The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-07

Nag York October e-Al1eo An soo
usuai daily throng Of arrivals scat.
tered sng lard Of visitors Tor the mr.,
Of the worlds championship oase Da
~ames between the Boston Reo so*
AND the New York Giants reacnso 'ns
city to-day.
until Tuesday afternoon the o.s sno"
NAV be said to begin at O'CLOCK TO-
marrow morning when the POLO
Grounds vii! be the scene OF scraih-
HE for first chance at the A.ooo re-
served seats, which are all that are 20
b.. placed on public sale In ADVANCE
To-day's early Corners were those eA'
pecting to get In line.
The public Is warned OF reports that
counterfeiters propose to noat oosuo
tickets in the crowds and that any one
who buys a ticket outside the regular
booths is certain to be heeced.
Conspicuous among to-days arrivals
were a number OF prominent baseoali
writers from major league cities ana
many more will arrive tomorrow. a
press box has been provided and more
than zoe wires have been strung INTO
the Polo Grounds on which every play
will be flashed to enthusiastic crowos
net only throughout TING United STATES
bet into Canada. Cuba and Mexico
wn.re interest in the American game
grows greater each year.
The Giants will play a practice ex-
hiBltion game againrt the New YORK
americans At the POLO Grounds to-
morrow for the exclusive benefit of the
s.tiors from the visiting Atlantic fleet
80. Sostons will have a little warm
in,: IN al Fenway Park, Boston in the
ntvrn,ng and take an afternoon train
Tor rsis city
In pursuance of his usual strategic
tarres, Manager McGraw. OF tho
Giants refused tonight TO intimate
~aat pitcher he woGld choose for the
..lin.s game. 1t is confidently eX-
pec,eG here that Manager Stahl, OF
Boston will employ Joe Wood. dis
tIncI.y the star of the Boston pitchers,
but tTere is a variance OF opinion
anon. New York fans as to which
al McGraw's men il the best Tesreau
has been great idol because of his
i&t. success with the 'Spitball, but
,naay experts believe McGraw viii
pace the agsr game. at least the start
of il. in the hands of the veteran
"ChIisty' Nathewson.
The Indian summer weather for sew
ecaI days past has been ideal for base
sis.sts is that il will continue-into next
week According to An unofficial
weather pronouncement tonight, the
weather will continue fair and warm
Tor Tue sday.
De- ks Cleared for Combat
New York, October 6-The ofhc al
conclusion of the major league sche-
Gule to-day clears the decks for the
worlds championship combat. The
pennant winning clubs. the New York
Nationals and the Boston Americans
cleaned their slate yesterdA and have
to-day and tomorrow to rest up for
the first of the big games In New
York on Tuesday.
The prediction made before every
world series that the crucial games
will be pitchers battles usually proves
correct. l, was SO last year with the
exception cf enc game and promises
to be SO this Year
A championship struggle was never
approached with keener interest in the
reliance placed upon the pitchers than
is the ease this year. In Boston yes
terday they celebrated the twenty
third anniversary of the birth of Jo-
s.ph Wood. a date which has generally
passed unnoticed in previous years,
cal conclusion of league champion
ship race which for a great part Is
dHe to young Woods phenomenal
pitching speed. 4 fortnight ago he
completed run of sixteen straight
Victories for the Boston club, thereby
euualing he .merican League rec
ora set this season by Walter john
son, of Washington.
The binding speed with which
Wood winds up was one day described
rs smoky by Boston enthusiast
and 1t seemed so apt that the word
became mis- nickname. Although one
of the younger members of the team,
he has been with Boston since 1905.
lie came from Hutchinson. Kan. in
1867. which was his first year in pro-
fessiolal baseball. He had had q rec
ord of no-lii game there, and soon
after going TO. Boeton his success as
4 big league pitcher was assured, al
though Ray Collins was the Boston
star at that time. 1t was really not
until this year that Wood came into
has own as the Idol Of the Boston
fan.
Tesreau the Hero.
Notwithstanding that in Rube Mar
guard View York boasts pitcher who
euuaiIed the worlds record by pitch
ing nineteen consecutive victories in
the early half of the past season, the
local followers appear TO have side
tracked both him and Mathewson.
Will. acclaiming young Jeff Tesreau
as the hero of the hour. Matched
against he Boston star, is Tesreau
OF the same age, but his successful
career as a big league pitcher has
virtually been confined to the latter
half OF tn. past season.
Tesreau is the only man in the
Giants's lineup VINO was not with the