The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-14
BASEBALL FANS IN
BIG ROW OVER
TICKETS
Charge Of Collision With SpeCu.
lators Creates Trouble
BETTING CONTINUES EVEN
Lineup Announced But No One Can
Find Out Who is Going
to Pitch.

| and Athletics Will start today theiI
series for the worlds championship
Both teams are in New York ready
for the first game. All of the "A
eligible players are reported to be
in fine fettle, with one exception. The
exception is First Baseman Mclnnes
OF the Philadelphia club, whose in.
jured wrist Is likely to keep him out
OF the game.
Pitchers were not chosen last
night. or If they were, neither mana.
ger would divulge his choice Tick.
cts for the series, though still to be
had, are mainly IN the hands of spec.
ulators, who are charging exorbltant
prices. The disclosure that the spec
ulators had great blocks of the tick
cts precipltated a great row among
the fans. Vague charges were made
OF mail robbery in the ticket scandal
All is ready at the Polo grounds
for crowd Of nearly $4,000 persons,
the largest which ever saw a baseball
game. SO determined were some
that they formed in line at the
grounds intending to eat and sleep al
the gate until admitted. Two nun
dred strong-armed policemen. 50
mounted officers and a large number
OF detectives have been assigned as
special force to handle the big
crowd. The gates will open at 8 o.
clock in the morning and the police
and hundreds of the ground employees
have been ordered to be on hand half
an hour earlier than that.
The police look for trouble be-
cause they have been ordered to ar
rest the ticketscalpers 1t was ru.
mored late last night that hundreds
OF counterfeit tickets we're in clrcu.
lation. Betting continued practically
an even thing, Many PHILADELPHIA
supporters gave odds OF 10 to 8. The
probable lineup Will be-
New York Pbiladelnhia
Devore, II ~ Lord
Doyle 2b CT, Oldring
Shougrass, or 2b, Collins
murray, ri 3b. Baker
Markle, ID RI. Mummy
Herzog, 3b 1b. Mclnnes or Davis
rietcher' 81 IS, Barry
Myers' c, Thomas
Marquard or Mathewson,
p, Bender or Coombs |
The umplres will be two chosen |
from Klein and Brennan of the Nat. |
ional League and Connolly and Din.
cen OF the American league. The |
% Philadelphia players picked as |
eligibles arrived In New York last
night. The party was headed by |
Manager Connie Mack, accompanied |
by the wives of a majority of the
players and trailed by the hunchback
mascot, Louis Van Zelt, and a few
Philadelphia enthusiasts. All the
men look in the pink of condition
and In but one exception did looks
belle the truth. The exception was
'Stuny' McInnes, the Athletics star
nrst sacker. viii McInnes play?
The question was the one thing
which arose for discussion as
'mall party Of New York friends met
he Philadelphia players when they
stepped off their train at the Penn
'ylvania station shortly after six o.
lock. Big Chief" Bender answered
IS he stalked out OF the station and
ossed his bag into an express wagon
'Stuny won't play; he can't with
UGH wrist as he's got"
Krause and a number of his team.
mates said the same as the party
ode uptown 10 their hotel. Mclnnes
imself didn't know; but he plainly
howed some worry over his wrist
mich hasn't responded satisfactorily
. treatment since II was injured
hree weeks ago. Connie Mack was
cen In a smiling mood after dinner
nth his men. "All ] can say is that
e are here, he said, and here 10
o our best to win" "Witl McInnes ,
layY' u can't say tonight. But II ,
doubtful "Will Davis. Strunk.
Derrick take his placer" Now /,
dldnt say anything last year the
lght before the game as to our line. /,
light" "
The few Philadelphia fans who M.
,mpanled the men expected to see a
laude Derrick at lrst base. but Ia. =
u IN the evening It was stated In
larters close to the management
lat Harry Davis the veteran arst !,
lseman, would take his old posit.
N II Mclnnes was unable to play. !,
Who will pitoh?" This question Y
as as hard one TO determine laat :
ght There will be no night.be. :,
re announcement insisted Connie y
ack, Bender. Coombs and plank p
ood about the hotel lobby and In =
10 face OF their leaders pronounce. ,
ent' none OF the box trio would give y
Ie slightest olew as upon whom me Y
loioe would fall. 1T may be- any !,
us said Bender "
Ihme Athletics went over from "
liladelphia last night to avoid the "
sh OF fans which is expected 10 tax ~
e capacity OF trains today. Thev ~
e CHARTERED for their visit at al
'tel on Forty-seventh street near -
g great white way" but none NJ W
EN- ventured out into Broadwav's !.
are They stuck closely to the bo. n'
Hobbies In the early evening trv. ~
Z TO avoid baseball as topic of VI
nversation, but II nevertheless
emed uppermost In all minds The
suit was that they generally kent dt
let and went to their rooms early cl
q good nights rest IN preparation OF