The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-08
TEAMS TUNING UP
FOR Big SERIES
STALLlNGS GIVES SPECIAL AT.
TENTIoN TO SUBSTITUTE
THIRD BAsEMAN.
Both Teams Will Have Practice at
Athletic Park Tomorrow and Be
Ready for the Opening Game.

Philadelphia, Oct. fittings be.
gan to move rapidly today in prepa-
ration for the opening game of tle
series for the baseball championship
Of the world. The Boston Braves and
the Philadelphia Athletics practiced in
bali parks that were only five city
blocks apart while thousands of per-
sons in the downtown district provid-
ed excitement in their scramble to
buy tickets for the big sporting event.
Tonight no reserved seat tickets are
to be had for any of the games sched-
uled to be played on the American
league grounds here except through
spectators.
The so-called tuning up process to-
day of the present worlds champions
and the winners of the National league
pennant was of a mild character, the
NationaI leaguers spending more than
two hours in the forenoon on the
grounds of the Philadelphia National
league club. taking an easy workout.
Rain fell during a part of the morn
ing, in consequence of which the
Boston manager refused to let his
men extend themselves. Tyler was
the only member of the pitching staff
to warm up.
The team practiced behind closed
gates and the few supporters of the
club who saw the players practice be-
slowed their attention upon Third
Baseman Deaf, who will go into the
series in place of Smith, who is lying
in a Brooklyn hospital with a broken
ankle. Deal fielded nard hit ground
ers and faced some stiff pitching
Stallings, who was reported to have
been greatly depressed over Smith,
misfortune, said he felt confident Deal
would do his best to measure up &c
Smiths ability at the bat.
A majority of the Boston Players
took in the final American league
game at Shibe park in the afternoon
While at Shibe park George Stall
ngs met Connie Mack. There were
mutual congratulations over the win
ming of their respective pennants
| While at the park Stallings arranged
with Mack for the Braves to practice
at Shibe park tomorrow after the
Athletics have their usual workout.
Some of the rooters of the worlds
champions are becoming anxious ovel
McInnes, the first baseman. About
ten days ago he was struck on tae
hand by a pitched bali in st. Louis
and has not played in a game since
| There is no doubt, however, he viii
get into the first game on Friday.
The applications for reserved seats
at Shibe park was four times greater
than the capacity of the grand stand
A certain number of tickets were held
| for privileged persons and the re
maiader were placed on sale at the
| ticket office of a department store
| The line of purchasers began to form
early Monday morning and it was
more than blocks long when the
sale began. The tne broke when the
ticket office opened and the police
| ndu nutn ullllCuIly Ill uulellHS tut
disorder in the crowded shopping dis
trict. Mounted policemen scattered
the crowd.
Hardly mad the ticket office open
ed than spectators began to sell seats
for the games three to five dollars
above the regular prices. Five and
three dollar tickets were quickly ex-
hausted and all the two dollar seats
were disposed of early in the after
nooa. When the ticket office wia-
dows closed there was still a long
line on. the street.
Enterprising householders whose
homes border two sides of Shibe
park are erecting stands on the roofs
of their houses. These will seat
about 1000 persons and tickets VIII
be sold at from fifty cents to two dol
lars each.
NEW PACING RECORD.