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Show 1 Wood and Mathewson! To Open Big Battle : I Outlook Is That Famous Twirlers Will Be Selectee for Today's Struggle; Attendance Promises I to Be Largest in History. f By R. W. Lardner. By International News Service. N-T2V YORK. Oct. 7. Howard Emerson Em-erson Wood, alias "Joe." and Christy Mathewson. alias . "Big Six." were the persons most talked about in this big city to-nighl. to-nighl. Of course there was a lot or conversation about. "Red Phil. ' Jack Zellg. "Lcftv Louie." "Dago" Frank and "Gyp the Blood." but none of these parties was considered as a possibility in the world's scrle. and the world s series Is even more prominent here tonight to-night than the Rosenthal murder or the ex Ira charge on butter and bread at holel meals. ... There are New York fans who Insist that Charles Jeff Tcsrcau will pitch tomorrow's to-morrow's game for the Giants. Perhaps he will, but tho people who know Mc-Graw's Mc-Graw's methods and superstitions think Mattv will bo the New York guy when the Giants trot out on the field for the first game tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Mathewson has had the privilege of taking tak-ing part in two world's sorlc.s. in J00t ho pitched tho first gnmo against the Athletics and won If. He repeated that triumph last fall. Big1 Advantage in First. To be sure, the Macks won the 1011 series, but that doesn't figure much with McGraw. The first came counts for a whole lot. Tho winner of that game has a big advantage, as shown by the outcome out-come of the scries In 1900. 11)03, 1000 and 1010. New York Is praying that the present weather will continue. Xobody could aak for a better biand than was handed out todav. IL was the sort that makes overcoats over-coats uncomfortable and sweaters a Joke. Lam year the world's series was fought under most discouraclng conditions. Tt was warm the first day. to bo sure, but there was always a threat of rain, anel the rain made good for six days In succession, suc-cession, killing most of the interest In baseball's biggest event and discouraging the folks that came from the west, south and north to sec the doings. The prophets were encournglng. They said that the present sunshine would continue and that tomorrow's weather would be the best ever handed out for tho opening day of a world's series. Red Sox Arrive. The Red Sox blew Into town this afternoon. after-noon. They put up at Brctton Hall. This hotel is comparatively near tho Polo grounds, fortv blocks closer to tho battleground battle-ground than the hostelry usually patronized patron-ized by American league teams In New York. The entire Stahl gang was brought along, In spite of the fact that only one game will be played hero before the Boston end of the scries opens. John Heydlcr. one citizen of New York who can bo relied or. to tell the truth, informed us that all the reserved scats at tho Polo grounds bad been sold out and that tomorrow's attendance would beat all recent seasons. That's a sweeping sweep-ing statement, for It means that tho crowd tomorrow will beat the oS.OOO crowd that saw the game between the Giants and Athletics Inst fall. Newspaper Men to Score. The National commission, that Is, the western members of It, Herrmann and Jolui.-on. arrived today. There was no meeting, but one was promised for tomorrow to-morrow morning. Tli hasoball writers met this forenoon and wore handed tickets and berths to Boston on a special train tomorrow night. loiter, at a meeting, meet-ing, tho scribes elected Sid Mercer of New York and Herman Nlckerson of Boston as official scorers for the series. Thoir scores are to bo recognized as the official ones In preference to thoco of the National commission's representatives. representa-tives. I There was an exhibition game at the Polo grounds this afternoon. The Giants J;l I and Yankees were booked to take part I but most of the National league champions cham-pions were kept on the ben-h for fear ol injuries. The contest was a benefit aU fair. i Red Sox Favorites. The betting bore tonight was 10 to 8, with the Red Sox favorites. Llttli wagering was done, for the New Yorker although they consider their team th best In the world, wore holding out foi better odds and the Boston bugs won unwilling to yield. ; Players on both teams were onfident "I don't sec how we an l -se " qaotl Larry Doyle, winner i.f ihe I'hnlmon trophy. "We have the heeler club a rft the better pitchers. We are slrongei than we were last year and we intidi the Athletics hustle. I'm s ite the ci Sox arc no better than Mack's tenn was last fall. I will admit that we wen licked by a superior club, hut I lirmlj believe we aro much Improved and can't seo whete the Rcilon team hfti anything on the bunch representing Philadelphia in 1011. ".Moreover, we have the advantage w experience in one world's series, ani that ought to help." Speaker Speaks Briefly. j Mr. Speaker, who is the most populai party In Boston a? well as the most val nable ball player In the possession 61 Jim McAlccr, was not in a talkatlvi mood. He relieved "himself of ju&t on short paragraph on the all-lmportah subject, as follows: f "I've never seen a better ball Iran than the one we have. We may be beat en. but I don't sec how it's possible." The Chalmers automobile, awarded U Doyle as the most valuable man to hli chin in the National league, will be pr; sonted to the Giants' captain before to morrow's game. Local hotels are crowded to their ca pacity. Everyone wants to see thn firs game, and there will be probably a: many folks from out of town as inhab' Hants of the city present when the scrlei starts. The umpires. O'Loughlln. Evans. Rlglai and Idem, will meet with the Natlonfl( commission members tomorrow momlni to talk over the rule3. je v |