The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-04
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times greater than the crowd which
usually files In few minutes be.
fore q Sunday game.
A mighty roar. which could be
distinctly heard for several blocks,
went up shortly after 8 o'clock
I when the door was lifted at Fifth
street entrance and the great ticket
sale began.
!. There was 4 mad scramble. and
Captain Robert Doyle, who Ii "a
charge Of several squads Of police.
men, was forced to use rough tao
tics to keep the fans iii order.
Three youths who came here from
Charleston, s. o., with the con-
yiction that today they win see
Walter Johnson pitch a shut-out,
were first In this line, which ex-
tended Tor nearly ten blocks.
g. w. q. Boys in Line.
! They were n. q, Byers. j. b.
Jennings and j. j. F'rain.
Fifth and sixth Ia line were two
men who motored here from Port.
land Ore. to see Walter Johnson
I pitch.
On the Georgia avenue side, Fred
Picard. an eighteen:yearsold George
Washington University boy. living
ct 1882 Eighteenth street northwest,
led the long line for standing room
at $3.50. He had been in line since
midnight, and was found rolled in,
blankets early today. He clutched
9 SIS bill and declared that no fan
was initiated until he had stayed
up al night Tor e. world series
ticket.
Perch IN Trees
Despite all of the efforts Of
l Clark Griffith to keep residents
whose houses abut center field
from peering into the grounds, d
bold effort II being made to build
perilous seats in high trees IN
their yards. The houses are on
Fifth street, and several men
were building the seats today in
defiance of the unfavorable
glances they were getting from
ball park loOk-outs.
The mile.long line was . tight one.
- which one man was pressed
against the others back, TO pre-
vent the slightest chance Of any
. one squeezing in. Coffee vendors
1 did q land office business going
up and down the line, as none
dared leave under any circuYl-
stances. Scores 81 WaII-dressed
women and young girls dotted the
lines, and they seemed in the
same high spirits as the men.
Woman's Wait Rewarded.
The first woman. to buy ticket
was Mrs. s. g. Massey, or Middle.
town, Pa. who together with her
husband, Captain Massey, OF the
Quartermaster Corps, United States
army, has stood In line since Z
o'clock last night.
Captain Doyle, who has handled,
many Of the largest crowds ever
assembled in the National Capital,
said today that he anticipates the
greatest days activity in his
career. In describing the length
Of the line, Captain Doyle said,
This Fifth street line went down
to 7, out 7 to Fourth street, down
Fourth to Florida avenue, up
down Fourth to ii, out Il tt
Second" and then jocuIarly con.
cluded by saying. 'and that's all
saw Of it.
Another line stretched for eight
blocks along Georgia avenue. This
line Is for standing room in the
park.
While they are selling no tickets
at the main entrance, hundreds Of
men stood there at daybreak with
reservation slips waiting to be
given hearing. They reported
that they had arrived In Washing
ton ,as rapidly as possible after re-
cetving the reservation, and that
when they called for them the
tickets had been taken.
One man said he travelled 500
miles and had sent q check to
cover his reservations. but was
turned down.
Hard-luck stories over inability
to get world series tickets were
told to innocent bystanders on the
least provocation. In nine cases
out Of ten, however, they were
! told to those who had, hard luck
OF their own ana got little sym
pathy.
break when the souvenir programs
WcLO put On sale ana uaWkoES were
doing q big business by selling
Walter Johnson buttons at a nickel
apiece. Traffic Is being diverted
as much as possible from the vi.
entity Of the park and several hun
dreds of policemen are on duty. al
! squad Of local and oiit-of-to de-
tectives have taken their posts at
the park entrances and are ruling
with an iron hand.
Lands Shoulders.
The team Rlanagers have issued
the usual statements about being
sure Of winning after tough
fight. Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Lands genially shoulders between
his volanic pronouncements. Ban
Johnson, American League presi-
dent, sulks In New York because
the Giants are going to play, after
AL. The Giant team finds itself
treated like a group OF sports and
gentlemen, instead OF crooked game
throwers. They didn't know Wash.
ington, either.
Above all arises the question Of
how q few hundred thousand base
ballunatics are going to get into
American League Park, when there
are only $4,000 seats.
Then there are the ascaipers.n
who yesterday had run.in with
law that wasn't q law. They can
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