New Britain herald., 1930-10-01
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 ID SHIbE PARK
World Series Proves to Be Usual
 Magnet in Baseball

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 1 UP)- The world series, which is as much a part of the American scene as the Rocky Mountains or Tammany Hall, broke full panoplied today upon the old Quaker City of Philadelphia
 People came here-and some of them stayed up all night-to see the Philadelphia Athletics of Cornelius McGillicuddy and the St. Louis Cardinals of Gabby Street decide which could play the better game of baseball.
 Some of them came by family fliyver, others by airplane and most of them via the Pennsylvania Rail- road
 Over the country where the game may be watched for nothing at countless bulletin boards there seems to be no end of interest. But the so-called economic depression" made itself felt at Shibe park where the first game will be played today. Tickets in sets of six for which spec ulators had an asking price of S2OO year ago, went begging for $50. The management of the Athletics had to get busy with telephone campaign yesterday afternoon to dispose of some 5000 tickets left on their hands by fans who had ordered them but had nothing to use for money when it came to pay ing.
 So Philadelphia found itself with world series in it's lap but with out the usual unrestrained flow of money which goes with it. Hotels were willing to let people sleep in their rooms for about the usual price. Restaurants sold lot of din- ners at q dollar and half. Taxicabs used their regular instead of their holiday meters.
 Nevertheless, the series were en- tirely official and although business won't stop entirely for it this year, there were plenty of marks of its importance. The outstanding event, of course, will be the presence of President Hoover.
 MT. Hoover is scheduled to arrive with four members of his cabinet and approximately A other men of prominence at 1 p. m. today. He will be escorted through the streets guarded by 100 policemen so that no one will try to sell him any tick cts, and taken to the ball park, where every one hopes he will pitch the first ball.
 Next in importance to MT. Hoover, perhaps, rank group of fans who are willing to sit up all night to see a ten dollar ball game for dollar. They are those in the head of the bleacher line and will be the first to buy from the assortment of 2,0OO bleacher tickets which were to be offered for sale at the box office this morning-another of the old American customs which marks this event.
 First in the bleacher line one finds Bill Sullivan, of Philadelphia. Bill arrived outside the ticket office Friday night and has been there ever since excepting for two hours on Sunday which he spent in the police station while trying to explain charges of disorderly cbnduct. Bill explained that the policeman had been drinking.
 He hasn't eaten much and has talked a lot since Friday. Yesterday morning he did have breakfast, however, consisting of a ginger cookie which some one gave him, and this morning he hopes to have another.
 Close behind Sullivan is William Bowers of Kent, Iowa, who drove here in his popular priced automo- bile and parked it near Shibe park at six a. m. today. He predicts vic tory for the Athletics by the weight of Bing Miller's war club. He ard Fling are fellow townsmen.
 Then came Joe Snyder of 103 West 50th street, St. Louis, who ad- mitted he came by fast freight and intends to go back to St. Louis for the game Monday by the same route. Joe thinks that the Cards