The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-04

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that If Washington beats as
Manager Harris must have q
mighty strong combination
said Manager McGraw, Of the
Giants. This recent scandal
has not affected the morale Of
the players.
get almost anything they ask for
seats today. And they probably
viii ask everything.
Along Captain Kidd Boulevard !"
as the 1900 block Of Pennsyl yallia
avenue has come to be christened,
there Is little betting, although the
odds favor the Griffith players.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Teles
phone Company today put on zoe
operators to hsndle calls on the
game. CT. Claggett, division man
ager OF the company, figured out
all by himself that there would be
one or two calls from over-enthu.
siastic fans AMI they must be given
attention
For those who cannot get into
the park. and aren't overjoyed at
the prospect Of standing outside
and listening to the mob cheering
each crack Of The bat, the best
course Is to watch the big electric
scoreboard on the Hearst Building,
and listen to the. play.by-play re-
ports BY radio aa the game pro,
crosses.
Street car service, especially on
those lines reaching the park, has
been doubled for the occasion.
IWenty-folir extra cars will be
added TO the Seventh street route
Of the Capitol Traction line today,
and twenty-seven more will 80 into
service tomorrow.
Parking Rules.
Parking win be prohibited on
both sides of Florida avenue, BE-
tween Sixth and Ninth streets: on
Georgia avenue, from the north
curb Of Florida avenue to point
sixty feet north OF upper entrance
to bali park; both sides Of Seventh
street, between 4 street and Florida
avenue, and both sides of 7 street,
between Sixth and Seventh streets.
When the game Is over, motor
traffic win be diverted off Florida
avenue, between Sixth and Ninth
streets. No southbound traffic win
BE- allowed on Georgia avenue south
of Barry place.
Law-abiding motorists will park
IN Tenleytown or Rockville, and
thereby avoid the danger Of finding
souvenirs from the police depart.
ment attached to their steering
wheels.
The hotel Hobbies today were ftiii
Of loudly-d dressed Broadwayftes,
newspaper correspondents, profes.
sional baseball prophets, quiet home
folks who had come down to town
with their families and expected to
see the games for less than q years
salary and there were men, too.
who had rooted for washington In
years past and had moved away
from the city with q losing team.
Now they had come home like
pfodigal sons to cheer themselves
hOarse again.
The Government departments are
running short Of passes. Office
boys. knowing that their, boss Ii
fully as bad OFF as they, scorn the
grandmother subterfuge. Business
offices that never closed at noon
in all their history are putting up
the shutters before the game today.
And by o'clock American League
Park will bid fair to be. the nations
center OF population.
The Griffmen viii step out as 6
to 5 favorites to win the opening
game and even money choices to
win the series. Physically, they have
the edge on the Giants, weakened
by injuries to Heine Groh and Frank
Frisch. Psychologically they were
highly esteemed because of the Nasty
scandal that burst in the faces Of
the Giants less than seventy-two
hours before the opening game.
Easy Meat If Guilty.
II the Giants have guilty lSnowl-
edge. they will be easy for us said
Stanley Harris today. "If they
haven't, then look for the men
under suspicion to play better ball
than they ever did before"
The Giant morale may suffer, In
view of what has gone before 1t
would be suicidal for Young, Kelly
or Frisch to have an off day at any
time during the series. Al mere
tumble might bring down on their
heads the invective Of the stands.
Frisch will hardly be himself, IN
any case. He Is using x balloon
tire Tor the middle finger Of his
throwing hand, and may find not
only fielding but hitting a difficult
proposition. Frisch will play second
base, however, because che Giants
need his inspired leadership.
But at third base, the FRAGILE
Groh, sporting q demountable knee.
has been replaced by Trod Lind.
stron, q young man Of excellent de.
fensive virtues but lacking both ex.
perience and the punch at the plate.
Just how much natural hostility
they must face at the Washington
ball park and how much this may
be enliyened by the expose OF
Dolan and O'Connell only the next
rev hours can disclose. It q fact,
not fiction, that Washington has
taken the event rather quietly.
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