The Washington times., 1933-10-05
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men" but the great mass was
audibly and enthusiastically for
Joe Cronin and the rest Of Clark
Griffith's boys.
Griffith Stadium and the whole
vicinity of Seventh Street and
Florida Avenue were thing
apart from the city from early
In the morning.
Scenes such as the section has
not witnessed since the halcyon
days Of 1924 and 1925, when the
Senators brought the inter
league series to the Capital, were
reenacted today.
The gigantic steel and concrete
stands were gay in a dress OF
American flags. One little spot
Of color in the lower stands be-
hind first base gave notification
to the world that the series mao
At last been made official by the
presence Of the Chief Executive OF
the nation.
Day Is Cold and Gray
Those games UP in New York
didn't count officially because all
they had up there to throw out
the first ball was an alderman OF
something like that. Here the Ma
tionals would show the world be
cause the broad smile of the Presl
dent was upon them.
A dull gray day, with the SKY
threatening to open up and
deluge the park, could not stay
the enthusiasm of the crowd that
rushed to pay anything from
$1.1O to $3.50 for admission or a
seat.
There was chill nip in the air
and q slight breeze that MADE
topcoats and overcoats welcome:
The first of the stands to fill
was the little triangle out in cen
ter field. The temporary seats
there held about 1000, and 5000
were at the park before 9 O'Clock
to buy them. Those that were
disappointed went around &c
another entrance and bougn1
standing room.
Many of these had been IN line
all night undeterred by the cold.
BIeachers Fill Early
What is ordinarily termed the
S'bieachers" or "sun garden. with
temporary seats extending down
to- the field seats, began TO III
early. for those folks out there
are REGULARS" and knew tina
you can often see as interesting
baseball during a pre-game warm
IN as you can see during cham'
pionship game.
The color in the stands wa
as drab and gray as the sky. Tne
crowd seemed to be just a mas
of dirty slate, except where pune
tured by the red hats OF tnt
ushers or the brilliant costume
of an occasional woman:
Never Goldman and his oano
were on hand about 10 o'clock II
the morning. They played every
thing they knew and then lei
hack on "Take Me Out to the Bal
Game, p. which they repeated time
and again. Eventually, SOMEBODY
showed up and sang the old favor
1te through the loud speaker.
Those fans whose vocal cord'
weren't frozen joined in, httle
dloefully.
Nationals Get Cheer
The Nationals, in brand neV
white uniforms, gave the scat
tered fans homething to cheel
about when they showed up OF
the field about noon. They wen
through a batting practice ant
drove a. few balls into the left t1elc
stands. AL Schacht was doing the
pitching, so it didn't mean any
thing.
schacht gave up pitching t
lead the band in another rendi
ton of Take Me Out to the Bal
Game" He worse battered sir
hat and an evening coat.
Col. Ed Startling, of the White
House secret service, secuted" tne
park early to make all necessar!
preparations for the attendance
Of the President.
~ Sats Slow to Fill
BY L o'clock there were still
thousands of seats empty in tn
erandstand and the left fiel'
hleaehers. The pavilion seat
were pretty well filled.
The band abandoned the bal
game song long enough to le
Al Schacht play the approprtat
solo, kiss Me Again" on
cornet.
Following which the BAN
played How Dry I Am" prob
ably in compliment to Clarl
Griffith's refusa Ito sell beer il
his park.
The late arriving fans wer
caught in a showdown of traffi
due, to the fact that all the tax
cabs in the city tried to reacl
the stadium at the last minute
The heavy police squad, how
ever Strengthened out a dozel
tangles and kept the cabs NOV
ing until their patrons could ge
to, their destination.
Field in Good Shape
The big playing field wa
grooEned to a nicely for the clas
sic. Here and there in the stand
there was expressed the hop
that { GroundEeeper Haysemal
had. the foresight to leave pebble
in the vicinity of third base. ]
was such a pebble that won tn
world series for the Griffmen i
1924 when a ball batted by Eal
AEnNIealnv hT,,Inded over the hea