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'SPORTS. ——— SPORTS. 25 World Series Appears to Be a “Toss Up” : Picking Pitchers Is a Difficult Job NONE OF LEADING JUDGES | WILLING TO MAKE CHOICE Only Loyal Foilowers of Gianis and Yankees Are Prone to Give Lither Team Edge—Various Angies of Classic Debated. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. EW YORK. O:tober 10.—They're off, Yankees and Giants nieeting aday in the opening game’ of their third consecutive pcsl-seflson: test for the highest honors in the national pastime present a| problem fai amateur poycho'ogisi. professional gamblers, base ball sharps | and plain fans the Tke of which never has been witnessed in the scorei of years the world champleuship has been at stake. Paradoxical as it ' may seem, the Americ guers, although nosed out in 1921, when they | kicked away their ch es. and outpi !, outhatted, outfielded and out- | smarted last year, wlen chey failed to win a single engagement, rued | favorites for the curzeat curnivai unil the very eve of the start, And | this, des t that one of the most nt cogs i Vankee i despite 2 gs in the Yankee i machine—~Waily Pipp—-emained a < ow. tini = _'I‘h(- form playces were responsitie. The: ics were guided by the periorm:ances of the rival ciubs in the campaigas just ended, relying on the admittedly superior playin -0n paper— of the Hugmen, the comeback of sabe Ruth. the new spirit of team | \ling and the old axiom that al t.. even up in the long | £ i work prev run; that where tiie red his shown twice in s on the black is due. = | 0l They chose to d al advy son two previou: that the worla have failed to no er how that com on i edge in aita.. the clemeat of tie ver [ fact 3y and of opinic pioyed —ciub_own ers—whose 1y are influed affiliacions a from a4 sense these was w come of t. the time Yankce a toss-uj candid o, o With tau Boinis wini Tor days pa al st open with, to wh ments would hundicaj, the co and which ciub weud § morale elfvet ot drawv due to be setiled b has set, two tacts assured in a attendunce record for series gaine wouud be the other that the tic are in for fine tri The pres was set at 7 on October 12, 13i6: Led Sox triumphed over th y Dodgers in such hollow fashion proximately that many be taken care of at in the tr stand. and if the full ¢ coodén bieachers is than 62.000 can be seatrd. ana s natura. for ot ns w0 policy . no. un to jaage who Cuus on_Tae ol o oo found as wavaice un _the e today. it Laoased and hut puecacrs wouid pick to extent player .- naess attered ana speculators If the series openin= games the old attend- ¥ 270.060 rnd the of a little more miy Ko the 1 all the av 3 e not boards. even thou space ut both nav Speculntors Are Pasy we: 00 per cent up. them was far from ' tlook 1s that their al harvest will not| of the sp ing a pro but busin brisk an customar: be reaped | Commissioner Landis decided that| the clvhs should not resarve theirt u; r stands and as a resuit there| will be some 000 unresecved seats at the stalium and about 20.000 at, the Polo ¢ ads placad on sale the day of the game at $3.3 The | fans were apprised of this in advance and the scalpers are expected to suffer as a result. Of the pre-series developments the most noteworthy, as we see it, was the announcement by Col. Ruppert ! of the signing of Hugzins to manage | the Yankees again next vear. The| dissension that so handicapped the | team in 1922 and the vear before| generally has been attributed to the| fact that Ruppert's then half owner. Col. Huston, was antagonistic to Huggins, a condition which encourag- ed some of the short-sighted players | to dispute the authority of the pilot. Ruppert's latest move, the act of an astute business man, has put the seal of solidi; on the authority | wielded by Huggins this year and to which the wonderfully improved morale of the team must be attribut- ed. The Yankees, from Babe Ruth down to the bat boy, know In ad- vance that the man they are taking orders from this week will be their ! boss again-next season. There will| be no one gunning for the mite manager this fall PAPYRUS FAR FROM IMPRESSIVE IN TEST NEW YORK, October 10.—Horse fan- elers, assembled at Belmont Park, ex- pressed disappointment at the showing | of Papyrus in his first trial test over the mile and a quarter course yes- terday. The time, 2 minutes 184-5 seconds, in which tF 3> Derby winner was clocked, failed by several scconds the general expectation, and Papyrus' action in the trial did not favorably impress the watchers. 11 Sam Hildreth, trainer of Zev, the American three-year-old which 'is to meet Papyrus In the coming $100,000 international race, was heard to Te- mark: “‘He will have to get out of that gait. Papyrus' time was: econds; quarter mile, 264-5 seconds; alf mile, 41 4-5 seconds; flve-eighths, 55 2-5 seconds; three quarters, 1 min- ute 21 2-5 seconds; seven-eighths, 1 min- ute 343-5 seconds; mile, 1 minute 47 seconds; mile and one-eighth, 2 min- utes 2 seconds; mile and a quarter, 2 financ First furlong, 14 play- | the Polo Gr PARKS NZARLY EVEN iN EARNING POWER N the capacity of the en ¢ Po'o Grounds is about 10,000 at of the Yankee Stadi . @ capacity crowd at the Giants' \nark during the coming world seri Wil pay =ameé as a capacily gathering at 1 home of the Yankees. This is due ‘o the fact that there are many more League paik Brush stadium ty of tue Polo Grounds at hout 52000, and all h the exception of about T ers, are in the cov- cred stands. The Yankee Stadium can 'at a crowd of about 62.000, but hout 20,060 of th ¢ geats are in the \ners, which the only $£1.10, compared with §3.30 than there are a® the 5.000 in the st as much to see a sin- ; | | | i | ensive seats at the American of | admission ¢ 0 for seats in the grandstand. ' tive lower stand at the Polo nds will be reserved and eeats in will cost §3.50 for each game. © upper s=tand will count in rved seats and these wil 30 for esch game. reserved sea Grounds, due to the lower tier at Lub's park are res uprer tier and’ the mezzanine contain the unreserved seats, ccll for $3.50, ounds of the pred cted recently that the di”erence between the gate re- t= for a capacity crowd at the two wen'd he only about $5.000 in of the Yankee S:tadium, despite o much smaller capacity of the Po'o Crounds. 7 123 series will be the eighth Giants' park. The plaved there in 19 in 1011, 1912, 1918, 1917, Every game of the . of 1921 and 1922° was played on the histoi’c fleld. The Polo Grounds was enlarged to §r= present capacity this year. The task was started shortly after the close of the 1922 foot ball season and was not completed until late in the present season. The work consisted of extendine the grandstand along hoth sides of the field and removing the old bleachers. This gave the grounds an additional capacity of some 14,000 persons. The Ginnts first started to play at jth street and 8th avenue back in than at the Polo fact that American League ved only | The en- | i ‘he same as at| An official of one ' ). and except for a short break in! 1611 have been playing in that vicin- ity ever since. The hiatus was caused by a fire, which destroyed the old wooden stands. Before the end of that season the present concrete stafd was built by John T. Brush, who was | then owner of the club. While th structure was being rebuilt the Giants played at the Yankees' fleld, at 168th street and Broadway. From 1913 up to this season the Polo Grounds also was the home. field of the Yankees, who paid an annual rental for its use to the Giants. GRIOLES AND BLUES OPEN JUNIOR SERIES KANSAS CITY, Mo., The Kansas City Blues, American As- sociation pennant winners, and the Baltimore Orioles, International League champlons, faced on Muehle- bach Field this afternoon in the first game of the junior world series. Four_ games will be played _here. The séries then will shift to Balti- more. The team to win five games wiil be declared minor league cham- pion. Managers of both teams expressed confidence In victory. “I will coneede an edge to Balt more in speed on the bases.” said Wil- bur Good, Kansas City manager, “but I believe the Blue pltching staff is the stronger, and 1 am depending on my pitchers to bring home the victories.” “I belleve we have a faster and bet- ter flelding team,” sald Jack Dunn, Baltimore manager. “We're about as good on hitting, and I think my piteh- ing staff is about on & par. So, all around, we should wii LANDIS WOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT NEW YORK. October 10.—Base Ball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, generalissimo of the world series, desires to remain in the back- ground of the 1923 battle. “Keep, me out of the limelight,” he told newspaper men. “The fans don't want to hear about me—they want to know. about the play and player: “Yes, it looks like a great series,” he chuckled, by way of a parting minutes 18 4-5 seconds. DRIVERS PARENTS PROTECT THE CHILOREN ON THE e‘lziir‘s‘ shot to que: . COLUMBIA OIL Cf ROSSLYN, Va West 1012 | i 1 f { Upper, Nailin Evans and Nall YANKS SHOULD GIVE THANKS TO RED SOX An interesting sidelight in connec- tion with the Yankee hurling corps is that every one of them first emerged to the limelight of stardom with the Boston Red Sox or the Philadelphia Athletles. Pennock, who led the American | League pitchers through the 1923 seazon. became a member of Connie | Mack’s Athletics in 1912, and remain- | ed with the team until 1915, when he | went to the Red Sox. He was ac-| quired by the Yankecs from the Bos- ton club In a trade last spring in exchange for several voungsters, Jones, called “Sad Sam.” played with Cleveland in 1914'and 1915, but 1916 found him with the Red Sox, | where he remained until 1921. The | Yankee tradesmen were busy again that year, and “Sad Sam" became a New Yorker. He wasn't at his best in 1922, but 1923 brought him back | o the top, and he has done every- thing in the pitching line, including a no-hit game against the Athletics and some others almost as good. Shawkey was a member of the Ath- letics from 1913 to 1915. He came to the Yankees in 1915 en Cols. Rup- pert and Huston began building up their star combination, and has been | a regular ever since.’ His pitching | arm worked exceptionally well this year. Hoyt was taken fresh from high | school in Brooklyn in 1918 and made a New York Glant. He warmed | benches for McGraw, and became a Red Sox in 1919. In 1921 he donned | leit 1o rigut: October 10.— !a Yankee uniform and was one of the | stars of the season. He won two games and lost a close one in the 1921 world series. He was more or less of an in-and-outer last year, but regalned some of his great form in 1923. Bush, a Mackman from 1912 to 1917 and @ Red Stocking from 1918 to 1921, became a Yankee in 1922 in another New York-Boston trade. He was a star_of stars in the 1922 season for the Yan s, but a surprising failure in_the world series with the Giants. Mays, with the Red Sox from 191 to 1919, 1920 season. HOPPE STARTS TRAINING. NEW YORK, October 10.—Willie Hoppe today starts serious practice in preparation for the defense of his world 18.2 balkline title. The international championship will be held October 20 to November 5 at Hotel Pennsylvania. ing pi he panese star. . the cigar i When a cigar is dry the first thing that cracks is the wrapper. For this reason I buy the very finest wrap- per leaf for La Palina. There is only one country in the world where it is grown. There is only a limited supply to be had. And I control three- fourths of this supply. The most important prop- erty of this wrapper is its ability to retain its natural moisture. 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The Capital boss asserts that the reports of his scouts indicate both of the latest acquisitions are promising prospects. “This fellow Joyce that we got from ‘CAPABLANCA READY TO PLAY MARSHALL twelve out of the first fifteen games,| HAVANA, October 10.—Jose Capa- he pitched for Bil Donovan, who blanca of Havana, world champlon thinks he has a fine chance to make | chess player, said he would meet good In fast company. He was !_"r]l‘k’fl Frank J. Marshall, champion of the through Improper attention it proved | the latter would meet the champion- necessary subsequently to scrape the | ship conditions. Bone. but he will be O. K. by spring. Marshall recently wrote Capablanca Vleo Moone, the other youngster asking for a match, and the latter is & southpaw awho |Said he had replied that he would performed creditably for the Greens- Play such a match if it were for the Do R eam of the Pledmont | World title and included the guar- League this year ang topped it off by |antee of a purse of at least $10,000 ville club of the Virginia League. in [ CaPablanca snd Marshall have not a post-season series, four hits being = the greatest number he allowed ‘.|;E:r‘;““ deteated his American adver- any one of the contests. Carr Smith, . HILLTQP NINE AHEAD. the young outfielder we picked up | from Raleigh and who amassed an| Slamming the slants of Shrieder for ten safeties, the Hilltops downed the average of over .400 for the season | in the Piedmont, told me that Moone Manhattans, 11 _to 7, in_a slugfest yesterday. ~J. Bell and Wesley led was by far the best hurler in the cir- being practécally the only on: the attack, each connecting for four bingles in fiv tempts at the stick. a right-hander reputed to have re-| markable control for a mere kid," | Grift sald today. “He has a lot of zip and a fair curve, but, best of all, | that he could not solve consistently.” | Griff, who is accompanied by S { tary E. B. Eynon, jr.,, and Dick Rich- ards, a Washington fan, was kept | busy last night and this morning | “fixing up” friends for series seats. | series, but that the Yankees “ought TO PLAN OLYMPIC TESTS. | NEW YORK., October 10.—The ex- | ecutive committec of the American | Olympic committee will meet here October 25 to decide on dates and places for the Olympic try-outs. The sailing date of the liner America, will transport the American Athletes to Paris next summer, will ‘g’o?z\r pocket you, not only a mild cigar with a finer flavor, but a cigar that is durable because it stays soft and moist. 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Ave. N.W., Washington TO BE NO GUESSING IF UMPS STOP GAME NEW YORK, October 10.— There will be no mystery or uncertainty about the situation if umpires are obliged to call any of .this vear's world series games because of dark- nes: was made known by Billy | Evans, senior representative of the American League on the series staft, Who sald every effort would be made to avold a_repetition of the occur- rence of 1922, when the second game was called without warning after the tenth inning, with the score tied, re- sulting in &n outburst of popular dlsapproval because fans believed there was sufficient light for play to continue. % If such a situation arises In_this series, Evans sald, the four umpires will - ‘consult at the home plate and make clear to the crowd any decision they arrive at, with the aid of the official announcer. This plan was dlscussed and agreed upon by the arbiters in conference with Commissioner Landis. EVEN MONEY PREVAILS ' ON BASE BALL CLASSIC NEW YORK, October 10.—The gen- eral inclination to regard the outcome of the world series as a “toss-up” is reflected in the shortening of betting | odds to even money. Several large wagers on an even NEITHER OF RIVAL CLUBS HAS OUTSTANDING HURLER Twirler in Opening Contest, If He Does Not Meet With One-Sided Downfall, Figures to Be on Slab Again in Fourth Game. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, October 10.—There was more speculation than usual this year as to the pitching selections for the opening game of the world series. Neither the Giants nor the Yankees has a star pitcher of the type of Mathewson, Young or Walsh, and the problem confronting McGraw and also Huggins was to pick a pitcher from his staff who would be able to repeat in the series. If the first pitcher gets through the game without being trampled upon and sent to the cave of the winds, he is almost certain to be called upon to pitch the fifth game, if there is one, and sometimes he has been called upon to pitch th¥ fourth game. Should it not be necessary to remove either pitcher from the first game except to make way for a pinch-hitter, it makes little difference to either of the managers which of their pitchers gets the call. A 4-3 game decided one way or the other, for instance, shows a wise selection of pxtchmg if both starters last through, because even the loser cannot be charged with a poorly pitched game. Joe Bush proved to be a bad opener | 38_something of a lallapaloosa after for the Yankees last year because|® fine scason. Then he had thrashed : the Giants in a_ world seri their yielding natures succumbed orld series some when their season's pitching prop|Jears before. = But Bush blew his broke off near the roots, Bush was It is easier to style a shoe that is pleasing to the eye than to make _the picture lasting. Florsheim style is more than a surface finish. “City Club Shop” 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 1318 G St. basis have been reported placed by ‘Wall street firm: \Lardner Picks ‘Serious’ Winner, But Points to His Past Record BY RING LARDNER. EW YORK, October 10.—Since the failure of certain parties to pay their bets on the Dempsey-Firpo fight the writer has been spending my evenings in lleu of anything else and thiway 1 have spent them is to eat’a few snowflakes and then make personal study of the 1923 records of individual athletes who will take part in what is joklrfg!y referred to as base ball's classic beginning today at the Yankee Stadium and winding up, we hope, 4 days later irregardless. The object of all this study has been to try out the winner of the serious with the view to collecting on same and might, state at this junction that whatever bets I have made this time has been made on a cash basis as I have give up trusting anybody, even native New Yorkers. How Conclusion Is Reached. The figures, combined with my own personal knowledge of the inside workings of the base ball manager's mind and the special eccentricities of the various athletes, has led the writer to the following nervous con- clusions: ‘Wednesday, Oct. 10—Yankees, 7; Giants, 2. Pitchers: Yankees—Chesbro; Giants—Rusie and Meekin. Thursday, Oct. 11—Giants, 6. Yankees, 5 (12 chukkers). Glants—Wiltse and Ames; Yankees—Pipgras and Catnip. Friday, Oct. 12—Columbus day. Saturday, Oct. 13—Notre Dame, 17; Army, 7. Sunday, Oct. 14—Giants, 5; Yankees, 5. Game called at the end of the 1st. innings to allow a St. Louis newspaper man to catch a train. The writer must warn whomever reads the above dope that I have not been uniformly successful in guessing the winners in past world serlous as 1 picked the Yankees last yr. and was amongst those that contributed to the support of the wifes and kiddies in 1919, but to upset these failures I grabbed oft & few dozen dollars on Cleveland in 1930 and in 1917 I win a cool century note from a N. Y. Glants fan aptly named Wise. So all and all the best I can do is guarantee that the predictions wont be far from wrong and assure fandom that the few mistakes I may make | is due more to ignorance than viciousness. 1 s Mrs. Dorwey Famous Fan. Have not been to N. Y. personly for 2 or 8 wks. on acct. of nothing to wear but a straw hat, but people who has visited the metropolis these | last few nights tells me that ‘more interest is being displayed than any sporting event since the Leonard-Dundee fight was called off. At every corner of the roaring Forties fans gathered in couples and alone last night and disgusted the W The rush of fans from out of town was so great that'some of the larger hotels had to put on a night clerk, and one guest at an exclusive Forty-seventh street hostelry complained that he could not sleep on acct. of too much coffeg. The police handled the situation in their usual way and the hospitals took care of the overflow. “TThe first party to purchase a gen. admission ticket when the sale opens this A. M. will be Mrs. Caroline Dorsey of Traverse City, Mich. Mrs. Dorsey has never missed a world serlous game and in her home town is looked upon as % witted. Mrs. Dorsey has been standing in line since the 14th. of May with the exception of the 22nd. of July when she had to run home and get @ handkerchief. Mrs. Dorsey is married and has 4 or 5 hand- Kkerchiets. “How many world serious games have you been to?” Mrs. Dorsey was asked. T don’t know, started because he was looked upon Pitchers: she replied. Leviathan to Carry 15,000 Nuts. Inqiiries was made of other persons in the long line but nobody could be found who knew how many world serious games Mrs. Dorsey had Been to. She is quite a freak. | | Today's game is at the new Yankee Stadium which may be reached by motor, subway or bicycle and for persons preferring the all water route the Leviathan will make hourly trips from the ft. of Desbrosses st. This craft has a speed of 27 knots and a capacity of 15,000 nuts. | Owing to a tailors’ strike I will have to go to the game in the same | suit T wore last yr. but am counting on the loyalty of the fans. (Copyright, 1923, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) EARL & Packed in Wooden Boxes- ment. A b Smarter, and stands up gracefully; their ' Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9th St. * © 233 Pa. Ave. S.E, {has 1 | important assignment. i they did not win first start and also his second start, the latter in a fit of childish petu- lance that is never likely to be for- gotten. All Twirlers Are Ready. There was not one of the pitchers of either team that was not fit to god Much rest had been given them all; too much, perhaps. It was Hobson's choice in advance of the opening gamo as to whether Huggins started Hoyt, Pennock or Jones, while with McGraw it was a tg;!-un among Nehf, Scott and Wat- son, The trouble always with Hovt I8 that he does not keep his ego tamed on all occasions. When things break well for him he is a world-beater, but when they go the other way the old ego is likely to break the chain and run up the flagpole in centerfield, chattering madly at the remainder of the world. _ Pennock is a_ fine left-hander, is a pitcher who is more likely to pitch ‘a beautiful contest after the parade is under way than in starting the procession. In other words, he does not possess the confidence in his skill that a pitcher needs to lead off. Jones is nearer the ideal pitcher in such a situation because if he got away with his first game he would be good to repeat. Nehf has had enough rest to bring a good game to an arm that has been less efficient this vear than last. He aten the Yankees before a has the necessary confidence for the In his case it is largely a question of control. Scott Hax Had Fair Season. Scott has had a pretty fair season, but his work has not stood out like that of Watson, who has proved to be one of the Giants' best pitchers in a pinch. McQuillan’s work lately has ot entitled him to serious considera- tion as a world series starter. Indications are that good weather will_prevail tnrough the series until it i prolonged to the limit. The grounds of both teams have been doc- tored to a nicety, although both dia- monds would have been better off had they had fewer shows on them. The Yankees had an admirably turfed in- field until the grass was rodcoed out of existence. Open sunshine probably will incline both managers toward curve pitchers rather than °d’ pitchers, for the curve is more effective in the sun and speed works better under the cloud: No longer is the winning of the game significant of the fi although it is a very desir In 1921 the Yankees won th games and were thra but. me, ble asset. first two d in 1922 and were an be made = first game thrashed. So the out of that so far goes. There probably will be a little more batting on the Yanks' ground than at the Polo Grounds. especially if there is an abundance of sunshine through- out the series. (Co AUTO GLASS FCR WINDSHIELDS OR BODIES. Tnstalled While You Wait. Taranto & Wasman 1017 NEW YORK AVE. N.W. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS WITTSTATT’'S R, and F. WORKS 319 13th. F. 6410, 1425 P, M. 7443 WILSON right, 1923.) 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