Evening star., 1926-10-02
IS, 900 FANS FILL
STANDS FOR FIRST
GAME OF SERIES

GAME OF SERIES
Continued from First Page.)
its peak. Yankee officials faced the
| prospect of being obliged to close the
gates before the start of the battle,
with every indication that $1,000 fans
would jam the park to its fringes.
The bleachers at J. 80 We're three
quarters full. while most of the two
| upper decks OF the grandstand also
were occupied. Outside the park
thousa nds were in lines that stretched
j in all directions. whilet police reserves
struggled to keep them in ordered pro
ctssion to the ticket booths.
Contrasting with the rush for the
general admission turnstiles was the
vas, emptiness of the lower grand
stand section and field boxes. held for
| favored pOSsesSors of reserved seat
| tickets.
Motion picture camera man, seek
| ing crowd action. kept the bleacher-
| ties in uproar. The hot dog and pea
nut vendors did lively business
| among the early arrivals, many or
whom were enjoying a late breakfast
after long vigil at the gates. A band
lively tune while workmen put the
finishing touches to the fields sur
face.
Sun Is Applauded.
At HAS am. the sun broke through
the clouds for tine first time, and was
given a big hand by the crowd that
! had come in fear of further down
, pour. 1t was still hazy, but the clouds
we're being driven off by brisk
southerly breeze.
A few minutes later the advance
Gordon of Yankees emerged from the
dugout for practice, and the fans
again let lose a wild outburst, while
photographers gathered around the
players like flies.
The batting cage was wheeled
into nlace and Babe Ruth, idol of
metropolitan fandom, was the frSt
to uake swing at the plate. Dutch
Ruether. veteran southpaw. tossed the
balls to the plate and the best the
Rabe could do was low liner tnat
iumped ND the right field embank-
ment to bump against the bieacner
wall. 1,.,,;o
The Yankees. expecting Wine
Sherdel TO be their pitching opponent
were getting in plenty OF prac'lce
with portside ammunition.
On his next turn at the plate. the
Rabe boosted two towering wallops
ont of the park, one in the top grand
stand deck and the other among MS
followers in right field. Ruether
slow ball tantaliZed most Of the heavy
guns of the Yankee attack.
Twenty-Five thousand reserved
tickets were snapped up In recofd
time on the mail order basis, with an
oversubscription of $4,000 when clup
attaches suspended the count.
Spectators Prices High.
Some of these tickets fell into the
| hands of specula tors and high prices
| were asked.
| No dismav was caused among the
offensive forces by the news that
southpa ws, would hurl. A total OF hve
| leftha nded batsmen may he counted
| among the regulars OF the two teams.
Ruth, Gehrig and Combs stand nearer
| first base when they go to bat for the
Yankees and SouthwOrth and Bottom
lev bat from the off side for the Car
| dinals.
The National League entry does not
| l..
the first two games are played on
allan territory Many st. Louis en-
| thusiasts could not wait until the
teams reach the Mound City Tuesday
| and so moved to New York to be
among the 5000 fans.
Vote Is for Visitors.
| The sentimental vote was being cast
| almost solidly for the visitors. st.
| Louis had no pennant FOR 81 years,
| while a few years ago the Yankees
| for a time threatened a monopoly on
American League championships. En-
thusiasm Of youth meets the expert
! ence of years again. The Cardinals
! won a pennant with one Of the young
est teams in the ma ajors. The Yankees
roll call shows II players who have
| previously played for base balls
| highest honor.
, Speculation was largely at even
money, but some odds of 6 to 5 were
reported on the Yankees to win the
| first game and the same price on ul-
| innate victory in the series.
| Managers Huggins and 1lornsby
publicly declared their firm faith in
their players before the opening
| game. At the same time each dis
| claimed any thought Of holding his
! opponent llSHlly. IHaeIeSt was duuC"
| to the managerial equation by the fact
that Hornsby, as a Cardinal recruit.
learned his first jor league lessons
| at the knee Of Huggins, then manager
| of st. Louis.
Two stars will he out of the series.
| Rengough capable New York catcher.
| is definitely out of participation with
a broken arm and strained knee lin
| its Ray Blades. fast Cardinal out
fielder. to pinch hitting. if that.
The honor of being first fan at the
| gates was won by Albert Aitken. a
| 3S-yea T. old stage hand. who purchased
a wooden box from two Bronx young
sters and settled himself deep in an
overcoat in his place at the forefront
! at 10 O'Clock last night. The wait
for him was old stuff. He had missed
few championship games in 10 years.
| Right behind him was the dean of
walters, John Green. Government
employe from Washington, who takes
his yearly vacation at this time. He
said he had not missed a world series
game since the classic started and
that the opening of the sale of tick
| cts in st. Louis would find him close
to the head of the line there, too.
Two youngsters from Swoyerville.
Pa, Andrew katchmer and Albert
Kusma. borrowed a roadster to drive
here in time to be among the first
I'm the line.
Harry Kaiser. 24year-old printer.
who headed the procession in 1928.