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Show SEAT SALE ENORMOUS FOR WORLD'S SERIES SPECULATORS BUSY. Philadelphia, Oct. 7. Preparations Prepara-tions for tho world's basoball games between the ponnant winners of the National and American leaguos werrj In full swing today. Th Boston Na-. ttonals spent more than two hours in tho forenoon on tho grounds of tho local National league club while tho Philadelphia Americans practiced on their own field. . At both parks tho practlco was behind be-hind closed gates and consisted lnrgo-ly lnrgo-ly of light pitchers In action. Deal Is oxpected to tako tho placo of Smith, tho third baseman whoso leg was broken In Brooklyn yesterday, and got Into tho practlco. At Shlbo park, fivo blocks from tho Phillies' ground, tho American league, team continued tho morning practlco it hns been indulging In this week. Tho weather wns cloudy and damp, Tho last American lenguo gamo ot tho sensOn with Now York this after noon drew only a small crowd-Among crowd-Among tho spectators wcro some of tho Boston players. Tho demand for reserved seats fo-tho fo-tho world's sorles was enormous. When the public sales began today at a department store tho lino of purchasers pur-chasers was six blocks long. So great was the rush when tho salo opened that tho lino broko and there wasa general Bcramblo to got up to tho ticket ofllco. A large detail of police men was on hand, however, nnd brought about order after mounted, men threatened to ride down tho crowd. Somo of thoso who purchased tickets had been in lino sluco early Monday morning. During tho afternoon only tho cheapor tickets remaled to be sold (nd It was oxpected that thoy would,' bo disposed of befoor night, Speculators Specu-lators appeared on tho streots olfo?-' Ins tickets at an ndvanco of $3 nnd $5 over the regular prlco. |