The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-11
Early Reports Dope Kansas
Boy for Mound HonOrs.
Red SOx Pitching Staff Is in
Inferior Condition.
EDGE is OURS; +" SAYS M'GRAW
Giants Manager Pleased With
Teams Late Showing.
Tesreau May Twill Against
Boston i'm Fourth Game.

| New York, Oct. 11.-Weather uncer-
| tainties faced the Giants and Red
| Sox as they returned to the Polo
| grounds today with honors even, pre-
| pared for their fourth game in the
struggle for the worlds baseball cham
p:onship. The close match in this most
| sensational of contests between Nation
al and American League pennant win
ners had excited unprecedented inter-
est in the outcome. AS a result there
was every indication that given even
measureably fair conditions, a record
crowd would be on hand.
This morning, however there were
not more than 200 at the gates. Inter
mittent showers, starting shortly be-
fore midnight together with the lesson
of Tuesday night that an all night vigil
was not an absolute essential to the
pre-empting of a seat kept the night line
down. Probable pitching selections
were much discussed as always. The
logic of the situation pointed to Nc
GIaw coming back with Tesreau, whom
Stahl was expected to counter again
with Wood unless he felt that the
speedy twirler had had insufficient res.
and decided to try Hall or Bedient as Il
starter CrandaI was again the reserve
man in prospect on the New York side
II Tesreau weakened or showed signs of
cavirg in
Boston's contingent of rooters came
over not a whit less confident be-
cause of yesterdays defeat. The
break of the game in a bit of unfor-
tunate coaching and a remarkable
catch at a crucial point had gone
against them, they agreed.
I'VE are in a better way than the
Sox for pitchers Manager McGraw
declared today, land it looks to me as
if the edge was ours"
With the possible exception of
Speaker-and his lameness has had
no apparent effect on his playing
the men on both teams were in fine
fettle for renewal of the struggle, the
rival managers declared today. There
was none too long a rest for any of
the players, however, for their train
was late in arriving from Boston and
it began to look as if the strain of
the nightly switch from one city to
another might begin to tell if the Sc
ries was prolonged. 4
Heroes have sprung from the games
already played. Over in Boston,
Wood, Speaker and Gardner, together
with Manager Jake Stahl, are idols.
New York fans today had a crop to
worship. Chief among them were
Fletcher, too, the unfortunate victim
of over anxiety, which led to costly
error making inthe first two battles,
has redeemed himself by brilliant
work at bat and in the field in the
latest Boston ENCOUNTER Marquard's
development into a factor in the
worlds series was source of much
satisfa ction to local fans.
Betting on the series went to evens
as a result of Giant victory. Today,
for the first time since the series
opened, Giants hackers were not ask
ing odds.
Clear weather today. it was pre-
dicted, would undoubtedly result in
a record for worlds series receipts.
The total sum allotted to the players
I n " !,
three games played, as against $127,-
900 odd for the entire share last year.
The players share for the first game
here was $4O,56S.