Evening star., 1924-10-03
GRIFFS TAKE FINAL
WORKOUTS AS FANS
PLEAD FOR TICKETS
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! are in charge of the uniformed police
| who have thrown a Gordon around
the park. Detectives L. J. Kelly, A. B.
| Scrivener, r. H. Mansfield and B. w.
Thompson are also on duty, circulat-
ing in the crowd to nab possible
scalpers and to watch for the in
evitable pickpockets and confidence
men, who are sure to follow crowd
wherever it goes, whether it be a
funeral or base ball game.
While the wild-eyed throngs who
were still without means of admis-
sion to the park surged around the
! main gates, additional thousands
| waited at the side entrance for the
team to arrive for it's regular prac-
tice. A howl of welcome greeted
each man as he arrived. The players
lost no time, however. They have
| serious business to attend to-the
business of winning that game to-
| morrow.
Few See Workout.
only a few persons succeeded in
either arguing or bluffing their way
INTO the grounds to watch the home
boys in their workout, and not a
tenth of these, possibly, recognized
the individual players, for they wore
thelr travelling uniforms of gray.
! ifargraVes, for instance, might easily
nave been mistaken for Bullet Joe
| BUSH of the vanquished Yankees. He
wore brilliant red sweater shirt, like
Joe was wont TO sport.
The Mats took things easy at first.
gradually working up to a dazzling
half hour Of spirited drill in their
regular positions. McNeely and
BIuege We're the first to appear and
the former opened up by bunting the
SLOW ones the latter tossed him. Then
Saln klce got into it and the three
| began soaking harder ones into the
! wire IN back of home plate
Half hundred photoeraphers had
iihed thelr cameras up at that point
waiting TO take Il few thousand more
pictures of the already much-photo-
Efahhed Grlifmen. AS the spheres
went whistling over their precious
cameras. the photographers turned
| pale but none of them thought it
| exactly wise to take a chance on
gong through that barrage. Earl and
ms niaymates knew what they were
! DOING, however, for not a plate was
!ost. and anyhow, it evened them up
a little for the orders they have been
talking from the cameramen for the
past few weeks.
| After half an hour of this work,
the Mats stopped long enough for
, that "one more picture" and then be-
gan some real batting practice Sam
Rlce must have some idea he may be
! called upon to pitch, though, for he
. spent his time slamming rather at
tractive- looking curves and drops to
rate. When the real practice started
, however, Sammy trotted out to old
right field and gobbIed up his allotted
share of high ones
Giants Take Field.
At ] O'Clock the Griffmen retired
and surrendered the field to the
mt
! night Although a tremendous crowd
met the enemy team at Union Station.
! cheering was conspicuous by its abb
sence. The crowd was there to stare
! rather than yell. Again today, they
! were accorded Il rather lukewarm
reception.
Bucky Harris and his team mates
I gave the Giants the field in the after
/ noon out of courtesy. so that they can
| accustom themselves to it at about
the same hours they will be playing
! tomorrow. The outfielders, especial
/ ". VIII have to learn the positions
/ of the sun, or they will be completely
! lost when the Mats smash out some
/ of their long flies
! Old Clark Griffith Stadium has un-
. dergone little apparent change The
! entire section behind the regular
/ press box has been turned over TO
I the newspaper men, and it is Il mad
/ denlng mass of wires that seem TO
! start from nowhere and end the same
/ place. The telegraph companies men,
! however, declare they can solve the
/ puzzle at glance, and tomorrow that
section will be bedlam of clicking
instruments carrying the story of
, the game, play by play. to the far
corners of the world.
Long Drive to BleacherS.
The center-field bleachers have been
extended out perhaps 90 rows of
seats, out it will still take a mighty
, wallop to land one in their midst.
Over where the scoreboard used to
be two stands of circus seats have
t been erected, but there is little fear
any player will succeed in more than
rolling one down to them, if that. 1t
, is q long, long ride, but the view from
there is perfect.
over in right field the little triangle
Of open space just outside of the foul
line has been filed with another stand
| \ few hundreds seats have been added
to the boxes by slipping chairs into the
aiSles. Plenty of room is left, however
| for persons wishing to get in and out.
Aside from these changes the ball park
| looks its natural old self
Several dozen manicurists with lawn
| mowers and rollers got busy early this
morning putting both the inf1eld and the
outtied in perfect condition. The grass
is being cut in the outfield, and the path
around the bases is being packed hard
so that the grounds should be .'lightnng
fast" to use race-track term, when
the ump shouts play ball.
Hotels Are Filled.
| Downtown the hotels are beginning
to feel the rush of world series Wis
itors from distant points. Some are
| already filled to capacity, and the one
| or two that have rooms left today
| said they are all reserved for tomor-
row and Sunday. Lobbies are crowd
ed, and the one subject for conversa-
ton is base ball, punctuated by that
| eyer-growing question:
| where can l get some tickets"
Some of the larger hotels have been
| turning people away all day, and to-
| morrow conditions will grow worse.
Traffic will probably be jammed on
the roads between Baltimore and
| Washington, as more than 1000 per-
sons from the Maryland city alone
Will attend the opening game, not to
mention the hundreds who probably
| will motor in from other points in
Maryland and Virginia Parking
| regulations around the stadium have
not been definitely worked out, but
signs will warn motorists where thew
may or may not park when they ar
| rive.
Will Raise Pennant.
FITTING ceremonies will mark the
raising of the American League pen
nant to the top of the f1agpole out
beyond centerfield, just before the
game tomorrow. Judge Lands, Clark