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yOLUME XIX., No. 282.
22,000 ill FIRST GUSH
WORLD SERIES; CAPACITY
CROWD AT SRIBE PARK
Outfield Stands Filled in Jiffy at 10:50 A. M.—Many Turned
Away Before Gates Closed—Eight Hundred Police Take
Care of Crowds—With Braves and Athletics Both Confi
dent, Betting Favors Latter By Nearly 2 to 1— Weather
Warm and Humid—Snappy Preliminary Practice
THE BATTI NG ORDER.
Athletics. Boston.
Murphy, rfc Moran, rs.
Oldrlng, If. Evers. 2b.
Collins, 2b. Connolly, If.
Baker, Bb. Whitted, cf.
Mclnnes, lb. Schmidt, lb.
Strunk, cf. Deal, 3b.
Barry, ss. Maranvllle, ss.
Schang, c. Gowdy. c.
Bender, p. Rudolph, p.
Umpires: Dineen, behind the bat; Byron on bases; Klem and Hilde
brand on left and right field foul lines respectively.
SHibe Park, Philadelphia.—The Bos
ton Braves and the Philadelphia Ath
letics clashed today in the first battle
for the world’s baseball champion
ship. Some 22,000 persons saw the
opening engagement of the seven
game series. Hundreds were turned
away at the gates unable to obtain
admission.
The Boston's prepared to send their
slow ball boxman, Dick Rudolph, to
the pitching emplacement to shell the
Athletics out of their home defenses.
The American Leaguers groomed the
Indian, Bender, to pick off the Boston
Invaders with his fast ball.
“They’re All Good."
"Slow ball pitching is not relished
by the Mack artillery of batters and
I guess It will be Rudolph for the
fray today,” remarked Manager Geo.
Stallings. “Still I may switch to
James or Tyler. They are all good,
you know.”
The vast reaches of Shlbe Park
were choked to capacity long before
'game time. Three and four times the
regular seating prices were offered
for tickets and demand at these fig
ures exceeded the supply.
Gates Closed.
The outfield stand, seating four
thousand persons, was thrown open
at 10:BO o’clock. It was filled within
a short time and the gates were clos
ed the first in line for seats in this
unreserved section had waited more
than forty hours for the gates to open.
Several women stood in line since
daybreak. The crowd holding re
served tickets in the covered and
double-decked stands came to the
park later. Hundreds viewed the
contest from temporary stands erect
ed on the roofs of houses that over
look the back field walls.
Warm and Humid.
The day was warm and humid and
one suited for fast baseball.
An Insistent sun burned through the
menacing clouds and there was only
a slight threat of showers from the
southwest. The infield and outer
gardens were bone dry and hard.
Betting favored the Athletics at 2
to 1 and 9 to 5 when the two teams
came upon the field. Preliminary
field play was snappy and scintillat
ing. The work of the Boston players,
Deal who substituted at third base
for Smith, wlF> broke his leg this
week, was keenly watched. He dis
played no fielding faults in warming
up.
Batting Practice.
Shibe Park, Philadelphia.—John
Coombs and Ira Thomas took the
pitching stand and served the Ath
letic batters during the batting prac
tice. The Athletics gave particular
attention to bunting. “Home Run"
Baker tried out the range of the right
field wall, one of his blows almost
clearing the enclosure.
The Boston batters hit wickedly in
practice. Tom Hughes served up the
hall and “Royal Rooters," 200 strong
from Boston, sent up a loud shout
when Catcher Hank Oowdy drove the
hall into the left field stand.
Braves First Out.
The Boston Braves were the first
out on the diamond for field practice.
Their work was sharp, clear cut and
brilliant. Maranville was all over the
Infield section scooping grounders to
his right and left making throws from
every’ position. The crowd applauded
him frequently.
The Athletics went out for field
practice at 1:45 and Connie Mack's
SIOO,OOO Infield was soon in action.
Batteries, Batting Order.
Bender and Schang were announced
as the batlery for the Athletics.
Rudolph and Gowdy were announc
ed as the battery for Boston.
It was announced that Gowdy would
bat sixth in place of Deal, who would
hat eighth In place of Gowdy.
Umpire Dlneen gave the decisions
behind the plate and Umpire Klein ori
the bases. Umpire Byron on left
field, and Umpire Hildebrand right
fierd.
FIRST INNING
First half—Bender’s first offering
was an out curve, which cut th*
piste for a strike Moran went
out on a high foul to Mclnnls.
Evers sent up a high fly fc>
Collins and walked back to the bencfi.
Connolly a strike and then fouled
off the next one. Connolly fanned,
missing a alow ons around ths netk.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Second Half—Rudolph put over a
strike on Murphy, Murphy sent a
short single to center and the crowd
started to cheer. It was the second
Best Midway Ever at the Georgia-Carolina Fair
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
ball pitched. Oldring sacrificed,
Gowdy to Schmidt. Gowdy nearly
overthrew first base. Rudolph tried
to cut the comers of the plate on Col
lins and pitched three balls. His
fourth pitch was a strike. Collins
walked, and the crowd cried to Baker
for a hit. Baker fouled out to
Schmidt, and Murphy was out trying
for third on the catch, Schmidt to
Deal. It was a pretty double play.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
SECOND INNING
First half—Bender pitched three
balls and then put over two strikes
on Whitted. Whltted walked. Schmidt
filed out to Oldring. Whltted scored
on Gowdy’s two-bagger to left field
stand. The Boston rooters cheered
to the echo. Gowdy scored on
Maranville’s single over second. The
Boston hits were sharp and clean. A
double play followed. Barry took
Deal’s grounder and tossed to Collins
forcing Maranville. Collins then
threw out Deal. Two runs, two hits,
no errors.
Second half—Rudolph had a biff
wide curve which he worked on the
edge of the plate. Mclnnls walked on
four pitched balls. Mclnnls scored
when Strunk's single went through
Moran's legs to the fence. Strunk
took third on the play. Barry fanned.
Strunk was out at the 'plate when
Evers took Schang’s grounder and
threw to Gowdy. Maranville took
Bender’s grounder and threw to Evers
forcing Schang. One run, one hit,
one error.
THIRD INNING
First half—Bender threw out Ru
dolph at first. Moran could not see
Bender's speed and struck out. Old
ring took care of Evers' hoist. No
| runs, no hits, no errors.
1 Second half—Murphy fanned, Ru
dolph working him on two slow ones
and then a fast one. Oldring was
struck out. Rudolph worked care
fully and deliberately, his slow ball
bothering the Athletics not a little.
Rudolph threw out Collins at first.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
FOURTH INNING
First half—Connolly sent a liner
over Collins’ head for a single, after
having two strikes called on him. A
double play followed, Bender took
Whltted’s smash and threw to Barry,
forcing Connolly. Barry then tossed
out Whltted. Barry's throw to Mc
lnnls was wide, but Mclnnls made v
beautiful stop. Collins’ tossed out
Schmidt at first. No runs, one hit,
no errors.
Second half —Baker fouled off the
first two and Rudolph had him in a
hole. Baker struck out, missing a
wide one by a foot. Mclnnls also
fanned. Strunk singled to left but
was out at second trying to stretch
his hit, Connolly to Maranville. It
was pretty fielding by the Bostons.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
FIFTH INNING
Gowdy drove the hall to the center
field fence for a three base hit. It was
the first pitched hall. The umpire
cautioned the Boston bench for coach
ing. Gowdy scored on Maranville's
single over Mclinnlß' head. A double
play followed. Bender took Deal’s
hunted fly and then picked off Maran
ville at first. Deal had attempted to
sacrifice.
Rudolph struck out. One run, 2 hits,
no errors.
Second Half.
Maranville took Barry’s Texas
T-eagtier away out In left field. It was
a. sparkling cstoh and loudly applaud
ed. Schang struck out. It was Ru
dolph's sixth strike out. Bender filed
out to Whltted. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
SIXTH INNING
Moran sent up a foul back of third
base which Barry took after a long
run with his outstretched hand. The
crowd shouted Its approval. Evers
shot a single past Bender. Connolly
walked when Bender became un
steady. Evers and Connolly scored on
Whltted's three bagger to right. Whlt
ted scored on Schmidt's slashing sin
gle through Barry. The Bostons' bat
ting was terrific and Bender was re
called from the box. and W.vckoff re
placed him. It was the first time that
an Athletic pitcher had ever been bat
ted out of ths box In a world’s series.
Coombs was taken out of the box
three years ago In a gam# with ths
Giants, but that was because of an
Injury. Eight hits were mads off Ren-
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 9, 1914.
Bailie Line In France As II Stands Alter Two Months’ Fighting
MIGHTY OPPOSING FORCES IN DEADLOCK.
Map showing the dead-locked battle-line in France and the positions of the opposing forces. The mighty
struggle on the extreme left of the Wench forces continues. General Von Kluck is making a great effort to
resist the allies' turning movement with his extreme right in the neighborhood of Arras. Fighting was report
ed most recently at Donal, fifteen miles northeast of Arras.
whlle he was in the box. Gowdy walk
ed. W.vckoff took Maranville’s smash
but threw to Baker too late to catch
Schmidt. The bases were now filled
with one out. A double play ended
the inning. Baker took Deal’s ground
er and touched third, forcing Gowdy,
and then threw Deal out at first.
Three runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Second Half.
Evers took care of Murphy's slow
poller and threw out the runner. Deal
tdssed out Oldring. Rudolph was pitch
ing a perfect game his slow ball com
ing high and coming low. but never
very near the Athletics' bats Rudolph
tossed out Collins. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Shibe Park, Philadelphia.---
At the end of the sixth inning
the score stood: Braves, 6;
Athletics, 1.
BRITISH
VICTORY
ON AISNE
London, 4:40 a. m.—The Times cor
respondent south of the Alsne says:
“At one center —and that is the most
Important—the British victory on the
River Aisne It now complete. The
Germans have evacuated their
trenches, leaving In some of them
many soldiers who died from a severe
visitation of typhoid. They left two
of their heaviest guns In the quarries,
heavily cemented in place.
After 16 Days.
"Two salient events marked the
part of the fighting of which Solsson#
was the center. First, the capture
by the allies of Fort Conde after a
siege of 16 days, and, second, the re
markable slaughter by the British in
a series of German attacks.
"It Is agreed that wherever the Ger
mans have dealt severe havoc to the
allies around this position their suc
cess was due wholly to a spy sys
tem .
Captured 7 Spies.
The allies soon found out that the
Germans were able to diagnose their
movements readily and instituted a
systematic search for offenders. They
captured seven spies one of them a
woman who used eleotric flashlight
signals from a window
SKY LAST NIGHT RED FROM
FLAMES BURNING ANTWERP
London, 5.45 p. m.—ln a dispatch from Amsterdam fill'd at 12:46 t'nla af
ternoon, the correspondent of the Houter Telegram Company says:
"The uninterrupted thundering of gun* was hoard at Itnsendaal from
Antwerp throughout the night. The filing slackened a little In the ear
ly morning, but It has now resumed with full force,
"The sky line last night was made rad by the flames of hnralng
Antwerp."
Rosendaal Is about twenty miles north of Antwerp In Holland.
STATES HUGE HOWITZERS USED ON
ANTWERP CATHEDRAL
London, 2;15 p. m,—ln a despatch from Ohoot Thursday midnight the
correspondent of the Star transmits
"An officer whom I met states that the bombardment of the cathedral nt
Antwerp had begun nt the hour ha left tha city, which was 10 o'clock Thurs
day morning. Fire had broken out In many placea. The Hermans were using
their 10-Inch Howl tsars with terrible effect on the Inner ring of foite but
gone of smaller calibre were being employed for the desttmctlo nos the city
lts«f
"The elrshlp which dropped a bomb on the law courts wae subjected to a
terrific fire and muet certainly have been hit.
"The burgomaster of Antwerp has declared hie Intention of eupportlna
the military In resisting to the last."
OFFICIAL BULLETINS
FRENCH
Paris, 3:06 p. m.—The following of
ficial announcement was given out in
Paris this afternoon:
"The general situation has under
gone no change.
“On our left wing the two opposing
bodies of cavalry are stll operating to
the north of Lille and of Laßassee and
the battle continues along the line
marked by the regions of I-one. Arras,
Bray-Sur-Somme, Chaulnes, Roye ami
Lassigny.
“On the centre of Oise and on the
Meuse, only actions of minor Import
ance have been reported.
“On our right, In the Woevre dis
trict there has been an artillery con
test along the entire front.
“In Lorraine. In the Vosges, and In
Alsace there has been no change.”
Parts of
Antwerp
Aflame
Bombardment of City Terrible.
Germans Charge With Use of
Incendiary Bombs—Report
Repulse of Besiegers—Air
planes Over Ostend
London, 10:15 a. m.—Borgerhaut, a
suburb of Antwerp, In burning, ac
cording to a Reuter dispatch from
Amsterdam.
Palace of Justice Burning.
London, 6:05 a. m.—The bombard
ment of Antwerp haH been terrible,
says an Ostend dispatch to the Reute:
Telegram Company under date of
Thursday.
“The Germans threw Incendiary
bombs," the dispatch adds, "with tin
result that many parts of the town be
tween the railway station at the
south and the Palace of Justice are
In flames.
“It Is rumored here that the Ger
mans have been repulsed on the left
bank of the River Nethe.
"A Taube aeroplane flew over Os
tend at 4 o'clock this afternoon."
GERMAN
London, 10:30—The official com
munication of the German general
staff given out at Berlin In the even
ing of October. 8, is contained In a. dis
patch to Heuter’s Telegram Company
from Amsterdam. It says:
“From the western scene of war no
facts of decelslve Importance can he
mentioned. Small progress has been
made near St. Mlhlel and In the Ar
gonnes.
"Before Antwerp Fort Breendonk
has been taken and the attack on the
inner fort line has begun. The bom
bardment of the quarter of the town
lying behind was begun after the dec
laration of the commander of the
stronghold that he took the respon
sibility.
“The airship hall at Dusseldorf has
been hit .hi a. bomb thrown by a hos
tile aviator. The roof of the hall was
pierced and the cover on an airship In
the hall was demolished.
DEVELOPMENTS
FAVORABLE TO
MILLIES
Great Battle to Decide Strug
gle Along the Aisne Expected.
Importance of German Re
treating Move on Right Bank
of Meuse.
Paris, 6:50 a. m.—Most of the let
ters from soldiers at the front speak
of the great battle that. Is expected
"or the morrow that will decide the
great struggle along the Aisne which
show that they, as well as the military
critics, are baffled by the Immense
operations of which big battles, here
and there, constitute mere details.
Heavy fighting occurs every day
along some part of the battle line,
the Importance of which cannot be
gathered from the sober detailH of
the official statements, so It Is Impos
sible to assemble all of the simultan
eous movements bearing on the gen
eral situation. The critics are agreed,
however, that developments are favor
able to the allies.
While points of the greatest Interest
recently have been at the point, or
elbow of the battle In the region of
Roye and on the extreme left, atten
tion Is called to the Importance of the
German retreating movement on the
right hank of the Meuae beyond Hat
tonchfttel, which endangers their last
position In the region of St. Mlhlel.
It Is not considered possible that the
Germans can remain In thla region
end their retirement may entail a
general retreat of the army operating
between the Meuse and the frontier.
10,000 TAKEN
PRISONERS BY
ROSSIS
Paris, 3:60 p. In the recent bat
tles along the Hast I’russlan frontier
the Kusslans took 10,000 prisoners and
forty cannon, according to a dispatch
from I’etrograd to the llavaa News
Agency.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
ANTWERP SIEGE, AISNE
FIGHT BECOMING MORE
CLOSELY RELATED
Battle Line Almost Reaches North Sea With
Ever Lengthening Western Wings—Paris Con
tends Situation Nearly Stationary With Con
tinuance ot Violent Fighting
London 10:05 a. m* —Ho far ns England
kn«>WM this morning: Antwerp la still
holding out against the German on
*la ught. King Albert has withdrawn
from the city toward Ostend, wheTe the
administration la now fully established
but practically the entire Belgian field
wrmy hn« remained to resist, ns long us
possible, the fire of tho great German
guns.
Defenders Hoping.
The nations opposing Germany hoped
the defenders could hold out till the Al
lies delivered some decisive blow along
the battle line in France, which has
now aJmost Reached the North Sea and
taken in conjunction with the fighting
which extends across the Belgian
frontier to the northward of Lille, makes
a gigantic front sprawling like a snake
half across Belgium and across practi
cally all of northeastern France.
Most Desperate Efforts.
Though separate conflicts, the siege
of Antwerp and thp battle of the Alsne
are thus becoming more and more close
ly related and both the Germans and
the Allies are making the most des
perate efforts to crush each other and
tlmash through the ever-flengthenlng
‘BATTLE TO TOE
DEATH AND 01
- NO QUARTER’
Captain Coleman, U. S. A., at
Fight Along the Marne, Re
turns With Assistant Sec
retary of War---Quotes
Speech of Kaiser.
New York.—Assistant Secretary
Breckinridge of the war department
and twenty army officers who went
to Europe on the gold cruiser Tennes
see soon after the beginning of the
war, returned today on the Lusitania.
They will report direct to Secretary
Garrison their activities In helping
Americans In the war zones.
One of the returning officers, Cap
tain I/ibert Coleman, was quoted by
the New York ICty News Association
as saying that he was with the right
wing of the allied armies at the tint
tie of the Marne and that there were
6,000,000 men engaged In the battle.
Lack of Food.
"The German retreat was due to
lack of food stippllcH and ammuni
tion,” he was quoted as saying. 'The
Germans will never again get as near
to Parts as they have been. The
Freno hartlllery, as I observed It, was
superior to that of the Germans; but
the German cavalry was better than
that of the French.
"Every Frenchman knows that he Is
fighting for the existence of his coun
try and he fights fair.
War to Death.
”T have In my possession a speech
the kaiser delivered In 1910 In which
he said that the next war would be
war to the death and In which ho or
dered his men not to accept or give
quarter and to take no prisoners. I
am told that the speech was repeated
by the kaiser at the outbreak of this
war.”
Captain Coleman was said to have
characterized ns wonderful the bayo
net charges of the French troops at
the battle of the Marne.
THE GERMAN CRUIBERB.
New York,—Willard J. Hauter, of
Schenectady, N, Y„ who arrived yes
terday from Naples, brought word of
the German warships Qoeben and
Breslau, the sailors on which, he said,
hsd been granted Turkish citizenship.
Mr. Hauler went to Naples direct from
Constantinople.
“Everyone In Constantinople, ” he
said, "understood that the German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau were an
chored out In the Sea of Marmora, as
they were too badly damaged to come
Into the harbor of Constantinople.”
Insist That One Zeppelin Airship
Was Brought to Earth Over Antwerp
London,—The Kvenlng Htar's Antwerp correspondent telegraphing hy
wsy of Amsterdam says that eye-witnesses of the Zeppelin flights over
Antwerp Insist that they saw one such craft hit by shells from the forts
and fall to the earth.
During the bombardment of Antwerp Thursday night It ts estimated
that shells fell at. the rate of twenty a minute. Many civilians were
killed.
In nddltlon to the law rourts and museum which were damaged by
shells, fire broke out at many points In the city.
HOME
EDITION
western wings.
It Is contended that the Germans fail
ed in their great effort to drive a wedge
through this region and toe latest Paris
communication contends that the situa
tion is stationary, though most violent
fighting continues.
The Last Word.
If Antwerp falls it will prove the In
effectiveness of modern fortiflcat lons
against modern guns, for Antwerp la
the Inst word in ingenious barriers.
The situation on the east Prussian
frontier is becoming more like that In
France. Being driven from Poland the
Germans are making a stubborn stand
and with reinforcements from Koenigs
berg will doubtless give a battle which
will determine whether the Germans will
again invade Russia in this region.
New Russian Army.
Roundabout despatches reaching Lon
don from Petrograd say that a new Rus
sian army has arrived at the frontier
near Posen, while another is marching
toward Thorn.
All reports of the surrender of
Przemysl apear to be premature es were
various reports about the beginning of
a buttle at Cracow.
VIENNA REPORT
SAYS RUSSIANS
AREFLEEING
Official Statement Declares
Further Advances Made By
Austrians, Przeszow Recap
tured and Thousands of Dead
and Wounded
Vienna, (via Amsterdam and Lon
don, 11:20 a. m.) —The following of
ficial announcement signed by Gen
eral Hoefer, deputy chief of the gen
eral staff, was given out at Vienna
today:
"Our troops have made further ad
vances and yesterday they repulsed
the enemy on the road to Przetnysl,
near Barycz, west of Dynow. Przes
zow has been re-captured and guns
have been taken.
“(n the territory between the River
Vistula and the River San we took
many prisoners from the fleeing Rus
sians.
Enemy Repulsed.
“The renewed violent attacks on
Przcmysl hav bean splendidly re
pulsed and the enemy’s dead and
wounded were counted by the thou
sanr.
"We have had victorious battles at
Hzlget, In Maramos County, Hungary,
and in East Galicia. The lanstrum
and the Polish legionaries rivalled
each other In gallantry."
BELCH®
QUITS ANTWERP
Albert’s Presence on Field Up
to Friday Morning Greatly
Inspired His Troops.
London, 2:48 a. m.—An Amsterdam
despatch to Heater's Telegram Com
pany, dated Friday, quotes the Nleuws
Van Iter Dag of Ghent as saying that
King Albert left Antwerp this morning
and has arrived at Helsaete. a village
near the Dutch frontier town of Sua
Van Ghent.
Ineplred by Pretence.
London, 4:13 a. m.— Fleroe reelatance
of Antwerp's defenders on the Scheldt
wns partly Inspired by the presence of
King Albert, says the Ghent correspond
ent of thn chronicle In a despatch un
der Thursday's date. “King Albert re
tains command of tils troops." the des
patch says, “and Is continually In ths
field directing operations, an example
almost galvanic In Its effect to his brave
forces.’'