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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*