Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-09
FINE WEATHER
FOR OPENING OF
WORLDS SERIES
Philadelphia Baseball Mad, but
"Sore" Over Ticket Sale
Scandal.
BYJ. P. N.
special to the Evening star.


SHIBE PARK, Philadelphia. Pa,
Oct 9.-Contrary to predictions the
outlook for the first worlds series
game here today between the Boston
Braves and Philadelphia Athletics is
fine weather and bright skies. For
a few minutes earlier in the morning
conditions were not so propitous, but
"Old Sol finally broke out in a
smile and the afternoon is lovely.
This old Quaker City is baseball mad.
She shouldn't be. though, Tor worlds
series are nothing new to her. Still
she is all primped up in her best holi-
day attire, and she is putting on
more airs than hen with a bonny
neW hatch of chickens.
But Philadelphia, besides being de-
lighted about her ball team, is also
very angry. She is suffering the
humiliation of the biggest ticket
scalping scandal in her history, and
the newspaper men down here say in
the history of these big series games.
According to the talk. everybody
has found it an easy matter to get
tickets for the serles but the natives,
and the natives are making the big
gest kind of a "holler' over what they
Even Connie Mack, for years the
favorlte son of their so-ealled SLOW
town." is not in very high favor.
Mack, as we'll as everyone connected
with the ticket scandal, is coming in
for regular Philadelphia "panning."
But there Is always something to
criticise at worlds series, and If il
wasn't ticket scalping ii would be
something else. The Mack Stallings
telephone episode is being discussed
pro and con, and the opinion is rather
general down here that Mack didn't
do anything unsportsmanlike in not
allowing the Boston Braves TO inter-
fere with the practice plans of the
Philadelphia Athletics.
Stallings, though still insists that
Mack should have acceded to his re-
quest. George was cooled off con-
siderable this morning, and when !
met him In the Bellevue Stratford
mind. He said he would have liked
to have his Braves Have one good
workout at Shibe Park before the
series started, but admitted he had
no particular regret to the privilege.
We'll, what do you think about
your chances in the series?" | asked
the Dig fellow.
I'VE have good chance, stall
lings replied.
You know, Joe he said, hesi-
tatingly, that | never kid myself,
and ! am not kidding myself when |
tell you that the Braves will make
the Athletics go the limit to win"
Here Stallings stopped short and,
moving his forefinger of his right
hand up and down, declared in dead
earnestness
I'VE may not win the worlds
championship this year, but we will
give the Athletics the hardest task
they have ever had. / know we are
up against a great team, but ! have
a fighting bunch of boys who will
never quit as long ns there is n
shadow of hope. Take my word, this
is going to be great series, and IL
we don't win we will come awfully
close to 1t.
Stallings was the centre of a large
crowd of fans, and he finally had to
excuse himself and make his way to
his auto, which whisked him out to
the Nationanl League Park. where his
players made their headquarters.
Stalllngs is popular here, as every
where, and he is cnered at every
turn