The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-17

Philadelphia, Oct l7.-Not since Bill
Penn hit these parts has there been any
thing like the excitement that prevails in
this old town to-day, on the verge of
opening the worlds baseball series be.
tween the Cubs and the Athletics.
"Who's loony now?" Read the Phila-
delphia city directory and get your an
swer. Touch anyone on the shoulder and
you've got bug
The intense interest was shown as
early as eight o'clock last night, when q
long line Of fans began to gather at
Shibe park. The line formed at the en-.
trance to the grounds and extended east
ward to goth street and through the lat
ter thoroughfare one block to Somer-
set street. As the crowd grew larger,
photographer endeavored to take
fashlight Of the scene At this iumcture
a squad OF policemen charged the would
be ticket purchasers and drove them
from the pavement. The crowd then
made rush for a public park directly
opposite the bali park and at midnight
there were probably 1000 persons quar-
tered in this small breathing space
Wellman is trying to fly across the
Atlantic in an airship; Alfonso Il fleeing
to see If his crowd is stll in; Roosevelt
is telling the voters what's what, but
there is really only one news center in
the United States to-day, and that is
Shibe park at 22d street and Allegheny
avenue.
One item which everybody was after
and which no one could get was who will
pitch this afternoon There were ali
sorts of guesses, but the tacitun Connie
Mack and the ungarrulous Franle Chance
We're mum. The best guess this fore
noon was Bender and Overall.
The bleacher seats were filed by noon
There We're 10000 people waiting when
the park was opened at II o'clock, a
third of whom had waited since mid
night, and hundreds slept on the side
walk. Ticket spectators got as high
ss $50 for grandstand seats.
Gossip About the Series.
The Cubs viii be made up of practical
Is the same men that won for Chicago
two worlds championships from Detroit
in 1907 and 1908, while with the excep-
tion of five players pitchers Bender and
Plank, first baseman Davis and out
fielders Murphy and Hartzel. Philadel-
pnia viii be composed of young men
Nho have joined the team since the To-
Gals lost in a worlds series competition
against the New York Nationalists in
1905. Each team is managed By vet
Gran campaigner, Chicago by Frank
Chance, who will play first base, and
Philadelphia by Connie Mack, who viii
direct his forces from the bench.
Injuries to players this month have
changed some of the early forecasts as
70 the series. Chicago lost Eyers. who
bad his leg broken in a game at Cincin-
natl on October /. Evers Is generally
regarded as one of the brainiest PLAYERS
on the diamond. His place at second
base will be filled by Zimmerman, VINO
is nearly as good a fielder as Evers and
a better batsman Philadelphia suffered
greater loss last week when center
fielder Oldring, who is rated as the Ath-
letics' second best all around player, in.
lured his knee so severely that he can.
not play against Chicago.
Manager Mack has four players from
whom to select for two outfed places.
for Murphy is considered fixture in
right field. These men are Haytzel, Lord
and Struns, who played in the outfeld
during the championship games, and Me
lnpis, an infeldcr. who is an excellent
hatsman. None OF these men, however
has the same all around ability as Old.
ring.
Tremendous interest has been shown
in the series an over the country. Near
" one hundred Of the largest news
papers in the country viii be represented
by their baseball experts. So great was
the demand fer seats for the opening
games here that even before the national
commissions report announcing the plan
ot distributing them. practically every
seat was sold. Philadepnans were Civ
On the preference aud several special
trains which were to nave been run here
from Chicago, Pittshurg. Boston and va
rious points throughout this stale had
TO be cancelled because Of inability 10
secure tickets