Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-12
Fans Wonder if Once Whipped Red
Takes Mound Today, but
Braves Care Not.
ARE READY FOR ANYTHING
Tremendous crowd Expected q"
View Third Contest oT Year"
words series when Cur
tain shoots ~.

/ test was shifted The champions OF IN"
; American and National lcagucE. rcspec-
/ tlvcly, win meet tomorrow aud Tuesday
! at Fcnwp, par, in tho third and fourth
games Of tho series, which began in Phila-
! dephia Friday.
! with two victories gained toward the
! four necessary to obtain the worlds title
/ the Boston team faced with confidence
| the two games 60 be played here. They
| had gone to Philadelphia with the odds
| against them In the appraisal OF base ball
! followers generally; they returned today
! TO tremendous reception. favorltcs for
the world honors
Mncks StIII Confident.
| The Athletics, fighting with their backs
| to the wall To defend the world's cham
| pionshlp from a continuation of remark,
| able rush which brought the Braves to
| victory In tho National league were out
wardlv still confident All expressed hope
that they would yet win. We arc far
! from beaten vet. said "Stufty' McInnls.
| IAN we need is little hit once In p
while. And we'll get those tomorrow"
Manager StallinEs OF the Braves in dis
cussiug his pitching possibilities for to-
morrow thought otherwise. 1T may be
Tyler, or It may he Rudolph" he said,
! but whichever Il Is, am sure the boys
will outhit their opponents. And with
the fielding we have shown. the result is
certain" In answer to a question from
an enthusiastic fan ns TO whether the
Braves were likely 20 take four straight,
the miracle man" smiled and said,
we've got good team
Who VIII HurI Against BrHvcst
! The Identity of Manager Mack's choice
( for pitcher tomorrow was the element OF
greatest uncertainty tonight. Would he
| send the Indian, Bender, batted from the
! box IN the first game at Philadelphia,
| back 10 retrieve his defeat or choose a
! youngstcr to bear the burden OF direct
ing almost a last stand These were the
questions among tho crowds gathered
about the hotel lobbcs,
In event OF cloudy day tomorrow It was
thought Manager Mack would decide upon
Bender As possibilities among tho
younger pitchers Brcssler was considered
most likely. The Braves have shown
that they can hit the speedy delivery of
Bender and Plank. They have yet TO be
tried on a fast breaking curve in this Sc
| Ties
Bressler, a left handler was thought to
be a favoritc on account OF his ability 10
combine a port side delivery which re-
duces somewhat Boston's offensive pow
ers and his use of a battling curve
All AIike TO Connolly.
| Overhcaring conversation among
newspaper men on this subject. Billy
Martin. one OF the Braves substitutes, IN
terjccted the statement:
"lf Joe Connolly gets hold OF one OF
these curves he'll hammer II. They all
lok alike to him
Bush, hero OF the worlds series last
year, and Wyckoff, who pitched with
some success after Bender was retired
Friday were also mentioned as possibili-
ties The uncertainty as to the pitchers
influenced tho betting tonight. Two TO
ono on the Braves to win the series was
most quoted, but there were few takers.
The biggest crowd that ever saw a
worlds series game in this city Is looked
for tomorrow. The celebration OF COlum-
bus day will allow thousands Of fans
from stores and shops to attend the CON
test and II is expected the limit OF the
seating accommodations at Fenway park
n 1,O0c, win be reached.
seats 60 Fast.
Sixteen thousand reserved seats have
already been disposed Of The specu-
lators got a few of the tickets. but II was
estimated tonight that there were not
more than 800 in their hands. all told.
II will he impossible TO reduce this mum
ber very much. according TO Robert Nc
Roy of Chicago, representing the National
commission. MIR. McRoy said that he be
lieved the experiences in Philadelphia,
,,II Y.,,hI If.
sale, were obtained by spectators, would
result in abolition Of this form OF dis
tribution Of the tickets In future years.
Mr.. McRoy had the disposal Of 1900
seats allotted the National commission
for the games here. Tonight they were
an gone and nc was refusing countless re-
quests. Even President Gaffney Of the
Boston club and Manager Stallings, who
sought him out in the hope ot obtaining
n few more seats for friends, were un-
successful
Seekers for the choice Of the 2OOO0 unre-
served seats appeared today. Shortly
after noon two men, who would not give
their names. went to the bleacher gate
, and hired two boys to remain there until
, tomorrow morning on boxes
/ By sundown a long line had formed in
which boys were most numerous.
Weather Prospects Good.
A cool breeze, which sprRng up after
dark, following a day Of unreasonable
warmth threatened discomfort to the
ticket line, but promised better playing
conditions for the teams. There wers
some indications that light showers might
fall during the morning hours. but the
prospect OF fair playing day was con-
sdeTed good.
The reception TO the Braves on their re
turn this morning was enthusiastic. Mayor
Curley headed an official committee,
backed by $500 people. who crowded the
great train shed at the south station.
, Every player was shaken by the hand
or patted on the back before he could
escape.
: Manager Mack and his players came in
quietly and went to their hotels. They
lromsined there during the day.