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Red Sox 4 to 5 Choice Over Giants in Gotham
Heavy Betting in New York on World’s Series
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New YORK. Sept. 25 -Heavy
wagering on the result of
the corning world’s series
between the New York Giants and
the Boston Red Sox has begun in
earnest Thousands of dollars have
been posted already, both here and
in Boston, not to mention the other
major league cities, and the indi
cations are that before the teams
'clash in the first game a sum of
enormous proportions will hang in
the balance. A canvass of leading
bettors at various local sporting re
sorts has revealed the indisputable
fact that the Red Sox are hot fa
vorites and that tl prevailing odds
offered by their supporters are 5
to 4.
Men who backed the Giants
heavily last year, chiefly because
the strength and skill of the Ath
letics wen unde -estimated, can
not flgui’ McGraw'- men in any
way this time. W ell known brokers
and business men who make a
practice of betting on sporting
event- show memoranda covering
Yale Gridiron Warriors Battle Wesleyan at New Haven
FOOTBALL SEASON WILL OPEN IN EAST TODAY
By Monty.
N- EW YORK. Sept. 25 What
will tile football season that
opens today bring forth'.’
That is the question of paramount
Importance in the mind of every
football follower What changes
will the new rules work in the
style of game played, and which
will be the champion team when
the curtain ring- down on the
year's pastime? Time will tell.
Rut there have been reams writ
ten already, variant opinions being
advanced, and each fellow 1s enti
tled to his own say until it shall
have been proved that he is wrong.
On almost every hand there
seems to be a feeling that the new
rules put a premium on t lie heavy
man as contrasted with the lighter,
faster player. That may lie true,
but a careful consideration of the
changes shows that this is not ne< -
essarily to be so Giving a team
four downs to gain ton yards is
not as muc h tn favor of the heavy,
line-bucking team as the three
downs for five yards in vogue up to
1905. as simple mathematics show.
One will recall that even then
the end-running and brush tackle
plat- wen used with equal effec
tiveness Since the man running
with the ball can neither be push
ed nor pulled by his mates, line
plunging should practically bo no
more advisable than last year, when
the average distance gained on this
style of play was less than two
yards, and very often was nothing
at all.
More Chance For Trick Plays.
Tin giving of tour downs to a
team makes it more conservative to
take chances on trick plays for
ward passes, criss-crosses, fake
kicks, delayed passes, split forma -
tions. etc. because there is one
more opportunity than before to
"get away with it." and it is gen
erally the c ase that a successful
trick play will put th< runner clear
of the opposing fir-t line of de
fense, so that he can run at least
the full ten yards and very often
ten more—sometime- to a touch
down That is the main thing we
s<o in tin new rules
The allowing of the forward pas.-
n> at it and at the opposing goal
win, n will keep the secondare de
■ li.'c'k, will .nable f<- attack
t’t to pteic e the first line t> . c
and m rding make- mm c
i' lidowns And a touchdown
counts six points now, us much as
strings of bets on the Red Sox as
long as your arm. In each case
those who backed the Giants se
cured 5 to 4 or 10 to 8, with a little
10 to 7 now and then.
Odds May Lengthen.
Prominent layers of odds, book
makers on the race tracks in for
mer years, have also made the Red
Sox odds on favorites. A week ago
these gamblers were laying 4 to 5
against the Boston champions, but
they got such a big play yesterday
it was said that 7 to 10 would be
on tap this week and perhaps 3 to
5; in fact, big speculators claim
that It would not he surprising if
they quoted 1 to 2 against the Red
Sox by the time the series begins.
This summary of the betting sit
uation doesn't mean that the Giants
l.nd< financial support. A Cleve
land man who has money invested
in a big race track has already
wagered $30,000 on McGraw’s pen
nant winners, and it is said that
he will bet as much more If the
odds are lengthened. A well known
two field goals. The shortening of
the field by ten yards also will
tend to increase scoring. Such
tallies as 25 to 20, with evenly
matched teams both scoring heav
ily. may be looked for in man) in
stances. The kick-off mark being
moved back to the 40-yard line, in
stead of the mid-field, equalizes
things tn that respect. The new
code., everything considered, is vast
ly superior to the old, In out opin
ion.
Looks Like an Even Thing.
As to the championship—mean
ing, as is generally understood, the
championship of the East it looks
pretty even between Yale. Harvard
and Princeton, with the Tigers pos
sessing the edge. In only one part
of the team have they suffered —-the
line and there are plenty of new
men available who should till in
more than acceptably The entire
left side of the line Sam White I
at end. Captain Eddie Hart at
tackle, and Got don Puff at guard
is missing as also is Wilson, the
right guard.
We took a little jaunt over to
the Jersey town the other day and
saw Coach Cunningham put his
men through their paces, and the
leftovers from last year's scrub
and the sophomore candidates for
the line looked all to the merry.
Bluethenthal Tigers' Best.
Bluethenthal, at center, w ill prove
the bulwark of the Tiger line, and
his prowess should intbfle his side
kick- with the real kind of Prince
ton tight that enabled the team to
triumph over odds last year Cap
tain Talbot Pendleton has the vet
mans Dewitt, Bakerand Dunlap, in
addition to newcomers, to reinforce
his speed in tlie bm k field. Prince
ton Status destined to have a well
balanted team if early appearances
count.
Yale has li st severely by gradu
ation With the wonderful tackles,
Scull) and Paul. gone, as well a
-1 aptain now Coach Howe, missing
from quarterback there seems to
be rough sledding ahead, in so lai
a- non egulars will have to be
used in 11 •-• places where Yale
was strongest a.-t year Ketcham,
tie center i back, as is also Ro
ll' ish i . the stat end, ami Captain
Spalding .ban Philbin and Walter
’ ''amp. in ti e back field, w ith Gal
laue: a capable sub-tackle, to help
The e men w ill have to form the
nucleus for tin Elis
Tlie Harvard team again is to be
THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1912.
actor is said to have expressed a
desire to bet $50,000 on Hie Bos
tons, but nobody seems to know
w hether the offer will be covered
oi not. The "wise money," how
ever. will go on the Boston erld and
there'll be an unlimited amount
of it.
Giants' Slump the Cause.
The reason advanced for the
strong support accorded to the Red
Sox is that the Giants are not
piaying championship ball and have
not been able entirely to recover
from the slump of last July; also
that in the opinion of some of the
best posted baseball players and
managers the Red Sox are stronger
as a whole than the Athletics of
last year.
As usual, John J. McGraw isn't
talking for publication, but he is
quietly preparing the Giants for h
desperate fight with the widely
praised Beaneaters. McGraw pays
no attention to the wagers of the
wise men or the odds quoted by the
lightning calculators.
built around the marvelous Percy
Wendell, now captain. His running
mates in the back Held will be all
new men unless Eelton, the star
end, is drawn back. Percy Haugh
ton will have to till up several line
positions that have been vacated by
stars, particularly the job at guard,
held down by tlie powerful Cap
tain Eisher. who made the all-
American two years hand-running.
Toda) Yale opens with Wesleyan
at New Haven. On Saturday Har
vard gets under way against Maine
at Cambridge, and Princeton meets
Stevens In the Tiger lair. None of
these games are heavy. The first
battle in tlie triangular title se
ries Is scheduled with Princeton
visiting Harvard on November 2.
Yale goes to Princeton November
16 and Harvard plays on Yale field
November 23.
TECH FOOTBALL TEAM
HAS FIRST SCRIMMAGE
The first real scrimmage for the Yel
low Jacket squad was held yesterday
afternoon, and the pace set was lively
and fast, from start to finish. The
varsity was on the defense and had
their hands full keeping the scrubs
from walking away with them.
There were about 65 men out in uni
form and among them were a great
many big men. Colley. Montague,
Jones. Sneed and several other men
weighing around 175 were down ready
for work.
Elmer has gotten in school and re
ports for the first time this afternoon.
He is In good condition and will most
likely be used in Saturday’s game with
the Eleventh cavalry
Cook is showing up in great style
and should make a half of the best
kind McDonald and Fielder, of last
year's second string men. are rapidly
getting into condition and are making
the baektl 'ld a lively proposition No
line can be got on the regulars as yet.
but In the next few days the threshing
will begin and the "big team" will be
gin its long gruel for the November
gatm s.
PAPKE AND DENNING MIX
IN GOTHAM RING TONIGHT
NEW YORK. Sept. 25.—Hilly Papke,
the "Illinois Thunderbolt." will make an
effort to corm bat k a: the st Nicholas
Vtii’etic club tonight. Papk» will meet
Jack Denning a local middleweight, in
a ten-round contest and w ill attempt to
uncork some of the form that once
brought him thi middleweight belt
\t ti e S Nicholas Johnny Dundee,
of this city, will m il Georg. Kirk
wood. of Si Louis. Both are fast
feathei weights
COMMISSION WILL
TODAY ARRANGE
BIG SERIES
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The
method of distributing tick
ets for the world's champion
baseball series between the Giants
and the Boston Red Sox (for it is
universally conceded now that
those two teams will fight it out)
was the big question for settlement,
along with setting a date for the
games to begin, at the meeting of
the national commission here to
day.
The meeting was called at the
residence of John T. Brush, presi
dent of the New York club, at Pel
ham Manor. Mr. Brush was re
cently hurt in an automobile acci
dent and moves with difficulty and
the meeting at the Brush home of
fered less chance of interruption
from reporters and others.
Among those here (b participate
in the pow-wow were President
Thomas J. Lynch, of the National
league, President Ban Johnson, of
the American league; John A.
Heydler, secretary of the National
league; Garry Herrmann, chairman
of the national commission; Vice
President J. R. Taylor, Boston
Americans; Robert Mcßoy, secre
tary of the Boston Americans, and
Mr. Brush
Before the meeting began it was
intimated that the games would
start either October 7 or 8, and that
the teams will not play games al
ternately in Boston and New York,
but will play two games in suc
cession upon each field.
MILITARY COLLEGE PLAYS
LOCUST GROVE SATURDAY
LOCI’ST GROVE, GA., Sept. 25.—0 n
Saturday the strong team from Georgia
Military college will line up against the
team representing Locust Grove institute
here The Georgia Military college have
an excellent team this year, having al
ready defeated the Lanie High school, 79
to 0.
< oach Maddox has rounded his men into
good Shape already, and it looks like
President Horton has secured a winning
bunch.
Locust Grove institute has a very light
and inexperienced team, and will not be
in near so good trim as the Georgia Mili
tary college, hut they’ hope to make a
better showing against them than Lanier'
did.
The following is the schedule of Locust
Grove Institute:
September 25—Georgia Military college,
at Locust Grove
October 9 Riverside Military academy,
at Gainesville.
October 14- Gordon institute, at Barnes
ville.
October 21 Stone Mountain, at Locust
Grove.
October 28—Open
November 2 Open.
November B—Gordon institute, at Lo
cust Grove
November 18—Open
November 28 -Georgia Military college,
at Milledgeville.
MURPHY TELLS WHY CUBS
MUST LIFE”
CHICAGO, Sept 25. In a statement in
which he says that drinking virtually
cost his team a world's series at one
time and a league pennant at another.
President Charles W. Murphy, of the
Cubs, explains his recent edict against
alcohol.
"At a National league meeting after
the season of 1909, Mr. Preyfuss was
congratulated by all the league club own
ers for his victory,” said Murphy. "After
the handshaking was over, he turned to
me and said. 'Drinking too much booze
cost your club the flag.'
Then Murphy said he investigated At
the world's scries against the Athletics, a
fielder misjudged a fly ball and struck
out twice.
-"1 did not learn until we traded this
player off that he eatne into the hotel
drunk at 3:30 on the morning of that
game.' Murphy said
Murphy asserts that he discovered after
the suspension of a player in Cincinnati
that certain person? in the land ■ f the
Kids were in the habit of taking his
players to road houses, ostensibly to dine
them, and that usually the men drank
too much
Persons who have traveled with both
teams hate told Murph.' that the mem
bers of the White Sox drink less than
the Cubs.
Consideration for the influences over
college boys who join the team is an
other factor tn the order, -Murphy con
cludes.
Fred Lake’s Story of 1909 Sox-Giants Series I
•;•••!• •<•••? <-••? v«n- •■i-e-r 4-*4.
Ex-Boston Manager Describes Fourth Battle I
■ =2 By FRED LAKE ' '■■■■ 1 - ■ S
4 4-a yj-UGGSY” M’GRAW smiled
Iw I blandly when he handed
the umpire his line-up
before the fourth game of the
Giants-Red Sox series. The little
chieftain thought that the game
was already won, as he had select
ed Christopher Mathewson, recog
nized as the greatest pitcher in the
game, to do the honors on the
mound.
Matty’ had beaten us in the open
ing game by a score of 4 to 2.
True, my boys had hit "Big Six”
hard, but the "fadeaway king" al
ways tightened up In the pinches
and made the heavy Red Sox hit
ters eat out of the palm of his
hand.
Matty has always pesformed best
when his team is literally up
against it. We had won two vic
tories while the Giants had gath
ered in but one game. Therefore,
if we won the fourth game we were
practically certain of capturing the
series, while if the New Yorkers
triumphed they would still have a
grand chance to win out. That is
why’ McGraw pinned his hopes on
the stalwart Mathewson.
I did not want to again put Joe
Wood against the Giants' star. I
realized that Joe was one of the
greatest pitchers in the American
league, although he was only nine
teen years of age, but I thought
that it would be asking too much
of the youngster to send him into
the box against Mathewson again.
Ray Collins had not worked in
the series and was in good con
dition. We had picked up Collins
from the -University of Vermont,
where he had made an enviable rec
ord. Most big league managers
wouldn't have selected Collins to
pitch that day. They’ would have
argued that he lacked the experi
ence to battle with Matty. But I
was sure that Ray was equal to the
task and that he would perform
even better when opposing a vet
eran than he would against a man
just breaking into the game. And
Collins made good.
I have seldom seen a big league
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The Big Race
Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on
how the "Big Five" batters of the
American league are hitting:
PLAYERS— AB. H. AV.
COBB 531 218 .410
SPEAKER 541 211 .390
JACKSON 538 207 .385
LAJOIE 408 142 .348
COLLINS 498 168 .337
Cobb boosted his average two points
yesterday by getting thre e hits out of
four trips to the plate. Speaker got
only one bingle out of three attempts.
Jackson was the real hitting star yes
terday. The Nap got two safe swats
out of two tries. Lajoie was up four
times and hit safely twice. Collins did
not play yesterday.
CRANDALL DRAFTED FROM
MEMPHIS BY HOOSIERS
AUBURN, N Y Sept. 25.—Secretary
John H. Farrell, of the National Associa
tional of Professional Baseball leagues,
gave out a list of the men selected bv
draft in the opening day of the five days
allowed teams in t'lass AA to draft play
ers. They included:
By Oakland—Newman from Houston,
disallowed.
By Portland, Oregon.—Evans from Dal
las. disallowed: Wilson from Knoxville.
By Los Angeles—Edmondson from
Houston
By Providence—Crandall from Memphis,
disallowed; Evans from Dallas; Merchant
from Johnson City, Tenn.
By Indianapolis -Crandall from Mem
phis; Green from Pallas, disallowed.
By Columbus—Thrasher from Cleveland,
Tenn . disallowed; Vance from Maysville,
I Ky ; Turner from Lexington. Ky.
By Toledo—Hart from Asheville.
M'GOORTY AFTER GIBBONS.
NEW YORK. Sept. 25—Eddie Mc-
Goorty. of Oshkosh, who has laid claim
to the middleweight championship since
his victory over Jack Harrison. the
English champion, today challenged
Mike Qibhoua, -X tit »*■-.!, in a ten
round bfcjfl
SCORE, 4TH GAME
OF SOX-GIANTS
SERIES OF 1909
RED SOX.
ab. r. Ib. tb. po. a. e.
M'Connell, 2b. 4 0 0 0 4 5 0
Lord, 3b. . . .4 0 11 1 3 0
"■♦Speaker, cf. . 4 1 3 3 4 0 0
♦♦Stahl, Ib. . . 4 0 1 3 8 1 0
Donohue, c. . .2 000300
Niles, rs 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
French, ss. . . 3 0 11 2 1 0
♦♦Hooper, If. . 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
♦♦Collins, p. . . .3 1 0 0 11 0
Totals 29 2 8 10 27 11 0
NEW YORK.
ab. r. Ib. tb. po. a. e.
♦♦Doyle. 2b. ...4 0 0 0 2 4 0
Seymour, cf. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
♦♦McC’mick, rs. .4 0 0 0 0 0 0
♦♦Murray, If. . . .3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Devlin, 3b 3 0 11 0 1 0
Bridwell, ss. . ..4 0 0 0 3 4 0
Tenney, Ib. . . .3 0 1 2 11 1 0
♦♦Meyers, c. ...3022820
♦♦Mathewson, p. .3 0 11 0 4 0
Totals 31 0 5 624 16 1
♦♦Still with rival champions.
Red Sox 100 000 01*—2
Giants 000 000 000—0
Two-base hit—Tenney. Three
base hit—Stahl. Stolen bases—
Speaker, Doyle. First base on balls—
Off Collins 2, Mathewson 1. Struck
out—By Collins 2, by Mathewson 7.
Sacrifice hit—Hooper. Double plays
—Lord to French to Stahl; Bridwell
to Tenney to Meyers. Umpires—
Eagan and Emslie. Time—l hour
30 minutes. Attendance—s,224.
pitcher do so well as Collins did
that day, w’hile I have never known
of a young man to win such dia
mond laurels as the sturdy’ Ver
mont youth did. New York made
but five scattered hits, w’hile tw o of
them were lucky ones. Five Giants
reached first on hits, three on
passes, while three others reached
the initial sack after forcing men
at second.
We scored our first run in the
opening inning. With two down.
Speaker singled. Matty tried to
fool Stahl on a fast curve, but Jake
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Major Umpires Are to Play Ball;
McGraw and Griffith To Be Judges I
VHP'AG<>. Sept. 25.—" Ladies and ge'mun. the batteries for tr.daj A!f K
Dineen and Evans for the American league; Eason and Riglet for the
tional." K
• 'an you imagine Umpire Muggsy McGraw yelling this out and ■
pile Clark Griffith standing complacently near first base waiting f B
game to start? B
Well, plans are under way for staging a game between the umi’l'
the American and National leagues to be played the day before the «' ■
series starts. The proceeds will be turned over to Bull Perrine. f n rnt B
handler of the indicator, who is seriously ill on the coast. K
Among those who have the affair in charge Is Umpire Bill Evan K
officiating here at Comiskey park. He told of the plans this afternoon ■
The idea is to stage the fray at whatever park the world sc ins ' -I,i '' B
and there will be plenty of time for the umpires selected to officiate •’ ’ B
Brown-Cardinal and Sox-Cubs series to reach their respective p"*’ B
the combat. H-
Both President Lynch, of the National, and President Johnson. B
Ameilcan league, have been asked for permission to give the benefit- K
Graw and Griffith have consented to umpire. 5 K
Let it be understood at once that the game itself wouldn’t be an>
either, because practically all of the present day umpires have bee
players in their time.
There are ten umpires in the American league right now and ’* ’ ,
in the National, so there would be no difficulty in recruiV’Mf t«"
and have a pinch hitter on the side. Bill Dineen, who was a star ■ j
Browns, can still pitch good enough to baffle some of the present la.'
ters. Eason’s experience with the Reds is still remembered. ■ |
FRANK CHANCE TO LEAVE
GOTHAM HOSPITAL TODAY
NEW YORK. Sept 25.—Frank Chance,
manager of the Chicago Nationals, who
was operated on here a week ago for the
removal of a blood clot on the brain, ex
pects to be out today. His physicians
have set Saturday as the date for his re
turn tU 1 ’bo., y
was expecting such a ball and
hammered it down the right field
foul line for three bases.
The Rad Sox tallied again in • i.
eighth. Harry Hooper was the firs,
man up and the fleet Californian
beat out a bunt. Collins attempted
to sacrifice, but .Mathewson fielded
the ball in time to get Hooper at
second.
Harry Lord proved his worth by
driving out a rattling single, which
sent Collins to second, from where
he scored a minute later with ths
second and final run of the gain*
on Speaker’s single.
Speaker Hit Matty.
Tris did not experlen, ea great
deal of difficulty in solving Matte s
delivery and got three hits out of K
four times at the bat. K
The playing of Amby McConnell ■
at second base was the fielding fea
ture of the day. McConnell played K
remarkable ball, his wonderful S
speed and headwork cutting <]<>wn K
several New York runs McConnell S
made four putouts w hile he accept- K
ed five difficult chances without a ■
miscue. K
Harry Lord also fielded brilliantly ■
at third base. He made one put- K
out and three assists. The Red K
Sox did not make a single error. K
while the Giants made one. "Rd" S
Murray was the offender. H' ■
dropped a hard hit ball after a Ion? K
run. ■
I was elated over our victory over ■
the Giants. I knew that we had ■
them on the run and that "s M
would be able to capture the fifth ■
game of the series on the follow- ■
ing day. ■
McGraw's "well oiled machine
had failed to make good. It I ■
been routed by a team of youns ■
ball players just breaking into the ■
game. The New York veterans cad ■
played the game to the limit, but K
they had met their masters K
had beaten their trump t-ard- ■
Christy Mathewson. That Is ’A ■
we were certain that we woui. ■
sweep all before us in the
game of the series. which ''a K
scheduled to be played at ■
York. S
JACK BRITTON AN EASY I
WINNER OVER REDMOND ■
■■ ———— W r <!* iH I
NEW YORK. Sept. 25 That j
ton. the clever Chicago light"- *• |
beat Jack Redmond. of Mil" ■ , r
New Star last night. Is gvins <n .
name for himself in the •" • K I
ter. was the opinion o^!' r ' • ■ **! Bl
those who saw the bout
easily.
