Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 283, 8 October 1914 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1914

OPENING GAME SEES PLAYERS SET FORJIGHT Athletics Rule Favorites at 5 to 4, While Fans Back Teams With Plenty of Money.

WEATHER WORRIES

Players Indulge in Light Batting and Fielding Practice Despite Raw and Chilly Wind.

BY FRANK G. MENKE, Sporting Editor of International Newt Service. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8. All Is Bet for the firing of the opening gun in the world's series tomorrow. Fandom Is in a high state of excitement; the players on both teams are fit; the .ticket sale Is over, but Will Jupiter Pluvius be on the job? The dyed-in-the-wool fans who never miss a world's series are very blue today. They fear a repetition of the rainy season of three years ago, which marred the clash between the Giants and the Athletics. Today the weather Is cloudy and cold. There is every .Indication of rain, but .fandom hopes that the deluge will come today so as to let old Sol shine tomorrow. Players Practice. Both the Braves and the Athletics aro perfection personified. Despite the raw and chilly weather the players were out early at Shibe park today, limbering up the kinks in their system and indulging in light and batting and Yielding practice. Both Manager Mack and Manager Stallings are wishing they knew who the other would pitch in the opening game. Stallings has his triple entente Rudolph, James and Tyler to choose from. But the leader of the Braves is not tipping his might. He may use Rudolph because the Bronx pitcher isbelleved to be the headiest of the trio. Mack has his dual alliance Bender and Plank from which to

make his selection. All indications point to the big chief as the logical candidate for box man honor tomorrow. Betting Gets Brisk. The main topic here is who is going to win the first game. With the influx of visitors the betting became more brisk today. The athletics still rule the favorites, odds of 5 to 4 being offered on them to take the world series. The Braves, however, have many supporters. Their fight from last to first place in the National league and the speed with which they have been playing since July 1 has won them many admirers, who believe that they will keep up their desh and not "crack" when they meet with the Phlladelphians. Not all who will see the first game will witness the hostilities from Shibe park. On every house top surounding the ground there is built an improvised grand stand and those who are unfortunate in not getting tickets to the park, are paying anywhere from four to ten bits for a seat on these roof-top stands for the pleasure of seeing the players in action from a distance of a few hundred feet.

PENNANT CHAMPS ON EDGE

TO SETTLE

WORLD

S TITLE

National League Rules Govern Games in Boston and American League Regulations Stand at Philadelphia Dope Gives Shade to Athletics Will Brave Pitchers Stop Sluggers? Ask Fans.

WHERE THEY PLAY. Friday, Oct. 9, at Philadelphia. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Philadelphia. Monday, Oct. 12, at Boston. Teusday, Oct. 13, at Boston. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Philadelphia. Thursday, Oct. 15, at Philadelphia. Series to be decided by four best out of seven. Place of seventh game, if necessary, to be decided by flip of a coin. Here is the official eligible list of players : ATHLETICS. Connie Mack, Manager.

Baker, McAvoy, Barry, Mclnnis, Bender, Murphy, Bjessler, Oldring, Bush, Pennock, Collins, Plank, Combs, Schang, Davies, Thompson, Davis, Walsh, Kopf, Wyckoff, Lapp, Shawkey,

BOSTON. George Stallings, Manager.

Cather, James. Cochenam, Maranvllle, Connolly, Mann, Cottrell, Martin, Crutcher, Mitchell, Davis, Moran, Deal, Rudolph, Devore, Schmidt, Dugey, Smith, Evers, Strand, Gilbert, Tyler. Gowdy, Whaling, Hess, Whitted.

HOW THEY RANK

National League. Won. 'Boston 94 New York 84 ,St. Louis 81 Chicago 78 Brooklyn 75 Philadelphia 74 Pittsburg 69 Cincinnati 60 American League. Won. Philadelphia 99 Boston 91 Washington 81 .Detroit . 80 St. Louia 71 Chicago 70 Cleveland 51

Lost. F.9 70 72 76 79 80 85 94 Lost. 53 62 73 73 82 84 102

Pet .614 .543 .529 .506 .497 -481 .448 .390 Pet. .651 .594

.526 .623

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.454 .333

Another suggestion for contemplation. It is not reasonable to believe that under normal conditions a club of Boston's calibre could ride roughshod over every club in the National League on its merits alone. The fact is that the opposition in the National League this year has been much weaker than in several years. The Athletics are slightly superior to the braves in base running. Their average per game is a little higher. In Eddie Collins they have a magnificent base stealer. He is even better than Johnny Evers in this specialty. Columns have been written in comparison of these two baseball stars. Probably no one will ever be able to decide finally which is the greater. Both teams have magnificent catchers. Gowdy, the Boston youngster, is heady and cool, and shows good Judgment in signaling for balls. Schang, in addition to being a good backstop, is a hard hitter. Both men have fine throwing arms. In hitting the Braves have been recently slightly above the Athletics on form. The Braves, too, have fielded better than the Athletic regulars. The best three Athletic pitchers are about equal so far as one can measure such things, to the great Boston triumvirate.

Federal League. Won. Lost. Pet. Indianapolis 87 65 .572 Chicago 86 67 .562 Baltimore 82 68 .547 Buffalo 78 69 .531 (Brooklyn 75 75 .500 Kansas City 67 83 .447 Pittsburg 62 84 .425 St. Louis 62 88 .413

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. American League. Washington, 11; Boston, 4. Philadelphia, 10; New York, 0. Federal League. Indianapolis, 4; St. Louis, 0. Brooklyn, 10; Buffalo, 4. (Eight innings.) Baltimore, 6; Pittsburg, 3. (First game.) Baltimore, 4; Pittsburg, 3. (Second game.) St. Louia City Series, Browns, 7; Cardinals, 4. Chicago City Series. Cubs, 4; White Sox, 2.

GAMES TODAY. Federal League. H'tf St. Louis at Indianapolis. ' 'j

Brooklyn at Baltimore. S. A. L. TO CLOSE

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The final meeting of the S. A. L. will be held Friday night at the Y. M. C. A at 7:30 o'clock, when all the business will be closed. All managers .and captains of teams who were in ,the league are asked to be present at jthia meeting.

7 Water bills due Oct. 1. 10

The world's series starts tomorrow at Philadelphia. The teams will play in the city where the state is made until two full games are completed. All the games will be called at 2 o'clock. Giving an indication of the interest

the American people take in baseball, it may be noted that more than three hundred newspaper writers are in

Philadelphia to report the series for i their sheets. There are even corre- J spondents in the city from Cuba, which , is an extension of the United States '

as far as sport goes, and the Pacific coast is well represented. j The umpires will follow American League rules in Philadelphia and National League rules in Boston. In the National League, on an infield fly, base runners may stand away from the base, and in case the fly is dropped they can go down to the next base at their own peril without first returning to the base they occupied and touching it. Difference in Rulea. In the American League base runners must return to the base, not leave It until the ball is caught or strikes the ground or a player. There is another slight difference. It is the rule on balks. In the National League, if a pitcher drops a baU while In the act of pitching, it must be called a balk, and all base runners advance one base. If there is a man on third he is permitted to score. In the American League it is not a balk, runners taking chances on being put out if they try to advance on the misplay. The umpires themselves will decide from day to day who shall officiate behind the plate. President Tener has selected Klem and Byron as umpires for the Natiopal League, while President Ban Johnson has picked Dineen and Hildebrand for the American League. So much has been written and printed about the respective strength of the two teams in the various departments of play that fans must be thoroughly informed. However, it would do no harm to run over the main points, something as a schoolboy runs over his outline just before entering

the door of the dread exam hall. Dope Favors Athletics. The Athletics' first claim in the dope is based on their winning of the world's championship last year. They are a steady lot, a wonderful machine, which has seldom failed for two seasons. But on the other hand, their record recently has not approached that of the Braves. These BoBton boys came up from the last place to the leadership of the league in six weeks. This is an achievement which must place George Stallings in the Napoleon class as a manager. His ad

mirers say he is the greatest baseball general who ever planned and executed a campaign. Considering the matter in the most cool and calculating manner the Athletics should win on statistics with little tmble. However, statistics are barred from the diamond much more effectually than notes are barred from the examination room. They don't count at all when three men are on bases and somebdy is taking a whang at the sphere. With three really remarkable pitchers like James, Rudolph and Tyler, going at their best, the batting prowess of the Athletics may receive a setback. Boston partisans maintain that the Mackmen will not be able to hammer the pitching of the Boston triple alliance. May Hammer Trio. But the same thing was said in 1910 about the Cub pitchers. Brown, Overall and Pfeister, yet the Mackmen pounded them into oblivion without trouble. They did the same thing in 1911 to the Giants' pitching staff, when Mathewson, Marquard and Tesreau were supposed to be at the zenith of their pitching form. A heavy hitting dub is always dangerous. It is apt to hit all kinds of pitching at all times.

GREENHORNS WILT ROSEBUD PINMEN Lichtenfels Leads K. of C. Team to Easy Victory With Fair Scores.

The Greenhorns made a clean sweep, winning all three games played in the K. of C. Bowling league last night at the city alleys. Their opponents tried

hard, but Lichtenfels good work offset

their best efforts. Lichtenfels made

high score, 181, high average, 179,

and high total, 538. Scores: Greenhorns. Player 1st. 2d. 3d. Av. Tl

Ringhoff 102 170 147 131 419

Pfeiffer 157 136 94 129 387 Crump 92 167 141 130 390 Goldrick 108 121 111 113 340 Lichtenfels.. 181 180 177 179 538

DEFEAT OF WABASH HOPE BY WHITESIDE AND EARLHAM MEN

Students Hold Two Mass

Meetings to Stir Enthusiasm While Coach Teaches Team Trick Plays. "Beat Wabash," is the slogan at Earlham this week. Two mass meetings have been held by students in anticipation of the game with the Little Giants at Crawfordsville, Saturday and a car load of Quaker "rooters" will accompany the team to help beat Wabash. Coach Whiteside received pointers during the Wittenberg game. Wittenberg outweighed the Quakers more than twenty pounds to the man. Wabash also has a heavy team this year. Work on Tricks. Weight was the deciding factor in the game last Saturday as shown by the fact that Earlham had their opponents beaten until the last quarter of the game, when the superior weight had its effect. A large number of trick plays are being perfected this week.

PROPOSE CIRCUIT FOR NEXT YEAR

The possibility of forming a county league in baseball will be gone over with the managers of New Paris and New Madison and possibly one or two others Sunday. It has been suggested by one of the local managers that only one team in Richmond join the league, as one would be sufficient, and in the place of two or three other local teams to get New Castle, Greenville, O., Eaton and places of like size. If the league is put through games will be played every Sunday and on the off dates of the big team to transfer the games to Athletic park.

LOCAL FANS GO TO WORLD SERIES

Some of the local baseball fans who will be in Philadelphia to witness the opening game of the world's series, are Elmer Eggemeyer, John Lontz, Dick Allen and Will Broderick.

MILLER ROLLS 276

The highest score rolled so far this season at the City alleys was rolled by Roy Miller, who toppled the pins into the pit for the first nine frames

by the strike route, finishing with a

spare for a total of 276.

Totals Player Noland Klinger Behringer . . G. O'Brien . Kinsella Totals ...

640 764 670 Rosebuds. 1st. 2d. 3d. 121 153 118 130 147 143 83 53 133 168 122 119 110 132 112

137 2074 Av. Tl. 131 392 140 420 90 269 136 409 118 354

612 607 625 123 1844

IN GOLF FINALS Defeating their opponents in the play for the president's cup in the Country club golf tournament yesterday, Nusbaum and Elmer qualified for the finals. They will play for the cup next week. Nusbaum defeated Spangler 1 up and Elmer won from Bond 5 up 4.

"Allie's" Dope KARL ALLISON

FED8 CLOSE SEASON. The Chicago Federals and Kansas City Packers will meet at Weeghman park, Chicago, today for the final game of the Federal league. season. Nothing will be at stake in the closing contest, as Indianapolis cinched the pennant yesterday when Falkenburg shut out St. Louis. Chicago would finish half a game behind the Hoosiers in the final standing even if the Tlnks should win today and Indianapolis should lose to St. Louis.

CHICAGO SERIES. The second game in the Chicago city series will be played at the Cubs' park this afternoon, and the National league team is confident of making it

two straight after the easy 4-to-2 vic

tory over the White Sox Wednesday,

MEET FOR CHAMPIONSHIP. George Chip and Jimmy Clabby will

meet October 30 at San Francisco for the middle-weight championship. It

was announced by Promoter Coffroth that he had received word from Lar-

ney Lichenstein, manager of Clabby,

that he would discuss the middle

weight question with Chip's manager

when he reached San Francisco.

WITH THE MAJORS AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Philadelphia-

New York 0 4 3 Philadelphia 10 11 0 Batteries: Pieh and Schwartz; Bresler, Bush, Shawky, Pennock and Lapp,

McAvoy. At Boston

Washington 11 8 1 Boston 4 12 2 Batteries: Bentley, Griffith and Henry; Bedient, Ruth, Cooper and

Cady.

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WHAT RIVAL MANAGERS SAY ON SERIES' RESULT

BY GEORGE STALLINGS, MANAGER OF THE BOSTON BRAVES. We expected to win the aeries. Right In our present form I do not think any team can stop us. I realize that the Athletics stack up right now as one of the greatest teams in baseball history, but their prowess does not frighten us. We are chock full of conceit and confidence, which count for a lot In our favor. My pitchers are In fine form, and the team, as a whole, la In the best form of the year. I look for Charley Deal ably to fffl the hole that was made at third base through the injury to Red Smith. I don't care to predict how many games the series will run, but I' feel certain that when It is all over we'll be champions of the world.

BY CCONNIE MACK, MANAGER OF THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS. Predicting Is not in my line. I may have my own opinion as to the ultimate outcome of the series, but, If so, I shall keep It to myself. However, I wil say that my boys are In grand shape. The pitchers are working right again, and the boys are hitting and fielding up to true form. If we don't win this series we will offer no complaint, aa I will put Into the field the very best team I have.

HOUR DRILLS SQUAD TO GET TEAM WORK

Previous to practice last evening, Coach Nohr of the high school called all the cvandidates together for a talk over the rules and the method he expects them to use while on the floor. Nohr is a firm believer in the value of team work, and has arranged a system that he believes is sure to bring the best results. Team work, he says, is much more valuable in winning games than individual playing. The plays were worked over on the blackboard, after which the players drilled on the gym floor. If the plays he worked on are as effective as in practice there is no reason why the high school team should not be just as good as the one that made such a showing in 1912. The first accident of the season happened last night when Anthony Hafner received a dep cut on the forehead, which although painful, will not keep him out of practice.

FIGHTERS BESIEGE BENSON FOR BOUTS

Billy Benson promoter of boxing is about the busiest man in town attending to his mall from boxers from all sections who want to be put on his

next card. Little Arthur Stigall, colored bantam weight, from Kansas, is so anxious that he will come almost

for nothing.

It seems that the card put on before

by Benson has given him quite a repu

tation to Benson, and it will not be hard for him to get good men. Tommy

Dillon of Indianapolis, and Chick Hayes have both asked for a dating. Rillv Stahlpr vhn Haima thn miriril-

anxious to go with Kid Clerke, and if arrangements can be made this is certain to be one of the next bouts. Stahler has been fighting around Cleveland this summer.

CONSIDER WEILMAII FORJEW PARIS Managers Negotiate With St, Louis Heaver to Replace

Glenn Liebhart. The11 loading up of the New Parte and New Madison teams for the game to be played Sunday at Athletic park, goes merrily on. The New Paris manager announced today If he was unable to get Glenn Liebhardt to twirl, he probably would sign Lefty Weilman of the St. Louis Browns, who is willing to pitch the game. He is now engaged in the city series between the Cards and Browns at St. Louis, but a letter received by Runt Stanley, who Is a great friend of his, says that he will be home in a day or so. Weilman lives in Liberty. , The New Madison line-up was expected today, but both teams were waiting for the announcement of the other line-up so they will know just how strong they will have to be to win the game. Many professionals will be in the line-up.

BOWL AT Y. M. C. A. Bowling at the Y. M. C. A. alleys is better than ever before. The new pins are also a source of pleasure to the bowlers who are trying their best to see how hard they can hit them. Bowling began Tuesday afternoon, when some good scores were posted.

CALL TO PLAYERS FOR CITY ELEVEN

There will be a meeting of all football players at the Palladium office tonight at 7 o'clock to talk over plans for a city team this fall. All players wishing a try-out will please attend. A number of cities have written the sporting editor asking for a game. It depends upon you whether Richmond will have a team or not. SPORTING EDITOR.

CRACKERS DIET OF "Y" WALKER

Oscar Lockau, German wrestling teacher in the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A., pased through Richmond today on a walk to San Francisco and back. He walked from Dayton here in the rain last night. He is not walking on a wager but because he expects the trip to be beneficial. His diet will consist

i of crackers, raisins and water. Lockau

expects to be back in Cincinnati by the first of July, 1915.

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GIGANTIC REDUCTION ON MILLINERY

Offered at Adixiinstrators Sale for Refund Week.

Our big sale still moves on and for the last of this week and all of next we are offering unheard of bargains in high class Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats. Untrimmed Mats JSf Offered During Sale at Only (BSD, S)9 $Ilo2S

UNTRIMMED HATS In all the popular colors and shapes one lot at oqjy 69c

UNTRIMMED HATS In black and white turbans and sailors, especially priced 98c

UNTRIMMED HATS The best lot we have ever been able to show, now at $1.25

Beautiful Trimmed MATS Selling at $4.00 up to $6.00, now at

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These hats are all new and right up-to-the-minute in style, color and shape. No better values ever been offered

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