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Heavy Betting in New York on World’s Series
NEW YORK. Sept 25 Heavy
wagering on the result of
the coming world's series
between the Nev 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. num of
enormous proportions will hang in
the balance. A canvass of leading
bettors at various local spotting re
sorts has revealed the indisputable
fact lhat the Red Sox are hot fa
vorites and that the 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 were 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.
NEW YORK, Sept. 86—What
will the football season that
opens today bring forth?
That Is the question of paramount
importance tn the mind of every
football follower. What changes
will the new rules work in the
style of game played, and which
will ba the champion team when
the curtain rings down on the
year's pastime? Time will tall
But there have been reams writ
ten already, variant opinions being
advanced, and each follow is entl
tied 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 now
rules put a premium on the heavy
man as contrasted with the lighter,
faster player. That may be 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 five yards In vogue up to
1905, as simple mathematics show.
One will recall that even then
the end-running and brush tackle
plays were 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 be no
more advisable than last tear, when
the average distance gained on this
style of play was less than two
yards, and vert often was nothing
at all
More Chance For Trick Plays.
The giving of four downs to a
team makes it more conservative to
take chances on trit k plays—for
ward passes, criss-crosses, fake
kicks, delayed passes split forma
tions. et< . - because there is one
more opportunity than before to
"get away with it." and it is gen
erally the ease that u successful
trick play will put the runner clear
of the opposing first 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
see in the new rules
The allowing of the forward pass
near at and at the opposing goal
which will keep the secondary di
lon-a b o-k, will enable the attack
ing side to pierce the first line more
k "'un Hccordin-ly make more
" t " u ‘ ■ •'I - And a touchdown
Counts. ,ix points now, as much as
4
strings of bets on the Red Sox as
long as your aim. In each case
those who backed the Giants se
cured 5 to 4 or HI to 8. with a littJe
1(1 to 7 now and then.
Odds May Lengthen.
ITomin» tit layers of odds, book
makers on the race Hacks 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 pet haps 3 to
5; in 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 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 many in
stances. Tlie kick-off mark being
moved back to the 40-yard line, in
stead of the mid-field, equalizes
tilings 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 teain have they suffered- the
line —and there are plenty of new
men available who should fill tn
more than acceptably. The entire
left side of the line —Sam White
at end. Captain Etldte Hart at
tackle, and (Jordon 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.
Bluethenthal, at center, will prove
the bulwark of the Tiger line, and
bls 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 lias 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
balanced team If early appearances
count.
Yale has lost severely by gradu
tlion. With the wonderful tackles.
Si ally and Paul. gone, as well sys
Captain, now Coach Howe, missing
from quarterback, there seems to
be tough sledding ahead, in so far
as non-regulars will have to be
used In these places where Yale
was strongest last year Ketcham,
the venter, is back, as is also Bo
meisler. the star end. anti Captain
Spaldin. .1. an Philbin and Walter
Camp tn the back field, with Gal
lnut r a capable sub-tackle, to help
These men will have to form the
nucleus for the Ells.
Tin Harvard team again is to be
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
actor is said to have expressed a
desire to bet $60,000 on the Bos
torts. but nobody seems to know
whether the offer will be coveted
or not The “wise money,” how
ever, will go on the Boston end and
there'll be an unlimitca amount
of il.
Giants' Slump the Cause.
The reason advanced for the
strong support accorded to the Red
Sox is that the Giants are not
piaytng 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
lasi ve.tn
As usual, John J./ McGraw isn’t
talking for publication, but he is
quietly preparing the Giants for a
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. Ills 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 till up several lino
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
Today Yale opens with Wesleyan
at New Haven. On Saturday Har
vard gets under wav 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.
Yale goes to Princeton November
16 and Harvard plays on Yale field
November 43.
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 amtfng them were a great
many big men. Colley, Montague.
Jones. Sneed and several other men
weighing around 175 were down ready
for work.
Elmer hits 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
tile 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
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
games
PAPKE AND DENNING MIX
IN GOTHAM RING TONIGHT
NEW YORK. Sept 25—Billy Papke,
tin "Illinois Thunderbolt." will make an
effort to come back at the St Nicholas
Athletic club tonight Papke will meet
Jack Denning, a local middleweight, in
a ten-round contest and will attempt to
uncork some of the form that onee
brought him the middleweight belt.
At the St. Nicholas. Johnny Dundee,
of this city will meet George Kirk
wood. of St Louis. Both are fast
featherweight*.
MISSION WILL
W 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 Ruston 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 to participate
in the pow-wow were President
Thomas J. Lynch, of the National
Hague: 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 Mcßoj, secre
tary of the Boston Americans, and
Mr. Brush,
Before the meeting began it was
intimated that the games would
stall either October 7 or 8, and that
the teams wilt not play games al
ternately in Boston and New York,
but hill play two games in suc
cession upon each field.
MILITARY COLLEGE PLAYS
LOCUST GROVE SATURDAY
LOCI ST GROVE, GA.. Sept. 25.—0 n
Katurcay the strong team from Georgia
Military college will line up against the
team representing Locust Grove institute
hert- Ihe Georgia Military college have
an excellent team this year, having al
ready defeated the Lanie High school, 79
to 0.
l oach Maddox lias rounded his men into
good Shape already, and it looks like
Pros dent Horton has secured a winning
bunch.
Locust Grove institute lias a very light
and inexperienced team, and will not be
in near so good trim as the Georgia Mili
tary college, but 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 8 Gordon institute, at Lo
cust Grove.
November IS open.
November 28 Georgia Military college,
at Milledgeville.
MURPHY TELLS WHY CUBS
MUST LEAD “SIMPLE LIFE”
CHICAGO. Sept 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 Hilaries \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 by all the league club own
ers for his victory,” said Murphy. "After
the handshaking was over, he turned to
me and said. 'Prinking too much booze
cost your club the flag.' "
Then Murphy said he investigated At
the world's series against the Athletics, a
fielder misjudged a tly ball and struck
out twice.
"I did not learn until we traded this
player off that he came 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 persons in the land of the
Reds 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 have told Murphy 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 in the order. Murphy con
cludes
I Fred Lake’s Story of 1909 Sox-Giants Series
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Ex-Boston Manager Describes Fourth Battle
- ■ - - By FRED LAKE - J
< UGGSY” M’GRAW smiled
l\/l 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 alrvays performed 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 wmuld 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
i argued that he lacked the experi
-1 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
i 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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I he Big Race
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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
SPEAKERS4I 211 .390
JACKSONS3B 207 .385
LAJOIE4OB 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 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
■ Al BURN, N. Y.. Sept. 25.—Secretary
John H. Farrell, of the National Associa
tlonal of Professional Baseball leagues,
■ gave out a iigt of the men selected by
i 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,
■ disallowed. •
By Portland, Oregon.—Evans from Dal
las, disallowed: Wilson from Knoxville.
i By Los Angeles—Edmondson from
: Houston.
By Providence—Crandall from Memphis,
• disallowed: Evans from Dallas: Merchant
I from Johnson City. Tenn.
By Indianapolis—Crandall from Mem
phis; Green from Dallas, disallowed
By Columbus —Thrasher from Cleveland,
i Tenn., disallowed; Vance from Maysville.
' Ky.; Turner from Lexington, Ky.
1 Bv Toledo—Hart from Asheville.
■ i
M’GOORTY AFTER GIBBONS.
NEW YORK. Sept. 25.—Eddie Mc-
■ Goorty, of Oshkosh, who Was laid claim
1 to the middleweight championship since
. his victory over Jack Harrison, the
English champion, today challenged
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 1113 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 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, 3b3 0 110 10
Bridwell, ss. . ..4 0 0 0 3 4 0
Tennoy, 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 Soxloo 000 01*—2
Giantsooo 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 ag 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
nt 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 todaj a
Dineen and Evans for the American league; Eason and Rigler for the Na
tional.”
Can you imagine Umpire Muggsy McGraw yelling this out and Lt”"
pire Clark Griffith standing complacently near first base waiting for
game to start? c
Well, plans are under way for staging a game between the umpire- o.
the American and National leagues to be played the day before the wot-d
series starts. The pi meeds will be turned over to Bull Perrine, form
handler of the indicator, who is seriously ill on the coast.
Among those who have the affair in charge is Umpire Bill Evans, no
officiating here at Comiskey park. He told of the plans this afternoon
The idea is to stage the fray at whatever park the world series eta
and there will be plenty of time for the umpires selected to officiate at the
Brown-Cardinal and Sox-Cubs series to reach their respective posts »f ,e
the combat.
Both President Lynch, of the National, and President Johnson, of
American league, have been asked for permission to give the benefit M 1 ’
Graw and Griffith have consented to umpire.
Let it be understood at once that he game itself wouldn't be anj ”
either, because practically all of the present day umpires have been s tu ‘
players in their time.
There are ten umpires in the American league right now and m.tn.
in the National, so there would be no difficulty in recruiting two team
and have a pinch hitter on the side. Bill Dineen, who was a star with t e
Browns, can still pitch good enough to baffle some of the present day
ters. Eason’s experience with the Reds is still remcmbeied.
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 to Chicago.
I was expecting such a ball and
i hammered it down the right field
foul line for three bases.
The Red Sox tallied again in the
eighth. Harry Hooper was the first
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 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’s
delivery and got three hits out of
four times as the bat.
The playing of Amby McConnell
at second base was the fielding fea
ture of the day. McConnell played
remarkable ball, his wonderful
speed and headwork cutting down
several New York runs. McConnell
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. "Red'’
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
wmuld 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 teain of young
bail players just breaking into the
game. The New York veterans had
played the game to the limit, but
they had met their masters. We
had beaten their trump card .“"
Christy Mathewson. That Is wny
we were certain that we woun
sweep all before us in the next
game of the series, which wa
scheduled to be played at •
York.
JACK BRITTON AN EASY
WINNER OVER REDMOND
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—That Jacki
ton, the clever Chicago ligtitweig 1
beat Jack Redmond, of Milwaukee- 4
New Star last night, is going t 0 ,-jn
name for himself 1n the East
ter. was the opinion expressed '" I 1 cB
those who saw the bout. Britton
easily.