Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-09
HUCCINS LITTLE
CRIPPLED BAND
Is RECOVE RING
Reserved Seats All Gone ;
Scalpers Working
Overtime
BY HENRY L. FARRELL,
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, October Gone
more lap around the clock and the
growled "Let's go' of the UNI
pires are all that remain on the
program to get the third annual
Yankees for the worlds series
championship under way.
Everything else is ready. Fair
weather is in promise, tickets are
about gone, the teams are ready
and the fans are waiting to go.
Miller Higgins, the little mana
ger of the American league champ
ions, took unto himself rather
pleasant mood today. II seems that
he found a decrease when he called
the roll Of cripples.
Babe Ruth is ready and rarin to
go. Bob, Meusel has sound dogs
under him again and Mike Mentally
has separated from stitch in the
side. Wally* Pipp is still rather
doubtful, but Higgins thinks he
will be able to start the first game.
Pep Still Snufflos
Pep Young is still snuffling with
cold and Jtnn Soupbone Scott
has kink in his arm but other
wise the National League champions
are ready for the word.
Yankee business managers an
nounced that the reserve seats were
all gone but that 10000 unreserved
seats will be available tomorrow.
The Giants have not sold all their
reserved seats.
Great quantities Of tickets have
fallen into the hands Of scalpers
who are asking double the face
value. Officials of the Giants and
= the Yankees said they figured that
the speculator would be caught
with lot of them and would lose
on their venture.
I They said they mad the names of
The purchasers OF every reserved
seat and that they had the means
of finding out how the spectators
came into possession of SO many
tickets.
Yanks Are Favorites
Betting was brisk with the
,Yanks still prevailing a slight fav-
orite over the Giants. John Me
Graw, manager of the world champ
ions, thinks it is a good omen fol-
his club. ..
"Twice the Yanks have been The
favorites in the series and twice
they did not win,' he said.
Huggins is not pleased with the
honor of being the favorite.
The inferiority complex which
is being advanced as one of the
reasons why the Yanks will have
hard time beating the Giants, is
not apparent in the actions Of the
American league champions. They
are all popped up and are confident
that they will win.
If the theory is sound that "a'
Ruth goes so goes the Yanks,
the Babe is trying at least to show
fhis team mates that he is going
! very large. -
The Yanks feel sure that Arthur
Nehf, the steady southpaw of thu
Giants will pitch the first game
and this hunch has caused Mile
Huggins to take a second guess OIL
his pitching selection.
Higgins Changes Mind
Several days ago "Hug' sait
he would start Jones-if the wealth
er should be clear and bright
and that Joe Bush would get thu
call if the day should be cloudy
Higgins said today that he hat
changed his mind and would no
be sure until tomorrow. 1t wa
thought that he might throw Herl
Pennock, his southpaw ace, i'll thu
opener. The Giants have neve
"lookcd" at Pennock and the,
consider him more seriously tina,
anv of the other Yankee pitchers
SAN FRANCISCO, October o.
The Yankees ruled favorites in tn
betting here today on the worlC
series. The odds most general.
accepted were 7 to 5. Interest wa
high but not as high as in tho past
although considerable money wa
being placed.