Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-06-25 | Page 1 | Tickets Scarce, Badges on Increase Official Geat Gets You into Garden Gov. Smith Falls Heir to 'Babe's' Bat

Tickets Scarce, Badges on Increase 'Official' Gear Gets You Into Garden Gov. Smith Falls Heir to 'BabeV Bat . ' - ' NEW Y OR If. June SC. With another an-other hot1 day 'In 'prospect,' dele-1 gates to the .' Democratic national convent Ion. , before entering Madison Madi-son Square Garden today, took A look about' for "the mother of New York, a group of women who yesterday distributed fans to all thoee attending- the convention. Tha scarcity of tickets appeared to continue today, aa on the open-ln? open-ln? day yesterday, but ths supply of hadfes seemed to be on the increase, in-crease, many enterprising ' gentlemen gentle-men having- discovered thst a badge ts almost aa good aa a ticket Hotel lutbies laaf night were , pretty well sprinkled with persons wearing official nadgee of one sort and another, which will get them Into the convention. Governor Smith today has the baseball bat Intended .by "Babe" Ruth for the late Jresident Harding. Hard-ing. When here to apeak at , the annual luncheon of the Associated Press In April, 1921, Mr. Harding attended a ball game at the Yankee stadium, and la talking to "the king of swat, expressed a desire for eas autographed bat. But Mr. Harding died before Ruth could deliver the bat. , , . y . Ruth, yesterday ; called at the Smith headquarters, snd offered the New York governor tna bat, and lha offer waa accepted. "Oovarnor, I'm glad to sea you est for a home .run," he remarked. "If 1 can- handle tha delegates the way you handle a bat the re-eult re-eult will be all right," said tha governor, gov-ernor, returning the eompllment. Vance C. McCormlek of Pennayl-vanla Pennayl-vanla aays ha' la having tha tlma of hla Ufa sitting on the sidelines side-lines watching ths fun." Mr. McCormlek, Mc-Cormlek, who managed President Wllaon'a aecond presidential campaign, cam-paign, said h was not taking any part In the convention aotlvttlea, had no candidate and did not know who would win . tha presidential nomination. -' ' - 1 ' Tha Arlsi.na delegation, which wss desdloeked yeeterday over organisation, or-ganisation, sgreed tjnsnlmously on one thing, snd that was their stats flag had been pun upside down In the lobby of their ' hotel quartere. Ona of their number waa sent to ths hotel management and tha flag soon waa rearranaedSrHb the sunset sun-set right slds up. ...