The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-19

GIANT SERIES MONEY HAS
TO Be COVERED THRICE
Athletics Have All Along Been
the Favorites In Sentiment
Even If Not In Betting.

Thursday morning the stock In the
Giant baseball clubs worlds cham
pionship winning corporation was
pretty low. IL had fallen from par
and better than par Saturday TO al
most nothing.
IL was generally conceded that all
hope lay In Mathewson's big right
arm and II that wasn't In working
order there was absolutely nothing do
ing.
Tuesdays game put the final QuIetus
on all series betting. Up TO that
game there had been q great deal OF
small betting In the baseball hang
outs of the city. Thousands OF minor
wagers were made, some at varying
odds. but most or them at even
money.
There was plenty OF coin ready TO
back both the Giants and the Ath-
letics at first and the reason the odds
weren't on the Giants. as they were
In New York, was because OF the pop
ularity OF the American leaguers, In
spite OF the fact that they beat the
Tigers to the dag.
Strangely. perhaps. the winning OF
the first game by the New Workers
didn't have a deprecating effect on
the Athletics stock and what little
betting there was on the series was
still at even money. When the Giants
lost that mussy Tuesday game. how
ever, even their ardent hackers skunk
away or demanded that each Of their
Giant dollars be covered by three
good Athletic iron men. And at that,
only a little New York money could
be found to cover the short end OF the
TO odds.
Betting Wednesday and Thursday
morning was confined principally TO
Thursdays game with the prevailing
odds 8 TO 8, favoring the Giants. Seven
to FIVE was the usual price early
Wednesday, but In the evening the
price for Athletic tickets rose.
The Athletics have been the popular
fayorites right along, not so much in
the betting as In the desires OF the
fans that they should win.
The principal reason they were fay-
ored was that they were American
leaguers and II the Tigers couldn't
reach foothold on which TO fight for
the big bunting, the next best thing
was TO have II nailed by their friends,
the enemy.
Another reason why the Philadel-
phia crew was favored was that each
OF them had been seen in Detroit by
Detroit fans, while few had seen any
OF the New Workers work.
Finally, the fact that Connie Mack
played a game which was more scien-
tifc and careful and less boisterous
and bullying Influenced many lovers
of the game for the game itself 10 wish
the latter methods proved the better.
Those whose sentiment was for the
Giants held that the Athletics had
beat the Tigers to the pennant more
because Of the apparently sympathetic
work OF Cleveland than their superior
IL, TO the Jungaleers. With the ex-
ception of the st. Louis comedians,
the Maps won fewer games from the
Athletics than any other team, and II
seemed that Cleveland's luminosity to
the Tigers helped the Mackmen un-
duly.
Everybody except the fans from
New York is pretty sore about the
seemingly dirty way in which Snod-
grass has spiked Baker SO repeatedly.
His apparent desire TO get j. Frank
lin has reused the ire OF hundreds OF
fans. Street-corner and hotel-lobby
indignation meetings are not infre-
auent even in Detroit.
II Is amusing to recall, in view OF
this. that Philadelphia was wrought
up few months ago over what IL
thought was similar treatment OF the
Baker man by our own Tyrus. Bakers
anxiety about being hurt was some
| Joke In those days.
Il surely does depend on whose fav-
orite is gored.