Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
GATHER
FOR WORLD SERIES
Continued from First PaEe.)


Before the game began an automo-
bile was presented to Jake Daubert,
first baseman of the Brooklyn Club,
as being the most valuable player to
his club of any player In the Ma
tional League.
Crowd Cheers Athletics.
The Athletics were taken to the
Polo grounds in five taxicabs. 10
avoid scratching the polished floor of
their hotel corridor they took off their
spiked shoes and walked out in their
stocking feet, then put on their shoes
on the sidewalk before an admirlng
crowd.
Several hundred enthusiasts, most
of them apparently from Philadel-
mia. cheered the visitors as they
left the hotel. Foremost in this crowd
were fifteen Catholic priests from
Philadelphia.
well be on the side lines and
we'll root for you" called one of the
priests as the rest of them stepped
into taxicab.
Connie Mack did not accompany
the players in the machines. he
slipped out a back door of the hotel.
Twice before in their history these
teams have met, each the champion
in it's league. to battle Tor premier
honors. Once, in 1910. the National
Leaguers triumphed. Once, two years
ago. the American League pennant
winners were crowned with the lau-
rels. Today the rubber" was to be
played, or its play begun, and each
team took the field determined to
win the odd and capture the double
honor of a worlds championship and
two series in three from its old-tlme
rival.
Teams Evenly Matched.
Possibly never before In a world
series have the two competitors oeen
apparently so evenly matched and
the outcome so uncertain as In this
contest between the men Of Connie
Mack and John McGraw. The un-
certainty was reflected in the prac-
tically oven betting that ruled as the
crowds assembled for the beginning
of play. And the keen interest aroused
by this very uncertainty was testified
to by the early signs that the open
ing day throng, given even reason
ably fair treatment by the weather
man. would be one of the largest, If
not the largest, in the games his
tory.
Before midnight the crowd began
to gather at the Polo Grounds. Even
though 10000 seats were ready for all
more than 1000 indefatigable fans"
had placed themselves at the en-
Frances before / o'clock, with the
line swelling fast as the night grew
old and dawn approached.
1t was estimated that 1000 persons
were in line when the gates to the I'M
reserved seats were thrown open at
9:45 o'clock. The weather continued
cloudy and unsettled.
Many women were in evidence, some
with their husbands, others unaccom-
panied. Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Hutch
inson, of Mobile, Ala, said they had
waited since midnight. One aged fan,
teamster, collapsed on a street cor
lance.
At 1915 o'clock thousands were
pouring past the clicking turnstiles
here. Once inside the grounds there
was a mad rush to secure front row
seats. Men and boys ran pell-mell
through the aisles and here and there
few women engaged in the
scramble for the best places.
There were easily 10000 persons i'll
the lower unreserved stands at 1890
o'clock Perched, on settees out near
the home plate a brass band played
its liveliest tunes to keep the crowd
in humor.
The diamond and back fields were
in finest playing condition. The
pitchers and batters' boxes and base
paths were covered with canvas mats
to shield them from any sudden
downpour. which seemed mornentarily
to threaten.
The Giants reported early at the
clubhouse All were in playing trim
except Snodgrass, whose charley
horse" still troubled him.
Crowds thronged the headquarters
of the National Baseball Commission
prior to the game. The commission
had a big allotment Of tickets to be
and the favored followers
of the game poured in and out of the
rooms all forenoon. Among them
was Governor Tener, of Pennsyl-
vania, himself former ball player
Mrs. Tener accompanied him. They
have a box for the game.
The commission has done nothing |
as yet about ticket spectators. Re-
ports of scalpers getting tickets have |
been received, but no evidence con-
crete enough to warrant an official
has come to hand.
The managers of the two teams
voiced each his confidence In the ulti-
mate outcome. Connie Mack predict |
before this weeks close,
after a run of hardfought games
1.-THE Athletics will be on the win
ming end" he predicted.
McGraw Is Confident.
Manager McGraw, of the Giants, |
was no less sure of a triumph for his
men.
"This is our year and the luck will |
have to break hard against us to
beat u.s." he declared.
Both the contesting teams got a
long nights rest. The Athletics re-
tired soon after their arrival on
late evening train from Philadelphia.
The Giants also turned In early after
their final workout on today's battle
ground
This morning the rival managers
reported all the regulars expected
to take part in the opening encou nter
in fine fettle. The pitching squad
received the close attention of each