The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-05
PoloGrounds
 Chatter

New York, Oct 5--The dema nd for series seats is SO pressing that men are refusing to stand in the seventh inning.
 The world series. second in 1mpor- tance only to the underworld seTles between Westbury, l., l.. and Pun pkln Corners. has developed a most anaz- was it noted by veteran crime report- CTS, who chronicled the classic that a 1 multitude of fans wore boards.
 Who these wearers of Brussels 1 sprouts were and what they wanted l with baseball continues to be a n1ys- as though it was reserved by the | house of David. A rumor was rife l that relatives of the Smith brothers had coughed up the entry fee in nope pinch hit for Nehf. He did try but there were not any rafsins in his home brew. (
 Men gathered on roofs of houses blocks away from the spot where the body was found to view the play. How they could see that far is an enigma, unless. of course, they were Peeping Toms.
 Boards everywhere. Maybe those birds with the hair overdrape6 fore gathered in honor of Bush, a member of the Anheuser family out there.
 Gen. Parshfng, escorted by Squire Landis, has at last appeared before the public. He also departed from his custom of not posing for photo just one shot-at a tme-at him The General worenot a, beard-but a pearl 6olored fedora from the pearl fisheries of Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue. Jack Dempsey, with just & mere hint of a beard. displayed a fast left hand in reporting the game He re- ceived louder burst of applause than was accorded General Pershing. The | crowd probably recognized the cham pion as a superior ring general. The Turks, who are chasing the Greeks on behalf of the beard of the prophet would have gloated at the sight. Not anticipating such an epi- demic of chins over which no razor l ever got lost, the management had growing gentleman to have two tick 1 cts, one for h1nslf .@Eld the other for his facial Afghan. and there was much tripping and tangl1ng over the visiting doornats.
 1 New York, Oct. 5.-Chrfsty Math- ewson (Big Sfx1, perhaps the greatest l and best loved pitcher in baseball was at the opening world series game, i His great slow moving frame shook | with excitement during the tense mo- l menus or the game. It was his first went to Saranac Lake. N. T., g. few years ago to fight for his life.
 Matt5 appeared we'll He said he | felt fine.
 Several rows behind Mathewson sat sack sac Dempsey. e, world heavyweight of fan. He enjoyed the game. but was disappointed when Ruth failed to get home run. ''I like to see Babe clout 'en.' said Jack. ''Cloutin' is my business, too, you know ..Heavyweight" Arrives,
 An hour before the game time woman of some 275 pounds avorcu- pofs squeezed through a crowded aisle to a seat she had reserved, Arrived there she became indignant.
 | Why on earth.'' she asked didn't they fix this seat for me as they do mediately."
 the lady and ordered one of the arms of the seat removed Whereupon the l iady smiled, sat down and bought a bag of peanuts.
 The band played on.
 Besides the S6,514 persons who paid
 10 see the game there were some
 000 who didn't pay. The dead heads including newspapermen. nho-
 togEaphers, soda water and hot dog 1 Feno CTS, policemen, firemen musi- 1 c4anS, messengers, telegraph operators and park attendants. So about 4O-
 900 persons actually were in the sta dium.
 | Ruth swung viciously thrice in the l nrSt inning and never touched the ball, but for all that he demons,tra ted 1 that his intentions aren't altogether 10 nit home runs. With the outfeld-
 CTS playing back against the bleachers 1 there was a big hole between the in- ner and outer defense and Ruth prob ably realized this twice choking his bat in an attempt to chop the ball into the vacant area
 Groh's Perfect Days
 1 helne Groh had perfect day at 1 bat The Giant thfrd-sacker. play Ing in his first series with the Mo
 Graw clan, singled in the first inn
 ing, tripled in the third. walked in
 the sixth and singled during the
 winning rally in the eighth ~Frfseh
 Kelly and Bob Meuse1, with two bin-
 gles apiece were the only others to
 collect more than one safe blow 1 Outside of the first basemen Aaron
 Ward. the Tanks second sacker, han
 dled the most chances-nine Casey
 Stenge1 pulled down four hoists to 1 centerfeld. one more than the com
 bined total of all the other gardeners
 of both teams. Young, Ruth and
 Witt each had one put out, while the
 afternoon, s110O to s1ooo havtnp