Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02

All the confusion and uproal
that marked preparations for pre-
vious world series are here. The
Mackian office is busily dispensing
notices of ticket allotmentS. Thou
sands who claim they have been
regular patrons of the club all
season insist they are being UNI
fairly treated in the matter of seat
locations for the contests; thou
sands of others are yelping be-
cause they have not as yet been
informed they may procure tickets
no one satisfied.
The AS are being praised on all sides.
The club officials are being anything but
praised There's the usual cry that
only the out-of-town guys get the choice
seats. To listen to the local gentry,
both decks of the big stand from first
base around to third base will be filled
with visitors from Chicago, New York,
Washington, Chillicothe. Peoria, Saxa-
pahaw, Pressure Isle and other points
West, South and North. Only in the
right and left field ends of the stands
will any Philadelphians be found, and
many of them will be forced to stand in
the aisles.
Try ana heep Ell away
It's the old story. The club officials
declare they are giving the home crowd
the preference in filling ticket orders,
and that no regular patrons who desire
to attend the engagements here will be
overlooked. The Philly fans declare
this is all bunk, and some go so far as
to say they don't care whether they
see the series games in Shibe Park,
anyhow. But try and keep EN- away
next week!
To a man they are crazy over the
Athletics. AS they look at 1t, the Phila-
delphia entry in the big show simply
cannot be licked. The local fans swear
they are ready to wager everything they
have, from hard money to their socks,
on the house of Mack. They claim the
AS have the best pitchers, the best
fielderS, the best batters, the best man
ager, and the best bat boy in the ma
tional pastime. No beating such club!
Wherever one goes here he finds some
one quite ready to give him an earful
about the AS. Grove may have wabbled
q bit in his late games, but he'll be Q.
K. when he gets into the series. Don't
think EarnshaW, will not stand the Cubs
on their heads. And Rommel and old
man Quinn are likely to surprise EN-.
Cochrane will be in fine fettle, too. He'll
show that Chicago bunch what a real
catcher is like. And, oh, boy, how Sim
mons and Foxx will wallop those Cub
pitchers! Bring on Bush, Root and
the rest! Watch that outfield catch
and throw! And the inf1eld dig 'em up
and throw 'em out. Watch everything!
There's nothing the AS can't do.
Players Full of Confidence.
If one listens to these pop-eyed fans
here long enough, he is apt to become
convinced that never was ball CLUB
until the Athletics trotted out their 1929
aggregation. There appears to be no
weak point in the machine. Even the
AS manager, the venerable Connie
themselves are rather cocky about their
club, too. They seem as full of conf
dence as their followers in the burg.
They rate the Cubs fine ball club, but
in so rating the National League cham
pionS, give one the impression that they
can easily name finer.
Their schedule here yesterday washed
out by a deluge that started Monday
morning, the Nationals were forced to
wait here for a chance to play two Tits
this afternoon. And should the in
element weather continue they may
have to remain in the Quaker City
through Friday. Neither Washington
nor Philadelphia has any date after
today until Saturday.
Sam Jones, who did not make the trip
with the Nationals yesterday, was ex-
pected to join them here this morning.
Having had three days of rest since his
last appearance on the hill, the veteran
was likely to tackle the AS in the twin
bill. The postponement also assured
Fred Marberry of at least three days
Of ease since his last workout, so the
big Texan should be in good form to
hurl against the league leaders.