Evening star., 1912-10-07
GOTHAM BASE BALL MECCA;
BOTH TEAMS IN FINE TRIM;
ODDS FAVOR RED SOX

NEW YORK, October 1.-Sunrise on
this The day before the opening of the
worlds championship base ball series in
New York found more than 500 men and
boys at the Polo Grounds. Sitting around
bonf1res they had waited all night for the
first chance at the 4,COO upper grandstand
seats to be placed on sale at am. Each
person will be allowed to buy two tickets
At the sale of seats tomorrow only one
ticket will be sold to a person. This is
an eleventh-hour ruling, designed to de-
feat spectators.
In the hotel lobbies here are gathered
hundreds of men notable in the base hall
world among them Presidents Lynch and
Johnson of the two big leagues, and
August Hermann of Cincinnati, who con-
stitute the supreme court of base ball.
They had an informal meeting scheduled
for the day at which they planned final
supervision of arrangements for the big
games.
Players and managers from all but
three teams in each league also are gath
cred here Those kept away are Chi
cago. St Louis and Philadelphia, who
will engage in series of their own TINS
week.
Expect Greatest Series Ever.
All are confident that the coming series
will eclipse all past contests Tor the
worlds championship, not excepting last
years games, which far surpassed all
former contests. Chairman Hermann
was especially enthusiastic.
1.-The advance orders which have poured
in for seats. both in New York and Bos-
ton. have been enough to indicate that
with good weather capacity crowds Will
see all the contests. said MIR. HERMANN
and the combined fields will accommo-
date more fans than at any previous
series We have worked unusually hard
to keep the pasteboards away from the
spectators this year. and INDICATIONS
point to great success in this regard
The PLAYERS of both clubs will enter the
series physically fit 1t ought to be a
great series and l would not be sur
prised to see it go seven games before
decision is reached.
Although the New York Giants have an
exhibition game arranged for this alter
noon with the New York Americans Tor
the entertainment of Uncle Sans blue
Jackets. the day will mainly be one OF
rest for the worlds series men. 1t is un-
derstood Mathewson, Tesreau and Mar
GUARD who will do the brunt of the
Giants pitching. will have final work
out. Larry Doyle's slight injury, sus-
tanned at Brooklyn Friday, left no i'll ef-
fects and the New York captain will sure
~ ldhe part III tire plS SdiICS-
Red Sox Due at Shutdown.
The Boston Red Sox, led by Manager
Jake Stahl, are expected TO arrive at
sundown and put in good nights rest
The arrival of out-oftown newspaper
men today included most of the best
known base ball writers in the country.
They established headquarters at the Ho-
tel Imperial, and directly across from
them, in the Martinique. the Boston dele
CATION hoisted it's colors. Mayor FltZger-
aid and 300 Red SoX supporters are eX-
pected on a night train, and fifteen auto
mobile parties have booked reservations
Betting odds remain at approximately
the same as three weeks ago, with the
Red Sox supporters willing to give odds
of 10 to s.
"errorless'' weather for the opening
game Its official forecast for Tuesday is:
Fair and colder; moderate variable
winds.
1t could be several degrees colder, how
ever, without spelling the game. 1oday
was clear and crisp, with promise of
moderately warm afternoon.
Boston Has Light Practice.
BOSTON, October THE Red Sox tried
their batting eyes and their fielding abil-
ity in light practice at Fenway Park this
morning prior to their departure for New
York later in the day 1t was their last
day of preparation for the world cham
pionship base ball series with the New
York Giants. the opening game of which
will he played tomorrow
The players are in fine form. Not one
has an ailment. Gardner and Carrigan
are back IN condition tsain. The
Red Sox bid fair to go into the world s
series with the same fortunate lack of
handicaps on account of illness or injury
which characterized their seasons play.
Many Boston enthusiasts had purchased
tickets for the l o'clock train and thou
sands of others planned to give the Red
Sox a rousing send-off. While the play
ers We're going through their morning
practice. many of those who will be
spectators of the games here were lined
up outside of the park to obtain their al
lotment of reserved seat tickets. More
than half the 1900 reserved tickets had
been distributed when the windows open
ed this morning and it was expected that
few would be left when the office closed
this afternoon. Efforts of the speculat-
ors to obtain reservations of the local
games have been frustrated thus far, club
officials believe. Spectators have been
able 10 offer only one or two tickets,
where in former years they had almost as
many hundreds. The prices exacted vary.
but the average for the three game tick