The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-14
New York Giants and Philadel
phia Athletics Today
FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Both contenders for the Great Honor
Have Come to the First Day of
Their Meeting in Good Shape
to Do Battle.

New York, Oct. l4.-Ihe New YORK
National league baseball club meets the
Philadelphia American league team this
afternoon for the opening game of the
world championship series. II is esti-
mated that 10000 persons viii see the
game. The weather is cool.
The Giants are the favorites in the
betting at 9 to 5. Twenty-Five hundred
persons camped out all night TO obtain
the coveted bleacher seats which We're
placed on sale this morning. BY nine
o'clock more than thousand people were
on the grounds.
With the worlds pennant still flying
over their magnificent baseball home
at Shibe park at Philadelphia, and with
another American league flag freshly
won, Connie Mack and his Philadelphi-
ans now meet John j. McGraw and his
Giants of the National league. II is the
second time that these two generals have
clashed over the same great issue. In
the war of 1905. McGraw won four of the
five battles and thereby brought to New
York worlds pennant.
Cornelius McGilicuddy, so named ut
birth, but rechristened by the fans as
Connie Mack" has been called the
wizard of baseball because of his skill
in developing seemingly inferior talent
into the superior player Since he or
ganized the Philadelphia club eleven
years ago. he has turned out four cham
pion teams in the American league and
has led his men close to the front ranks
in every season but one. His career has
been perhaps, the most successful of
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Sitting back away from the dust of bat
tie, the cool and crafty chief with pencil
and score book in hand plots out the
progress of the engagement and only oc-
casionally amends the orders he gave
his men before he sent them into the
field.
McGraw, known to fandom as the Ma
poleonic leader of the "Giants," has won
three league pennants for New York an1
one world series. Since 1908 his team
has never finished below third place in
the National league. As a big league
player, he Is famous product Of the
Baltimore Orioles Of the National league
When the club broke up after the season
of 1902, he came to the metropolis as
manager of the Giants He is, and al
ways has BEEN typical player and
leader of the old fighting school, whose
slogan is "Rush in and win"
Whether McGraw can bring his men
back to the world-beating class or must
let the Maekmen possess the big flag FOR
a second successive season, depends II
some part upon some of the veterans
who won for him the war of 1905
Each Team Allowed 21 Men.
BY the rules governing the world Sc.
ries, each of the leaders is allowed to
enlist q men eligible as participants in
the struggle,
These AZ men and none other are eligi-
BILE to play in the present series. 1t is
probable that not more than dozen
from each list will be picked to figure
in the crucial games. Of the Giants,
there are three who fought and won in
the 1905 series with Philadelphia
Ames, Devlin and Christy Mathewson
In three of the four games won from
Philadelphia in 1905 he pitched shut
out and was acclaimed the hero of the
series. In the past six years he has
grown in the confidence of the New York
fans, and while his most ardent admirers
can hardly expect him to repeat so re-
markabe an achievement, he is expect.
ed to render good account of himself
Mathewson is a native Pennsylvanian
and for one brief period was a member
of the team he now opposes, but for the
better part of ten years he has been
with the Giants. He first attracted at
tention at Bucknell university and his
first professional berth was ON the Tann-
ton nine of the New England league
Twice the big fellow has pitched no-hit
games In 1908 he was credited with 81
of the Giants victories. He won more
that two-thirds of the games he pitched
this year. He is 81 years old
Notwithstanding the confidence still
placed in him, it is likely that he will
have less of a chance to figure as a hero
in the present series as his big left
handed pitching mate, "Rube" Marquard
and Matty's junior by eight years, has
won championship distinction The
young "southpaw," whose services cost
McCiraw $1,000, proved a good invest
ment, for it is mainly due to his phe-
nomenal pitching that the Giants are
in a position to face the Athletics for
the title. He has won twenty four and
lost only six games this season.
Marquard's first professional play was
with the Waterloo team of the Iowa
state league Later he was with the
Canton club of the Central league and
was drafted by the Detroits, who turned
him over to indianapolis He proved the
sensation of the American association,
and it took the big price named to bring
him to New York in 1905 While he pos
sessed all kinds of speed and a varied
assortment of curves, he was almost II
complete failure in his first seasons, but
MeGraw stuck to him and has been well
rewarded.
Leon Ames, who has been on the
Giants pitching staff ever since ne
Jumped the New York state league in
1904, and George r. Wiltse, another for.
mer state Lacquer, are the most likely
candidates for relief work in the box.
Otis Crandall is the fifth member of the
staff.
Many Veterans on Philadelphia Team.
There are six of Connie Mack's men
who were with him when he fought m
vain for the 1905 flag They are Bender,
Plank, Lord, Hartsel, Murphy and Harry
Davis Head and shoulders above them
all stands "Chief" Bender, a red-skin Of
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