New Britain herald., 1926-10-05

St. Louis, Oct. 5 LP - Baseball mad, hoarse from cheering its be- loved Cardinals. and with a weari ness of limb that only a seat in a world series will satisfy. St. Louis today awaited game time with im- patience. Mentally the city is in the pink of condition for the third game of the series with confidence oozing from every pore. Physically there is something lacking for many of the enthusiasts.
 All of the late afternoon and much of the evening was given over to the singing of a baseball paean by a choir of thousands Of voices, making up in volume anything lack ing in harmony. Unfortunately many who cheered will not see the game today.
 Many of St. Louis fans believed that they also serve who only stand and wait, and while their fellows were cheering Hornsby and his vic- torious crew, several hundred were forming a thin but determined line before the ticket window at Sports mans Park. Number one in this line, John NJ. Overton, took abso- lutely 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" Down town, 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 grand stand seats were reserved and sold in short order The sale of the 7,500 bleacher seats and 3 3,500 stand inS room space will be followed by the s. R. c. 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 SS years of waiting for a pennant win ner boiled over last night when the Cardinals came into their own. Rogers Hornshy brought the first championship team to St. Louis since 1888 and the citizens let him know that they appreciate it. The champions won their title on the road and went from this triumph 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 titleholders, all since they went away, gave the St. Louis fans, who take their baseball as seriously as any people in the world, an oppor- tunity to show just how they felt about it.
 Manager Hornsby was presented with an expensive automobile to go with watch given him by his New York admirers and all the players will get presents when the fans can get the 6 umulated cheering out of their systems and get around to it..
 A dense mass of humanity paid tribute to the athletes until Horns by, in self defense, called a halt and sent the players to their homes and quiet,
 Long after 'e inspiration of the demonstration faded out of the picture for oment the cele- bration cont.
 Automobiles sped through the street dragging wash tubs and buckets behind, pumping against the concrete. This furnished noise making device second to none, all though sirens, bells and even re- volver shots offered the sternest sort of competition.
 There was a division of opinion as to whether last nights uproar mads q record. Some die-harders stood out for draw for the Armis- tice day celebration, but none gave that historic demonstration a clear cut decision. The last great politt- cal convention held in St. Louis was rated a bad third as an occasion of loud and prolonged shouting.
 With the stage set for last nights curtain raiser today's baseball con- test will be more than a game. It will be ceremony. The end is not vet for the demonstrators. Hundreds of fans were only warming up last niaht, they said. and the real shout ing is to come after the Cardinals win their first world series game at home Should they lose, the sor- rowing can be heard for miles. If last nights jollihcation is to be taken as an indication. St. Louis baseball 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 that they can take their pennants or leave them alone. asked what all the cheering was about and suggested that as the opposition in this con- versation, they must not be over looked. The St. Louis fans are leav- ing the invaders to be taken care of by the home guard on the playing field.
 Manager Miller Huggins, although he took no part in the home coming celebration, in moments of less stress would be regarded as a citizen of St. Louis. He once managed these same Cardinals. now grown to championship proportions, when the fans had less to cheer about.
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