Evening star., 1924-10-10
By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, October
10-The Army bIimp TC-z ex-
pIoded at Langley Field this
morning.
Several officers and men were
injured. The craft arrived here
yesterday from Aberdeen, Md.
RUSH
TICKET SELLERS.
Optimism Prevails as Last
Minute Scramble for Covet-
ed Pasteboards Rages.

With more than three-fourths OF
the approximately 32,00D seat reser-
vations subscribed for overnight by
privileged fans holding ticket stubs,
thousands Of men and women storm
ed the ticket booths at Griffith Sta
dium when they were thrown open
unreservedly to everybody at 10
o'clock this morning. and it wasn't
grandstand and pavilion seat for
today's world series climax had been
gobbled 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 at once, but
came in a steady stream from the
close of the game yesterday until
after midnight.
This, coupled with the fact trat
most of those in line purchased not
one. but three and four tickets each,
diminished greatly the crowds seek
ing tickets and eased correSpondlngly
the task of the II ticket sellers. In
stead of the $4,000 persons anticl-
pated at the park yesterday evening
and last night there We're probably
not more than $1,000 and they pur-
chased some $4,000 tickets, II was
stated today by Edward b. 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 Griftith's
flagship cropped out again yesterday
afternoon.
Confident that the Nationals had
effectually 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 8
o'clock were much larger than
at any time during the evening.
Many a supper that once was hot
suffered a spasm of chills before lit
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
ha
serves on hand from several outlying
precincts. in addition to Capt. Doyles
men, had a busy time for several
hours.
Lines Move Rapidly.
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
in keeping their operations under
cover SO far as the authorities were
concerned.
B1eacher Line Holds Firm.
On the opposite side of the park
1.-The faithful kept their tryst be-
meath the shadows of the bleacher
walls. ready to say howdydo 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 clothing, having learned
lessons by experience. Yes, many of
them had been there all night several
times before, and they were booming
steeled to conditions.
Instead of trying to keep awake
as on previous nights, many of the
bIeacherites were draped across box
es and benches, sound asleep, as early
as S o'clock last night. Otherwise
they might not have been able to
force those syelids open today to
see Washington fight it out on the
home grounds for the base ball cham
pionship of the world.