The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-10-12

which threatened to become serious
until the police broke it up.
1t is expected that fully 10000
people will be on hand today for the
opening game. and it will be neces-
sary TO observe ground rules. ac-
cording to statements made tonight
by the rival managers. A special
trainload of Boston fans left the
Bay State city at midnight last
night. and will arrive in Philadel-
phia this morning about O'Clock
1t will remain here and carry the
fans back to Boston on Saturday
night. ready for the game there on
Monday
So many New York fans have re-
served tickets that the Pennsylvania
Railroad company is running excur-
sion trains. and will do so every day
arranged so that the fans can return
to New York every day
While it is not definitely known
what pitchers will open the series,
| it is expected that Connie Mack will
pick Bender for the honor. and that
Stallings will pit the youthful Bill
James against him. Both managers
stated tonight. however, that they
had not fully made up their minds.
and would not do so until they saw
the men work out tomorrow
BOSTON EXCITED.
BOSTON. Oct. S.-Boston is base
ball mad tonight, and thousands of
people were at the South station to
watch the special train pull out for
Philadelphia. While the fans here
will not have an opportunity to see
the opening game. they will have
chance to watch every play from
the illuminated signboards of the
newspapers. The Boston American.
the Traveller. and the Globe have
which will show the ball from the
opening play until the end The
signs are so constructed that the
fans never lose sight of the bali.
and next to seeing the game itself.
it is the most interesting spectacle
Imaginable
GAME ABANDONED.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct. s.
The annual army and navy football
game. which was scheduled to take
place this month, has been declared
off in consequence of a decision
reached by Secretaries Daniels and
Garrison, who insist that the game
be abandoned unless revised to CON
form to their ideas.
BRAVES WIN FIRST GAME.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Oct o
Baseball dopesters all over the coun-
try who have been picking the
Athletics to win the world series in
a walk, were given a jolt today from
which it will take them some time
ito recover, when the Braves handed
the Mackmen an overwhelming de-
feat by score Of to l. At no
stage of the game did the Athletics
have chance, being unable to
connect with Rudolph's slants. while
the Braves landed on old Chief Ben
der at will.
Mack left Bender in the box until
he saw it was hopeless, and then
pulled him out in favor of Bush.
who pitched fairly we'll, but was far
from invincible.
Tomorrow. it is expected. Mack
will put Plank. his reliable old
southpaw in the box, with the hope
of turning the tide Should he put
Plank in, the fans expect that Stall
lings will check his move by putting
Tyler against him. 1t is possible
that he will work James. but he is
expected to save him for the opening
game in Boston.
After the game today. Stallings
said that his team came out just
as he predicted publicly that they
would. He said that his three young
pitchers were all in the best of
shape, and any one of them was
better than the best man the Ath-
letics could pit against them.
Mack stated, after the game today,
that he was convinced, after sizing
up the Braves in today's game, that
his team would win the champion
ship. He said the Athletics had not
hit their stride, and spurred on by
their defeat. they would go in with
greater efforts and less confidence
tomorrow.