Evening star., 1925-04-22

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when he proceeded to lift the first ball
pitched clear over the tall SignboardS
| in right field.
Save those home runs until the
game starts" fans yelled to the smil-
ing Goose.
The Yankee team arrived on the
field just in time 10 note the Goslin
smile--a sinister one to Higgins and
his crew.
The New York team, in it's gray uni
forms, took the field for batting prac-
tice about an hour before the game
started. There was no Babe Ruth in
evidence, but his understudy, Paschal,
performed to good advantage in prac-
tice.
Facing a battery of cameras. Bucky
Harris and Miller Higgins, the rival
managers, doffed their hats and shook
hands as friendly enemies. Bucky
looked like a boy beside the older
Huggins.
Long before the gates were open,
at noon. the crowd began to assem-
BILE, most of the early birds hoping
garden stands. To their surprise,
they found about 10000 tickets
awaiting their disposal. OF these,
$500 were for standing room in the
grand stand. 5000 seats in the COW
cred pavilion and the rest in the
bleachers. Park attaches We're much
concerned over the few applicants
for these tickets and attributed the
sparse aggregation of bleacher fans
to statements in the press that few
seats remained unsold.
The long all-night bleacher lines
that featured each game of the world
series were noticeably- absent today
and but a handful We're at the pa
vilion window when it opened at
$3.50 am. for business. AS a ticket
seller remarked, business was not
so good" until the noon hour ap-
preached, when the remaining tickets
gradually We're disposed of.
Clark Griffith was on hand as early
as 10 am, his face all wreathed in
smiles that bespoke confidence in the
outcome of today's contest. He per-
sonaliy directed the efforts of 'Reddy''
ODea's ground force as it put the
diamond in shape for the battle with
drags and markers.
Greeted BY Fine Weather.
Grif pronounced the field in excel
lent condition and, pointing to the
skies. observed that nature could be
expected to do little else to make the
Dick I.angley's force of ushers also
twas out early to get their final in
structions and Dick promised that not
a single reserve seat holder would be
led astray His $50 young men wore
red caps, to signify their office.
Billy Smith, secretary to Ed Eynon,
ir., and in charge of the park conces-
sions. apparently looked for a hungry
and thirsty throng at the opening, for
he had stocked himself up-with the
following minor items: Five hundred
pounds hot dogs, 500 dozen rolls, 6
large tubs Of ice cream, 1000 cases of
soft drinks, 100 cases of beer why
Billy did not class this beer in the
soft drink category is not known). and.
of course, 100 bushels of the inevitable
, double jointed jumbo peanuts and pop
corn.
Joe Judge, Sam Rice and Goose Cos
lin, the slugging trio of the fighting
Bucks, were the first members of the
! home team to pull their shiny motor
cars up outside the locker room. These
players arrived about II o'clock and
Immediately changed to their uni
forms, although they did not appear
on the field until batting practice some
time later.
There was no morning practice, as
Manager Harris and President Griffith
felt it was not needed after the strenu-
Gus victory at Philadelphia yesterday.