Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-09
.StaIIingS Threatens to lake a
Punch at Connie Mack and
Usual Hints Of Ticket Graft
Are Spread,
WAR BULLETINS HAVE
NOTHING ON BASEBALL
TumuItuouS Scenes Enacted
on Eve of Struggle for Pre-
mier HonorS in America S
Fayorite Sport

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Philadelphia. oct. 4. r Unless all
signs fail, the worlds series Of 1914
will he modelled along the lines OF
the great European war The spirit
OF brothcrly love. for which the qua
ker city is noted. appears to have
been crowded into the background.
The struggle for the premier baseball
honors Of the universe opened with a
campaign of threats that read like
bulletins from the foreign war zone.
Manager Stallings Of the Boston Ma
tionals. threatened to punch Connie
Mack of the worlds champion Ath-
letics. en- the nose, Director Porter of
the department of public safety,
threatened to investigate ticket graft
scandal; the national commission re-
ported an alleged shortage Of paste
boards and. To cap the climax the
weather man threatens rain for to-
morrow. the day upon which the
American and National league pen
nant winners are scheduled to open
the series at Shbe park in this city.
Not since the memorable struggle
between the Philadelphia Americans
and the New York Nationals In 1911
has this city been so stirred by base
ball conflict Both the players and
their thousands Of followers appear
to take the coming contests with un-
usual seriousness and II Is certain
that every game of the series viii be
fought out 70 finish with grim
earnestness that includes no quarter
for the foe
Battle Spirit Noticeable.
The spirit Of battle and the absence
of quarters were noticeable through
out philadelphia tonight. Every ho-
tel was crowded with baseball players
and spectators gathering for the final
and mcst important clash of the sem
son put the condition was a neglible
one compared with that which pre-
vailed in the offices when seats for
the series were being handled The
demand for admission coupons to
Shibe park surpasses anything Of n
similar character ever encountered in
past world series in which the Ath-
letics have been participants and
thousands OF fans have been unable 20
purchase tickets through the ordi-
nary channels.
Close followers Of professional base
ball are astounded by the keen inter-
est and enthusiasm which developed
over the games between the Braves
and Athletics. Local attendance at
Shibe park during the American
league season was not up to the usual
standard this season but the rush to
secure seats for the closing contests
surpasses all previous records Local
fandom has been augmented by spe-
ciaI delegations from Boston, New
York. Baltimore and Washington and
both hotel propretors and baseball
magnates are at their wits ends try
ing to accommodate the gathering
fans.
Tonight baseball magnates, players,
writer's, ticket spectators and fans are
surging and seething about tho city in
a manner which would lead the unini-
tiated stranger to believe that 1t was
the hour before the enemy opened
bombardment. Baseball and its many
qualifications is the sole topic of con-
versation. Every angle of the game
and the worlds series is discussed and
as many conclusions are reached as
there are disputants Statements and
dcnials issued from the camps Of the
rival clubs help to keep interest keyed
up to an unusual pitch This Is espe-
cially true OF the controversy between
tho two club managers regarding the
use of Shibe park for practice today.
Stallings Accuses Mack
Manager stallngs, of the Boston
Nationals accused Connie Mack of the
Philadelphia Americans. of nnsports-
man-like conduct and during tele-
phonie conversation this afternoon
threatened to punch the worlds cham
pions leader on the nose at the first
opportunity The first trouble arose
over StaHngs request for the use Of
Shibe park for practice He made the
request to Mack in person and the
Athletics manager assured him he
was welcome to use the park at any
hour except between and O'Clock
this afternoon, when the local club
was scheduled to practice.
According to Connie Mack the Bos-
ton manager was satisfied but when
Mack asked Stallings today If he had
accused the Philadelphia club of re-
fuslng to permit the National league
champions to use the park the argu-
ment soon became both bitter and
personal and the hard feeling spread
rapidly among the players, magnates
and partsans Of the two leagues.
In discussing the affair Mack said:
II cannot understand how the trou-
BILE arose. Stallings asked me for the
use of the park today during con-
vnrsafion on Wednesday, | told hin.