could not
really be called fans. who passed by
hawkers, venders, spectators and ap-
pllcants for charity without parting
with as much small change as would
cause a Jingle. 1t was a crowd which
had come to view spectacle rather
than ball game. according to the
police around the park, who have been
handling simon pure fans all summer
and know the difference.
Real Fans Stay Away.
The nearest appr oach to a real swirl
ing. pressing, pushing multitude came
about 1:45 at the Speedway gate, but
many skilfui policemen, commanded by
Capt. Day, took all the swirl. press and
push out Of them and formed compact
but orderly body. moving slowly down
the Speedway sidewalk to the entrance.
The. crowd finally filled all the upper
grandstand seats, and word came out to
stop the stream through the gates. Less
than q thousand were told there was
norhing, doing at this gate. and all the.
got in before the roar of the opening
play started the overworked welkin
ulnging.
Capt William ]. McGrsth, commander
OF the precinct In which the big stadium
i5 located. failed to get excited about
the throng.
During the last series between the
YanlSs and Cleveland we turned away
from five to ten thousand people every
day." he said. THE viaduct was
jammed and there was big crowd
everywhere. The real fans aren't COM
ing to this series. know them. They
feel the prices are too high. and they are
& see big sight. but there are mighty
fsw among them who could tell you
even Babe Ruth's batting average"
Inspector Cornelius J. Cahalane. who
was in charge of the police arrange
.nents, managed to keep the crowd
moving smoothly with a force of less
than $50 men, considerably less than
he had under him yesterday. Automo-
biles turned out In much greater num-
her. They came dashing down the
Speedway four abreast during the rush
between ! and o'clock. and on Eighth
avenue steady stream two abreast
was kept moving.
Not single arrest for anything from
murder up to stealing ticket was re-
corded Several disgusted spectators
spoke Of murder, arson and robbery
when, during the fatal few minutes
before the game was called. they were
compelled to sell back their tickets at
box office prices to fans who made
things worse by acting as IL they were
doing the wouf-be profiteers a favor.
Enter by the Fence.
Among those present was Elmer
Jackson, thirteen years old. who In
some mysterious manner got to the top
of the pole near the bleachcrs some
time before the game started. Elmer,
who lives at 1876 Cedar avenue, was due
at Public School No. &c, The Bronx,
about the time he got to the top of the
pole and began his preparations to
emerge into the sunlight. Unfortunately
Elmer slipped: at least he thought it
was unfortunate but after DR.. Charles
King. the Yankee surgeon, had patched
him up and found good seat for him
Elmer decided II was the best fall he
had ever made.
Herbert Mullen of 1857 Seventh ave.
nue. a bad. bold bandit Of eight. brought
a rope with him to the grounds early
this morning. He had Just succeeded in
lassoing post on the left field fence
and was about to climb when a police
man ordered him to run home. Herbert
ran fully 22 feet and then stopped to
think UP another plan
Another youngster actually got over
the left field fence, but dropped almost
on a special policeman's head. The
special lifted him over again, and this
time the boy fell into the arms or
truant officer. Ten other boys fell into
the maws of truant officers around the
field.
Despite the fact that there was no
need 10 wait In line, few super-fans.
from force of habit or desire to uphold
q tradition. formed In line during the
night. The first man. Edward Money, 1S,
Of 426 West Twenty-nlnth street, took
MIS- place at a. M. for business rea-
sons. He said he would sell his place.
as did several other early corners, but
there were no takers.
At dawn only twenty men. lying
wrapped In blankets or newspapers.
were grouped around the bIeachcrs gate.
At O'Clock only 200 were lined up.
There we're more patrolmen and food
venders .han fans. "Hot Dog Sonny"
n prominent Polo Grounds vender. an
nounced that he had sold only eight
frankfurters and had eaten two after
sb<nc hours or barking.
"These birds are busted" he an
nounced. You couldn't sell them
buck for jitncy."
The gates were opened about ten min
utes past 10. and into the bleachcrs
l.200 fans poured. Up at the Speedway
gate. where upper grand stand seats
were on sale, 600 were waiting for the
doors TO swing out.
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