San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
COUNTRY MUST
RUN ITSELF
4, FOR WHILE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 0.-Officia
Washington for the most part planned
TO put governmental affairs on the
shelf today TO follow the example Of
President Coolidge in attending thu
first battle Of the world series here
For the second time in baseball his
tory, the nations chief executive was
selected to open hostilities in a world
series game by tossing out the first
ball, the Senator'S first league triumph
last year being the first occasion.
With "sold-out sign for reserve
seats hung up at the ball park days
ago, the scramble for tickets which
continued up to the eleventh hour to-
day caused those in the hands Of
Fbcalpcrs--and these seemed numerous
cnough--to soar still higher in price,
Some 1000 blcacher seats were put on
sale at o o'clock this morning and the
first several hundred fans in line to
grab them had stood there through the
greater part of the night. Reports that
tickets sold by scalpers and identified
by their required endorsement on the
back would be rejected when present
cd Mt the gates apparently had little
effect in discouraging the scalping
trade, a score or more of pasteboard
vendors plying their trades in streets
and temporary offices.
Bad news. apparently has lost
none Of its speed in flight. Only
little while after Third.baseman
Blucge, OF Washington. was struck
on tine head by a pitched ball in
Pittsburgh yesterday, reports were
flying about the. capital that he
had been killed. Newspaper offices
we're kept busy for a time spiking
the rumor.
The playing field at Griffith Sta
dium IL calculated by the ground
keepers TO delight the Senators and Wis
iting Pirates. A new pitching mound
has been installed, the barren spots
fc-soddcd and the outer gardens have
been cropped close.
The press box at the Senator's park
has been expanded to world series pro-
portions TO accommodate the several
hundred ncwspapcrmcn who will tell
the world about three games in Wash
ington. The box, at the front edge
of the upper grapdstands. directly be-
hind the homo plate, has been stretch
cd to include all seats back of it to
the rear wall.
Baseball via radio entered every
nook and corner Of Washington,
even the government department.
buildings. during the games in
Pittsburgh. In some OF the fed
eral buildings, radio loud-speakers
were installed. Although the en-
ploycs received the play.by-play re-
port free Of charge, they will pay
later. They were directed to de-
duct one day from their annual leave
Of absence for each afternoon spent
listening to the radio.
Tidings of series games Thursday
reached out through the air by radio
to the members of the Macmillan
Arctic expedition aboard the Peary.
steaming homeward off Liverpool,
Nova Scotia. The play-by-play ac'
count Of the battle at Pittsburgh as
it was happening, was followed aboard
ship, the National Geographic Society
was informed last night.
Baseball paid tribute to the one
and only Matty--Christy Mathewsop
who died at Saranac Lake. n. Y.
yesterday, by placing the worlds Sc
ries flag at half-mast. uncoverins
heads and wearing black arm bands.
Further ceremonies are to follow in
Washington on Saturday when "Big
Six" is buried. according to present
plans. Few failed to understand when
the brief honors for Matty started and
more than 10000 followers of the
game to which the great Giant pitcher
of the past had contributed so much,
participated in the rites. There was
silence throughout the great park ana
many heads were bowed.
The Pirates improved their series
batting average Thursday although
they failed to match the hitting Of the
foe. Thursday night the Pittsburgh
team average is 1914. against the .166
Wednesday. Washington added four
points to It's figures and now stands
at .254.