The Washington times., 1931-10-01
BETTING ODDS
8 To 5 ON
THE AS
Cards Have Stronger Team
Than Last Year, However,
In Opinion Of Some Experts
Continued From Pase ~

N(0nGsnu@0 from rage ~
consecutive year in quest Of base
balls highest prize.
Drama and color, always a part
Of this annual picturesque classic,
ore the lures tk' lave drawn
thousands Of visitc-s st. Louis
from all parts Of the country.
The city itself is delirious with
anticipation and intensely parti-
san. BY game time. $3.50 p. m,
washington time). the ball park
will be damned with one Of the
widest and wooliest assemblages
that ever gathered to root home
team to victory.
Radio to Tell Story
And when the umpire cries
~pIay ball." the entire nation will
be tuned I'm ON the event. The
radio win carry the play-by-pIay
picture Of the contest to every
hamlet, town and city in the
country.
Although the official weather
forecast was "fair and little
temperature change" slight
"smog," a combination of smoke
and fog, yelled the city this morn
ing.
A bright sun peeping through
the Smog and slight fall breeze,
however, were expected later 20
provide good weather setting for
the. opener.
Both, clubs, to a man, are
sUprenely confident of ultimate
victory In the series Of four games
out Of seven.
However, neither 69-year-old
Connie Mack, leader Of the Ath-
letics, nor the grizzled sergeant
Of the Argon11e, Gabby Street, who
Is plotting the Cardinals, would
make q flat prediction Of victory.
As S.tO-5 FavOrites
Betting odds made the Athletics
the favorites at 8 to S. These
odds were predicated on the fact
that philadelphia has in Lefty"
Grove and big George" Earn
shaw two Of the greatest pitchers
who ever tossed a ball and the
added fact that it is feared
"Sparky" Adams, the regular st.
Louis third baseman, may not be
able to start in the series be-
cause Of an injury to his ankle.
Yet there is q strong belief
that the struggle this year ill
be considerably more evenly con-
tested than last fall, when the
Athletics won four out Of six
games. Connie Mack has stressed
upon his men that the Cardinals
must be pretty good to have We
the pennant so early and by such
an impressive margin.
Grove or Earnshaw Today
Indications were that the prob
able pitchers today would be Paul
Derringer for st. Louis, and either
Grove or EarnShaw Cor Philadel-
phia.
Derringer is pitching his first
year in major baseball. He came
IN. from the Cardinals farm at
Rochester, N. Y. He has had a
great season, winning Is games and
losing 3. He is only Is years old
and Is as cool as cucumber ur-
der fire.
The Cardinals realize that If
Mack starts Lefty" Grove they
win have their work cut out, for
Grove is recognized as one Of the
greatest hurlerS of all time. He
has wone 81 games this year and
lost only 4. Earnshaw's record of
II won and Z lost is also
formidable and, besides, he dem
onstrated last fall that he knew
how to beat the Cardinals.
Dib's big Moment
Probably the most keyed up
individual on the Philadelphia
team was Dib Williams, of Green
briar, Ark, who will play short
stop instead Of the veteran Boley,
who performed in the last two
world series against the Chicago
Cubs and the Cardinals. Dib's
father, q doctor, and his brother,
o minor league ball player, are
here to watch him do his stuff.
It was reported in the AS
camp that IL the Cardinals use
fthanded pitcher, the AS will
dt as ey did last year when
r. shan pitched. Thas is, Man
d Mack will switch AL Sim
"a 81, from left field to center
d. Il. place Of "Mule" Haas, a
lei landed hitter, and put
@RAndsome Jim" Moore, a big
rggilt.hRnded hitter, in left field.
'sBing' Miller will be kept in
right field no matter who pitches.
President Thomas S. Shibe. of
the AS, who has been undergoing
treatment in a Cleveland hospital
for stomach trouble, surprised the
AS by arriving at their hotel.
Haines Lost to Cards
One of the tragedies of this
series will be. the inability OF Jess
HaiYeS, who beat the AS last fall,
to pitch. He hurt his arm on Sep
ternber 5 and has been useless to
the club since.
SportSman's Park has been sold
out for this afternoons game.
Long before the hour in which
hostilities were to start, lines of
fans had formed at the bleacher
entrances. Some of the bleacher-
ties had been in line for two days.
Spectators were reaping a har'
vest. They were asking from $3.50