The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-29
YANKEE ODDS
SLUMP AS BIG
SERIES NEARS
New York Teams Open
World Series at Polo
Grounds Wednesday
By JACK CUDDY
limited Press Staff Correspondent

limited Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Sept. 90. (UP)-
Odds on the favored Yankees
were hammered down last night
when it became known in betting
circles that Monte Pearson, the
Yanks' slender right-handed pitch
er may not be able to take the
mound against the Giants in the
world series which opens Wednes-
dav at the Polo Grounds.
Jack Doyle, venerable Broad
wav betting commissioner an
nounced the latest prices as to D
against the Yankees winning tne
series. and 6 to 5 against Bill
Terrv's outfit triumphing. Previ-
ously the quotations had been II
to 20 against the Yanks winning
and IS to 10 against the Giants:
Pearson, who won 10 games this
season, is suffering from a mystic
rious back ailment which the club
physician, DR.. E. A. Spies, claims
is neither lumbago nor pleurlsy.
Even if he improves rapidly, it is
virtually certain that he will not
be able to pitch in the series be-
fore the third or fourth game.
Meanwhile, as the Giants took
a practice workout at the Polo
Grounds yesterday afternoon-of-
fees of clubs in the series an
nounced that all reserved and box
seats had been sold for the classic
and that no more orders would be
taken. This assured a million dol
lar series. Only bleacher and I'M
reserved seats are left. Bleachers
will go on sale at 9 a. m. and the
unreserved at $50 a. m. on the
days of the games. Both clubs
expect capacity crowds during the
series, approximately $4,000 each
day at the Polo Grounds and
about $4,000 at the Stadium.
AS the vanguard of out-of-town
fans started arriving, downtown
hotels and taverns reported a
brisk business, and Police Com
missioner Valentine completed
plans for handling the traffic prob
lem in the ball park areas.
Manager Terry announced that
he will start at first base for the
Giants and play "just as long as
my bum knee will permit" He
still is suffering from a torn car
tilape in his left knee.
Mighty Carl Hubbell will start
the first game against the Yanks,
but Skipper Terry declined to an
nounce who his second starting
finger would be, although he ad-
mitted the choice has been made.
Terry revised his batting order
with an eye for concentrating his
power in strategic spots. When a
right-handed pitcher is on the
mound, Terry will hit third, and
Mel OFT has been dropped from
third to fourth, or cleanup posi-
ton. Red Ripple will bat fifth, in
stead of fourth. But in those
games that Southpaw Lefty Co.
mez starts for the Yanke, Terry
will split his left-handed batting
by dropping OFT to fifth place and
inserting Hank Leiber in the
fourth slot.
Terry said his team would take
the field full strength, and that
aside from himself no one was all
ing. He admitted he had an excel
lent mound staff in Schumacher,
Hubbell, Fitzsimmons, Castleman,
Gumbert, Gabler and Smith, but
mot as good as my staff in 1888,
when | had Hubbell, Schumacher,
Parmelee and Fitzsimmons as GER
tain and dependable starters" "
And Bill said he figured pitching
is 70 per cent of a series of any
baseball campaign.
Marse Joe Mccarthy of the
Yanks, although blessed with prob
ably the most dangerous hitting
club in major league history, has
a genuine pitching problem on his
hands. He claimed not to know
who will start his opening game
won't know until some time to-
day. Most baseball writer's believe
Red Ruffing will be chosen to OPP
pose Hubbell in the opener, but
this writer has a bunch that Lefty
Gomez will do the flinging We'd
Dacdav afternoon