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hear and see it's world series by
sproxy--at the score boards, by tel.
-ephone and on the radio.
80 Weather Great
by the time the Cubs had APP
Scared on the field at 1880 o'clock
rIs was evident that the park had
been stretched to its final elastic
inch In an effort to take care of the
overflow. The little stands In right
field and left center field had been
terraced all the way out TO the
s1streets, the regular grand stand was
sAncroaching upon the foul lines as
nearly as the law allowed and even
AN extra section was necessary TO
accommodate the inhabitants OF the
gpress box.
- Yes. the Cubs and Chicago had
done everything possible and still
twas hundreds Of thousands behind
Sthe demand. -
e Il was. in fact, one of the biggest
Soccasions baseball had known in
wears. and the governors of six or
seven States, the Senators, the Con-
S9ressmen, the boot-blacks and the
Sboot-leggers made no mistake in
blending their presence to the event.
& Even the weather was faVoraple,
sclear with a touch Of wine In the
air, although clouds occasionally hid
the sun from view. The local fore
gcaster. however, remained obdurate
He had declared for good weather
and this it seemed was to be his
story until such time as rain made
bum out of him.
= Cubs Warm Up
- The Cubs lost no time in warming
tap, this being one of the things a
ball club fresh from the warm dress
ing room invariably does. The Ath-
s-letics, looking very natty in their
atraveling gray and encased in blue
-windbreakers, appeared at noon and
Immediately went into their routine.
Meantime, the Cubs were out there
hitting them against both left and
right hand pitching, just to be sure
that the courteous and kindly Mr..
Mack didn't cross them with his
pitching selection. Everybody seemed
agreed that this would be George
E,arnshaw, winner Of "a games in
the American League this year, the
best repeater" on the Philadelphia
staff and right handler, at that.
Lie LUIS "CIo SNpPoSSu " uAliC
heartily on left hand fodder al
though the records failed to prove it.
Charley Root was the Chicago
nominee and had been for a matter
of several days-a cool. crafty man
with the heart of faro dealer.
Twenty.sixth World Series
This will he the twenty
: world series under modern rules
: and in many respects it figured to
I be the greatest of them all. Few
| teams in history have been so
: evenly matched. None has had a
: greater incentive to win. For the
: Cubs. this impetus came from
/. two-fold desire: First, to redeem
: the tragedy of 1919; second, to
F. restore the prestige of the National
/. League, which until today had lost
eight straight world series games
without a victory or a tie in the
last two series of 1927 and 1928.
For the Athletics, redemption of
past indignities also was the abiding
motif. 1t had been Is years since
the old Athletics, one of the
greatest clubs of the ages, lost four
straight to the Braves. one of
the greatest of all mediocrities, and
although time had softened this
blow, it's effect still rankld. If
ever a club had an incentive, this
one had today, for kindly, patient
Connie Mack was back with a win
ner for the first time in Is years
and his was an inspiring figure
that none, but a man of stone
could view unmoved.
> Not a Betting Series
The betting. what there was Of it.
was said to be slightly in favor of
the Athletics at odds of II to 10.
However, this was not a betting
series, or, at least. the boys were
waiting to see which way the cat
jumped in the first game.
The club that wins four games
will win the title. but everybo
seemed agreed that it will take 1T
:: least six and perhaps the full seven
d, games to reach a decision.