Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-07
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L The uncertainty of the ultimate out.
come and the apparent evenness II
playing strength of the contending
clubs furnished unlimited material foI
argument and conversation, and. to-
night. it is doubtful if a thousand tel
ephonic devices, scattered about tht
metropolis would record much of any
thing but Worlds Series gossip. Ir
II clubs, hotels, theaters and the home
il WAS apparently the only topic that
was debatable or timely. The support
ers of MatheWson and Marquard adj
| vanced a score of reasons why Mana.
ger McGraw should start their favor
tie against the Athletics and the fans
from Philadelphia smiled and gently
asserted into the argument a mention
81 J. Franklin Baker and what his
trusty heme run bat did during the
series of 1911.
Athletics Arrive.
The entire Philadelphia Club, ac-
companied by a number of loyal
"Rooters," arrived in this city short
| ly after 10 P. NJ, and retired at once
to their quarters in one of the up
town hotels.
| While the principal actors in the
great climax of the baseball year Were
wooing sleep, the ticket spectators
and the baseball public We're far more
active. Although there were but 5000
reserved seats sold by the club to a
selected list of patrons, a certain per
centage of the coupons quickly found
their way into the hands of the ticket
| vendors, who offered them at prices
many times over their face value.
| Because of the fact that but 5000
of the $4,000 seats were disposed of in
| the advance sale, the opportunities
| for spectators to secure tickets were
not so great as in the past. Conse-
| quently, those that were available
| commanded almost fabulous prices.
Sets of three for the three New
York games We're offered at prices
ranging from $50 to $780, according
to location. Single seats for the OPP
ening game were quoted at $50 each
and found ready. purchasers.
James E. Gaffney, president AMI
owner of the Boston National League
Club, was one of the first to inter
view the spectators. Gaffney applied
to the New York Club for 46 seats
dS WIS his pIiNlItSf DIS ii Giup oNilei
and member of the select list He
stated that the local club officials told
him that none was available. The
Boston club executive thereupon went
on the street and purchased Is tickets
for $500. With these as evidence. he
went before the National Commission
and explained the situation. In
statement given out later, the commits
sion said that the New York Club
officials knew the original holders of
the seats but We're not ready to maEe
the names public. Blocks of seals
were sold to city officials, and it was
reported that those which Gaffney
bought were thought to be from some
such source. 1t was stated that any
| action in the matter would be deferred
| until later in the week. A trio IF
| Texas enthusiasts paid SIS for three
seats for the opening game and APP
peared to feel that they had secured
a bargain.
The National Commission appeared
to be more interested in the cases of
the players, who were supposed to
write special articles on the worlds
series than in the activities of the
spectators. After a meeting to con-
slider this and other features of the
series, Garry Hermann said;
I'VE do not feel that player in an
| important series, who writes stories
| of the games can give his best efforts
| tc his club. However, since the COM
mission decided that players shall not
write for the newspapers it has been
visited by newspaper editors and 9TH
| ers connected with newspapers and in
formed that they had contracts with
| certain players to write about the Sc
| ries and that if the decision of the
commission to stop the players from
writing were enforced. the players
would be violating these contracts.
"The commission has carefully con-
si6erc1 the matter and has decided
| that it will penalize any player who
disobeys the commissions ruling un-
| less there are extenuating circum-
stances. If a ball player has con-
tract to write and if this contract was
executed before the commission took
| its action, Sept q, we will consider
| that an extenuating circumstance"
Mr.. Hermann was asked of that APP
| piled to all players and managers in
| post-season inter-league series, and he
| said it did, adding:
After this year no ball players or
manager will be given permission to sign
| a contract
| At the request of the baseball writers
| the commission agreed to have third
! scorer sit with the two official scorers
| appointed by the commission.
The baseball writers selected Joseph
| S. Jackson of Detroit president of the
| Baseball Writer'S National Association
| as their representative. In case a differ
ence of opinion arises over some poin,
| in the scoring rules, a majority vote OF
| the three will decide the question
The Giants battery for the initial con-
| test. according to the best information
| obtainable, with be Mathewson or Mar
| guard and Meyers. The Athletics are
| expected to retalate with Bender and
either Thomas or Schang behind the bat
The lineup aside from the batteries is
more or less in doubt Either Shafer oil
| Herzog may play third for the Giants al
| though the general belief is that McGrav
| will send Herzog to the third sack jus