Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-09
Great Weather for Games in
Philadelphia.
QUAKERS HAVE FRENZY
EVERYBODY ABSOLUTELY BASE
BALL CRAZY.
Conditions Fine for the First Game
of Post-Series Games Between
Champions.
specinl plspntch to The star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
PHILADELPHIA October 9.-Base ball,
dead since the season ended on Saturday
was the lIveliest ghost that ever walked
this afternoon or rather early this morning
when the gates of Columbia Park opened
to let In the thousands that had been walt
ing outside in lines two blocks long since
as early as o o'clock this morning. When
the gates opened they poured In like ashes
from the turned-over CRATE of a kitchen
range. Big. small and medium-sized Amerl-
cans from five years up and from eighty
years down went to make up the crowd
which swarmed Off the cars and arranged
themselves in lines two blocks long before
the ticket gates opened.
Adding to the long black lines which had
already formed and the first individuals N
the line before bleacher ticket office when
its window opened at II o'clock were two
small boys. They said they were fourteen
years old. but truant officer would have
taken them for six and sent them back &c
the primary gates. They had taken turns
In front of the window since six O'Clock in
the morning. waiting for the gates TO open
sc they could deposit the 30 cents which
each had saved and see what one OF them
Called the groitest goim of our loves,
Jimmy"
When the sun woke up this morning two
out OF three Philadelphians would assure
you that it looked just like base bali. One
or two of the imaginative could see that
the thin cloud just under it looked like
base ball bat, and when the wind twisted
1t bit some one else could see that 1t
looked like Rube Waddell's pitching arm.
The truth of the matter is that everything
here is base ball mad. People talk it
the street. in the stores, and the hotel
Hobbies yield up nothing in the way of
sound but a succession of Cant hit in
pinch" His wing has gone back on him."
and Hes fast between the bases, but he
might just well try to lift the grand
stand as to try to hit southpaw pitcher"
On the streets the hawkers got busy early,
selling bananas which held the words, The
Athletic champions printed on white
ribbon surmounted by a white elephant,
for here the Philadelphia Americans go by
the nickname of Connie Mack's White
Elephants" Politics at their white
heat just now. but immense many-colored
banners which proclaimed that all the peo-
pie voted for such a candidate, or that
the opposition was only supported by sub
sidiZed followers, were insignificant beside
the pictures and emblems that proclaimed
that a terrible epidemic of base ball fever
was in the air. The ring could have the
city. or the Schuylkill river could overflow
and make Philadelphia a system of islands,
just so long as it did not overflow Columbia
Park before the Athletics had trounced the
Giants in the first game of the worlds
championship series
Took on Airs.
In fact Philadelphia on the morning of
the game that was to start an important
chapter in base ball history took on an air
of a small college town on the eve of a
championship foot ball game or boat race.
Many of the shop windows We're trimmed
with pictures of the Athletics with the
Nbar IF ha
League" very much in evidence and the
men who dealt in white elephants had
more business than they could take care of.
Americas big stick, as far as Philadelphia
was concerned, was base ball bat The
Athletics are popular here as the Giants
are in New York and with a more inten-
sified popularity, for. while New Workers
could sit back more than month ago and
say We'll. the National League pennant is
sure to come TO this city again." the Ath-
letics have had to fight for their honors to
the very end of the season.
When the members of the team who had
not been sent on ahead to recuperate
reached the city on Saturday night after an
unsuccessful final day in Washington they
were met by a crowd which filed Broad
street station TO overlooking, and when their
grips had been snatched away from them
they were carried to a waiting car with the
widest sort of enthusiasm. Even the mys-
FERROUS RUDE Waddell, who had shown by
his work on Saturday that he would not be
able to help the Athletics In the Anal series,
received the greatest sort of ovation.
Even without the services of Waddell the
local base ball fans, and everyone is
enthusiast today. are absolutely sure that
the Athletics cannot fail to win the series
which starts today.
Never Greater Gathering.
There probably was never a greater gath
ering Of men famous for their Interest ana
work in the national game than is here to-
day. One can no more go through the lobby
OF the Misrepresentation. which is head
quarters of the national committee with
out rubbing elbows with base ball mag
mates than he could walk over a sandy
beach without getting sand in his pumps.
Besides Hermann. Pulliam and Johnson of
the national committee, and the officers
the two contesting clubs. almost eve~y
team In the two major leagues was repre-
sented by its owner or manager Barney
Dreyfuss, whose pennent hopes the Giants
had taken away was there ready to back
his conQuerors against the best team of the
cther league, and Comiskey had come on
from Chicago TO see the Athletics, who had
Just nosed his White sox" out of first
place, defeat the National League leaders
and was ready to bet that they would.
Even the Tri-State League outlawed by
the majors. had sent big party of its or
hcers and club owners up to see the climax
or the 1905 season. bringing with them IL
Is said, a purse of 5000 to back the New
York team Nearly every man who has
ever written base ball story fiction or
now McQueensbury of the Cross Saw
League. back in 80 batted left handed in.
s,eaa OF right, with the score to In favor
OF his team knocked home run and then
rar around from third TOT first instead OF
from first to third. subtracted a run and
made the score a tie. There were enough
stories told TO make volumes without num-
Der and enough predictions made TO MAKE
hew book of prophets.
Little Betting Done.
There little betting SATURDAY. ana
last night. in spite of the many stories cur
rent as 10 large sums which had been
gathered to back each team, and although
there were more wagers made early this
morning, they were laid in a very quiet
manner.
There seemed from the very beginning to
be more New York money than the sup
porters of Philadelphia cared to cover In
consequence the Giants reigned 10 to and
to favorltes, although Ii was possible
in some cases TO get even money on their
chances. Most of the New York support
ers and the team itself were not due TO