Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-05

The great stadium viii comfortably seat
some $4,000 fans. About 2O,OOO or thesS
seats are reserved, the rest being SOL
ct the ticket windows the day or each
Conservative estimates place the number
of peOple in the district interested IN
The big series at something over 5V ~ 3p5
Forty thousand at the most can see eecn
game If the series should go the Iuh
nine games, total attendance VIII run
around 100000. So It IS easy 70 see VIM
D mass Of fans will be disappointed.
BABE RUTH Is
OUTSTANDING FIGURE.
Babe Ruth, king of swatters. was the
outstanding figure as the teams prepared
for battle The 'big BAN" with a new
home-run record OF fifty nine circuit
swats In single season and reputation
as a murderer Of ALI kinds Of pitching
was the logical candidate for the role OF
worlds series hero
Ruth is the big ace of the Yapks He
Is the "keg" Of INT Yankee fans are
counting on to shatter the defenses Of the
staIwart Giants. He has hammered
baseballs into the stands and over the
walls at the Polo grounds so consistent
" against the hes. pitchers in the Amer
ican League that his admirers can see no
way for Giant twirlers to stop him. The
more rabid the Yankee fan the more
willing els to wager that Ruth viii
mOnOpolize the series.
Thanks to Ruth and his popularity,
the Yanks went into the SERIES today
carrying a burden Of slight faSritism
on their shoulders. Betting, however,
was at even money for the most part.
except for sporadic wagcrs and freak
bets among radical partisans Of the rival
teams.
The intense interest among Gotham
fans in this series has been growing
over long period of years. When the
Yanks We're first planted in New York
they failed to attract much attention. 1t
took them years to establish themselves.
They merely dragged along. Finally.
Colonies Rupert and Huston got hold
OF them and they started to get buIlish
Later the ambitious Colonies got Babe
Ruth. Ever since this master stroke of
baseball business the Yanks have been
cashing, and today they have as many
followers as the Giants.
MAYS AND NEHF
PROBABLE PITCHERS.
Probable pitchers for the opening game
today were Carl Nays. the submarine
artist, for the Yanks, and Nehf or Doug
las, for the Giants. John McGraw, who
VIII always give reporter the identity
of his pitcher if he knows who he is
going to work, said last night that it
all depended on who looked best when
the boys warmed up. Nehf. if right
was the logical man to start for the
Giants.
Much depends on today's game. Con
serFatlVe .baseDalI men believe that the
team that gets the iump TODAY will win
the series Many also predict that the
battle will go at least seven games. and
probably the full nine. Precedent in the
matter Of first game winners shows that
in series of the past the PhiIIies and
Giants are the only teams that won first
games and then lost the series
Several players in this series are lucky
to be there. Slim Sallee Is one The
slim sheriff from HigginspOrt was a
member of the Giants when they won the
flag back in 1917. He was later sent to
the Reds in time to horn in on the 1915
series and he is now back with McGraw.
Johnny Rawlings and irish Meusel
tIadId to New York by the ail-end
TbtIAes. are also lucky to be among
fuose present. Frank Baker, often re-
tired but always doing a Patti" did
his latest just in time to buy another
farm. Elmer Miller, from Michael
Kelley's st. Paul outfit, came to the
Yanks In nidseasOn,