Evening star., 1932-10-01

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irons certain Of finding q seat when
ever they chose to arrive always come
late.
So for the time being, the color of
the world series background was pro-
vided by the bleacher patrons, and the
Chicago Board of Trade Band that
took possession of the field at 1890
am, and kept things moving at a
lively pace.
The bandsmen, like the ushers, were
the last word in sartorial spendor
They wore white trench helmets, cooked
nattily to one side. with thin straps
holding them in place, dark blue coats
Sam Browne belts, white breeches and
polished boots.
Happy Days Are Here Again." roared
the band as it toured the field and the
bleacherites rose to man and cheered
the musical prediction, hoping it was
the truth.
Down along the Yankee side OF
the field, about half way between the
New York dugout and home plate, two
sets OF specially cushioned seats awaited
the arrival Of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic presidential nominee, who
had arranged time out from his Mid.
west speaking tour to attend todays
game.
Sell Out Assured.
Only the ends of the rush seats ir
the temporary bleachers had failed te
I'LL by II am, but the patrons wer,
marching in steadily, assuring q com.
plete sell out for the day and an at.
tendance Of approximately $4,000, more
than attended either of the first two
games in the Yankee Stadium, with it!
seating capacity of close to 81, 900. TIL,
last Of the reserved seats, numberint
above $4,000, were sold this morning
The band got "hot" under the stimu
lus Of the sun and the vigorous encour
| agement Of its white-suited leader, ant
the howling encouragement and sug
gestions Of the bleacher boys. witt
neatness, plenty of noise and many ,
unique flourish, the bandsmen sailet
through q strictly modern repertoire
and the crowd was more than apprecia
| tive
As soon as the small section of regu
lar bleachers that juts out from tn
wall In left center field was three -quar
tiers filled, it became more and more evi
dent, as coats came of and white shirt
biazed, that the batters, particularly
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some day.
| Root and Pipgras
With Charlie Root, veteran fast bal
curver, chosen already by Grimm t.
duel for the first Chicago victory afte
two straight defeats, and another right
handed old-timer, George Pipgras
scheduled to work for the Yankees, tn
physical aspect Of the field took o.
added importance.
| Left-hand hitters, and there are fiv
headed by Lou Gehrig. Babe Ruth an,
Bill Dickey in the Yankee lineup, "a.
it Is all but impossible to spot an,
time accurately side arm right hand
handlers tosses coming up to the plat
against that white background Of tha
tiny left center field bleacher section.
| On . straightaway line from tn
plate through the pitching box stand
q giant scoreboard, painted q dee
green, giving right-hand hitters, pre-
dominating In the Cub lineup. q fin
background for the ball steaming u
to the plate.
To balance the disadvantage, how
ever, the right-hand hitters must slu
their distance clouts for the red brio
wall that encompasses left field fa
from the plate. It would take q tre
mendous clout 70 lift . ball over tbs
wall for O home run into the TEN
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