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Scalpers endure dragnet at College World
Series
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
College World Series
Notebook
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OMAHA College World Series
fans looking for a ticket to the games may want to turn in scalpers to
police instead of bargaining with them.
Omaha police have turned in
over 100 tickets confiscated from scalpers to the box office since the
series began on Friday. The tickets are then put up for resale.
As for the scalpers, 12 people
have been arrested for selling tickets above face value, which is a
violation of a city ordinance, police Lt. Tim Conahan said.
Undercover officers are
dispatched around the stadium and surveillance cameras are also being used.
The city ordinance prohibits
the sale of tickets for more than face value within half a mile of
Rosenblatt Stadium and other sports and concert venues in Omaha.
So far, close to $6,000 has
also been confiscated from illegal ticket sales, Conahan said.
``If this is the worst thing
we have to worry about, then we're doing OK,'' he said.
CROWDED HOUSE:
Fans continue to pour into Rosenblatt Stadium. The two largest crowds in
series history were set Saturday (26,530) and Sunday (26,480). Tuesday's
crowd of 25,240 was the fifth-best since the series moved to Omaha in 1950.
Through 10 games, the series has drawn 164,267 fans.
SURVIVORS:
For the first time since 1998 there are two teams from the same conference
in the final four of the CWS. Georgia and South Carolina won on Tuesday to
represent the Southeastern Conference in the final four. The SEC had four
teams in the original field of eight, but Arkansas and LSU were eliminated.
The last two teams from the same conference to make it to the final four
were Arizona State and Southern California from the Pac-10.
POWER SURGE:
After getting blanked in its first game against Cal State Fullerton, South
Carolina responded with 30 runs in its next two contests. The Gamecocks are
just the sixth team in CWS history to score 30 or more runs in two
consecutive games. The last team to do it was Tennessee in 2001 with 32 runs
over two games. LSU set the record for most runs scored in two consecutive
games with 34 in 1991.
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The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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02/23/2007 10:37:35 AM
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