Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-28
PLAYERS GET THEIR SPOILS
FROM WORLDS SERIES GAMES
Ambitious Plans in Philadelphia to Celebrate
Victory-Giants Getting Ready
for Trip to Cuba.

PHILADELPHIA. october 2S.-The
worlds base ball championship has been
won. Now. by spoken word, red fire and
parade the fans of Philadelphia will
show their appreciation of the victory.
Hardly had the ringing of the bats at
Shibe Park died away when plans were
formed to honor the Athletics and Connie
Mack. These plans will be completed to-
day, 1t being already understood that a
procession on Broad street will form the
backbone of the celebration. The date of
the outdoor demonstration has not been
definitely fixed, but it will be early next
week before the worlds champions finally
separate for their winter homes.
Monday evening the team will be enter
tanned with dinner at the Hotel Wal
| ton At first the Maryland Club invited
Frank Baker, who comes from the old
line state, to be the guest of honor, but
it was proposed and passed that the
White Elephants as body be feted.
Capt. DAVIS accepted the invitation on
the part of the team.
The ball players will be told in speech
and song the opinion of Philadelphia when
| they appear at the banquet next week
given by the management of the club. The
| dinner will probably be held Thursday
night. Prominent men will be among the
guests. Other celebrations will follow be-
fore the men living out of town fit for
their homes.
for his farm at Trappe. Nd. The home
run king and his wife We're anxious to
see their little daughter. and lost no
time in starting. Baker will return
the New York club will be the chief
guests at a banquet given by Maryland
fans.
only one player out of those who
played in the worlds series failed to
break training yesterday This was
Murphy. Danny was out in uniform yes
terday afternoon batting the curves OF
ground attendants as industriously as II
he were about to enter another series
with the Giants. 1t became known that
attack of lumbago.
Twenty-one pink checks, each one
bearing the figures $3.654.JS were dis
tributed by Connie Mack yesterday after
noon to twenty-one ball players who
overwhelmed the New York team. These
checks represented the share of the play
ers in the gate receipts of the first four
games.
Eddie Plank was one of the first Of the
chosen few to draw his share Of the
sum. II am the highest priced pitcher in
captivity" Plank declared. as he mounted
! Eddie Collins auto to go to a bank. Just
think of it, $'.654.5S for pitching one
game of ball and one inning OF an
other
NO, I'm not the highest paid,'ii he add
ed as an afterthousht Morgan drew the
same amount for warming up, while
Krause. Danforth and Martin got theirs
for twirling during batting practice.
Ii took Connie Mack the entire morning
to dispose of his ball team, their salaries
and their share in the receipts. While
he was passing out the checks a stack OF
kilograms and letters on his desk was
constantly growing. Messenger boys
I,fl, rk morning
were almost as thick as the fans" OF
Thursday.
Meanwhile Jack Coombs Is taking nc
part in the celebration. The big pitcher,
who ruptured an intestine in the last
game in New York, is confined to bed.
and it is serious question whether he
stay of the worlds champions suffers
constant pain. and it yet may be neces-
sary to operate.
cause his injury prevents him from go
ing to his West Kennebunk farm