The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-24
GOTHAM FANS IN ONLY MILD MOOD |. AS SERIES WEARS

New York, September 2S.-Arrange- ments for the world series, so far as New York is concerned, will be much the same as they were in 1921. There can be no addition to the seating ca pacity of the Polo Grounds without interfering with the field. There will be no attempt to make any.
 It was announced today the plan which was put in effect in 1911, and which has always been continued, will be followed as in the past There are a few more scattering seats at the present tine than there were in 1911, but on the whole the general scheme of things is the same. The man who devised these arrangements is no longer connected with the club, but his methods have been standard for years.
 Demand Great As Ever
 The demand for seats will not be abated from other years because there has always been a greater call than capacity and always will be. The mere spectacle alone would com mand sufficient patronage from the transients whether New York turned out or not. If the seats were not put out by application and were handed over to the speculators, the latter would take thousands of them in a DOCK anu HE OH 6ctSAh6 AAo OA all of them at the hotels.
 No great enthusiasm exists, even in New York, over the presumable victory of both New York hines. The fans seem inclined to take it as they did in 1921, without much show of feeling. When the Giants finally won the series from the Yankees in 1921, 90 per cent of the crowd filed out of the field without as much as 8 look
 fAt4 fao witnessed the show and were ready to go home. In 1905, when the C-Ants won their first world series, the crowd surrounded the clubhouse and remained there for nearly an hour, cheering for the players, and de- manding to see them.
 No Longer Enthusiastic
 That kind of enthusiasm no longer exists in the metropolis. More spirit is displayed over the presumable win ming of the Yankees than there is over tho hollow victory of the Giants. The impression holds ground deeply in New York that the National league Is not as strong as it's rival this year and that the victory of the Giants over a soggy eastern representation and a badly managed western repre- senation doesn't stand for much.
 This will not affect the attendance in the least. This city Is too big for promoters of the club to worry about anything of that nature. Last year on the first day of the series, the upper part of the stadium did not begin to be filled and on the last day if was not chock-a-block. On the first day 1t is probable that the at tendance simmered off because the game was overplayed from a sensa- tional standpoint.
 Hot Air Yarns
 There were a lot of hot air yarns about the ticket buyers in line all night and the fans downtown decided that they wouldn't go up and take a N chance. As a matter of fact, when the game began there were 5000 empty seats and lot of ball players shedding tears that so much space should have gone to waste. They get fin on the first four games and they scan the stands to see the size of the crowds with eyes that are hungrier than those of the bosses.
 Boxes to the games hold four and are usually sold intact. In fact, 1t is out of the question, generally to get box. Friends of the owners and city politicians have to be considered. Some of the boxes are occupied by those who seldom or never see a game during the regular season, but who wish to be in the front row of the world series for the same reason that they like to be in the front row on a first night at the Follies.
 Sale. of Tickets
 Publications for seats are usually restricted to two, which must be bought for all of the series and their money must be in the shape of a cer- tified check, postal order or express