Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Stars Open With Athletics Today Here and There World Spor
ATHLETICS START PREPARATION
FOR CRUCIAL SERIES TODAY.
Champions Will Be Up Against High Grade
Pitching of All-Stars for
-Four Days.

trim and fit now for the all-importan'
stuff. Every Athletic rooter and city
critic looks for McInnis to be grea
factor in these games. His savage hit.
ting may prove to be deciding factor
in more than one game. AS hitter
Mack ranks head and shoulders owe
Merkle. his rival on the other side, and
while the Giant first-sacker may be a
better base runner, it's a dollar bet to q
doughnut that he has nothing on the
young Gloucester product as fielder OF
ground balls nor a taker Of filings. Per-
haps those critics who picked Merkle a
the greatest fielding first baseman, bar
Hal Chase. will take recount when they
see Stuffy in action.
There has been SO much talk lately
about the Athletics being able to steal
the Giants signals that McGraw and his
men are taking precautions to prevent
anything being tipped off in the coming
series. says the New York Evening
World. The Cubs stoutly aver that the
Athletics got their signs last fall and in
that way were able to double-cross them.
Harry Davis and Topsy Hartseil work thu
sign business on the coaching lines, and
the runners on second base get them
from that angle. McGraw had a meeting
of the players Friday night, and. while
they would not discuss the matter. it is
pretty certain that new set of signals
was arranged. A plan was also mapped
a moments notice.
Now that the opening game is to be
played at the Polo Grounds. many OF the
Giant players are of the opinion that It
would be good idea to work Marquard
i'm the opener and let Mathewson do the
work at Philadelphia. Their reason for
this is a belief that Matty would do bet
ter on a strange ground than the big
F'renchman. Still, it would be a good
hat hof Nv will ho on he mound
when the whistle blows for the first bat
tie. That jump is a big thing, and IL Nc
Graw can get an ace in the hole on the
Athletics he will do so.
A letter was received in. New York from
Marlin yesterday to the effect that the
Commercial Club of that town had char
tered a special car and would have rep
Giants training quarters at the world s
series. The people of Marlin look upon
the Giants as their own property. AS a
matter of fact. they know the players
personally better than do the people of
New York.
The Giant players are getting alarmed
now for fear the talk about the great
rush for seats to the worlds series will
frighten many fans away from the ticket
offices. There have been many instances
where the gate receipts were cut down
over the scare about not being able to get
seats. The players point out that the
public seems to have overlooked the fact
that there will be 1.,HO 81 seats for sale
at the grounds the afternoon Of the open
ing game. These cannot be bought ir
advance. but will be turned over to the
first ones who arrive There is no queS-
ton about the reserved seats being sold
but the players don't want the bleacher-
ties frightened away.
Two old friends will be rivals at third
base in the worlds series. Charley Her.
zog was managing an Independent team
in Maryland several years ago and made
an infielder out Of Baker, who came t
him as pitcher.