Evening star., 1914-09-30
MACK Will USE
HIS ROCKIES HERE
None of Regulars of Cham
pionship Team to Appear in
Local Series.
SHAW TO FACE PENNOCK
OR WYCK0FF IN OPENER
Gandil Denies Having Dickered
With Federal League-World's
Series May Open October 8.
BY j. ED GR1LLo.

Without a single one of the regular
players in the lineup and Connie
Mack absent from the bench. the Ath-
letics will do battle here with the Ma
tionals for the next two days.
Despite the statement made by Ban
johnson that he had notified Connie
Mack to have his regular lineup in
the games here. none of the champions
star players in here with the team,
which is in charge of Ira Thomas
I'VE have had a hard siege of it dur
ing the closing weeks of the season.
notwithstanding the fact that we al
ways had a good lead" said Thomas
this morning, "and we feel that our
regulars need a rest so as to be fit and
ready for the worlds series. You know
we were not going any too we'll there
for while and Boston was winning a
lot Of games. We were really worried
and the players were kept hustling
right down to the finish. That is why
they are entitled to rest. They are
to have a lay-ofr until Monday. This
rest Is absolutely necessary. We want
to win the world series. You can't
blame us for that, and in order to have
the team in its best form it is abso-
lutely necessary to give the regulars
couple of days rest"
Thomas said that either Wyckoff or
Pennock would be pitched in the game
today.
Chick Gandil. who, according to a dis
patch from Detroit printed in yester-
days Star. Is dickering with the Fed
eral League. emphatically denies that
such Is the case. Il have had no COM
munication with the Federals since last
In the story that I am dickering with
them. let alone that 1 have signed and
am ready to be told where to report"
Gandil is under a three-year contract
with the Washington club, of which he
is serving his first year. This contract
does not contain the Objectionable ten
day release clause, and has the new
reserve clause, hence is said to be a
valid document, which will be upheld
by the courts
Walter Johnson also came through
with another denial of a story printed
Collins. Hans Lobert and Charley Doom
had signed to play with the Brooklyn
Feds next season.
Doom was mentioned as the manager
of that team next season. Johnson said
he had neither signed with the Feds
nor heard anything from them since
said Gandil.
President Ban johnson came east on
the same train with the Nationals yes
terday. He stopped off here and later
left for Philadelphia, where the ma
tional commission meets today to de-
eide where the first game of the worlds
series shall be played. and to attend to
other details of the series.
Mr.. johnson gave it as his opinion
that the series would open Friday. Oc-
tober 9. Two games would be played
in the city which wins the opening Sc
ries and this would leave Sunday for
travelling to the other contending city
The head of the American League is
confident that the Athletics will win
the series from the Braves. He says
he would not be surprised If the Mack
men won four straight games.
Jim Shaw will do the pitching for
the Nationals this afternoon. Since be-
ing responsible for the three victories
which the Nationals scored in Cleve-
land, Shaw has been resting and 1t is
believed he will be in splendid form
for the game today. Shaw has proved
himself one of the pitching finds of
the season.
It is likely that Charley Pick will
be played in the games with the Ath-
letics here. If he is in the lineup it
will be in left field most probably, for
Griffith has not yet used him in the
indeld. though he played third base for
Toronto all season.