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JAKE STI HAS
MADE GOOD IN
ONE SEASON
By \V. J. M Beth.
NrEW YORK. <>ct 7 Garland j
(Jake) Stahl is one- of the most
famous men of the land. Six
months ago h* aas practically unknown
outside of ma- ■ league: Today his
name is a household won a better the
Arne’lean pa.-time is known. I nwooed,
Fame has reached down, lifted him
from obscurity and set him up on a
high pedestal He is a striking exam
ple of one who h:< had fame thrust
upon him
In the brief span of a half year Jake
Stahl has accomplished more toward
public popularity than he did In a long
association with the national pastimer
as a player of no mean ability He is I
playing manage of the Boston Red Sox,
the new champions of the American
league His managing ability rather
than his playing skill has attracted the
admiration of the baseball world. In i
one brief season Stahl has made good.'
and the world dearly loves a tvinn i. |
Charlie Dryden, the Chicago humor-j
Ist. nicknamed .lake the "Born Leader."
That was some years when the big
fellow was with Washington. of the
American league At that time Wash
ington was nowhere. Stahl was placed
in control on a gamble He got off to a j
flying start in the spring <nd for six
■weeks threatened to make a runaway
race with what every one considered a
habitual tall-ender Washington was
breezing out In front much on its nerve,
like Hank O’Day and the Reds In the
National league last spring The team
didn't have the class to stick when Its
rivals rounded into shape. It settled
back again into the ruck and Stahl
threw up the sponge In disgust Dry
den dubbed him the Born Leader" In
a spirit of rallhiy But whatever bls
former short tomlngs Stahl has this
year justified the honor of such a title
aarloualy applied
Looked Bad For Jake
When It was announced from Boston
last rpring that Juke Stahl would man
age the Red Sox his friends of the big
leagues prepared to lay up flower con
tributions They considered him as
good as a dead one already The wise
acres shook their heads in commisera
tion Poor Jake," said they, "he must
be foolish going with McAleer Wliat
chance have the Red Sox now ” Mc-
Aleer will be manager; he can never
keep his hands off Stahl will only be
the "goat" when the team Is finally torn
asunder by factional dissensions."
it did look very much as if Stahl
we e up againe It. No one credited
.Timmy MeAleer's announcement that
he would retire permanently from the
managing end of the game Here was a
man who for years had directed the
unhappy destinies of second division
clubs —the St Louis Browns and Wash
ington Senators From both cities ho
had been forced by public opposition It
was Incredible that he could smother
tiiat deei’e to appear In the limelight
than a brief managerial experience
usually engenders
McAleer Has Not Interfered.
.McAleer has never once tiled to In
terfere with Stahl. If he has. at least,
he has not gotten away with It And if
he has tried to he has taken care to
ehow no signs of It before the playe’s.
Whatever glory is attached to the win
ning of a pennant la longs to Stahl and
to the loyal fellow s w ho fought for him
from the opening of the campaign until
the flag w as w on.
To hfs nten Jake Stahl attributes all
his success “It was the loyalty of the
boys," he said the last time he was in
New York "We have hung together
from the start 1 do not believe you
can find anotlnif team where the club
spirit is so strong E' try one puts the
. teams Inte eats brfoie self That's why
a won so far this yeat That's the
L areret «»f nrtv Mien ss The boys ma .<
Big Im am; I‘m thankful to 'hem."
FIEDSDXONEDGE.
SMS MSTOP
CARRIGAN
By Bill Carrigan.
i Star catcher of the Red Sox, who will
report the World’s Series for
The Georgian.
BOSTON, Oct. 7. —Some com
ment has been made in news
papers about the game the
Red Sox have been playing in the
past three weeks, and followers of
baseball may gather from il that
tin pennant winners are not the
fust team they appeared to be be
cause of the slower <iuality of
baseball they have been putting up
since they cinched the flag.
This Is wrong Just before we
made victory certain we slow'ed up
purposely. because Jake Stahl,
w ho has been so successful a lead-
I er from start to finish, wanted his.
men to get out of the stress of a
fast campaign, rest up, avoid in
juries and point themselves to one
thing the beating of the Giants - .
1 The game we have played since
I then can not be taken as any in
dication whatever of what the Red
Sox can do and w ill do when they
1 are called upon.
<if course, w< had to play out
our schedule and keep fairly ac
tive. but the team has not tight
ened up once since the pennant was
sure, and it will not do so until
we get Into next week's games.
Must Avoid Injuries.
it wouldn't take much to crip
ple either the Red Sox or the Giants
and put either team out of the run
ning In such a short series as the
world's clmnipionship contest is.
The loss of one man for a week
might decide the championship, it
Is unlike a pennant race, where you
can afford to lose the services of a
man now and then, ami if you lose
games make them up later in next
week’s contest in the world’s se
ries every man In the game must
be tit and stax fit
Tuesday's game in Washington
was an indication of what might
happen If we took any chances now.
Griffith put a green twlrler in the
box Boehling by name. He Is a
left-hander from Worcester, with
great speed and all sorts of curves,
but not yet in control of the ball.
He was nervous in this game, ami
the first ball he pitched .shot into
Yerkes' back so fast that Steve
could not dodge He hurled one
that curved into Duffy Lewis, too.
i and had them speeding around Jake
i Stahl's neck and over Trie Speak
er's shoulders
He was so wild that once, when he
I thought he had Jake off second, he
t shot the ball like lightning to sec
' and and almost "Leaned" Jake then
i and there You see he curt ed it
i when lie threw to the bag.
Even Wagner Sidestepped.
This lad could have robbed Bos
-5 ton of the world's championship If
1 we had played our regular game.
r Nobody ever accused any of the
1 Red Sox of being afraid to stand
' up to all sorts of pitching, and in
this ease they grinmd when they’
were at bat but all of them, in
cluding Wagner- the most daring
and fearless ball player 1 have ev<*r
f seen pulled away and took no
1 chances. They remembered how
Tris Speaker was put out of busi
ness a year ago, just before the
1 all-star s, tie- with the Athletics.
1 1 w. laid tip myself then by tuk-
1 Ing chances.
You can’t get any line on what
I the Red Sox can do through what
P they have done lately. If you are
looking for points on next week’s
games you might just as well
watch two teams of bush leaguers
J We hav< simply gone along, taking
b w hat games came our way and let
p ting the other fellow have the oth
v ers. and that i“ what we will do
until Tu-sday. eti we ll tighten
" up. and I am omineed that ilu
R- a S. x \< a game as |
was neve: s. en !>■ fore.
Fans Go Wild in Scramble for World's Series Pasteboards
CROWDS IN LINE ALL NIGHT TO BUY TICKETS
By W. S. Farnsworth.
(Sporting Editor of The Georgian.)
NEW YORK. Oct. 7.—Ten
thousand rabid fans battled
for an opportunity to secure
the first of the precious tickets of
fered for the world’s series struggle
when the ticket sellers threw up
their tiny windows at 9 o’clock this
morning. So desperate were they
In their struggle to secure the
pasteboards that the large force
of policemen on hand had to
draw their clubs and fairly beat
the mob Into a line that stretched
far down (eighth avenue.
Only 11,000 $3 tickets were of
fered for sale today.
All the other high-priced ducats
had been disposed of to friends of
the players, newspaper men. mag
nates from all the leagues of any
consequence this side of the Pacific
ocean, members of the national
commission and the pillars of the
national pastime hereabouts.
At sunset yesterday there were
fully 300 fans camped without the
historic Polo grounds. They brought
camp stools, heavy blankets and
overcoats. In their pockets were
packages of eatables, and one man
even brought along an oil stove
on which he made coffee. At mid
night the assemblage had swelled
to fully 1,000. They fought for
positions in line until finally an
extra force of police were rushed
to the park to keep order.
At daybreak wealthy’ fans, many’
of them in high-priced automobiles,
arrived and offered the all-night
vigilants fancy prices for their po
sitions In the line. Many of all
nighters had figured on this, and as
a result are feeding thetr long
hungry stomachs today’ as never
before.
One man. about tenth in line, a
seedy looking individual, shaking
from the cold night air which
pierced through his worn out light
summer serge, was given SSO for his
place by a prominent Wall Street
broker, who in turn left his chauf
feur to wait until the windows
opened.
Many Women in Line.
Among those tn the line were a
number of out-of-toxvn people who,
upon arriving here, had rushed
from the railroad station to the
Polo grounds. There were about a
dozen tvomen who had defied the
night dampness and cold to be
among the first in line.
A small riot broke out about a
half hour before the sale, when
two women rushed up and tried to
get into the line near its head,
thus taking advantage of the
thousands who had stood holding
their places throughout the time
Police Drive Women Away.
"Throw them out!" "Get the
hook!" and other uncomplimentary
language was hurled at the xvomen.
Men near the women tried to push
them out of line and the disorder
was becoming genera! when half a
dozen policemen interfered and
drove the women a wax
Despite the discomfort, the crowd
was good natured throughout the
night and the twenty policemen on
duty had little to do. Between 7
and S o'clock the police force was
augmented to 100
Hawkers did a land office busi
ness during the early morning
hours selling camp stools, soap
boxes, "hot dogs" and lemonade.
Camp stools brought as high as $1
apiede. while a few boys with well
developed commercial instincts sold
their places neat the head of the
procession.
The cold gray dawn found a line
of anxious fans stretching up
Eighth avenue to 157th street and
doxx n Broadway to 149th street.
Tile intervening cross streets were
packed near the ball park, which
stands at 155th street
Milk Wagon Is Mobbed.
The first sign of disorder came
about 4 a. m.. when a milk wagon
droxe up M' r a tins asked the
driver to sell them some milk, but
i: Mind-Reader Needed •
: ToPick Series Pitchers •
! • The beet “dope” today on the •
i • battery plan in the world's series •
• is as follows: •
• Tuesday (New York) —Boston, •
• Wood and Cady; New York, Tes- •
• reau and Meyers. •
• Wednesday (Boston) —Boston, *
• Collins and Carrigan; New York, •
• Mathewson and Meyers. •
• Thursday (Nexv York) —Boston, •
• Bedient or O’Brien and Carrigan; •
• New York, Marquard and Wilson. •
• Friday (Boston) —Boston, Wood •
• and Cady; New York, Tesreau and •
• Wilson •
• Saturday (New York) —Boston. •
• Collins and Carrigan; New York, •
• Mathewson or Marquard and Mey- •
• ers. •
• Neither McGraw nor StahL has •
• gone so far as to guess who will •
• pitch in the following week, if the •
• series goes beyond five games. Os •
• course, their ideas are subject to •
• change, but this is the best line •
• that can be had upon their ordl- •
• nary - course. Both managers hope •
• to “get the jump” by winning the •
• first game. Regardless of sugges- •
• tions to the contrary, Wood will •
• pitch Tuesday and Collins Wed- •
• nesday. Tesreau is picked to start •
• for Nexv York because he Is the •
• most successful Giant pitcher just •
• now. Mathewson is favored for •
! • the second game, because he lias •
i • had a long rest. His experience •
• will be of tremendous value and if •
• he Is ever to be good he should be •
• prime right then. This would put •
• a Giant right-hander against a •
• Red Sox left-hander. •
he refused. A dozen or more at
tacked the wagon and drank all the
milk they wanted, then paid the
driver what they thought the re
freshment was worth.
it got pretty chilly in the early
morning and several bonfires were
started, but the policemen on duty
put out the flies.
The most determined woman In
the line was Miss Jennie Smith,
who said she lived in Willoughby
avenue. Brooklyn. She appeared
about 2 o'clock with a soap box.
took a desirable position and sat
dow n to wait the intervening seven
hours until the ticket booths were
ojiened. She declared she was go
ing to see every game. At 6 o'clock
a policeman watched her place for
her while she got her breakfast
and the male fans loudly cheered
her for her pluck when she re
turned.
Emil Pollock, a cripple, of 245
Seventh avenue, stood in ten
hours on his crutches to get tick
ets. He was nearly exhausted
when he got a chance to rest, but
was still game.
"I’d stand in line for two weeks,
if necessary." he said.
Girl in Line Never Saw Game.
Miss Bessie Brady, aged 16, of 59
Southern boulevard, xvho has never
seen a baseball game, arrived at
da w n
At 3:30 a. m.. Mr and Mrs. G. M.
Mclntyre, of 325 West Twenty-third
street, arrived and took their places.
They argued the chances for the
Giants and the Red Sox until time
for the ticket sellers to get active.
Florida Men in Line.
in the line near the head was a
quartet of Pensacola. Fla., citizens.
They were T. H. Thompson. Thomas
Jahnson, Emanuel Johnson and
Joseph F. Quina. They left the
Florida city Friday and arrived
here last night. They rushed over
to the Sixth avenue L from the
Pennsylvania depot, without even
waiting to wash their faces or eat
their supper, and made all possi
ble speed to the Polo grounds
They stood in line all mg it tn
buy tickets foi all the games in this
city
Os it Walton, d' Oklahoma City,
Okla., was another rabid out-of
town fan. He also had dashed to
the Polo grounds upon his arrival
here.
Shortly after S o’clock, some
body’ pipped up “Everybody’s Doin’
It," and many joined in.
The policemen did not make any
effort to stop the singing, so when
the first song was sung somebody
proposed another.
Police lines were formed along
Broadway and Eighth avenue, and
a district was held open to pre
vent “fixing wedge" tactics and
rough work.
Hard on Speculators.
Although the baseball officials
had made every effort to prevent
tickets falling into the hands of
speculators, there were many boys
in line whose presence was suspi
cious. It was believed that specu
lators hsd hired these boys to buy
tickets, which w’ill be resold along
Broadway’ tonight and outside of
the park tomorrow.
Only two tickets were allowed to
each person. In the mile long hu
man lines were many famous Bow
ery characters. They w - ere there to
secure tickets for speculators, but
many of them were spotted early
and their money refused. For the
first time in the history of world’s
series, it looked as though the tick
et vendors, the pests who for years
have “stuck up” the public, xvere
going to be cheated out of making
any money. At any rate, the paste
boards that do find their way into
thetr hands will not be anywhere
near as many - as on previous occa
sions.
Tomorrow morning at 3 o’clock
the sale of admission tickets will
begin. It is figured that ten thou
sand fans, many of them nearly
starved by saving from their scant
earnings enough to secure a dollar
ticket, will encamp outside the
grounds tonight. But it will not be
a more rabid mob than that which
spent such an uncomfortable night
last night
Red Sox Back at Even.
Now that the hour Is practically
al hand, the odds on the result of
the games are at evens. In Bos
ton, where there was never such
enthusiasm, the Red Sox are the
favorites at 10 to 9, but here in
New York nothing but even money
prevails. The change from the Red
Sox being almost the universal
choice to the Giants, showing the
< onfldence of the baseball public,
has been brought about by- the ap
parent return of Marquard to his
winning form of the early season,
as evidenced by his box work in
his last few games, and Tesreau’s
contlryied successful pitching.
On Saturday- several of the Nexv
Yorkers made wagers at even mon
ey. and big bets, too, that the
Giants would win the series, and
also gave odds of 10 to 8 that Ma
thewson would win his first game,
even if opposed to the much touted
Joe W ooci.
Looks Like "Big Six.”
Mathewson has been kept on the
shelf by McGraw, and it looks now
as if "Big Six" will have the honor
of pitching the first game; but Mc-
Graxx is nothing if not resourceful,
and he may work Tesreau in the
Initial contest, witli Matty held in
reserve for the second game, which
will be played in Boston.
Wood will surely pitch the open
er for Boston, xvith Collins slated
for the second fray
As the time approaches for the
big show, interest is at fever heat.
There seemed to be less interest
here in New York over the series
during the last week than was man
ifested the previous week, but to
day the big city- is just bubbling
over with frothy excitement
In Boston there was nevei so
much interest oxer any baseball
event. The whole of New England
is at fever heat, and the entire list
of tickets has been disposed of for
three games, and thousands and
thie.tsands of others are howling l>e
ee* -e thev t.-in not be aceommo
dati d.
IT'S A CINCH FOR
RED SOX. SMS
HARRY LORD
By Harry Lord.
Captain of the White Sox.
CHICAGO, Oct. 7. —There ars
so many reasons why the Red
Sox should win the world's
championship that if a man got a
few dollars per reason he could quit
rich.
I’m not going to enumerate all of
them. Just a few will suffice here.
To begin with, the Red Sox have
one of the greatest aggregations on
the offense that was ever collected.
You can talk about the greatness
of Tris Speaker with the war club
until you tire Z and then never men
tion half.
It would be a good ball club if
Speaker was the only fellow who
could hit. But he isn’t. There are
about nine men in the line-up who
can slug.
I can't see any reason for com
paring the offensive strength of the
two teams, for the reason that the
Bostons so far outshadow their ri
vals.
Stahl has a better defensive
strength, too. You may talk about
the base running ability of the
Giants, but it isn't going to show
to any great extent. The Giants
may be in the habit of taking ex
tra bases on their hits in the Na
tional league, but they do not when
they go against the American
league champions.
That Boston outfield is one of the
wonders of the baseball world, and
if the Giants have any intention of
taking two bases on long singles
and three bases upon ordinary two.
baggers they might as well prepare
for a bitter disappointment.
Equal Only in Stealing of Bases.
You go up and down the line, and
there is only one department of
the game where I can figure the
Giants the equal of the Red Sox.
That is in base stealing. It’s a well
known fact in baseball that you
have to get on first before you can
steal second. That's one reason why
the Giants will not run wild on the
sacks —not enough of them will
reach first.
Then the Boston fellows have a
much better catching staff than one
figures. Carrigan can throw all
right, and Cady is a comer. The
Red Sox have a man in Wagner,
however, who is such an artist in
flagging the ambitious base runners
that all the Sox catchers have to
do is to throw fairly well.
Wagner is one of the greatest in
the business when it comes to get
ting a thrown ball and putting It
on the runner. A throw doesn’t
have to be perfect when he is tak
ing it.
All that it has to be is in the
general direction of second base.
He'll do the rest. So where many
clubs require star throwers, all the
Rod Sox need is a fair pegger.
But Duffy Lewis is the fellow I
pick to shine. I think he possesses
the temperament of a man who is
bound to show to advantage in such
a game. Lewis is a man totally
without nerves.
The average player may fret for
days before the big series opens,
and then worry until it is over.
Not Lewis. Hr isn't built that way.
He comes as near being normal
when the stake is a great one and
when a player is supposed to be
under a terrific strain as any man
1 know of.
Lewis Will Not Be Nervous.
Lewis is going to be just about
as nervous when he faces the
Giants as h< xvas on the day after
the Red Sox had the pennant
clinched And i.o one Is going to
argue tlia> hi. was under anx par
ti ulttt s. .n tin n.
SAN CRANE SMS
GIANTS EXCEL
DEO SOX ,
s
s .
By Sam Crane.
WHY all this clamor for
Red Sox?
Don’t be Influenced by tt,
Even Christy Mathewson is s«
charry of his prediction on the
coming series that he says the turn
that gets the “breaks” will win. He
also claims that the question of vic
tory will hinge on managership, as
between McGraw and Stahl, and
that the Giants- manager will have
the advantage on account of being a
bench manager instead of a player
manager as is Stahl.
I agree with Christy In that, but
Matty in his probable desire not to
criticise any,player, either a fellow
or opponent, has steered away from
the right dope.
McGraw Knows Game Best.
I will add to Matty’s idea by say
ing that McGraw- knows more Mse
ball than Jake Stahl, and on that
account alone, the Giants have a
better chance to win out than have
the Red Sox.
This, of course, is without taking
into consideration the other points
in w-hich I think the Giants excel
the Red Sox. But that handicap of
McGraw having a better lead for
the game than my old friend Jake
is going to carry- a whole lot of
weight, and enough possibly to
carry the Red Sox down in defeat
It surely will, too, if both teams
show- themselves evenly matched
otherwise.
In offensive work I think the
Giants are superior to their Boston
friends the enemy. The New York
ers are all of the McGraw brand,
with the exception of Matthewson.
“Big Six” is the only player Me-
Graw has on his team who was a
Giant w’hen McGraw took charra
But, as good ae Matty was then,
he has been more or less developed
by' McGraw. That is to say, Matty
w-ould not have bean the pitcher he
is and was unless he had the ben
efit of McGraw's tutelage. That,
possibly, ts a broad statement t»
make, but It goes, and Matty him
self has acknowledged IL
Now, with an entire team <rf his
own making. Imbued with the fight
ing spirit and system of team xvairtt
that McGraw Insists on, the natural
conclusion to arrive at is that the
Red Sox, under Stahl, who virtu
ally had a ready-made team Ml
his disposal when he took charge
can not possibly be the beehall ma
chine that the Giants now are
Giant Machine Best
As I understand IL Wood and
Speaker are considered the Red
Sox’s whole team, or pretty near.
If that is so, then the Awwrtcsn
league champions are somMhirg
like the Tigers when they wers
called a "two-man” team, with
Cobb and Crawford as the gtgant* o
pair. What the Cubs and Ptrares
did to the Tigers in the. wrwld’s se
ries is a matter of history, and I
look for history to repeat Itself I”
the coming series.
The Athletics last year were a
unit as a team, but I doubt if the
Red Sox will be. The Giants, on
the contrary-, are sure to be.
Are vou In need of anything
Then a Want Ad in The Georgian wJ’ 8”
get it for you. Phone your ad to rre
Georgian. Every phone Is a sub-station
for Georgian Want Ads Competent ana
polite men to serve you.
j WORLD’S SERIE?
WILL BE CALLED BY
CALLER KING
Al No. 9 Viaduct Place
Starting Tuesday. Oct. Bth. 1 p M
Atlanta Time Admission 50 Cent*
