Evening star., 1924-10-09

no doubt that they would be gobbled
up an hour before the game was call
! ed. BY the dozens eager persons ar
! rived on foot, in automobiles, and
| even in some rather rural-looking
| conveyanCes that old inhabitants said
were horses and carriages.
! Girls Wait in Line.
! In the few who waited all night for
| seats in the open stands were two
girls and it was they who got the
first tickets sold at 9 o'clock this
morning. As result they occupied
front row places. equal to most and
better than some of the choice grand
stand and box chairs that had been
sold several times over two weeks
, before that glorious, though rainy
day in Boston that Bucky Harris and
his team mates clinched the American
League pennant.
When the first attendance reached
| the ball park. sleepy. but full of pep
shortly after daybreak the weather
was clear but crisp.
A few hours later IL was still cold.
almost perfect football weather. and
! old timers looked around anXiously
wondering whether it would be day
suitable for a veteran like Zachary.
Old Sol, however, smiled with benign
glory upon Washington and two
personality had warmed things up to
such an extent that even the earlier
arrivals in the stands began discard
ing lightweight overcoats. Wherever
that sun Shone it was positively hot
and no place did it shine with greater
ferocity than upon the diamond.
Band Arrives Early.
At II o'clock Meyer Goodman and
his band trooped into thes park.
There was an instantaneous whoop
from the rapidly filling open stands.
The leader had begun seating his
musicians just back of home plate.
but the whoop from center field
swelled into Il roar. Goldman grinned
rise, formed them in. line and marched
them across the field. playing that
rollickinS, spirited tune:
Take me ont the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd
Feed me on peanuts and crackerjack,
don't care if | never get back
Oh root. root. root for the home team.
It's one, cwo, three strikes yon out
rs the old ball game.
That was just the spark those men
and women needed to set off a mighty
explosion of cheering, bowling and
screaming that never ended from that
moment.
Chairs were quickly rushed to CEN
ter field and the musicians kept up
an incessant concert until the two
teams appeared for batting practice.
Hundreds ON Hand Early,
There was no time for music then,
any how. Hours before the time the
reserved section gates were to be
thrown open the proud possessors Of
grand stand tickets were lining up.
Hundreds brought folding camp
chairs with them and read the morn
ing papers while waiting for portals
TO be unlocked. Two girls spent
their time devouring the contents of
one omtion picture magazine
A matronly looking woman settled
herself comfortably upon a stool and
proceeded to begin reading a book
that had all the ear marks of best
seller. while a small boy who could
have been her son bounced an unauto-
graphed base ball around.
Just why these faithful legionnai-es
should have thought it necessary to
take up their station SO early no one
could say. They couldn't even tell
themselves. They already had their
seats and an emisSary from his royal
highness, the Prince Of Wales,
couldn't have taken single one away
from them, despite his popularity
Those fans juts made up their minds
they would take no chances Oh being
disappointed today, and they weren't.