The Cairo bulletin., 1914-10-09
Athletics and Braves Clash in First
Contest of Baseball. Classic
Today.
LEADiNGS ODDS ARE 5
TO 4 ON THE ATHLETICS
Bender or Plank Will Take Mound
for Athletics, James or Ru-
do]ph for Braves.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. S.--The
stage Is set and plfreers and fans
alike await the morrow and the
weather mans signal to roll back
the curtain, revealing the Philadcl-
phia Athletics and > the Boston
Braves in the worlds series drama
OF 1914. The winners OF the Ameri-
can and National League pennants,
with a week of relegation following
the clinching of the iags,. are ready
for the final struggle of the season.
Each team processes reasonable con-
fdence in its ability to capture the
Worlds Championship. Zach in
turn comedies that the rival aggre-
cation is powerful baseball COM
bination ard IL defeated stands to
extend congratulations TO the WIN
fner rather than exc ases for the loss
Of the series.
/ The fan, both local and foreign,
| is here by thousands, each club hav-
ing it's legion of loyal supporters.
| The followers of the Athletics, to
| whom league and worlds champion
ship pennants are no longer novel
ties stand steadfast In their belief
| that Connie Mack's great baseball
machine will continue it's triumph
ant progress while the Boston bril-
| gade is equally confident that the
| Braves, under the leadership Of
| George Stallings will halt the Phil
| adelphia Juggernaut The National
| Leag que representatives, although
| they open the series away from
| home will have ample vocal sup
port since Boston's famous clan the
Royal Rooters" will be present at
Shibe Park singing their battle song
"Tessio" which has been heard on
every Worlds Series field of recent
years when a Hub club was battling
for honors.
Several hundred Boston fans have
enrolled as Royal Rooters" for the
trip will travel in special train,
accompanied by a band "Tessie"
will be almost It's only piece. '1t has
always been a winner; we1l sing
again, reads an announcement by
The committee in charge. The song
was first adopted during the world
series of 1903 between Pittsburg
and the Boston Americans. Shouted
from hundreds OF throats in the
games at Boston and at Pittsburgh, D.,
the strains of "Tessie" upset the
Pirate players they afterwards de-
clared, and Boston won the series
after being three games behind.
Again in 1904, the rooters rallied
tc the support OF home team and
sang Boston to victory in the last
game of the American League sea
son at New York. Two years ago
the Royal hooters travelled from
Boston to New York and from New
York to Boston, "Tessie" always on
their lips, following the Red Sox in
their wonderful series with the
Giants
The songsters from New England
will have to swell strong on the
chorus for every seat in grand stand
and bleachers has been sold. A bic
majority Of the twenty odd thous.
and spectators will be Athletic ad.
herents and while they may have
no organized cheer or battle song
the Braves will know that the
Mackmen, on their home grounds
are backed by vocal tornado that
is extremely oncerting to base.
ball players who seek to drag them
from their championship throne.
This support is not entirely de.
voted to cheering and applause for
the Athletics cohorts are willing
? end eager to wager on the chances
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