The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-24

More than one e-thir0 or tnc lv,- 900 seats, including all of the boxes in Cieveland's 13.00O. 900 lake front Municipal Stadium already have been sold. The Cleveland Baseball company. in charge of ar- ranEements. already has more than 130, 900 in the bank.
 In addition to the seating capac- fly. there is ample standing room for more than 10000 in the sta dium. and Billy Evans. general manager of the Indians, is positive that the sports outstanding play CTS will perform before more than 30,000 persons and that the re- ceipts will total more than $IOO,000.
 Baseball's record attendance now is slightly more than sO.000. and top receipts around 390,0OO. The Indians and the Philadelphia Ath- letics opened the Cleveland Stadi- um on July 3l, 1892. before s0.314 persons who paid about $D0,000 and that attendance and intake has been cqualed at the Yankee Sta dium two or three times.
 Ball Game for Ball Players "The amazing thing about the sale of tickets for the big show here is that we have as yet made no effort to ballyhoo it," says | Evans.
 "Wc have money orders and checks from the four corners of the country --- from PeJepscot, Me. to Scappo0Ee. Ore, md from Ishpe- ming, Mich. to the Saddle Bunch Keys. of Florida.
 This game is bringing people to baseball who probably haven't seen one In years. was born and raised at Youngstown, and believed that I knew my Ohio. but here are applications from towns that l | never heard Of"
 Evans thumbed through the re- quests.
 "Washingtonvillc. Green own. Phnlhnx, Apple Creek, Freedom station, Magnolia. l didn't know they were on the map. Chances arc that they aren't. Here's An order for four choice onces from .Justus. The entire town must Dc coming. Here's another new one on me Dnisytown, Pa"
 The City of Cleveland is donat- Ing the use of the stadium. Every nickel outside Of the actual cost of staging the contest, the major item of which is the cost of transporting the players, goes 10 the Association of Professional Baseball Players Of America. which looks after sick. crippled, and indiRent players. and plans II home for them.
 The first all-ntar game in Chicago in I033 nettcd the fund $46,000. and the one of last July in New
 York &4O,OoO. This years produc- | ton should yield the fund more than twice the latter amount.
 New Faces Among AlI-Stars Again the participants will be selected by n nation wide news | paper poll. Joe Cronin and Biii | Terry evoked adverse criticism last year by their failure to follow the | bhllotin. to the letter, but, after i'll. practically all of the standouts were inserted into the ilneupg nt | one time or another.
 Ten or more luIninnricE in each | loop who have yet Co crash the ail- star game bid fair to do so this | trip.
 National f.engucrs in this class who merit the honor include Paul Dean md Billy Delaney. the youngest battery ever to appear in Il world series, and the Cardinals | Hlugging first bascman, Jimmy Col t.t | Moore, of the iGants: Curt Davis | and Outficlders Johnny Moore and Ethan Allen, of the Phiilies; and Linus Frey. brilliant boy sortstop ! of the Dodgers.
 SchooIboy Rowe will make his | bow. and other American Lenguers | who have yet 10 appear nn all-stHrs and who are sure 10 be strong nj ] the ballot boxes include Wesley | Terrell, Hank Grernberg, Jo-Jo
 White, IInl Troeky Frank Higgins. | Eill Wcrber, Joe VOgmik. and Roy Johnson,
 The world series managers
 Frankie frisch and Mickey Coch-
 rhne. will command.
 Ruth First In i5uLis Uniforms
 There will be the customary | problems such ng the one cronip. | who managed Inc American
 Lenguers last July. solved by us-
 Ing Jimmy Boxx at third base.
 For instance there Ia no place
 for either Greenberg or Trosky
 with Lou Gehrig still leading the
 Junior wheel In practically every | thing but pitching effectiyenfsb,
 Nor for Collins, with Terry still on
 his remarkable game and the Nh |.
 tional League rnnher-up in the
 batting with II cool .34b.
 Wonder If Foxx will catch. by
 the way?
 Babe Ruth. who appears 50 strange in National League livery after 20 heroic years in the Amer