Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-05
DAY BRIGHT AND SUNNY.
Philadelphia Shows Extraordinary En-
thusiasm in First Home Game.

PHILADELPHIA, october (P).-World
series excitement spread rapidly today
through the home bailiwick of the
champion Athletics as the rush began
for Shibe Park and the third game of
the base ball battle with the st. Louis
Cardinals.
It was a bright, sunny day, the same
Indian Summer weather that marked
the first two games in st. Louis, but
with clearer visibility.
Unusual Enthusiasm Shown.
An early morning fog lifted on scenes
of unusual activity about Shibe Park
Philadelphia fandom, despite business
conditions and the repetition OF world
series honors for the home team, mani
tested extraordinary enthusiasm, per-
haps due to the sudden turn OF events
that squared the series in st. Louis.
So great was the press outside Shlbe
Park that the two bleacher entrances
were opened at 7:50 am. One was
closed in exactly an hour and the other
shortly after 9 o'clock, with every seat
Allied.
The last man to get in the park had
taken his place in line at $50. Several
were arrested for selling their places,
but later discharged by magistrate.
On tops of houses opposite the right
field wall temporary stands to accom-
modate 1900 spectators attracted few
early birds.
Betting was light around the down.
town centers, but several wagers were
placed on the Athletics to take the
series at to l.
Spectators got as high as S25 and
$50 for reserved seats for today's game,
depending on the location.
AS Royalty Greeted.
The Athletics, trim and neat in white
uniforms and caps, trotted out for bat
ting practice few minutes before noon
and were royalty greeted by their faith
full followers in left center. The scat
tered few in the reserved sections of the
covered stands sat up and paid atten-
ton.
Apparently the batting practice Con-
ME Mack put his boys through yester-
day-hrst time in the history of the
world series that team has worked
out on Sunday-Sharpened their batting
eyes. Al Simmons, head man in the
smuggling department of the AS, promptly
got the left-field range and started
whanging balls into the rush seats.
Jimmy FoxX followed Simmons to the
plate, and with Ed Rommel pitching,
picked up where AL left off, to the great
glee of the crowd. AS the scramble for
the home run balls was at its height,
Foxx picked out the only fellow doing
IN the sun seats and lofted pitch into
his lap.
Walker Pitches to Cards.
The AS finished up on Rommel with
storm of wallops to the far fences
and trotted off to give the Cardinals a
chance to sharpen their clouting eyes.
Simmons trotted around the bases after
one belt into the stands, his usual pro-
cedure when he intends to hit a home
run during a game. He did that and
the home run in the first game was off
Paul Derringer. In the second game at
st. Louis all the AS heavy hitters fol-
lowed his example and they got but
three small singles of Hallahan'S speed
and curves. Today Simomns trotted
alone.
The Cardinals went to work on the
offerings of Allan Stout, Highlander,
before Bill Walker, borrowed from the
Giants for just this purpose, showed
them what high-grade left-handed
pitching looks like They hit Walker
about the same as they did in st. Louis
before the opening game, mostly driving
the ball into the infleld.
Shifting to fielding drill, the Cards
injured third baSeman, Sparky Adams,
who was kept out of the first two
games in st. Louis by damaged leg,
took his place at the far corner and
tuned up his arm with several long,
accurate throws to first. Adams, I'M
less injured again, will play third base
the remainder of the series.
Adams Increases Strength.
The Cardinals welcomed increased
strength with return of Adams. Andy
High substituted in tine opening game
for "Sparky," who played the best ball
of his career in the regular National
League season, and Jake Flowers, ordi-
narily second baseman, took his post
III the second. Neither is a hitter or
fielder of Adams ability.
Every indication today was that a
capacity crowd of $4,000, among their
number the champion good-luck mascot
of the Athletics, President Hoover, was
destined to see pitchers battle that
: was q. holdover from the 1880 world
seriss1p which the As won they sec