New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
Annual Climax to Most Popular
Sport Has Grown More I'm
portant from Season
to Season.
GIANTS HOLD ONE RECORD
Their Four Shut Outs of Phila-
.lphia Athletics in 1905
Stamp That Set of
Games as Greatest
Ever Played.

World's series will come and 60. new
heroes will be crowned in the dash for
gold and glory, and old idols will be
tunnbed into the dust and broken while
the fans" wall. but the whirl of the
game will go on unchecked; the Joy OF
the victors will be Unconfned and the
tears of the vanquished unnoticed by the
multitude which might have cheered them
had they won. 1t is human TO hope and
whatever the result Of similar series In
the past, the fans loyal 10 their heroes
see only the bright side OF the situation
the golden sunburst of victory Tor the
home team.
Every series has been proclaimed the
greatest i'm the history of the baseoali
classic. and the enthusiasts who Will De
on hand when the Athletics, of Phlladei-
phia. pride and hope of the American
League. nd the Giants. three times cram
pions of the National League meet In the
first game on Tuesday afternoon at the
Polo Grounds are no. backward in de-
claring that this will be the greatest Dat
tle in the history Of the American game
that the victorious team will well deserve
the spoils and the title Of champion
SHIFTS of series fought since 1908, when the
Boston Red sox downed the Pittsburgh
Pirates. to the time the Boston Red son
defeated the Giants at Fenway Park last
season. il will be realized that the teams
will have to put forth superhuman eHor's
TO play what may be called the greatest
series
To the taciturn Connie Mack wei
named the wizard of the diamond anu
John ]. McGraw, New York's Little Ma
noleon." the series means something more
than settling the question Of universal SUI
1 prernacv on the diamond There is per-
sonsi side TO il. Twice in the past nave
these mastery tacticians met in similar
series and hOnors rest easy. III was III
the fall Of 1905 that the teams first met
and the Giants won four out OF five games
Christy Mathevson pitched three OF these
and Joe McGinnity the other two Marty
won all his games by shut-outs. McGin-
njtv also won one game by the shut-ou1
route but the Iron Man" was defeated
in his other trial, Chief Bender the VII!
Chippewa Indian, on whose strong riehl
arm much depends in the coming series,
being his opponent. Bender, too ioiio"eu
the precedent set by the other piteheiS'
allowing his opponents no runs
The record of five shut-out games es-
tablished in that series has never peeil
approached, emphasizing the nature Vi
.he task that confronts the teams If fresh
history is to be written. In no other Sc
r,es have more than two shut-outs oeeh
scored. In the games between the II
rates and Red Sox, in 1903, the lorihei
twice failed to get a runner across the
Mate In Chicago, in 1906. both the CUBS
ord White Sox won shut-out victories
while in the Detroit Pittsburgh series IN
1909 each team drew a string OF clphers'
1hs most one-sided game was between the
Giants and Athletics In 1871 the ia''ef
winning by a score of 10 to :.
Fresh in the minds of the rams is inc
series between the Athletics ana the
Giants in October, 1911, when j. Franklin
Baker sprang into fame with MS Dig DIacA
hot The crushing defeat suffered by
NcGraw still rankles, and he will over
,oot no opportunity to bring about the
downfau Of his most respected foeman.
Five remnants have been brought TO
philadelphia by Mack, and twice mas ne
guided his team through TO the hleho'
honors in the baseball world. Mcora"'
too. has five times returned the Chants
victors In the battle for the Natohai
League pennant but only once mas ne
managed to win a series for the world
championship. Twice he tried ana faiieo'
From a business standpoint, at least
the coming series Is nearly certain 10 10
the greatest ever, unless all signs are
awry. Interest In the game is becoming
greater from year to year. Already
"fans'' from all over the country nave
started for the seat Of war. and when
the first ball is hurled over the plate
LUCKY will be the man who holds down
one OF the highly cherished front row
seats.
High water mark was reached last year,
when the Red Sox and the Giants fought
out their memorable battles. According
a. the official statements, 252,037 persons
maid their way into the games, ana the
receipts amounted to $4s0.SSS. One OF the
reasons for this record-breaking attend
ance. of course. was the eleven inning
tie game in Boston on October 8, which
was played off the following day. The
former record for attendance and finan-
cial return was in 1911. when the Ath-
letics and tho Giants performed for the
benefit OF 1881 persons and reaped
harvest of $S42. l64 80.
Preparations have been made for rec
ord-smashing attendance this year. The
Polo Grounds, boasting It's $500 seating
capacity, has remained unchanged since
1t was erected. two years ago. but Sh!be
Park. the home of the Athletics. has been
altered somewhat, and the seating ca
pacity increased by several thousands.
Twenty-six thousand was the highest at
tendance at a game in Philadelphia TWO
years ago, but these figures VIII undouot-
eddy be ecllpsed. 1t is estimated that more
than two hundred and seventy-hve thou
sand will attend the series.
This one week Of nerve rscking work
will be a gold mine to the players ana
magnates. The receipts of the first -FOUR
games are divided 50 per cent TO the play
ers and 40 per cent TO the club owners
THE players' share is divided 50 per cent
IA The winners and 10 per cent to the los
ers. The receipts OF all games played
over four go to the club owners Ma are
.venly divided The National Commission
receives 10 per cent OF the gross receipts.
Iast year, of the s4so.sS3 received in adj
mission fees. the players divided siH.On ~.
Tha Ped sox, yictors, split sSS,04o w