The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17
ATHLETICS AND CUBS CLASH
 IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY

Philadelphia, October 16.-The intense interest manifested in the worlds cham pionship series between the Philadelphia American league and the Chicago Nation al league clubs were fittingly illustrated as early as 8 o'clock tonight, when a long Shibe park, where the games are to be played.
 The line formed at the entrance to the grounds, Twenty-first street and Lehigh avenue, and extended eastward to Twen- tieth street and through the latter thor oughfare one block to Somerset street. As the crowd grew larger a photographer was engaged to take a fiashlight of the scene. At this juncture squad of police charged the would-be ticket purchasers and drove them from the pavement. The crowd then made rush for a public park directly opposite the ball park and at midnight there were probably 1000 per- sons quartered in this small breathing space.
 What little betting there was tonight showed the Cubs the favorites at odds of 100 to 80.
 The weather is clear and balmy and there is every indication that tomorrow will be an ideal baseball day.
 The national commission has not de- cided whether to allow the photographers on the field. This matter will be de- cided at tomorrow mornings session of the baseball moguls.
 s1o 1.I.. .l..o n.4- baseball derby, the blue ribbon event of the American diamond, will start here tomorrow, when the champion ship teams of the two major leagues will meet in the opening game of the worlds championship. The contesting teams will be Philadelphia of the American and Chicago of the National league. They are not only the cham pions of their respective organizations. finest developed teams that the Na- tional league and the American league have ever produced.
 The Chicago team will be made up of practically the same men who won for Chicago two worlds championships from Detroit in 1907 and 1908, while. with the exception of five players, Pitchers Bender and Plank, First Base- man Davis and Outfielders Murphy and Hartsell, Philadelphia will be composed of young men who have joined the team since the locals lost in a worlds series competition against the New York Nationals in 1905. Each club is managed by a veteran campaigner, Chicago by Frank Chance, who will play first base. and Philadelphia by Connie Mack, who will direct his forces from the bench.
 Two Stars Injured
 Injuries to players this month have changed some of the early forecasts as to the series. Chicago lost Evers, who had his leg broken in a game at Cin- cinnati, October l. Evers is generally regarded as one of the most brainy players on the diamond. His place at second base will be filled by Thinner man, who Is nearly as good a fielder as Evers, and a better hitter. Phila- delphia suffered a greater loss last is rated as its second best alI-round prayer, lH1ureu ms Knee so severely that he cannot play against ChI- cago.
 Manager Mack has four players from whom to select for two outfield places for Murphy Is considered a fixture in right field. These men are Hartse;, Lord and Strunk, who played in the outfield in the championship games, and McInnis, an infielder, who is an excellent batsman. None of these men, however, has the same all-round abil- ity as Oldring.
 For the first time since the world's S series has been played under the rules of the national commission both of the contesting teams will take the field with nearly every man trained to the minute Each team won it's pennant easily and therefore had an opportu-