Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10
BASE BALL SUCCESS
HAS ITS DRAWBACKS
Athletics Officials Pay Penalty in
Form of Worriment About
Patrons.
MACK TAKING MUCH
NEEDED REST NOW
Demand for Seats So Great Club Is
in Air to Know What to Do.
Connie and His Auto.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. October l0-Those
that win must pay the price. The .\th-
letics have won the American League
pennant. and now, While the other Amer
lean League clubs are figuring up their
profits and losses. the officials Of the club
which won the greatest triumph in Amer
lean League history are paying the pen
atty in hours and days of Worrilncnt.
The source of their anxiety IS the fear
that all OF the steady patrons of the club
cannot be accommodated with tickets
for the worlds series.
To many club owners this would never
be thought Of With them it would be
merely a case of getting in the money for
the tickets regardless of any disappoint-
ment that "a dyed thc-wool rootcr for
the club might feel 1t is different with
the officials of the Athletics.
After the conference between the Off
Gals of the club and Mr.. Heydlcr, the
national commissions representative
yesterday | visited Connie Mack's office
at Shibe Park. President B. +. Shibe
was seated in IA Morris chair. an unlighted
cigar was in his mouth and ne looked to
be the most detected man in the city.
At table in the center of the room sat
Connie Mack husiIy cngag ed in writing
letters. Next TO him was stenographer.
who was typewriting the official state
ment about the conference. Joe Obi,
Manager Mack secretary, was busy an
swering telephone calls.
For several minutes President shibe sat
there In brown study. Finally he turn
ed to the writer and remarked
II wish ii was all over
''.All over" ! replied. Why, for FIVE
years We have been pulling for the Ath-
lctics to win the championship. The fun
IS lust starting.
Can't Handle Crowd.
'There isn't much fun about IT. said
Mr. Shibe What are we going to do
about taking care of all our people? ?
Some one is bound to be disappointed, no
matter how careful we arc about dis
tributing the tickets. They all seem to
want grandstand seats. I wish we could
satisfy them all But how can we do it?'
That question How can we do it?' has
been put up to John A. Heydler and his
assistants by the commission, but Presi-
dent Shibe felt the burden on his Shout
ders, and he could not shake 1t off.
Two years ago, when the Athletics de-
cided to build a gTandstand which would
have q seating capacity of more than
double the one at Columbia Park, the club
thought 1t was looking many years into
tho future, but I'm this short space of time
it is confronted with a problem which
was then undreamed of. and at prices,
too, higher than Philadelphtans have
ever before heen asked to pay.
President Shibe thought two years ago
that he was planning for generation
that would come after him. but the pop
ularity of base ball has grown faster than
even such an optimst as himself could
have imagined.
Manager Mack. too. is about ready to
throw up his hands. If Connie never
knew before that he is popular through
out the country he knows 1t now Tele-
grams and letters have poured in upon
him so fast that he has been able to give
the game little thought.
You won't see much of me around here
next week. remarked the manager of the
new champions. I'm going to dig out.
Where Never mind No one is going
to find me If | can help 1t. ] have simply
got to get away and think. l haven't
had any time to map out my plans for
the worlds series. and have simply got
to get away, that's all
Some one spoke about Connie going
away in his new automobile. Ii a ray
of sunshine had burst into the room it
could not have had better effect In chas-
ing away the gloom.
Say, isn't she a beauty" declared Con-
ME ITO think that the boys should
spring that on me. They put one right In
the groove, and I never saw it coming.
Why, say, ! never had the slightest hint
of such a thing. Wouldn't any manager
work his head off for a team of ball
players like that?"