The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-16
Athletics and Fans in State
of Anxious Uncertainty
Over Worlds Series.
OVERALL SLATED
VISITORS TWIRLER
Connie Mack Refuses to Tell Whom
He Will Pitch in First Big
Ball Game.
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and will withhold his lineup until to-
morrow.
Plank May Be Chosen
One strong line Of reasoning is that
Plank will pitch the first game for the
Athletics. Eddie is not so reliable
finger as CoOmbs or Bender. II is fig
ured that if he can start the first game
and win, the Athletics will be just that
much to the good. Then they can fall
back on Coombs and Bender. and, If
necessary. let them pitch alternate days
until we find out which is the champion
ball team Of the world.
On the other hand, some say as how
# would be right smart of an idea TO
have Bender go into the first gamo
and win fl. That's the way they talk
let Bender win the first game or
course Overall and eight other Cubs
do not count
So much has been said about the
great effect the first victory VIII have
on the final result of the series that
the home rOOters for the Athletics
want Mack to make up his pitching
list from that standpoint alone, Ieav-
ing the other games to take care of
themselves, as IT were, but Cornelius
Is somewhat shrewd in the head like
fox, and wants that championship
whether he gets it the first day or the
last.
Crowd Entering City.
The tide of travel IS setting this
way. and quite some people are being
seen on the streets. They were also
here last night in gOOdly numbers.
Among the arrivals today Will be
the New York newspaper men, WHO
VIII Immediately hurry TO typewriters
and at lightning speed tear off real
comical pieces about Philadelphia be-
ing a slow town They will call it
"SIeepyburg." and ''SnoOzeville." and
other such names. and will get their
wages raised. for that excruciatingly
hilarious stuff is vastly appreciated
by New York editors
But, take IT from us kind friends,
this place is only slow in the alleged |
tests Of the Gotham Founders OF pieces
Tor the papers. II Will probably be
gent arrives this afternoon. but that
will only be because most of the town !
was up all night last night The |
baseball bug rampaged hereabouts
last night until Il was impossible to |
get a cup OF coffee without first eX- |
planning to the waiter your exact |
the series. and why. Then, If you did |
not agree that il was all Athletics. |
you got no coffee
Quieted Down Today.
This morning the excitement is not
80 noticeable, but II is going to break
out all over again when the Chicago
team, the national commission, the
Chicago reporters, and several hun
dred Chicago fans arrive on their spe-
ciaI train from the Windy City
Most OF this medley OF baseball fan
NG.nN aWHH #rUW
ford and at the Walton, which is just |
across the street from the former. but
the other hotels are also well booked |
up and rooms will probably be scarce
at the big hostelries tomorrow and |
Messrs. Moves, Walsh, and Rapley. of
the strategy board OF the Washington
Club, are expected here tonight or to-
morrow morning. i he word comes that J
there will also be a large delegation
from the Metropolitan Club, while the
number Of independent rooters who VIII |
come alone or in twos and threes IS |
greater than the numbers who will be |
accommodated with seats. If they have |
not the pastebOards in advance
Tickets Honestly Sold
The tickets have been sold honestly, |
as far as can be learned, but the details
Of the sale might have been better
handled had the commission set to work
on the problem sooner. The midsummer
weather here today has boosted the
price Of tickets From SO to SIS is the
bidding for reserved seats for tomorrow,
but II the weather holds as Il IS now,
IL is likely that some tickets will 90 for
as high as S25 or $50, and hard TO find !
at that, for the scalpers have none too
many.
The big downtown hotels will be the
scene Of most of the scalping, but there
are one or two sporting hotels and Sa-
looms not so well known TO the kind OF
81 -Hc SID y1-ni nd d.
headed canes, where you will be able to
buy a seat for an eXtOrtionate sum.
Any such idea as that. YOU can get a
s. seat for $ for the opening day must
be put aside a mere vanity and
~exatiOn OF spirit. Certainly nothing
less than q saw buck will be noticed
by a scalper. and you had better have
another teIi-spot in your fist to clinch
the argument.
A dense fog fell upon the city last
night and lasted until daybreak. 1t
was accompanied by a misty rain. and
the heart of the Spectator and the
fan grew sad, but the sun dispelled
the fog and drove those clouds away, |
with the result there is every indica- |
tion now of perfect conditions for the
first game tomorrow.
Pitchers Their Topic.
Getting back TO the dope in the Sc
ries, the feature that strikes the out
slider most when he gets here is the
incessant chatter by the Philadelphia
fans about the pitchers.
It is pitchers. pitchers, pitchers. until
YOU would think a ball team consisted
OF nothing else-and that is pretty near
the case with Philadelphia.
As was pointed oct in The Times yes
tsrdav the Athletics have been won
derfullv successful this year because
they had pitchers, the other fellows
could not hit. while thew themselves
were batting for an average Of 80.
When the Athletic tWirlers are off
color. or they face a man whom they
cannot hit. thew are M against a hard
proposition, for they appear TO lack
the versatility 10 win in spite of the
man nthe mound.