The one cent allowance that his father , a shoe and boot seller , was not enough to get him a ticket .
He found a spot on Coogan 's Bluff that he could take advantage of an open space in the roof of the Polo Grounds .
Although the one cent allowance that his father , a shoe and boot seller , was not enough to get him a ticket , he found a spot on Coogan 's Bluff that he could take advantage of an open space in the roof of the Polo Grounds .