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Red Sox 4 to 5 Choice Over Giants in Gotham
Heavy Betting in New York on World’s Series
NrEW YORK. Sep’- H‘*avy
wagering <»n the result <»f
the coining world’s series
between the New York Giants and
the Boston Red Sox has h« gun in
earnest Thousands of dollars have
been posted Mireadv, both here and
in Boston, not to mention tin- other
major league cities, mid the indi
hip that before the teams
clash in the tii st game a sum of
enormous proportions will hang in
the balance. A canvass of leading
bettors at various lo< d spot ting re
sorts has revealed the indisputable
fact that the Red Sox are hot fa
vorites and that the prevailing odds
offered by their supporters ar< 5
to 4
Men who backed the Giants
heavily last sear, < hit th because
the strength and skill of the Ath
letics weiy unde estimated, can
not figure McGraw’s men in any
way this time Well known brokers
and business men who make a
practice of betting on sporting
events show memoranda covering
Yale Gridiron Warriors Battle Wesleyan at New Haven
FOOTBALL SEASON WILL OPEN IN EAST TODAY
By Monty.
N’ E\V YORK Sept. 25 \\ hit
will tip- football season that
opens to<la\ bring forth'.'
That is the question of paramount
iirtportanie in the mind of every
foothill follower What changes
will the new rules work in the
style of game played, and which
will be the champion team when
th'e curtain rings down on the
year's pastime.' Time will tell.
Rut there have Ewen reams writ
ten already, variant opinions being
advanced and each fellow Is enti
tled to his own sax until It shall
have been proved that he is wrong
<>n almost ev •rv hand there
seems to be a feeling that the new
rules put a premium on the heavy
man as contrasted w ith the lighter,
faster player. That may be true,
but a careful consideration of the
changes show . that tins is not m .
essarily to be so (living a team
font downs to gain ten j;i-il> is
noj as natch in favm of the heavy,
line-bmklng team as the three
downs for five yards In vogue lip to
19<i5. as simple mathematics show.
One will recall that even then
the end-running and brush tackle
plats were used with equal vCfei
tiveness. Since tile min running
with the ball <an neitlu-t In push
ed nor pulled by his mates, line
plunging should practically be no
more advisable than last year. when
the average distance gained on this
style of play was les- than two
yards, and very often was nothing
at all.
More Chance For Trick Plays.
The giving of tout (towns >o a
team makes it mor- mns- iialm to
take i han< es on trick play s to;-
waid passes <-i iss-< ross. s, take
kicks, delayed passes split fmom
tions. etc. -because there :s one
more opportunit' than before to
"get tway with it." and it is g< ti
er; :y the • ase that a sm .. ssf .
trick play will put the runnel leaf
of the opposing Hist line of d.
fens, so that h< ■ .in un ■ . -t
the full ten yards. and v. i y often
ten mole sotmt'im- t<> ~ • . -
•i.'wn. That is the main thing w<
s--e in the new r,; i< s
The allow ing ot the foiwai.i . --
n<ar at and at the opposing goal
L
k
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t" 1- i.dow ns. Anu H tom hdow r,
counts six points now, as much a-
strings of bets on th<- R<’<l Sox as
long ns your arm. In each ease
those who baekod thv Giants se
cured 5 to t or 10 to 8, with a little
to to 7 now and then.
Odds May Lengthen.
Prominent layers of odds, book
makers on the race tracks in for
mer years, liave also made the Red
Sox odds on favorites. A week ago
these gamblers were laying 4 to 5
against the Boston < hamjiions, 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, J>ig speculators claim
that it would not be Surprising if
they quoted | to 2 against the Red
Sox by the time tin* series tiegins.
This summary of the betting sit
uation doesn’t mean that the Giants
lack financial support. A Cleve
land man who lias money Invested
in a big race track lias already
wagered $::o.ooo on McGraw’s pen
nant winners, and II Is salil that
he will bet as much more If the
odds are lengthened. A well known
two held 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 sot in many in
stances The kick-off mark Lieitig
moved back to the Ah yard line. In
stead of the mid-field, equalizes
things in that respect The new
code, every tiling considered, is vast
ly superior to the old.- In our opin
ion.
Looks Like an Even Thing.
As to the championship mean
ing, as is gem rally Understood, the
< hampionship of the East it looks
I retty 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 th< line Sam White
at <nd. Captain Eddie Hart at
tackle. and Gordon Ihiff at guard
is missing, as also Is Wilson, the
right guard.
W'e took a little Jaunt over to
the Jersey town the other day and
saw Coach Cunningham put his
men through their pices, and the
leftovers from last year's scrub
ami Hie sophomore candidates for
the Um- looked all to the merry
BI net hentha I Tigers' Best.
Hl m t heuthal. at center, will prove
tile bulwark of the Tiger line, and
bis prowess should imbue l|is side
kicks with the teal kind of Prime
ton tight that enabled the team to
triumph nvet odds last year Cap
tain Talbot Pendleton lias the vet
erans Ihwitt. Bakerand Dunlap, in
addition to m weomers. to reinforce
bis spe d n the back fle d. Prince
ton se. ms destined to have a well
balamed t- .im if -ally appearances
< mint
Yale has lost severely by gradu
.t in With the wonderful tackles.
>■ tills .< ml I 'aid. gone, as w ell a
plain, now ''each How., missing
from quart! buck. there seems Io
In lough si.-dding ahead, in so fat
as mm regulars will have to be
used In (hi -. places while Yale
is stiom.'.s’ yeir Ketcham,
tit. < . liter, I- back, as is also Ro.
1‘ I'ie!, tin Stu • end. and l apta in
■''l ' "v .1-on Pliilbin and Walter
Camp •’ the b.o k til as. with Gal
lam i a capable sub-ta< kle, to help
so men w .1 It,v, ~, form the
1 1 -r E
Tin Harvard team again is to b<
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1912.
actor is said to have expressed a
desire to tiet $50,000 on the Bos
tons. but nobody seems to know
whether tlw offer will lie coveted
or not. The "wise money,’’ how
ever. will go on the Boston end 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 tlie Giants are not
piaylng championshiji ball and have
not been able entirely tn recover
from the slump of last July; also
that in the opinion of some of the
best posted baseball playeis and
managers the Red Sox are stronger
a.~ 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 a
desperate fight with the widely
ptais ,| 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 field will be all
new men unless Felton, the star
end, is drawn back. Percy Haugh
ton will have to dll up several line
positions tha*have been vacated by
stars, particularly tiie job at guard,
held down by the powerful Cap
tain Fisher who made the all-
Ameiican two years hand-running.
Today Yt'e opens with Wesleyan
at ,\'ew Haven. On Saturday Har
vard gets undei way against Maine
at Cambridge, and Princeton meets
Stevens In the Tiger lair. None of
these games are heavy. The first
battle in the triangular title se
ries is scheduled with Princeton
visiting Harvard on November 2.
Yah goes to Princeton November
Hi and Harvard plays on Yale fit hi
November 23.
TECH FOOTBALL TEAM
HAS FIRST SCRIMMAGE
Th. first r. al scrimmage for the Yel
low Jacket squad was held yesterday
afternoon, and the pace set was lively
and last, fom start to finish. The
varsity was on the defense and had
their hands full keeping the scrubs
from walking away witlt them.
There were about tin men out tn uni
form .ml among them were a great
many big men t’olley. Monlague.
Jones, Sneed and several other men
weighing aiAfind 175 ware down ready!
for wo k.
Elmer has gotten in school and re
pott for the first time this afternoon.
Hr is in good rendition and will most
likely be used in Saturday's game with
the Eleventh cavalry
1 'ook Is showing up in groat style
and should make a ha'f of the best
kind McDonald and Fielder. of last
year’s second string men. are rapidly
getting into condition and a e making
th< backfield a lively ptoposition No
line can be got on the regulars as yet.
but In tlte next few days the threshing
will begin and the "big team” will be
gin ts ng grhel for the Novembet
ga mes.
PAPKE AND DENNING MIX
IN GOTHAM RING TONIGHT
NEW Y'tliK. Si pt. 25 Billy i'apk.
tin "lllmots Thumit 1., t." will make an
• ffort t ' ( mite back nt the St Nicholas
Athlete • ,ul. tonight. Papk. w: meet
■ Ink l> nni|'.: a 1 . a middleweight, in
t t. n-iound conic- and will attempt to
unotk -om. of the form that once
•• e- t ‘rm ' .i ewe:gltt I:
At t ie Si. Nicholas. Johnny Hundi. ,
t et 1 1 >rg< K
" of Si Louis. Both are fas',
f. a tHerw i ig its
COMMISSION WILL
TODAY ARRANGE
BIC SERIES
N-EW YORK. Sept. 25.- The
method of distributing tick
ets for the world’s champion
baseball scries 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 hurl 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 to participate
in the pow-wow were President
Thomas J Lynch, of the National
league; President Ran 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 McKoy, 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. ami that
the teams will not play games al
ternately in Boston and N'e*v York,
but will play two games in suc
cession upon each field.
MILITARY COLLEGE PLAYS
LOCUST GROVE SATURDAY
L<)(’l ST GROVE. GA . Sept. 25.—0 n
Saturdax 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
Pres.dent Horton has secured a winning
bunch.
Locust Grove institute has a very light
and inexperienced team, and will not he
in near so good trim as the Georgia Mili
tary < ollegv. but they hope to make a
better showing against them than Lanier
did
I he 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
( October 28 - < ’pen
November 2 » 'pen
November 8 (Jordon institute, at Lo
cust Grove
November lx ('pen
November 28 Georgia Military coll.gr.
at Milledgeville.
MURPHY TELLS WHY CUBS
MUST LIFE”
<*Hl(\\G('. Sept In a statement in
which he says that drinking virtually
cost his team a world's series at one
I time and a league pennant at another.
President Charles \V Murphy, of the
Cubs, explains his recent edict against
alcohol.
'At a National league meeting after
the season of 1909. Mr Preyfuss was
congratulated b\ all th«* league club own
ers for his victory,” said Murphs ‘‘After
the handshaking was over, he turned to
me and said. 'Prinking too much booze
cost \cm club the flag.'
Then Murphy said he investigated At
the world's series against the Athletics, a
fielder misjudged a fly ball and struck
• ■nt < W ice
I did not learn until we traded this
plaxei «.fl that lie came into the hotel
drunk at 3.30 •-n the morning of that
game. Murphy said.
Murph,\ asserts that l.e discoveree after
the suspension <«f a player in Cincinnati
that < ertain persons |p the land of the
Reds were in the habit of taking his
players to road houses, ostensibly to dine
them, and that usuallx the men •“rank
too much
Persons who ha\. traveled with both
teams have t.-d Murph) that th. mem*
bn-s of ’he White S «\ .Irink h-ss than
the Cubs.
Corsidera t ion f.»r th. influences over
college b.-vs whe injn the team is an
other fa' tor in the order, Murphy con
cludes
I Fred Lake’s Story of 1909 Sox-Giants Series
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Ex-Bosion Manager Describes Fourth Battle
j ■■ ' - By FRED LAKE - ■
yrUGGSY” M'GRAW smiled
Iy/| 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 Chris'opher 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 "Rig 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 performed best
when his team Is literally up
against ft. AVe had won two vic
tories while the Giants had gath
ered in but one game. Therefore,
if wo won the fourth game we were
practically certain of capturing the
series, while if the New Y’orkers
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 L'niverslty of Vermont,
w here he had made an enviable rec
ord. Most big league managers
wouldn’t have selected Collins to
pitch that day. They would have
argtuxd that he lacked the experi
ence to battle with Matty. Rut 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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Fhe 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.
I 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 three hits out of '
four trips to the plate. Speaker got'
only one bmgle out of three attempts. I
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 p'ay yesterday.
CRANDALL DRAFTED FROM
MEMPHIS BY HOOSIERS
VCRI’KN. N Y . Sept 25. Secretary
John H. Farrell, of the National Associa
tional of Professional Baseball leagues,
g.nvr out a list of the mon selected by
draft in the opening day of the five days
allowed teams in Class AA to draft play
ers They included:
By Oakland Newman from Houston.
i d.sallowed
By Portland. Oregon Uvans front Hal- I
las. disallowed; Wilson from Knoxville.
By Los Angeles Edmondson from ;
Houston.
By Providence Crandall from Memphis,
disallowed. Evans from Callas: Merchant
from Johnson City. Tenn.
By Indianapolis Crandall Hom Mem
phis: Greeti front Kallas, disallowed.
By Columbus Thrasher from Cleveland.
Tomi., disallowed. Vanee from Maysville.
Ky . Turner from Lexington. Ky.
By Toledo Hart from .Asheville
M'GOORTY AFTER GIBBONS.
NEW Y< >RK, Sept 25. Eddie AL -
i; i<> t' of (ishko.-li. who has aid claim
to the middleweight i hampionship slit’e
his victory over Jack Hartison th-'
English champion, today challenged I
Mike Gibbons, of St. Paul, in a ten
round bout
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. 3b4 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 0 0 0 3 0 0
Niles, rf3 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 1 10
Totals 29 2 8 10 27 11 0
NEW YORK.
ab. r. Ib. tb. po. a. is.
**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. 3b3 0 110 10
Bridwell, ss. . .4 0 0 0 3 4 0
Tenney, Ib. . . .3 0 1 2 11 1 0
♦♦Meyers, c. . . .3 0 2 2 8 2 0
♦♦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. while J 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, while two 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
CHICAGO. Sept. 25.—" Ladies and ge’mun. the batteries for to .
Dineen and Evans fur the American league; Eason and Rigler for t
tionai.”
Can you imagine Empire Muggsy McGraw yelling this out c
pire Clark Gtiffith standing complacently near first base waiting
game to start?
Well, plans are under way for staging a game between the am'
the American ami National leagues to be played the day before the '
series starts. The proceeds will be turned over tn Bull Petrine. '
handler of the indicator, who is seriously ill on the coast.
Among those who have the affair in charge is Umpire Bill Eud”
officiating here at Cumiskey park. He told <>f the plans this aftern’On.
The idea is to stage the fray at whatever park the world seties
and there will be plenty of time for the umpires selected to official'
Brown-Cardinal and Box-Cubs series to reach their respective p" '
the combat.
Both President Lynch, of the National, and President Johnson.
Ante■ ican league, have been asked for permission to give the hem*
Gnaw and Griffith have consented to umpire.
Let it be understood at once that the game itself wouldn't In
cither. betause practically al! of the present day umpires hat e I." 1
players in their time.
There are ten umpires in the American league right now am!
in the National, so there would be no difficulty in recruiting tv."
and have a pinch hitter on the side. Bill Dineen, who was a star v
Browns, can still pitch good enough to baffle some of the present
ters. Eason's experience with the Beds is still remembered.
FRANK CHANCE TO LEAVE
GOTHAM HOSPITAL TODAY
NEW YORK. Sept. 25. Erank Chance,
manager of the Chicago Nationals, who
was operated on here a week ago for the
removal of a blood clot on the twain, ex
pects to be out today His physicians
have -■ ■ Saturday as the daft for his re
turn to Chicago.
was expecting such a ball
hammered it down the right
foul line for three bases.
The Red Sox tallied again in ■ : 10
eighth. Harry Hooper was the first
man up ano the fleet Californian
beat out a bunt. Collins atb mw-l
to sacrifice, hut Mathew 'son fi.'•!<!< H
the ball in time to get Hooper at
second.
Harry’ Lord proved his worth bv
driving ou|, a rattling single. >m.
sent Collins to second, from whe .
he scored a minute later with th"
second and final run of th< uame
on Speaker's single.
Speaker Hit Matty.
Tris did not experience a great
deal of difficulty in solving Matty't
delivery and got three hits out oi
four times al the bat.
The playing of Amby Md onnel.
at second base was the fielding sea
ture of the day. McConnell playet
remarkable ball, his wonders:
speed and headwork cutting ■ " vr
several New York runs. .Ab 1 ~i n.
made four putouts while he ;>i
ed five difficult chances without a
miscue.
Harry I,ord also fielded brilliant v
at third base. He made on- pin
out and three assists. Tht IT
Sox did not make a single • n ' .
while the Giants made one P
Murray was the offender. H
dropped a hard hit ball after a lei:?
run.
I was elated over our victorv <" ■ "
the Giants. 1 knew that w<-
them on the run and th
would be able to capture the f
game of the series on the fi
ing day.
McGraw's “well oiled mm" I
had failed to make good. It
been routed by a team of young
hall players just breaking into
game. The New York vetemns
played the game to the linii
they had met their masters
had beaten their trump
Christy Mathew >->n. That
we were certain that we
sweep all before us it' '
game of the series, which _
scheduled to be played at
York.
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JACK BRITTON AN EASY
WINNER OVER REDMOND
NEW YORK. Sept. 25. That
ton. tlte clever Chicago lit:!cv.-
beat .lack Itedmond. of Milwa'b''
New Star last night, is going
name for himself in the E.ist
'•■r. was the opinion express'' u . .
those who saw the bout. Bit
easily.