Show Salt it Lake e Becomes Baseball Mad a Over Championship Games r Although Salt Lake City is ie many hundred hundreds hun hun- dr dred of ot miles from New York and Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia where the th worlds world's series baseball baseball base base- ball Iball games between the Giants and tho the Athletics are being played Interest in the contests probably Is quite Quito as pronounced here as AS' AS it is in New York or elsewhere Inthe in inthe inthe the country For the tho last laet month little but the worlds world's series fierieR has b be been en n tho the topic of or discussion lon among amonS' members member of the sporting fraternity o of Salt Bait Lake and In many mony of the cigar stor stores store hotel lobbies and barber buber shops which are lUe generally the tho dope centers many substantial wagers have been made on tho final outcome o of tho the series or that on individual games Philadelphia at present is the favorite favorito in the betting but small mall odds are ara being offered Many pf of the Ute wl wise e ones arc aro o of tho the opinion that McGraw McGrow has something up his sleeve and intends Intend to B surprise Connie Mack when tho tIm la latter is 18 not looking A visit to tho the hotel lobbies during the morning is well worth while Many Man of or orthe the traveling men either cither live In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York or represent firms Inns which are located at that city To them ever everything looks like Uke Now New York that is after aCtor McGraw gets ets l Ills his s swing s They Thoy aro are I loyal oa 1 to the time Giants and are making wagers whenever they can that the New York team will finally come out tho the winners of the series series' And again there are ue several from Gotham who havo have dropped considerable money on the first and third games ames and have switched to Philadelphia in the tho hope of ot getting some ome of or their money back Many MonY of ot tho the traveling fraternity from New Nen York who ho are at local hotels have Joined forces forces' and have pots At one hotel before the series was one the amount in one pot Th The Philadelphia contingent which la is composed o of peddlers peddlers peddlers ped from rom the Quaker town and others from other large eastern cities lost notime no notime time in tn covering the tho pot Arguments and discussions in tho lobbies lob lob- bies during the mornings come so 60 fast fasl that but little attention Is paid when one backer of ot elthor eithur McGraw or 01 Mack becomes excited and talks a little too loudly The clerks being fans tans too overlook the excited ex excited ex- ex cited parts of or the discussions and Join in and voice their opinions BaIt Salt Lake City Judging from the thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands who have gathered in front of THE TILE TELEGRAM office to hear the details of or the tho games which are arc flashed direct ct to this paper taper 1 by ty the Associated Press is worlds series aeries mad When a a. score Is made or a n. clever pIa play is pulled of off the crowd cheers cheer and makes Just a as much noise that Is comparatively speaking as the crowds which occupy the tho stands and bleachers In Philadelphia and New York Tho The crowds which have assembled in front of ot THE TELEGRAM I office are larger than any other gathering to hear the returns Local women show a 8 keen Interest in the outcome of ot the series and of at each game Yesterday morning during the snowstorm one telephoned THE TELEGRAM TELE TELE- GRAM and asked if the weather would interfere with the playing of the game When the series Is over oer and the best team m wins Ins ins there will he ho man many disappointed tans fans and on tho the other hand rond quite a few of the ones who will wm say I tol told 1 you OU so 80 |