Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-07
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The best dope" today on the .
battery plan in the worlds series
is as follows: .
Tuesday New York; Boston, .
Wood and Cady; New York, Tes- .
. reau and Meyers. .
Wednesday (Boston) Boston, Q
. Collins and Carrigan; New York .
Mathewson and Meyers .
Thursday New York; Boston .
. Bedient or OBrien and Carrigan; .
New York, Vanguard and Wilson .
Friday (Boston) Boston, Wood .
and Cady; New York, Tesreau and .
Wilson .
Saturday New York)-Boston. .
. Collins and Carrigan; New York .
Mathewson or Marquard and Mey- .
ers .
Neither McGraw nor Stahl has
. gone 80 far as to guess who will .
pitch in the following week, if the .
. series goes beyond five games. OF .
. course, their ideas are subject to .
change, but this is the best line .
that can be had upon their ordi- .
nary course. Both managers hope Q
to get the jump" by winning the .
first game. Regardless OF sus9es- .
tons to the contrary, Wood will 0
pitch Tuesday and Collins We'd .
nesday. Tesreau is picked to start .
for New York because he Is the .
most successful Giant pitcher just .
now. Mathewson is favored for .
+ Q the second game, because he has .
. had long rest His experience .
VIII be OF tremendous value and If .
he is ever to be good he should be .
prime right then. This would put .
Giant right-hander against a o
Red SoX left-hander .
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he refused A dozen or more at
tackled the wagon and drank all the
milk they wanted, then paid the
driver what they thought the re-
treshment was worth.
1t got pretty chilly in the early
morning and several bonfres were
started, but the policemen on duty
put out the fires
The most determined woman in
! the line was Miss Jennie Smith.
who said she lived in WIllougnby
avenue. Brooklyn She appeared
about o'clock with soap box.
took a desirable position and sat
down to wait the intervening seven
hours until the ticket booths were
opened. She declared she was go
ing to see every game. At o'clock
a policeman watched her place for
her while she got her breakfast
and the male fans loudly cheered
her for her pluck when she re-
turned
Emil Pollock, cripple. of PAS
Seventh avenue. stood in line ten
hours on his clutches TO get tick
cts He was nearly exhausted
when he got a chance to rest but
was still game.
I'D stand in line for two weeks,
il necessary" he said.
Girl in Line Never Saw Game.
Miss Bessie Brady. aged 16, of %
Southern boulevard. who has never
seen a baseball game, arrived at
dawn.
At $50 a, m. Mt and Mrs. G. NJ.
Mcintyre, Of 325 West Twenty-third
street, arrived and took their places.
They argued the chances for the
Giants and the Red SoX until time
for the ticket sellers to get active
Florida Men in Line.
In the line near the head was a
quartet of Pensacola, Fla, citizens
They were T. H. Thompson Thomas
Jahnsou. Emanuel Johnson and
Joseph r. Quina They left the
Florida city Friday and arrived
here last night They rushed over
to the Sixth avenue L from the
Pennsylvania depot without even
waiting to wash their faces or eat
their supper. and made all posi-
bile speed to the Polo grounds
They stood in line all night to
buy tickets for ali the games in this
city
oscar Walton. Of Oklahoma CITY,