Consider Advance Bleacher Sales for All-Star Contest, Daily Racing Form, 1951-06-22

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Consider Advance Bleacher Sales for All-Star Contest DETROIT, Mich., June 21 UP .—Detroit it Tiger general manager Billy Evans said d today that he is considering putting 12,000 »0 bleacher seats for the All-Star baseball 11 game July 10 on advance sale. Evans said that selling the .00 unreserved ;- bleacher seats early would eliminate ;e the usual overnight lineup of fans equipped d with Army cots, blankets and thermos w bottles. Grandstand and box tickets now are being mailed out in the order in which applications - are received. The first batch went in the mail yesterday. Evans said d the last tickets will be mailed by Monday. y- Although Briggs Stadium seats between P 54,500 and 55,000, Evans said that an additional 3,000 probably could stand in the ie main deck. The only drawback here, he 2 pointed out, is that standees might block the view of some of the seated customers. s#


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