Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-21
SEGH AT LARGE
Giants Success
In All Respects
By MORRIS sIEeEC

DoMEsTICALLY SPEAKING, the footballng Giants
are an unouesoned success They've eight of the 10
border disputes they've been engaged in so far this cam
pagn
Now they pop up as an international factor with an
even better batting average, solid 1000 In their only
venture in affairs of state the New Workers recently
helped keep Turkey in our league.
This diplomatic accomplishment won't be too impress
sive when they match credentials with the Green Bay
Packers the eventual NIL Armageddon next MONTH but
the Giants UNDERSTANDABLE proud of their part in
preserving the peace nevertheless.
1t all came about accidentally. Several weeks ago
when they preparing to entertain the Redskins for
a game the Redskins did not wn telephone call came 10
their offices from colonel in the Pentagon
HE HAD URGENT BUSINESS which is unusual for
Pentagon colonel 1--WE got have eight tickets for Sun
days game the colonel in charge of Pentagon pro football
told Don Smith, the Giants propaganda minister.
Smith, patiently and courteously told his military
caller it impossible the game had been sold out for
weeks But this is urgent the colonel insisted Smith
informed him of thousands of military fans
in York who wanted to the just urgently
but there just were no tickets to be had.
you don't understand the colonel continued they're
for They for eight Turkish generals attending
a staff meeting in Washington. They said they wanted
to see the Giants play Sunday You must get
them tickets or Turkey may drop out Of NATO."
Smith, worldly man, somehow got the tickets. He
won't say where for fear of future delegations which might
visit the Pentagon and later want to see the Giants play
ORIGINALLY, SMITHS JOB simply to pubicze
the Giants The last few that has been the least OF
his problems The Giants with their penchant for win
ming have pretty well managed to create their own pubic
image They had Seouts last year in Yankee Stadium
and will repeat with six more this season.
THE job now of pacifying people who can't buy
tickets" Smith lamented his recent courtesy call to
washington in connection with Sundays ntramura social
with the Redskins
smitty had good with most but there are
some New Workers who won't take no for an answer
They're determined to the whether they have
tickets or not
There's the Long Island SET for example. Unable to
purchase Sc tickets to Yankee Stadium; they watch
the games in comfort than many who occupy pews
with obstructed views Weather doesn't bother Them
either
They purchased antennas with special gadgets that
enabled them to bring in the game from Channel in
Hartford 80 miles away" Smith reported You ought to
that part of Long Island Sound All those aerias up
there make it look like Flanders Field But they're our
fans"
ANOTHER SEGMENT OF the disconnected fans
doesn't get the Giants sympathy. Their sory-and the
way they got into the without tickets-is beau
A schemng outfit with undsguised devious intent saw
the opportunity of making illegal buck out of the Giants
failure to seating capacity for their home
bashes This is how they operated:
For bucks they'd give you phone number to call
on Sunday mornings. The voice the phone then would
tell the caller what gate to USE The gateman was In on
the DEAL too You handed him another buck and he'd let
you Then you No seat OF course put
for So you in the ball park
This went on for almost years Each week the
phone number and the gate number would change One
day 1t John Patrick OShea New York cop was coming
out of church One the boys sided to him and asked
the lieutenant dressed cvvies If he'd be interested in
attending the game that day for S.
The lieutenant was. He presented himself at the
designated gate paid the gaeman the dollar and he was
in Moments later of New Yorks finest grabbed
the gateman who exposed his cohorts and ended that
phase of the no-ticket operation.
1t O'Shea was a Giants fan, all right all the way
back the days of the late Tim Mara the Giants founder
Even on the sidewalks that Giant defense is tough to
crack.