Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
CROWD Of 10000
L|KELYAT OPENER
SelIout Not Looked for at New
York Wednesday-Ruth
Still Appears Weak.
BY ALAN GOULD,

N 1EW YORK, September "a
M Just couple of good bras
/ Y sic shots from the Polo
Grounds setting where one
OF the greatest of base balls in
ter-city rivalries flouriShed in the
days of Mathewson and Brown,
of McGraW and Chance, the Chi
cago Cubs will carry the National
League banner into action against
those fearSome New York Yankees
next Wednesday afternoon in the
first game of the 1882 world series.
1t was always a battle for the Cubs
whenever they came TO the big town"
IN the old days and it promises to be
no exception this time John McGraw
and other famous survivors of the
Giants used to form the main recep-
ton committee for the ChicagoanS will
do nothing more damaging now than
dictate stories in the press box, but
the Cubs of today happen to be going
up against one Of the toughest, hardest
hitting aggregations in the game.
The Yankees rule 5-to-3 favorites to
win the championship, despite the
questionable condition Of their No.
long range gun, Babe Ruth and the
recently developed uncertainty over the
pitching fitness of Lefty Gomez and Red
Rufing-
How much these odds are based on
the previous world series record of Ruth
a. Co. remains to be seen. There
is no encouragement for National
League partiSanS in the fact the YAM
KEGS did not lose a single game in
their last two championships. in 1927
and 1923. but the present circumstances
are not calculated to strike unnecessary
fear into the ranks Of so reSourceful
and well balanced an outfit as the
Cubs. 1t should be close and hard
fought series.
The renewal Of this New York-Chi-
cago duel in setting far different from
the old days, will be marked by CUSTOM
airy world series ceremony and glamour,
but the prospects for record opening
crowd Wednesday are not very bright.
Advance ticket sales have been below
normal Only a small percentage of
| the $3.50 and $3.50 tickets in the re-
served sections Of the grandstand have
been sold The main rush is expected
the morning Of the first game, when
| $4,000 bleacher seats at $1.10 and 10000
| unreserved grandstand seats at $3.50
! go on sale at the Yankee Stadium.
YANKEE officials today predicted,
i however, that upward of $4,000
spectators will see each of the
| first two games here. Wednesday and
/ Thursday The capacity CT the Yankee
| Stadium now is slightly over $1,000. and
the record crowd for a single world
series game. 63,600, was accommodated
there in 1926.
The prospects are better for sellouts
at Wrigley Field. Chicago, where ca
pacity is around $4,000. for each of the
three games scheduled there, october
l, 2, 3. If additional games are needed
to settle the question Of supremacy. the
scene will shift to the Yankee Stadium
again for the sixth contest, october 5,
and a seventh. October 6.
President Hoover has decided to fore
go witnessing the opener or any other
games Of the series, after being a con-
sistent patron for the past few years,
but a notable gathering is expected to
fill the field boxes Wednesday. Mayor
Joseph V. Mckee of New York will
throw out the first ball. The It'll Regi-
ment Band will provide the music.
MEANWHILE, the rival clubs are
1v1 being given a thorough going over
by the experts, seeking the
answer to whether the hustling Ma
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