The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-14
READY FOR
 BIG SERIES
CHAMPIONS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK IN FINE FETTLE WITH
 PLENTY OF CONFIDENCE.
Pitchers Have Not Been Announced, and Will Not Be Known Until Tomorrow--Both Man
 agers Confident.

Tomorrow--Both Man
 agers Confident.
 New York, Oct. 13.-With the stage set and the curtain about to be raised on the final act of a season |of memorable baseball. news of the Iseries for the worlds baseball cham pionship between the Philadelphia Americans and the New Tory Nation als may be eptiomized as follows:
 Both teams are in New York ready for the first game. All of the A eli- gble players are reported to be in fine fettle with one exception. First Baseman McInnis of Philadelphia, whose injured wrist may keep him out of the game. Pitchers were not chosen tonight or if they were, nel- ther manager would divulge his choice.
 Tickets to the series, though stlll to be had, are mainly in the hands of spectators, who are charging ex- orbitant prices.
 Disclosures that the spectators had obtained great blocks of tickets precipitatei a tremendous row be- tween the enthusiasts.
 Vague charges were made of mail robbery in connection with the ticket scandal.
 All is ready at the Polo Grounds for crowd of nearly 60,O00 persons, the largest that ever saw a baseball game.
 So determined were some that they formed in line at the grounds late this afternoon intending to eat and sleep at the gate until admitted to- morrow.
 Two hundred strong armed police, fifty mounted officers and large number of detectives have been as- signed as special force to handle the big crowd.
 The gates will open at o'clock in the morning and the police and hun dreds of ground employees have been ordered to be on hand half an hour earlier. The police look for trouble as they have been ordered to arrest ticket spectators.
 It was rumored tonight hundreds of counterfeit tickets were in circu- lation.
 Betting continued practically even Many Philadelphia spectators gave orders of 10 to 90.
 The probable line up.
 NEW YORK.
 DeVoe, let field
 Doyle second base.
 Snodgrass, center field.
 Murray, right field.
 Merkle, first base
 Herzog, third base.
 Fletcher, short stop.
 Myers, catcher.
 Marquard, or Math hawson. pitcher.
 PHILADELPHIA.
 Lord, left field.
 Oldring, center field.
 Collins, second base.
 Baker. third base.
 Murphy. right field
 Mclnnis, or Davis, first base.
 Barry short stop.
 Thomas, catcher.
 Bender, or COombs, pitcher.
 Umpires-Choice of two from Klem and Brennan of the National League and Connolly and Dineen of the Amer. ican League.
 The twenty-two Philadelphia play ers picked as eliglbles arrived in New York tonight.
 The party was headed by Manager Connie Mack, accompanied by the wives of majority of the players and a few Philadelphia enthusiasts.
 All the men look in the pink oi condition and in but except did looks belle the truth. The exception was Istuffy McInnis. the Philadelphia star first sacker.
 Will Mcrnnis? The question was the one thing which arose for discus. sion as a small party of New York friends met the Philadelphia player when they stepped off their train al the Philadelphia station shortly after 6 o'clock.
 Big Chief Benler answered Stuff fy won't play he can't with sucf a wrist as he's got" | Krause and number of hid team