The sun., 1916-10-07
RIVALS READY.
FOR FLING AT.
BASEBALL TITLE
With 5000 Persons on
Hand for Worlds Series
Tilt Boston Is Calm.
SC.ALPERS IN EVIDENCE.
BUT FAIL
~ DANIEL.
ny DANIEL.
weather IN B~oston-indian summer
day. Fair and warm, with very little
wind.

weather In Boston-Indian summer
day. Fair and warm. with very little
Wind.
BosroH. Oct. 6.-Eyen to the GUS
tomGry ticket scandal the scene IL all set
FOR the opening ~ the worlds baseball
championship series between the Brook
Ign Nationals and In, Boston Americans
al Braves Field to-mo; row afternoon.
IL remains only for the weather man to
prove himself u true prophet and bring
forth c.oudless skies to produce a spec
taclc unparalleled In the history OF the
game.
VITA added accommodations made
possible by roping off left feid there
will be more than 5000 oniool;ers II.
the contest tomorrow. about 5000 more
than she best previous attendance at n
professional game. OF course there is the
usual scarcity OF tickcts-that is, nj the
regular rates. Those vino care to pay
$40 or sl5 for fairly well located seats
can get as many as they desire. but for
him who declines to I've imposed upon
there IL no balm in Boston.
Joseph ]. Lannin. president Of the
Boston club, il up n tree himself and
has offe. ed to buy bacn q. "A premium
as many tickets as he can get. 1t Is
presumed in order to satisfy "A leEit;-
mate demand from known supporters OF
his team. DOWNTOWN there is a horde
OF ticket scalpers. some Of them with
the Broadway stamp. They appear to
be well provided with pas;cboa rds. For
the most pant their offer consists OF 81
tickets. and while scalping * contrary
TO law. there has been only one arrest.
and The culprit came all the way from
Brooklyn.
New DIRK ScaIp~rsf
Ticket scandals seem to be associated
with worlds series just a. closely as are
beans. brown bread and Browning with
Boston. AS long as the demand excse eds
the supply Of tickets We will always have
them with us. so the Hub should not be
censured. However. local decriers OF the
evil are inclined TO blame II all on New
York. They declare the scalpers have
a well dressed and metropolitan appear
ance.'
There is at least one thing abou, this
series that We failed to note on the eve
OF past contests. It's the rather novel
and refreshing refusal Of Bill carrigan
TO i.sue the usual statement that my
men are on edge to play the greatest ball
ever and W. will win the series IN short
order" Bill, is too level headed to be
guilty OF the too prosaic. He declared to-
day thai: il was pure bosh for anybody
to attempt TO name TIE winner OF n series
limited to seven games. Maybe Carrigan
IL right.
Efforts to investigate the betting side
OF this series tonight were fruitless. We
heard q lot about the odds being 10 to I.
with the Red Sox fayorites. but we could
not hnd anybody who had wagcred any
appreciable sums at those figures Brook
l,n men ask " 10 l.. rather a left handed
compliment to their team, which de-
serves much greater fattery in the odds.
Tho absence of Brooklyn money has
made tho series n gamblers d%isappoint-
men, one of tho finest things that could
have hanpened
Com mission On Hand.
S.a ru.stor ,ho ,oror.
r.. =,
80 Dna,,
ue n"' ~, ~ I.aav.
IN" A.I"s, 'nn.,'m,n, ~, ,hn 49,,
and the small army OF scriveners. The
commission at once went into secret SEES,
sion. about the best thing the commits
sion does. The ump!res, Hank O'Day
Ernest Quigley, Bill Dineen and Tommy
Connolly. were given instructions. Hanl
got an "earful' as to what really con
stituted a hit and where they put sec
ond base at Braves Field. and the quar-
&c ." Wv
Then the commission began the i'm
portant work OF dispos'ng OF the l.'o'
tickets allotted to them. 1t can be sale
on good authority that the famous cas-
OF John Mc''raw was not taken up. no
IN II likely 70 he.
A story went me rounds mat johnson
ana Ieier han u talIlllg OUT during IN
ride mere Ihey might nave had har'
words ABOUT me Mc'iraw case and John
son atklns ~ upon hlnlself 10 CRITICS.
Ieners iai'ure 10 take action but the.
ga nor come 10 piows' As they alighte'
from the 'raim he''nHr looked beaten up
WINE haha'ins the ruhor crop let !
ue whispered NAV III some circles her
the! nave Mc''ra"f pickering Tor IN
purtnase OF tne nuPerpas' "nat n grea
comn,nauon 'he McheeVers ana McGray
wou"" "ane ir nrook'Fh paseoai
Stranger 'h''ss nave happened
"""S~'A ""Ne rr'en"s.
As the hour for battle draw VS. nigf
10 call f., that ,b,t Droor,r, ~
mighty chance In The series. Loca
supporters recognize the long hit,in
powers Of the Dodgers and the fatalit
OF that sOrt Of pon1ust e.naciol,y n