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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 ■ 1 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 — ' ■ ■ »» : | 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.