Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-17
GRIT AND NERVE IMPORTANT
FACTORS IN PRESENT SERIES
Cubs Have Been Tried and Not Found Want
Notwithstanding and Good Fellow
ship to Be Eliminated by Cubs.

! base ball in recent years. Under the iron
| hand with which Ban Johnson rules the
players and backs up his umpires there is
| very little rough work coming off on the
| ball field. and it is just possible that this
! fact is going to prove detriment to the
| Athletics.
| In the National League. SO it is claim
! ed, and the fact that the umpires have
more trouble seems to indicate IL the
players fight harder for every point. They
resort to all sorts OF personal remarks to
annoy one another, something that is I'M
known in the American League.
Well, don't be surprised IL there are a
couple of the Athletics inflelders who Will
| be shocked with what some of their OPP
ponents will say to them. The Cubs fg-
ure that two players like Barry and
Baker will not be hard to upset with a
certain line of rather annoying and dis
couraging language, and if il is necessary
to resort to such tactics the opportunity
to do SO will not be overlooked
| This handshaking business between
players of opposing teams does not exist
| in the National League to the extent that
| il does in the American, and this fact is
going to cut a figure, if some Of the
wise base ball men are TO be believed.
| There is hardly a chance for Jim Nc
Aleer to trade Bob Groom for Davy Jones
| OF the Detroit team, for | have 1t on the
! best of authority that Hughey Jennings
! has virtually closed a deal whereby Nc
/ Intyre will become member Of the
! Brooklyn team in exchange for Cravath,
the outfielder secured from Minneapolis.
! who was with Washington during the
| latter part of the season Of 1909.
! If Jennings dispoSes of Mcintyre there
| is not chance of his leaving Jones get
away from him, for if he does not play
| Davy regularly he has proven himself
most valuable utility man In the past.
What Is more, there Is some doubt as
to whether Crawford will be able to play
in many games next season because of an
4 sa{l 81 ,:ol, h.
giving him lot of trouble. In fact 1t is
not unlikely that Crawford will be dis
posed of before the next season rolls
around.
and would like to add him to his pitching
staff. but he is hardly in position to give
McAleer what he wants. an outfielder.
Yankees. is here to view the series, hav-
/ ing come up from his plantation in Geor-
/ gia. Somehow or other a rumor was
started that the st. Louis club wanted
Stallings to take hold of that team now
that O'Connor has been relieved Of the
management. Stalltgs was asked about
II, and this Is what he said:
Not a chance. My downfall In New
! York was the result of Ban Johnson's
hatred for me. so there is not the slightest
likelihood of my being allowed to take
hold of some other team In the American
i League. l am through with that league
low club to sign me. 1 have no plans
for the future. but l am not worrying.
for l know where my next meal is COM
ing from. and II won't be to my disad-
I There is considerable dissatisfaction ex-
pressed here in Philadelphia over the sys-
tenn employed In disposing of the best
seats at Shibe Park for the worlds Sc
rics, but the real trouble seems to be that
the Philadelphia fans object to the prices
that are being asked.
Philadelphia has always been a twenty
hye-cent town. Expensive seats for ball
games have never been popular here, and
the demand of S3 and down Is not in IA
vor at all. AS a result the howl is going
up that favoritism has been shown in
the disposition of the tickets. but the
fact OF the matter is that IL the entire
three-dollar section had been allotted to
the Philadelphia patrons less than half
or them would have been taken
There is every indication that the
games here will be principally supported
by fans from other cities, at least so far
as the high-priced seats are concerned.
John Heydler said this morning that he
could nave sold 1900 seats to Washing
ton people alone. and many of the small
er cities in this section would have fur
nished people enough to fill the park had
they been able TO get accommodat tons.
Though the charge is made by some Of
the disgruntled critics here that the
scalpers have been able to obtain what
they wanted In the way OF tickets such
is not the case. The greatest precaution
has been taken to prevent any one who
wanted to speculate with tickets from
getting any. and while il may be that a
few have fallen into the hands of these
culprits, the evil has been eliminated al
most entirely. The demand for tickets
was so great that in no instance has
any city or town been able to get the
number wanted.
An effort to hoodwink the commission
by having friends OF scalpers order tick
cts from other cities was nipped in the
bud and prevented. for in most instances
when the individual applying for tickets
down for fear that it was hoax being
worked by the scapers.
ne dismissal Of O'Connor and Howell
by President Hedges Of the st. Louis club
is a peculiar tangle. O'Connor had an in
terview with President Ban Johnson In
Chicago Saturday, after which the head
of the American League announced that
. Conner was eXonerated from any blame
in connection with Iajoic's batting in
hat famous Sunday game. In the face
and Howell, and naturally the question Is
being asked what Hedges had on his hire
/ lings that he could make such a move i'm
| the face of the eXoneration announced by
! President Johnson.
| AS matters now stand OConnor is exon
Grated by the American League. but found
1 guilty by the st Louis club. which never
claimed to be making an investigation OF
! the scandal
action this morning. He wants 10 have