Evening star., 1924-10-10
THOUSANDS RUSH
TICKET SELLERS
Optimism Prevails as Last.
Minute Scramble for Covet-
ed PasteboardS Rages.

With more than three-fourths of
the approximately $1,000 seat reser-
vations subscribed for overnight by
privileged fans holding ticket stubs.
thousands of men and women storm
Cd the ticket booths at Griffith Sta
dunn when they were thrown open
unreservedly to everybody at 10
O'Clock this morning, and it WASH I
long before every remaining box,
grandstand and pavilion seat tor
today's world series climax had been
Eobbled up.
Contrary to expectations, there was
no serious jam for tickets last night.
due. apparently, to the fact that the
customers fortunately did not all
converge on the park al once. but
came in 4 steady stream from the
close of the game yesterday until
after midnight.
most of those in line purchased not
one. but three and four tickets each,
diminished Greatly the crowds seek
ing tickets and eaSed correspondlngly y
the task of the II ticket sellers. In
stead of the $4,000 persons antlci-
pated at the park yesterday evening
and last night there were probably
not more InlD ID.'bV lhtS fui
chased some $4,000 tickets. it was
stated today by Edward aB. Eynon.
jr, secretary OF the ball Club.
Optimism ReiGnS.
That same old optimism that has
marked the demeanor of Washington
fans since Bucky Harris and his gang
of gloom chasers shinnied up the
mizzenmaSt and pinned the American
League pennant to Admiral Griffith S
flagship cropped out again yesterday
afternoon.
Confident that the Nationals had
effectuaily smothered the Giants for
the remainder of the game, hundreds
of rooters for the home team deserted
their reserved seats at the end of the
eighth inning yesterday and rushed
pell-mell for the ticket booths where
reservations for today's game would
be handled. They left the game fiat,
with not a doubt in their minds, in
spite of the formidable lineup of
New York batters scheduled to face
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary in that
last frame for instance, Kelly,
Young, Meusel and Wilson. They
placed their faith in Zach and his
teammates, and they were not disap-
pointed.
In fact, the crowds at the booths
right after the game and up to s
o'clock were much larger than
at any time during the evening.
Many supper that once was hot
suffered spasm of chills before il
found its way down the hungry,
though hoarse, throats of thousands
of men and women among the early
customers. The lines at sunset eX-
tended far down Georgia avenue in
two directions and the police re-
serves on hand from several outlying
precincts. in addition to Capt. Doyle's
men, had a busy time for several
hours.
The lines moved toward the ticket
windows with remarkable progress,
however, and the coveted admission
cards passed over the counters rap
idly. Only those having stubs from
yesterdays contest, of course, were
permitted to buy their, tickets for
the final game.
A new type of scalper meanwhile
had made his appearance. He bought
sold and exchanged ticket stubs for
prices ranging from a dollar to sew
eral of them per stub. There were
plenty of headquarters detectives and
a number of deputy revenue collectors
around, but the spectators succeeded
in keeping their operations unde,
cover so far as the authorities were
concerned.
On the opposite side of the park
''the faithful kept their tryst be.
meath the shadows of the bleachel
walls, ready to say howdy-do to the
genial dispensers of bleacher seats
this morning.
The all-night line presented a more
settled and comfortable appearance
last night than it did on the three
previous occasions. Nearly every
one of the hundred or so men and
boys who camped for the night
brought thick bnaknets and heavy
protective clio Nap'ng learned
lessons ny
them had bt
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