Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1929, Page 41

The Fa WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION ey Stas. T o] ¥ WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER "8;% 1529, PAGE 41 Grand Moguls Hide From Ticket Seekers : Mack’s Home Town Wild Over Series —By FEG MURRAY BASE BALL FEVER SWEEPS CHICAGO LIKE BIG FIRE Cub Chiefs, League Heads and Landis in Hiding as Disappointed Fanatics Clamor to Get Into Park Seating Only 50,000. BY WALTER est in the big base ball eve skies. Wrigley Park will hold some begin to accommodate those who TRUMBULL. HICAGO, October 8.—Mrs. O’'Leary’s famous cow caused no more excitement in this city than the present world series. Inter- nt has swept the town like a fire. The wailing of those who are without tickets ascends to the 50,000 spectators, but it will not wish to see the opening game. Mr. Wrigley, Mr. Ve®ck and all those connected with the ‘club have locked their doors and disconnected their telephones. Mr. Heydler and Mr. Barnard, presidents of the two leagues, have gone into hidin observed ticket applicants. For some reason, which seems been made slight favorites in the fact that the Cubs play the first t where thtey are at their best and The strain will be a bit less on the home team. Its players will know every angle of the park, and the crowd will be rooting fiercely for home talent. Theys is no neutrality out here. The manner in which pitchers per- form in a season is absolutely no guide 10 the manner in which they may per- form in a series, Naturally, each man- ager must start by relying on the pitch- ers who won a flag for him, but before the games are over other pitchers may move solidly into the spotlight. This series, like almost every other series, probably will be won and lost on pitching. And, as each team has at least three fine pitchers, I can not see, before the first ball is pitched, that it is anything but an even bet. From an advance viewpoint, it looks as if Cochrane, Simmons, Dykes and Miller might be expected to do fine work for the Mackmen. I should say that Hornsby and Stephenson would the most dangerous men on the Cubs, with Cuyler and Wilson also danger- ous. Cuyler is a great ball player. Wilson can fleld with any of the best and hits a ball fast and far. Like Foxx of the Athletics, he is weak on a certain ball at the bat, but, if the pitchers fail to put the ball absolutely in that spot, either man is apt to smack it over the wall. It is a question of style, and I believe that Wilson may be tough for pitchers of the type Connie Mack pos- sesses. Depends on Luck. The quick return from a pitcher is almost sure to be barred in this series, as it has made trouble for umpires more than once. If the series turns out to be as close as it looks, this will be tough ‘weather for the umpires in any case. One thing you might look for is the shoestring catch. At least once in every series some outfielder attempts a catch of this description, instead of playing the ball safe, and becomes either a hero or a dumbbunny, depending on his luck. There is another thing which is go- ing to count—Iluck. Tell me the'team- in this series which will get the breaks and I'll come close to picking the win- ner. If the series opened in Philadel- phia, I'd take the Athletics. Opening in Chicago, it looks like & 50-50 prop- osition. The first game is of tremendous im- portance. The boys who go out Ngre and play steadily, the ones who forget that every ball pitched, hit or flelded is wrapped in thousand-dollar bills, the fellows who keep their nerve and their heads, the money players, are due to become base ball champions of the world. Practically all students of base ball agree that a world series is about 70 per cent pitching. And experience has demonstrated that three good pitchers are plenty to win a serles. onnie Mack has won seven Ameri- can League flags. The Athletics won in 1902, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914 and are this season’s winners. Pitts- burgh won the National League pen- nant in 1902, but there was no series, 50 _this will be the sixth time Mack has led a team in the world championship games. Three times he has won and twice he has lost. Let us see how he handled his pitchers in the past. In 1905 Mathewson and McGinnity beat him. In that series Mack used Plank, Bender and Coakley. In 1910 he ‘beat the Cubs with Coombs and Ben- der, and the following year trimmed the Giants with Bender, Coombs and Plank. He won from the Giants again, in 1918, with Bender, Plank and Bush. The ‘Braves, led by Stallings, beat the Ath- Jetics in 1914 with James, Rudolph and Tyler. In this series Mack used Bender. Bush, Pennock, Plank, Shawkey and Wyckoff. So it seems that the only world series that Mack lost in four straight games was the only one in which he used over three pitchers. Losers Use Six. ‘That, of course, was before the ad- vent of the lively ball, but let us look at the more recent records. Last year the Yankees beat St. Louis four “straight games, using Hoyt, Pipgras and Zach- ery. St. Louls used six pitchers. In 1927, tie Yankees took four straight from Pittsburgh, using_Hoyt, Moore, Pennock and Pipgras. Pttsburgh used seven pitchers. There have been series where some- thing like 17 pitchers were used by the teams involved, but I think that it still remains clear that three, and certainly not more than four, good pitchers can Wwin a series. Both the Athletics and the Cubs can call on at least four good ‘moundsmen. T shall be surprised if the winning team 1n the eseries uses over four pitch- ers, unless it gets so far ahead in some game that a pitcher is taken out to save hip &r a future contest. If the Athletio, get away well, Mack may use only t'aee pitchers, as he has done so often pefore. That would mean Earn- shaw, Grove and Walberg. Ehmke, 4%uinn and Rommel look less likely bets, hithough if Mack won the first gune,l he might gamble on the second. Root, Bush and Malone look like the hest, bets for Chicago, but such pitchers as Carlson and Nehf must not be over- looked. McCarthy has a fine pitching staff. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- paper Alliance.) I MISSIOII;, HOLLYWOOD OPEN SERIES TOMORROW ; SAN FRANCISCO, October 8 (#).— Bua ball fio Tought over again today the nnal games of one of the closest finiches in Pacific Coast ung:e ‘history, glan while the San Francisco M and Hollywood Stars mapped out their strategy for a championship play-off here tomorrow. second half of the split scason yesterday by the margin of one game. The Reds, winners of the first hal ?t’ Even that valiant warrior, Judge Landis, skipping lightly from barricade to barricade, pursued by The Stars won the © has beei. a bit strange, the Athletics have betting. This is in spite of the 'wo games on their home grounds, have every advantage of position. Managers Are Unanimous; Each Sees Series Victory CHICAGO, October 8 (#).—These pre-battle statements were issued by the rival managers: Joe McCarthy, Cubs: It looks like a tight series and a good one to me. ‘You never can tell what will happen. I am making no predictions, but I would be foolish if I wasn't alto- gether confident of my club. It will hit, and hits will win the series. Connie Mack, Athletics: We are fit. Close series? Certainly. Two clubs will meet. Starting itchers? Not yet; I will not name im until this afternoon. The A's have played good ball all season and they will play good ball here. = “ATHLETICS” 15 0LD NAME ON DIAMOND Was Used by Philadelphians When Base Ball Was in Its Infancy. BY JOHN H. REITINGER, Associated Press Sports Editor. THLETICS,” the name by which the new American League pennant winners are generally known, is a proud and famous one in Philadel- phia base ball history. It awakens rich memories of grand- fathers- and stirs their grandsons, for the name Athietics is one of the oldest that has ever been attached to a base ball club, and lives today as famous as it did when it adorned the shirt fronts of base ball nines long before the Civil ar. Granddaddies still tell of the glories of the Athletics of their youth %e!on ball was placed on an organized basis and after it came under regulated control. They still tell of the stirring battles in the early sixties. ‘There was an Athletic base ball club in Philadelphia as far back as 1860. It was a good team, winning most of its games against local rivals. Musty records show that the “Phila- delphia Athletics” won the National Association championship in 1871 and the American Association champion- ship in 1883, when there was a great celebration in Philadelphia and In- [ records, but not from the club charter. When the present American League came East and fought the National League for fame and fortune and s club franchise was awarded to Phila- delphia, the question of a name was seriously considered. Lawyers agreed that the name Athletics could not be legally adopted and the club was called the American Base Ball Club of Phila- delphia, so that the initials would be the same as Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia and the team could be unofficially called _ Athletics. This awakened the memories of fans of that day and_the name stuck, Connie Mack adding luster to it by winnig seven pennants and three world champion- <hips. ATTENDANCE AT CUBS’ GAMES SETS A RECORD CHICAGO, October 8 (#).—Chicago base ball fans appreciated a National League championship team to the extent of 1,435,000 paid admissions during the fielder Harry Stovey and Pitchers Bobby Matthews and_ “Jumping Jack” g‘;’;;?;;’ attached to guessing lones were e heroes. With the end of the American, As- ngh,t"l:b! S sy sociation after the 1891 season® the | Wouldn't have cop) n thef name “Athletics” disappeared from the | Fespective circuits, but it is my ODD BASE BALL RECORDS. Ll THREW, A BASEBALL ANS WAGNER, John MaGraw “the great- called by est ball player of all time,” once threw a base ball the astonishing dis- tance of 403 feet 8 inches. Previ- ously, in October, 1872, John Hat- field had thrown a ball 400 feet 715 inches, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Wagner's whip of nearly 135 yards was made in an exhibition. If you don’t think that is far, try standing at the home plate in the Polo Grounds, New York, and see if you car to within 10 yards of the center-fleld wall, which is 430 feet away! Hans didn't throw a “lively ball,” either! After losing 11 straight games last -~ CARDINALS 2 LosT || cAames s IN A ROW, Imso —~ 1»:: Pr:sn-r K'- ILLIES Toshl P\ 2806 June and July, the St. Louis Cardi- nals snapped out of it with a venge- ance and won a contest by the score of 28 to 6, scoring 19 runs in the first inning and 10 more in the fifth. ‘Those “Phoolish Phils” were the vic- tims, their so-called pitchers allow- ing 28 hits. Twenty-eight runs in a nine-inning game constitutes & new modern major league record, the best previous mark for one club in a | game, since 1900, was made by Cleve- land, which scored 27 times against the Red Sox in 1923. Chicago (Na- tional League beat Louisville, 36 to 7, in 1897. Back in the dim ages of base ball, 1869, the Niagaras won from Columbus at Buffalo, 209 to 10! On September 6, 1883, in the game Boite (CHicAGO.NL. 1533) SCORED D RUNS N ONE INNING (HE GOT 2 D AND A HOME RUN MAA Tie 1929 St.Lours Metropolitan Newppaper Service between Chicago and Detroit, Ed Willlamson, Thomas E. Burns, Fred Pfeffer, Fred Goldsmith and Billy Sunday, all of Chicago, were each credited with facing the pitcher three times in one inning (the seventh). Only five other National League players have ever done that. Tommy Burns and Ed Willlamson each scored three runs in that wild frame, and, with Pfeffer, each made three base hits. But the eater glory remained for Burns, for he alone made three extra-base hits, getting two two-baggers and a home run! Think of it, being at bat three times in one inning, getting two dou- bles alnd a homer, and scoring three times! As Only Two Clubs Are Playing, One of These Must Be Correct BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor of The Star. CHICAGO, October 8.—The Athletics will win. It might be better advised to use the word “should” instead of “will,” but why temporize when there is no notion that the Mackmen are champions of a stronger loop than that which Chicago represents. Proof of that is found in the margin of victories held by the American League since the Fall classics were inaugurated, topped off with straight game triumphs in the last two series. The fact of the matter is that anything can happen in a short set of tilts such as the one start- ing today, and that the club that Ee s the “breaks” will grab the eavy end of the purse. I think that team will be Philadelphia. The A’s will win. BY JOHN B. KELLER, Staft Correspondent. CHICAGO, October 8—Wash- ington being an American League city it naturally favors this cir- cuit’s champion in a world series, but this time I am swinging to the other big loop. I look for the Cubs, National League champions, to cop in the annual base ball classic that gets underway here o« oday. I believe the Cubs will prove stronger hittersthan the Athletics, despitie the power at bat Connie Mack’s crew showed in the league championship season. 1 expect Earnshaw to do some good hurling for the A’s, but I have an idea the Cubs will punish Mack’s left-handers. Other than Earnshaw, I do not see where Mack has any pitcher to_check Joe McCarthy's men. But this is merely an opinion, I picked the Nationals to be pen- nant contenders before the sea- son started. And how poor was that pick? A, CUBS AGREED ON SERIES RULES regular campaign, s new major league d. n?l?l:e ‘mark fell somewhat short-of the 1,500,000 attendance record President William L. Veeck hoped to set, but was more than 200,000 better than the previous standard set by the 1927 Cubs. ALL GAMES SHUTOUTS In the 1905 series between the Giants and Athletics all five games were shut- outs. Mathewson won three and Mc- Ginnity and Bender one each. ‘The scores follow: (National League vs. American League.) October 9—At Phllld!lshll'— R.H.E. . 20001310 1 e 3"03000000—040 athewson and Bresnahan: October 10—New York— R.HE ..001000020-3 6 2 afllfi‘a‘u. (IO.BOOODH;II teries—Bender and Schreck; McGin- nlt'yt‘mel and Bresnahan. October 13—At Philadelphia— R.HE 20008000 9?1 ?éflll‘l} .0.03.'0 45 Mathewson and Bresnahan; Wfim{l reck and Powers. il tober 14—At New York— adbenes” ..000000 Giants . .. Batterier and Bresnahan. i, and Stars will meet tomorrow in the opening contest of a seven-game series 1o determine the 1929 pennant. A $6,000 melon from $he will be split otih60-40 Francisco_and the next three Angeles. If a seventh contest is neces- sary its location wiil be decided later. K coffers of the league | stop; felders, basis. The first --An three games will be played hlln 8an | ond THE PLAYERS. Glants—McGann, first b : 7 ‘base: Dahien, ond base D"""n:-'r‘&g i 3 . raw. etics— Vi, est Murphy; i Lave Cross. rose, thifa Dase: Monts elders, Hartsel, Lord and k! 5, G pibuctice, 1. and Sheridan. IN GREAT 1905 SERIES “Quick Returns” Barred and Umpires Will Discolor All New Balls. the Assoclated Press. HICAGO, October 8.—All ques- ( tions of base ball rules inter- pretation were threshed out! before the start of play in the BRUINS SEND BACK MILLION AND HALF Leaders Agree Season Is Too Long, but Series Is Great Seller. all parties concerned HILE admit that it was a mistake the stands for the world's series. The tions issued to govern the umpires. ‘There will be no “quick returns” by gl.';:han and umpires will discolor the 1s before p\ltunihtham in play, both in Chicago and Philadelphia. Conditions in the two playing flelds caused one change. At Chicago if a pitched ball st screen in front of the stand a base runner will be permitted to advance only one base. In Philadelphia if such & ball strikes the backstop or screen in front of the stand and remains within the field of play a base runner may advance as many bases as he can e. Ahflmmh the stands or a dug-out wi thrown to first or third base by a pitcher in an effort to catch i |a base runner napping will permit an advance of two bases, If a fairly batted ball bounds. into a stand on foul territory it will be & . | two-base hit. The rules as to interference with batted balls by spectators also wvere clarified. Cup Yacht Being Built. ‘The new °“‘“w'§f"§.'- yacht -of B‘l.l; Thomas ] ‘ May, 1930, and tried out and for racing in lish waters. The races :filrbeh;:.eld I‘nnslock Island Sound, off Newport, the ing September. es the backstop or so ey say that the Chicago club was forced to send back checks totaling a million and a half dollars. And the Athletics could sell their park out five times tickets, the season undoubtedly has been carried to a ridiculous length. The races were really over weeks ago and now the boys are able to go fishing be- tween games. This probably- wiil not haj agatn. Neither Bernard nor He is favor of dragging the races out beyond natural limits, but an extra Saturday and Sunday to an owner possess the fascination of jam to a small boy. Great Quarter-Miler. A. H. Young, star sprinter of Aidelaide University, has won 22 consecutive races over the quarter-mile route, and is said to be the outstanding 440-yard univer- sity runner in either New Zealand or Australia, . 5 TWO MAJOR CLUBS HAVE NEW LEADERS Killefer to Manage Browns. McKechnie Will Take Charge of Braves. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, October 8.— William “PFighting Bill” McKechnie, transient manager of major league base ball, has quit the St. Louis Cardinals to accept a four-year managerial contract with the Boston Braves. Desiring more of a settled managerial career in the “big show,” McKechnie turned down a one-year renewal of his present contract with the Cardinals to take the helm of the Boston club. Judge Emil Fuchs, president of the Braves, announced the change during the major league draft meeting last night. His salary was not revealed. McKechnie has had a strange career as manager in the majors. After pilot- ing the Pittsburgh Pirates to a National League pennant and world champion- ship in 1927, he left to manage the Cards. In 1928 he led the Red Birds to their second title in three years, but his team was routed in the world series and he failed to get a renewal of his contract, being sent to manage the Rochester club of the International League at the start of the 1929 season. ‘When the Cards experienced their dis- astrous slump later in the past season he was r led and replaced by Billy Southworth. Announcement of his contract with the Braves came within a few hours after the selection of Willlam Killefer as manager of the St. Louis Browns, s‘\‘l:cceedln( Dan Howley, was made pub- McKechnie said he would co-operate with Judge Fuchs immediately in plan- ning for a more successful year for the | Takl liking to catching, he speci | eral others since that time. PLAYMATES T0 SE GAES INPHLLY Brookfield, Mass., Where A’s|Seo Pilot Learned to .Play, Behind Veteran. BY J. H. LECHASSEUR. Woncmm October ting the stands at the 1929 world series games in Philadelphia this week will be a small but staunch band of admirers from Brookfield, the home town of Connie Mack, veteran pilot of the Athletics. Brookfleld is a little village a few miles west of ‘Worcester and it was there that Connie Mack was born and educated, and where he played his first base ball. Brookfield's delegation will be a small but vociferous one. There will be Dave Daley, Dr. John Clancy, Matt Daley, Bill O'Brien, Andy Leach, Johnny Walker, Fred Junior and Patsy Prizzie among the valiant crew who will sojourn to Philly. Gene Daniels, P. J. Daniels, John Lynch, John Howe and Harry Howe, who used to play ball with Connie before he was in the big show, will do the next | best thing—tune in on the radio. Homes —that is, those with radios—are being made ready to accommodate the crowds of neighbors who will congregate for the purpose of listening in on the games, and it is even rumored that the hot dog and soda pop concession will auctioned off to the highest bidder. Keeps in Close Touch. Connie keeps in close touch with the home town and every year writes to the Brookfield High School athletes, and invariably the base ball season opens there with a gift of base balls to the schools. That doesn’t mean that the base ball season cannot start until Connie sends the free horsehides— Brookfield knows better than that. Once Conniz forgot to send them in time, so now the high school saves a few from the previous year. Brookfield admirers, incidentally, are aware of the fact that a request to Mr. McGillicuddy would bring a number ‘of Annie Oakleys to the home town, bul not wishing to impose on an old friend, the village fans are paying for their own tickets. Connie was born on December 23, 1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGillicuddy. ~He was christened Cornelius McGillicuddy, but that was too long for the boys who went to school with him, and soon he was just plain Connie Mack. . Started Work Early. Connie was a small boy when his father, an immigrant from Ireland, died, and he was forced to give up his school- ing and go to work. He entered the only place open, the shoe shop in Breokfield, and there advanced from one position to another. He liked base ball and in his spare hours, played with amateur m?:l‘ ized in this position with the Brookfield town team and played so brilliantly that scouts from Meriden, Conn., went to Brookfield and signed up the 21- year-old backstop. 5 Connie remained with Meriden in the Connecticut league until 1884 and then went to the neighboring city of Hart- {g:flt.hlt ‘t’“dflto}: ;)‘;e]msurmu city e entere leagues by wa; of Washington in 1887. His {najoi league career—his days in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and Philadelphia —are too well known to even the most casual’ fan to need repetition here. So, too, are his managerial fea which include the winning of Philadel phia’s first pennant in 1902 and sev- Silver Bat Game. Once Connie played with the East Brookfield team, which engaged in a spirited series for possession of a silver bat. The big game was played against North Brookfield in 1883, and old- timers will tell you that Connie played a big part in winning for the East. That silver bat still reposes in the fire station in East Brookfleld, admired by the town's young and old base ball fans. Connie caught the game, &nd the last play was a North Brookfleld strikeout. Connie caught the third strike and tossed the ball to John Lynch, who has kept it to this day. When Connie quit the shoe shop for Meriden base ball, the foreman came to him and said, “Connie, you're mak- ing a foolish move. Base ball is for roughnecks and you won't fit. If you quit the factory hnow, I'm afraid I can't give you the job back.” Mack replied that he was willing to take his chances. “I'm going out and make some easy money,” he said. “I've cut my last sole.” With Connie, in his Worcester County £ days, was a pitcher who was almost as tall and slim as. the present Phila- delphia manager. His build was ‘so similar to Mack's that the two were known as the “shadow battery.” Perhaps the greatest day Brookfield ever knew came in 1883 through Mack’s influence. He brought the Chicago Na- tionals to town and Mack’s team was defeated in an_exhibition game by a small margin. The few hundred resi- dents of Brookfield were augmented by the country- thousands of fans from side, who flocked to the contest. | e Six Popular Pastimes. Cricket, Tugby and soccer among the | English; base ball, basket ball and foot ball in the United States, are the rec- Braves next season. ognized Anglo-Saxen contributions to the games of the world. | be | waukee, t, | with the Boston Br Cincinnati National—Earl Webb, out- | 1 fielder, from Los Angeles of the Coast |1 STANDING OF MANAGERS IN BASE BALL CLASSIC Name and Club. W. L. Pct. ‘Wm. Carrigan, Red Sox... 2 0 1.000 ins, 1 0 1.000 1.0 1000 Ed Barrow, Red Sox. 1 0 1.000 Fielder Jones, White Sox.. 1 0 1.000 Clarence Rowland, W. Sox. 1 0 1.000 S 1 0 1.000 1.0 1000 1 0 1.000 3 2 .600 3 3 .500 2 2 500 11 500 11 .500 1 1 .500 1 1 > 500 3 6 .333 Fred Mitchell, Cubs.. 0 1 .00 Donie Bush, Pirates ...... 0 1 .000 ‘Wm. Gleason, White Sox.. 0 1 .000 ‘Wilbert Robinson, Robins.. 0 2 .000 Hugh Jennings, Tigers..... 0 3 .000 Won. Lost. Pct. 15 10 .600 10 15 400 American League National League .. GRIFFS OBTAIN LONE MAN THROUGH DRAFT CHICAGO, October 8 (#).—Twenty- six players were drafted into the major leagues from the minor circuits at the annual draft meeting. ‘Washington got only one player, Pyle, a pitcher from Chattanooga. The complete list: Boston American—Bill Sweeney, first baseman, from Toronto, International League; Otto Miller, infielder, from Mil- American iation, and Pitcher George Smith from Seattle of the Coast League. Sweeney and Smith formerly were with Detroit, while Miller | } had a trial with the St. Louis Browns. Boston National—Johnny Nuen, first | baseman, from Baltimore, International League; Red Rollings, third baseman, from Hollywood, and Outflelder Bratcher from Denver of the Western League. with Detroit and Rollings was tried by the Boston Americans. Chicago Americans—E. stop, from Birmingham, Southern Asso- ciation, and Outfielder D. S. “Sheriff” | } Vim tl’l-l:‘ i 12— Se: previous was up : Harris from Portland, League. Smith had a with Washington d Harris League and Harry Riconda from Kan- sas City, champions of the American Association. Webb was with the Cubs at one time and Riconda has been up with several major league teams. St. Louis Nationals—Pete Fowler, pitcher, from Reading, International; Harry McCurdy, catcher, from Toledo, American Association, and Andy Mes- senger, pitcher, from Wichita Falls, Texas League. Fowler was tried once before by the Cards, and he also was with the Cubs. McCurdy also received a trial with the Cardinals and was with the White Sox. Messenger was with Cleveland. Pittsburgh Nationals—Charles Engle, shortstop, from Memphis, Southern As- sociation. New York Nationals—Shortstop Al- len, from Wilkesbarre, New-York-Penn- sylvania e. New York Americans—William Kar- lon, catcher, from Springfield, Eastern League. Wa, n Americans—H. E. Pyle, pitcher, from Chattanooga, Southern Association. Philadelphia Americans — Outfielder Oliver, from Little Rock, Southern As- sociation. Chicago Nationals — Pitcher Al Sheely, from St. Paul, American Asso- ciation. Sheely formerly was with the New York Yankees. Philadelphia Nationals—Pitcher By- ron Speece, from Indianapolis, Amer- ican Association; Pitcher Nichols from Montreal, International League; Pitcher Collard, from Shreveport, Texas League; First Baseman Jack Sherlock, from Missions, Pacific Coast League. Speece formerly was with the Nationals and Cleveland, ~Sherlock with Detroit, Nichols with the Yankees and Collard with Cleveland. Brooklyn Nationals—Pitchers Hollis ‘Thurston, from San Francisco, Pacific Coast League, and Faulkner, from Buf- falo, International League. Thurston formerly was with the White Sox and Nationals and Faulkner with the Giants. Detroit Americans—Outfielder Spen- cer Harris, formerly of Washington, {{:m Minneapolis, American Associa- n. HALLORAN IS PIN STAR AS POST OFFICE SCORES Boots Halloran starred as the Post Office team swept its set with Agricul- ture Iast night in the Federal Bowling League, 1,624 to 1,558. Halloran rolled -nsss set, his games being 111, 127 and American Security & Trust Bowlers took two of three games from Second | , Pacific Coast League, |1 1 r Nuen played 1912—Thire 3 1 Smith, short- . MAGKS FIRST, LAST SEVEN YEARS EACH Had “Distinction” of Ending in Eighth Place From 1915 to 1922. By the Associated Press. HE Philadelphia Athletics not - only have the best record in = league in winning seven pen- nants in the American Circib but also may soon have §Q! second worst record for finishing last Only the Boston Red Sox will have a more unenviable record for finishing in the cellar, provided they are last this year. Then they would have eight basement championships to the A's seven. A feature of the Athletics’ cellar rec- ord is that they made it all in a row from the time Connie Mack broke up his great team after the 1914 season through the World War period to and including 1921. Besides the proud performance of seven pennants, the Athletics also hold the fine record of having finished sec- ond more times than any other club in the league, being the runner-up six times. In all the years since 1901 the club has had but one manager—Cornelius McGillicuddy—but two presidents, Ben- jamin F. Shibe and Thomas B. Shibe, father and son, and but one business manager, John D. Shibe, another son. The club’s record is as follows: Won. Lost. Pet 94 62 54 3 ARRESTED IN PHILLY ON SCALPING CHARGES By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 8.—Three alleged ticket scalpers were arrested near Shibe Park yesterday for making persistent efforts to induce men and women purchasers of world series tickets to dispose of them, the arrests being made after ticketholders had complained to police. The men gave their names as J. Finkelman, Morris Peinberg and Edward Crane. They will be given hearings tomorrow on charges of disorderly conduct. Yesterday was the final day for world ceries ticket purchasers to obtain their seats. Shibe Park is now sold out, with the exception of about 2,500 bleacher tickets that will be sold the day of the Athletics-Cubs three games here, be- ginning Friday. Several offices advertising “world series tickeis bought and sold” have been opened in-downtown districts. In- quiry at some of the offices revealed that there were no tickets on hand, but prospective customers were told “we will have plenty by tomorrow or Wed- nesday.” Ball park prices for two reserved seats for the three-game series were $33 and a pair of box seats cost $39. Scalpers are asking $120 and up for a pair of reserved seat tickets and $i50 and up for boxes. They said they had no box tickets now, but would have plenty later. HOT DOGS CAUSE CUB SECRETARY’S ARREST By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 8.—Bob Lewis, traveling secretary of the Chicago Cubs, spent half an hour in jail early this morning, all on account of hot dogs. Lewis and Ray Kneip, hot dog con- cessionaire at Wrigley Field, were ar- rested by a policeman who asserted they were threatening independent hot dog “barkers” vending the invigorating frankfurters to the thousands of per- sons lined up outside the ball park waiting for bleacher seats. Lewis and Kneip were booked for disorderly conduct and released on their own $25 bonds. Ernest Cashman, said to be a club employe, was arrested for striking one of the independent vendors. He aiso National Bank team in the Bankers' League. “JUSTIFIES was charged with disorderly conduct land released on $25 bail. IT'S NAME" the favorite of smokers of Quality Cigars Mild- Rich-Tasteful