The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-08
Giants And Red SOx Clash Today
GIANTS AND THE RED SOX AWAIT
 FIRST STRUGGLE

York Giants and the Boston Red SoN slept on their arms tonight dreaming or victory tomorrow. After the long and successful campaign in their re- spective leagues they were ready for .he big enga cement that means for them fame and money It will be the ninth meeting of the pennant winning teams of the National and American baseball leagues under the present dual organization system and the win- ner will break a tie that exists be- tween the two leagues. Last reports from the rival camps show that not a regular will be missing from the bat ting list when the umpire says, "Play ball" for the first struggle of the se- ries.
 | The Giants had their final work out at the Polo grounds this afternoon, l their opponents being the tailenders of the 1919 American league race who won the game 4 to ?. Russell Ford, star pitcher of the Americans, served his puzzling benders to the National leaguers.
 The Giants did not put their full strength in tho field neither Mathew sen, Marquard nor Tesreau going on the pitching mound, After the fourth inning few of the regulars were left and in the last iuning only Herzog re- mained on the field The National champions as they came to bat looked fit for the fray tomorrow Doyle showed no signs of his recent trouble and with the exception of "Chief'' Meyers. who linped slightly as he ran out q hit. there were no cases of Charley horse in evidence
 Tho. trio of star pitchers also ap- peared to be In condition as they walked across the field to the club house during the game. There was a big crowd out to sec the Giants in their final work. High school boys who had been invited tc see the Some al- most filled the lower stand of the Brush Stadium"
 Mayor Gaynor with Rear Admiral Os- terhaus, commander of the big fleet now Tn New York harbor, occupied a box close 10 the Giants bench, where they shook hands with the veteran l Mathewsor, Pitcher Marquard, Captain Doyle and others of the National league champions. Scattei ed through the big stands were thousands of sailors and marines from the fleet, also invited to sec the game, and a brass band. com posed of boys who played patriotic airs between innings. The Red Sox arrived late in the day. Orders were for "early retirement"
 Most of the men, after reaching the hotel, went to their rooms and did not leave them. If there were any play CTS among the American league cham pions who were not in condition to play Manager Jake" Stahl would not ad- init it. and certainly none appeared so. The visitors had their final practice at Fenway park. Boston, early in the fore noon, and Manager Stahl was so well satisfied with the showing of his men ll that he will not send them to the American league park tomorrow for I final Tight" workout. Betting on the world series does not appear to be as general as had been expected. Boston money was to be seen in larger quan- titles than New Yorl's currency, but supporters of the Giants taking ad- vantage of the fact that the Boston team appears to be favorite in the bet ting are holding out for longer odds. Bets at odds of S10 to sS were made and it is not unlikely that the betting may likewise go to even money. Pick ing the winner apparently is Just as hazardous a proposition this year as it was in the previous series for the worlds championship.
 New Workers generally pin their faith | to John McGraw's three great pitchers and the base running ability of the trium- phant National leaguers.
 Boston with it's hard hitting outfeld ex- poets to reach the pitching of New York s twirlers and hopes that Wood, Collins and O'Bren will keep the Giants off the bases and not give them many chances to show their ability on the paths. Boston root CTS point to the steadiness of the team during the league season, and do not believe that any of the players will blow up' before the vast crowd.
 When Manager McGraw was asked who he would send into pitch tomorrow he only smiles. Mathewson was most talked about, however, and all the baseball experts however. feel 1t will be Mathew son. If he goes in first it will be the third time he has opened a worlds series for the New York Nationals. He pitched the opening game against the Phiadel- phia Athletics in 1905 and won, 3 to 0. and he pitched the opening game against the same team in 1911 and again won. to 1. Mathewson, incidentally, is the only regular player on the present New York team who participated in the Giants first world series in 1905. The Boston pitcher also is anonymous yet
 While the players of the contendins teams were preparing for the opening battle, interested thousands were arrang- ing to see the games. Good weather Is in prospect for the opening contest, and il is expected that the record crowd for a world series game, s.2s1. will be exceed Il ed Evidence of this was shown today, when thousands stood for hours at the ! Polo grounds to buy reserved seats, of which only 4000 were placed on sale. These tickets were for the upper stand. and sold at s3 each. The line began to form Sunday afternoon and at daybreak today 1t had grown to enormous length Tick cts went rapidly. and when the last were sold and the windows of the box offices | were closed there was d great protest from the disappointed crowd Only two | tickets were sold to each person. Many tricks were invented by spectators to get the pasteboards, but for the first time in New York the spectators were beaten" by the club management. True, there were some tickets to be had from spectators along Broadway tonight, but they were few compared with those on sale last year.
 President Hermann of. the national commission, after taking a look over the situation today, expressed himself as de- lighted with the plan of ticket distribn- ton. The few tickets that fell into the hands of the spectators were purchased from persons who stood in line. Where ever specuators were known to the police were seen in the vicinity of the Polo Grounds they were ordered away. Those who managed to elude the police offered as high as s1O for each g ticket.
 Tho box offices at the Polo Grounds had not vet closed for the day when men and boya began gathering to form a line for