Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-09
Hundreds of Persons Were Turned
Away, Unable to Gain Admis-
sion to Crowded Stands
BENDER AND RUDOLPH
WERE IN PITCHERS BOX
grounds in Good Shape and the
Weather Conditions Excellent
For Snappy Game
By Associated Press

Shibe Park. Philadelphia, Oct. g.
The Boston Braves, winners of the
National League pennant. this after
noon won the first of the worlds series
games from the Athletics. the .Ameri-
can League pennant winners; score.
TO 1. The Boetons scored early in
the game and secured enough runs to
win easily. Bender, sent i'm to pitch
for the Mackmcn. was knocked out of
the box. Rudolph was steady at all
stages of the game and allowed but
five scattered hits. The crowd was
estimated at more than 10000.
Shibe Park. Philadelphia, oct. q
Tho Boston Braves, pennant winners
of the National League, and the Phil
adelphia Athletics, champions of the
American League, clashed to-day in
the first battle for the worlds base
ball championship of 1914. Some 22,-
600 persons saw the opening engage
ment of the seVen-game series. Hun
dreds were turned away at the gates,
unable to obtain admission to the
crowded stands.
The Bostons prepared to send their
slow ball boXman, Dick Rudolph, to
the pitching emplacement to shell the
Athletics out of their home defenses.
The American Leaguers groomed the
Indian Bender to pitch off the Boston
invaders with his fast ball.
SLOW ball pitching is not relished
by the Mack artillery of batters and
] guess it will be Rudolph for the
fray to-day" remarked Manager
George Stallings. Still l may switch
to James or Tyler. They are all good,
you know
The vast reaches of Shibe Park
were choked to capacity long before
game time. Three and four times the
regular seat prices were offered for
tickets and the demand at these fig
ures exceeded the supply.
Stand Soon Crowded
The outfield stand seating 1000 per-
sons, was thrown open at 1880
o'clock It was filled within a short
time and the gates were closed. The
first in lines for seats in this unre-
served section had waited over forty
hours for the gates to open. Several
women stood in line since daybresk.
The crowd holding reserved tickets in
the covered and double -decked stand
came to the park later. Hundreds
viewed the contes from temporary
stands erected on the roofs of houses
that overlook the back field walls.
The day was warm and humid and
one suited for fast baseball. An in
sistent sun burned through the men
acing clouds and there was only a
slight threat of showers from the
southwest. The infeld and outer gar
dens were bone dry and hard.
Betting favored the Athletics at
to ! and to when the two teams
came upon the field for batting and
field practice Preliminary field play
was snappy and scintillating. The
work of the Boston player Deal. who
substituted at third base for Smith
who broke his leg this week, was
keenly watched. He displayed nc
fielding faults in warming up.
The umpires came upon the field at
1.55 and they were promptly photo
graphed. Umpires Dineen and Hide
brand conferred with Captain Thomas
of the Athletics, and Captain Evers
of Boston, regarding ground rules.
The batteries announced for the
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