The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-08

PHfLADEtrHfA, Oct. The already
keen worlds series rivalry between the
Athletics and Braves was increased to
bitterness to-day by the entirely unex-
pected reply OF Connie Mack TO the re-
quest of small favor by George
Stallngs.
StalllngS manager OF the champion
Bosions. whose aspirations suffered a
slight setback by the unfortunate Injury
90 Red Smith in Brooklyn yesterday. was
denied the courtesy OF few minutes
practice at Shibe Park tomorrow morn
ing The Big Chief wished his men, who
had never appeared at Shibe Park, to
have an opportunity to study the light
and angles previous to the opening
game Under the circumstances II did
not seem an unusual request. Stallings
must play his home games at Fenway
Park. a ground which IL far more familiar
10 the Athletics than to the Braves
Naturally Stailings was very mucn
chagr.ned by the narrowness or Mack
IL has added much bitterness to the feel
ines of the Braves and their manager.
WIN now more than ever are determined
TO win regardless OF cost
"Ill beat Mack lust as sure as there
Is a sun In the heavens, declared Stall-
ings while he was s;ill smarting under
Mack's rebuff GOOD fielding behlnd
good pitching will win this series Tor us
Deal will ulay defcnsively at third base
better than Red smith. one Of my hard
sst trials was to- take Deal out OF the
rame last summer He is In good physl-
cal condition, az he proved to every one
satisfaction In practice this morning.
Nack's new found uupopuiaritS is not
diminished by the wholesale activities ot
nm
and bold tonight that they even tried %
sell their wares at eNtOrtonate prices 10
the players OF the Braves themselves.
Philadelphia is up in arms against the
management OF the Athletics. which II ~
said has allowed practically all OF the
reserved seats for the approaching worlds
series games between the worlds chhtn-
mons and the Braves TO fall into the
hands of ticket spectators. There nave
been many serious scandals cOnntcted
with the distribution of worlds series
reservations In the past hut morning Whl'h
approa Ched suca apparent negligence AZ
ia evidenced here on every hand. so acute
has the situation become already that
many prominent fans are busy tonight
trying To arrange a boycott OF the club
There are thousands Of tickets for the
gullible publc-hut all are in the hands
Of SPECTATORS. These vendors swarmed
here from New York Washington. Boston,
IDENTITY through some channel or another
practically cornered the market. They
bump into the visitor on every hand.
Even in the ADMINISTRATION Hotel, the
headquarters OF the National Commission
the scalpers are plying their trade. l'rat-
Ideally every member of the Boston Braves
has been approached by some vulture OF
the trade.
More than ten thousand people were In
line this morning when the reserved seats
were put on sale at Gimbel's and, though
each purchaser was allowed only TWO the
tickets were all gone, II was announced.
before the middle Of the line had got haIr
way to the sellers.
II was stated on the best Of authority
that the usual quota reserved for the
National Commission IL somewhat shy.
still the spectators are not shy. Also II
was learned that the Spectators did
Hourishing business through keeping tab
on orders by long distance telephone and
telegraph that the management could not
supply Members Of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company of Boston.
celebrating here. paid frmo So to - for
SO seats. George NJ. Conan paid 500
for twenty-one seats Charles pilling-
ham of New York duplicated the order.
Abram Erlanger. the theatrical promoter.
stood the Spectators toll in order not 10
disappoint a party Of friends.
One Of the veteran New York ticket
brokers took up temporary quarters in
the corridor of the post office opposite
the department store where the paste
boards were being sold. He said he had
doubled his investments in to-day's sales
and that he expected to do better to-
morrow. I'VE are going 10 clean up" ne
said
The bitter disappolntments have crowded
from the publlc's mind great deal of the
earlier speculation on the outcome of the
first game Naturally the team Of Connie
Mack suffers Indirectly from IN" supposed
sins of the management. There is no
talk Of betting now. Many Philadelphinns
are to be found expressing the hope that
the Braves win. II would not be sur
prisiug IL the Quaker city fans who
attended the games root for the National
League club