Evening star., 1934-10-03
47,000 IN STANDS
AS SERIES BEGINS
Game lust Short of SelIout.
Delay Draws Jeers of
Waiting Throng.
By the Associated Press.

JIlC ouRPOi lllB IdoG VI tiiC ots LouAo
Cardinals. rang up the curtain today
with Mickey Cochrane's Detroit Tigers
for the first act of the annual world
series base ball drama.
All the celebrities Of the national
pastime, from High Commissioner
Kenesaw Mountain Lands down, were
in the wings with slightly less than
Al 900 ordinary citizens, all but jam
ming to capacity the tightly-built
American League ball yard.
Despite the hysteria that has swept
Detroit for its first world series in Is
years, the first all-Western battle since
\ the scandalous days of the White Sox
and Reds in 1919, the park was not
completely sold out There was a
small bare spot in the distant end Of
the new left field stands built out
from the park over an adjoining street
and designed TO hold 1900. The re-
served sections likewise showed empty
spaces, but all these had been sold.
Weather Favors Pitchers.
1t was a great day for the fast
ballers. Dean and Crowder, though
the latter's high, hard one has lost
some of its zip in recent years. There
was chill breeze whipping the flag
draped park, the sky was hazy and
dull and the sun couldn't seem to
manage to light the proceedings per-
fectly for the two slugging arrays.
Dean was the center OF much at
tention as he warmed up in front
of the dugout The photographers
f1ocked around while he posed in the
embrace of AL Schacht. the WASH
ington comedian, who was draped in
| tiger skin.
The umpires, with Brick Owens as
! umpire in chief, had a long confer
ence at the plate with Managers
Mickey Cochrane and Frank Frisch.
They discussed the ground rules and
appeared to have number OF knotty
! problems to settle before taking the
field
| The sun came out more brightly
as game time approached. but there
| was still a cool snap in the air, and
the majority of spectators were well
| bundled in coats and furS.
| Second Warm-up Needed.
There was so much delay caused by
the conference between the team lead
ers and the umpires that Dean, after
retiring to the dugout, jumped out and
started to warm up again. 1t was five
minutes after the scheduled starting
time when Umpire Owens finally dust
ed of the plate.
There was further delay while the
umpires took steps to clear the field.
Owens went over for a few words
with Commissioner Lands. who was
seated in a box near the Cardinal
dugout. Finally the band went into
action again to fill in the interval Of
delay. which it was announced was
due to a request from the club man
agement to allow some extra time for
ticket holders to get into the park.
1t developed that the late rush Of GUS
toners was too much for the turnstiles
to handle as rapidly as desired.
Cochrane donned his working equip
ment and went over for q short talk
with Lands Meanwhile Leo Dur
ocher. captain and shortstop Of the
Cardinals, took charge of the conver-
sational activities with the umpires
who were still in a huddle around the
plate.
Crowd Booes Delay.
When the loud speaker system fin
ally conveyed the information that the
delay was due to the belated ticket
holders. a tremendous chorus of booes
arose from the bleacher customers in
the outfield, most Of whom had been
up all night to have a chance to get
| into the park and consequently ex-
hibited no sympathy for the more
plutocratic trade. Players Of both
teams came out of the dugout to linn
Der up again. Dizzy Dean and Crow
der already had pitched the equivalent
Of an extra couple innings in keeping
warmed up.
The crowd jeered the Cardinal bull.
pen contingent. consisting of Bill Hal.
lahan, Bill Walker and Tex Carleton
as the trio of reserve pitchers walkeo
past the stands on their way to tht
Outfield location reserved for them.
The crowd stood up with barred head:
with evident relief as the band struck
up the National Anthem.
There was q subsequent roar as the
Tigers romped out on the field, an0
the game was on. 20 minutes late.
Batting practice began with right
handed Vic Sorrell on the mound fol
| the Tigers. Hank Greenberg. the big
raWboned young cleanup clouter o'
the American League champions
promptly lofted the second pitch into
the new seats in right field and blew
the third deep into the center-felC
f, corner of the same stands.
"G0Ose's" Drives Long.
The crowd "oohed" and "ahed" ir
fond appreciation, but they tired oi
cheering as Goose" Goslin hammered
a couple over the right-field wall by
| the scoreboard, Ray Hayworth, sub
stitute catcher, drove two into the left
field seats and Charlie Gehringer pep
pered the delighted customers in the
| jury box with souvenirs.
About this time the st. Louis Car
dinalS, with Dizzy Dean in the van as
usual, piled out of their bus outside
the ball park and pounded in to dress
Their dugout was full of sound camera
| APPARATUS, UuL lIlc UpcldCOlS Ildu q
tremendous time protecting the equip
ment from the Tiger hitters, particu-
larly 10 10 White, whose first gesture
against the Cards was to mute them
If possible. White lined three fouls
right into the dugout.
Mickey Cochrane did not appear on
the field until the practice was well
under way. and his mind, as far as the
| pitchers were concerned, was the same
as yesterday.
"Crowder will pitch,' he said. Dean
is going to start for the Cardinals"
Hornsby Is Adviser.
Mickey came direct from a final
conference with Rogers HornSby, man.
ager of the Browns, who have been
acting as sparring partners in work.
outs with the Tigers here since the
regular season closed Sunday.
Since 10 am. Hornsby, who won q
world championship for the Cardinals
over the Yankees in 1926. had been
drilling Cochrane and the Tiger pitch
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