The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-01
GREATEST WORLD SERIES IN YEARS
 GETS UNDERWAY
Dodgers Sentimental Fla. vOrites; China Misses
 Babe Ruth Every Year
DY MARTIN KANE

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 New York, Oct. 1s-(UPl--Tha Buns of Brooklyn and the Gentle. men of the Bronx come to grips to. day in Q rip.roaring exhibition ot skill and butterfnSers, power and powder puffs which has the war" worn world by the ears.
 From Chungking to Chicago afo the Bronx to the Battery the worie series rates with the World war ai Q matter of moment, something tc worry about, Q problem to be solved Its center was New York but every where else in the world there vert partisan Tanks and Dodgers ready to give an argument or lay bet The odds were 2 to l in favor oi the Tanks in Tokyo, where betting was fohidden, and in Chungkine there were inquiries as to how a world series could be held without Babe Ruth.
 In Brooklyn there was supreme confidence and on the other side oi the East River there was quiet as- surance. Take your pick.
 New York hotels were filled with Supercilious ticket-h holders and wist' ful aspirants, the latter easy prey for spectators who demanded aa much as S260 for tickets for the first four games. The night clubs were swamped with business such as never has existed since prohibi- ton repeal loosed ttS hubbiy tide. These were defenSe boomers in for e splurge and they were accomnno" dated.
 Odds Confused
 The Dodgers were the sentimental favoriteS and the undeIdogs in the betting, which ran betting commis- Sioners ragged trying to keep theiE odds straight. The confusion oj cold dope, science and feverish en- thus.asm made for fanta&y in wag' CTS about how many games the se' ries would run, who would pitch the third game If the Dodgers won the first, and what would happen if 1t rained on Thursday.
 There were no statistics on how many fingernails were chewed to the quick in Flatbush as game time ap. preached but the fervor in Bumtowr could not be doubted. It had been building Up for c score of years when Brooklyn was left forever with men on base and no one to hit them home. It flowed all over the city and many 6 Brooklyn resident who had not emerged from the wrong, or Manhattan, end of the subway in months tuned out today to do honor to the Dodgers.
 Tn the long thin line which formed outside the Yankee Stadium In the chill early evening last night there were more Dodger rooterS than Tank fans by 3 to i. The Sta. alum never has been filled by a world series, strange to say, and one bleacher seat is much like another but 1t appeared to be c matter of honor for Dodger-lovers to show their loyalty in as spectacular and unnecessary manner and brag about what they had put up with to sec the Buns in action.
 Mother love got itself involved somehow. The first person in line for bleacher seats was Mrs. Eliza. beth Alhrecht, who explained that her two sons were in the army and had cautioned her always to stick to the Dodgers" before they left for the Louisiana maneuvers. Mrs. Al. brecht is sticking to the Dodgers.
 Nice Judge
 The law got all tangled up In the business, too, s. Sidney Levine, [ Brooklyn wesstand proprietor ane Dodger fnn was hailed aeiore Mag iStrate James A. Hlanchfield on a charge of creating unnecessary noise on the afternoon of Sept. is while the Dodgers were engagec with @ crucial series iA St. Louis. II turned out that Levine had dis. turbed the peace of mind of Patrol. man James J. Monahan by oper- ating a radio at his newsstand fol the information of patrons. Levine's defense was that there was a radio set turned to the ball game on every corner in Brooklyn.
 Magistrate Blanchfield agreed.
 You could walk along the street and keep 6 box score" he said. q remember that ball game very well. I was playing golf and we hired a caddy to carry Q portable vadiS around so we could listen to tn, game as we played. find you not guilty"