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Sept 25 Hi vy wagering on the 1 result of the coming world's series between the New York Giants am! 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 ciaah in the first game a sum of enormous proportions will hang in the balance A canvass of leading bettors al various local sporting re sorts has revealed the indisputable fact that the Red Sox are hot fa vorites and that the prevailing odds offered by their supporters are 5 to 4 Men vv ho hacked the Giants heavily last year, chiefly because the strength and skill of the Ath letics were under-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. Nr I’W YORK. Sept 25 What will the football season that opens today bring forth? That I' the question of paramount Importance in the mind of ever) football follower. What changes will the ne" rules work In the style of gann played, and which will be the champion team when the curtain rings down on the year's pastime? Time will tell. But theta have been reams writ ten already, variant opinions being advanced, and each fellow is enti tled to his own say until it shall hare been proved that he is wrong On almost every hand there seems to be a feeling that the new rules put a premium on the heavy man as contrasted with the lighter, fast« r player. That may lie true, but a careful consideration of the changes shows that this Is not nec essarily to be so Giving a team four downs to gain ten yards is not as much in favor of the heavy, line-bucking team as the three downs for fiv< yards In vogue up to 1905 .is simple mathematics show. One will recall that even then the end-running and brush tackle plays wore used with equal effec tiveness Since tin man running with the ball can neither be push ed nor pulled by his mates Hne plunging should prat tieally be no more advisable than last year, when tb.e 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. The giving of four downs to a team makes ft more conservative to take chances on tri. k 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 case that a successful trick play will put the runner char of the opposing first line ->f de fense. go that lie can run at least the fun ten yards, and very often ten moie—sometimes to a touch down. That is the main thing we see in the new rules The allowing of th'- forward )..-.- near u and at tile opposing goal, whi' ii will keep the secondary de ik. ' ,l: ' ■ pierce ti>st lim a< ■ "I'.mgi' m ikt innh ''"■’l,owns Atm a touchdown Counts six points now, us much a» strings of bets on the Red Sox as long as your arm. In each case those who backed the Giants se emed 5 to 4 or 10 to X, with a little 10 to 7 noyv 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 ft was said that 7 to 10 would be on tap thts week and perhaps 3 to 5; tn fact, big speculators claim that it would not be 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 lack fipaneial 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 many in stances. The kick-off mark being moved back to the 40-yard line, in stead of the mid-field, equalizes things In that respect The new code, everything 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 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 the) suffered the line ahd there are plenty of new men available who should fill In more than acceptably The entire left side of the line—-Sam White at end, Captain Eddie Hart at tackle, and Gordon Duff 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. HluathenthaL at center, will prove the bulwark of the Tiger lino and his prowess should Imbue his side kicks with the real kind of Prince ton fight that enabled the team to triumph over odds last year Cap tain Talbot Pendleton has the vet erans Dewitt, Baker and Dunlap, in addition to newcomers, to reinforce his speed in the back field. Prince ton seems destined to have a well halanied team If earl) appearances count Vale has lost severe!) by gradu ation With the wonderful tackles. Scull) atid Paul. gone, as well as < aptain now Coach Hoivi, missing from quarterback, there wini to be rough sledding ahead, in so far as non - regulars w ill have to be used In these places where Yale Was stiongest last veur Ketcham, tl>e lentil, is back, as is also Bo imislei. thi -tar end. and Captain Spieling .han Philb'n and Walter Cam) In the hack field, with Gal laue! a laprble Sllb-ta. k'e, to help. Thes, men will havi to form the • nil ells lor tile Jiljs # The Harvard team again is to be THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1912. actor is said to' have expressed a desire to bet $50,000 on the Bos tons, but nobody seems to know whether the offer will be covered 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. Tlte reason advanced for the strong support accorded to the Red Sox is that the Giants are not playing 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 playet s and managers the Red Sox are stronger as a whole than the Athletics of last year. As usual, John J. McGrayv isn’t talking for publication, but he is quietly preparing the Giants for a desperate fight with the widely praised Beaneaters. McGrayy 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 fill up several line positions that have been vacated by stars, particularly the job at guard, held down by the powerful Cap tain Fisher, who made the all- American two years hand-running. Toda) Yale opens with Wesleyan at New Haven, on Saturday Har vard gets under wax 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 sc rtes 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 Colle). 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 < onditlon and will most like!) 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 backfield a lively proposition. No lim can be got on the regulars as yet. but in tip* next few days the threshing will begin and the "big team” will be gin its long gruel for the November games. PAPKE AND DENNING.MIX IN GOTHAM RING TONIGHT NEW YORK. Sept 25. Bill) Papke, the ‘’lllinois Thumb" bolt.” w ill make an effort to come back at the St Nicholas Nthleti. club tonight. Papke will meet Jack D< nning a local middleweight, in a ten-round c ontest and will attempt to uncork some of the form that once brought him tin midolew eight belt At toe S' Nicholas. Johnny Dundee, of this citv will m. et Georgi Kirk wooil of S: Louis. Both ar.- fust featli! : vv , gilts. COMMISSION WILL TODAY ARRANGE BIG SERIES X TEW 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 here to 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 LOCUST GROVE, GA.. Sept. On 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 l.anie High school. 79 to 0. Coach Maddox has rounded his men into good shape already, and It looks like Pres <lent 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 urove institute: September 25—Georgia Military college, at Locust Grove. October 9 Riverside Military academe at Gainesville. I October 14 Gordon institute, at Barnes ville. ‘ October 2! Stone Mountain, at Locust • Grove. < »ctober 28—Open. > November 2 Open November 8 Gordon institute, at Lo cust Grove. November 18 Open. November 28 Georgia Military college. , at Milledgeville i * MURPHY TELLS WHY CUBS MUST LEAD -SIMPLE LIFE” CHICAGO. Sept 25. In a statement in which he says that drinking virtually cost bls 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. I'reyfuss was • congratulated by all the league club own ers for his victory," said Murphy. "After : the hat Ishaking yyas over, he turned to . me ami said ‘Prinking too much booze . cosN your club the flag.' " Then Murphy said he investigated. At the world s series against the Athletics, a fielder misjudged a fly ball and struck out twice. "1 diil not learn until we traded this , player off that he came into the hotel drunit at 3:30 on the morning of that game. Murphy said. Murphy asserts that he discovered after the suspension of a player in Cincinnati i that certain persons tn the land of the s Iteds were in the habit >f taking his play ers to road bouses, ostensibly to dine ' them, and that usually the men drank 1 too much. ' Persons who have traveled with both > teams have told Murphy that/the mem bers of the Whiti S. x drink less than the Cubs. Consideration for 'he influences over college boys who join the team is an : other factor in the order. Murphy con cludes Fred Lake’s Story of 1909 Sox-Giants Series •{•••r mam Ex-Boston Manager Describes Fourth Battle ■ • -- . —By FRED LAKE ----- ‘ 1 ’ —... UGGSY” M’GRAAV smiled |Y/| 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 pegformed 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 ha 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 The Big Race Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on how the "Big Five” batters of the I American league are hitting: PLAYERS— AB. H. AV. COBB 531 218 .410 SPEAKER 541 211 .390 JACKSON .. .. 538 207 .385 iLAJOIE 408 142 .348 I COLLINS 498 168 .337 Cobb boosted his average two points I yesterday by getting thre e hits out of four trips to the plate. Speaker got i only one bingle out of three attempts, j 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 \l Bl RN. N Y.. Sept. 25.-—Secretary John H Barrell, 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 dav’s allowed teams in Class A A to draft play ers. They included: By Oakland Newman from Houston, disallow ed. 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 Dallas, disallowed. By Columbus- Thrasher from Cleveland. Tenn., disallowed; Vance from Maysville, iKy.; Turner from Lexington. Ky. By Toledo—Hart from Asheville M'GOORTY AFTER GIBBONS. NEW YORK. Sept. 25 Eddie Mc- Goorty. of itshkosh. who has laid claim to the middleweight championship sim .- ins victory ovei Jack Hart Ison, the English > hampion, today challenged Mike Gihbo<;s< .r 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, 3b 4 0 1113 0 "■♦Speaker, cf. . 4 1 3 3 4 0 0 ♦♦Stahl. Ib. 4 0 1 3 8 1 0 Donohue, o. . .2 0 0 0 3 0 0 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 0 110 10 Bridwell, as. . .4 0 0 0 3 4 0 Tenney, Ib. .. 3 0 1 211 1 0 ♦♦Meyers, c. . . .3 0 2 2 8 2 0 ♦♦Mathewson, p. .3 0 11 0 4 0 Totals .... .31 0 3 624 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; BridweH 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 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, 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 today Dineen and Evans for the American league, Eason and Rigler for the Na tional.” Can you imagine Umpire Muggsy McGraw yelling this out and I pire Clark Griffith standing complacently near first base waiting ' game to start? Meli, plans are under nay for staging a game between the umpi’ - the American and National leagues to be played the day before the wot series starts. The proceeds will be turned over to Bull Plerrlne. frm handler of the indicator, who is seriously ill on the coast. Among those who have the affair in charge is Umpire Bill Evans officiating here at Comiskey park. He told of the plans this afternoon The idea is,to stage the fray at whatever park the world se ies and there will be plenty of time for the umpires selected to officiate at ’• Brown-Cardinal and Sox-Cubs series to reach their respective posts aft the combat. Both President Lynch, of the National, and President Johnson. 1 American league, have been asked for permission to give the benefit d 1 Graw and Griffith have consented to umpire. Get it be understood at once that the game itself wouldn't be either, because practically all of the present day umpires ha'? been players in their time. there are ten umpi es in the American league light now aid in the National, so there would be no difficulty in recruiting and have a pinch hitter on the side. Bill Dineen, who was a str witl Browns, can still pitch good t nough to baffle some of the present ' ters. Eason s experience with the Reds 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 elot on the brain, ex pects to be out today His physicians have set Saturday as the date for his re ‘**rp to Chicago. was expecting such a ball hammered It down the right filjd foul line for three bases. The Red Sox tallied again In i). eighth. Harry Hooper was the firs man up and the fleet California! beat out a bunt. Collins attempted to sacrifice, but Mathewson fleldeij the ball In time to get Hooper 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 the second and final run of the game on Speaker's single. Speaker Hit Matty. Tris did not experience a great deal of difficulty in solving Matty’i delivery and got three hits out of four times as the bat. The playing of Amby McConnell at second base wa» the fielding fea ture of the day. McConnell places remarkable ball, his wonderful speed and headwork cutting dowr several New York runs. McConnel made four putouts while he accept ed five difficult chances without » miscue. Harry Lord also fielded brilliantly at third base. He made one put out and three assists. The Red Sox did not make a single error while the Giants made one. 'Reel'' Murray was the offender. He dropped a hard hit ball after a long run. I was elated over our victory over ’ the Giants. I knew that we had them on the run and that we 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 had been routed by a team of young ball players just breaking into the game. The New York veterans ha played the game to the limit, but they had met their masters. " * had beaten their trump card— Christy Mathewson. That is "by we were certain that vve wou.o eweep all before us in the nMr game of the series, which was scheduled to be played at ■ York. JACK BRITTON AN EASY WINNER OVER REDMOND NEW YORK. Sept. 25. That G ton. the elever Chicago light" - g. - ~, beat Jack Redmond, of Mi!" ' -l- , New Star last night, is going " ' name for himself in the l;a.-' ter. was the opinion exprt , ,i those who saw the bout n r easily.