Evening star., 1924-10-03

AS the fieeting hours drew swiftly
closer the moment when Washing
tons own base ball idols will match
skill for the championship of the
world. this suddenly regenerated old
town that so recently shrugged cyni-
cally at proffered thrills, literally
throbbed with excitement and joy to-
day.
Completely dropping its already
dropping mantle of official reserve
the staid old National Capital stamp
ed it in the dust as it captula ted
unanimously TO the king of the ma
tional pastime, and no longer even
attempted to make pretense at do
ing any work Nothing but that
game tomorrow makes any difference
now.
Thousands Clamor for Tickets.
The last finishing touches were be-
ing applied everywhere today. Once
more fans by the thousands banged
in vain at the stadium gates for
tickets. Perspiriug carpenters were
hammering the last few nails in the
temporary stands in center field. And
calm in the midst of the storm. the
fighting Griffmen went through their
final, spirited workout.
Out at the ball park the very at
mosphere seemed to breathe the word
ready" The lucky few who had
= managed to beg positions as peanut
and soft-drink statesmen stood in line
waiting for their white coats and
final instructions. The wire gates
were all firmly in position. and "One-
eyed" Connolly, in a final supreme
effort, succeeded in crashing the gate.
Not only did the champion gate
crasher maintain his record of having
begged his way into every big sport
ing event of recent years but this
time he is going to be paid for it,
He was taken on this morning as d
program salesman" and will receive
10 per cent commission for every
score card he peddes for nickel
Eynon Pacifies kicker>.
Over in the clubhouse, tired, pa
tient Ed Eynon. the man who has
had the hard task of distributing the
tickets, worked doggedly on. guarded
by half dozen policemen, trying to
meet the demands of the thousands
of disappointed fans, who continued
TO beSeige him with kicks-some of
them justiiiable and others simply
pure SelfiShneSS
a few score wanted different seats
from those allotted them. They were
promptly shown the door. Others
came to inquire why they had not
received reservations in response to
requests written long ago. Some of
these were mailed to wrong addresses
a few others, quite naturally. were
simply overlooked in the scramble.
To date, it is figured that more than
100000 persons wanted the $1,000
tickets the Washington club had
available for every one. And in the
meantime. other thousands of re-
quests are arriving at the clubhouse
daily and are not even being opened.
IT was only natural under such siren
GUS conditions that some mistakes
should have been made.
Try to Work "PuII."
The worst trouble noticed by on
lockers at the ball park today was
caused by certain men who consid-
cred that they had pull" and who
insisted upon being allotted large
patches of tickets for "out-of-town
customers" They got the same an
swer: Take your place in line. The
minute the people who wrote months
ago have finished calling for their
reservations we will sell to the pub
lie what has not been called for.
This club does not feel that it is fair
to sell a man S ticket when he has
not been able to get up to the win
dow TO get them because of the
crowd
Eynon figured shortly before noon
that there probably would be 1000
reserved seats to be sold in this man
ner. He expected they would be sent
to the booths at noon, but this hour,
he explained, depended altogether on
whether the lines that still stood in
front of the booths where reserva-
tions were being held had been taken
care of. The throng has simply over
whelmed the ticket sellers and they
are disposing of them as quickly as
possible.
Many to be Disappointed.
1t might be added, however, that
there are already 5000 persons clam
orfng at the stadium gates waiting
for these tickets, and that at least
5000 of those are doomed to be dis
} gappointed is just as sure as death
itself. Only those who were in line
early and had the patience and for
titude to remain there for weary
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