Evening star., 1926-10-05

ing Hornsby and his victorious crew
several hundred were forming a thin
but determined line before the ticket
window at Sportsman's Park. No. l
in this line, John NJ. Overton, took
absolutely no chance of being late,
for he was ready to buy his ticket at
1:45 yesterday afternoon. almost "a
hours before Umpire Hildebrand was
ready to call "Play ball" Downtown.
too, a line formed last night bent on
buying the privilege Of standing up.
Less than 10000 persons can be
crowded into Sportsman's Park. The
grandstand seats were reserved and
sold in short order. The sale of the
$500 bleacher seats and $500 stand
ing-room space will be followed by the
S. r. o. sign. These places have not
been sold because they are not on sale
until the day Of the game.
The enthusiasm of nearly two
score seasons. stored up in the 38
years of waiting for a pennant win
ner, boiled over last night when the
Cardinals came into their own.
Rogers Hornsby brought the first
championship team to st. Louis since
1888, and the citizens let him know
that they appreciate 1t.
The champions won their title on
umph into a world series, whose first
two games gave them an even break,
Winning a National League cham
pionship and standing off the Ameri-
can League titleholderS, all since
they went away, gave the ST. Louis
fans. who take their base ball as
seriously as any people in the world.
an opportunity to show just how they
felt about 1t.
Hornsby Given Auto.
Manager Hornsby was presented
with an expensive automobile to go
with a watch given him by his New
York admirers, and all the players
will get presents when the fans can
get the accumulated cheering out of
their systems and get around to 1t.
A dense mass of humanity paid
tribute to the athletes. until Hornsby
in self-defense called q halt and sent
the players to their homes and quiet.
Long after the inspiration of the
demonstration had faded out Of the
picture for the moment the celebra-
ton continued. Automobiles sped
through the streets dragging wash
tubs and buckets behind, humping
against the concrete. This furnished
q noise making device second to
none, although sirens. bells and even
revolver shots offered the sternest
sort of competition.
There was q division OF opinion as
to whether last nights uprOar made
a record. Some die-harders stood out
for a draw for the Armistice day cele-
bration. but none gave that historic
demonstration a clear-cut decision.
The last great political convention
held in st. Louis was rated bad
third as an occasion OF loud and pro-
longed shouting.
With the stage Set last nights
curtain. raiser today's base ball con-
test would be more than a game. 1t
will be a ceremony. The end is not
vet for the demonstrators. Hun
dreds of fans were only warming up
last night, they said, and the real
shouting is TO come after the Card
inals win their first world series game
at home.
Should they lose, the sorrowing can
be heard for miles. If last night
iollification Is to be taken as an in
dication, a st. Louis base ball crowd
plunged into the depths of despair
will make more noise than any other
like crowd jubilant over victory.
In the meantime the blaSe New
York Yankees, who claim they can
take their pennants or leave them
alone, asked what all the cheering
was about, and suggested that as the
opposition in this conversation, they
must not be overlooked. The St.
Louis fans are leaving the invaders
TO be taken care of by the home guard
on the playing field.
Manager Miller Higgins. although
he took no part the homecoming
celebration, in moments Of less stress
would be regarded as a citizen Of st.
Louis. He once managed these same
Cardinals, now grown to champion
ship proportions, when the fans had
less To cheek about -