Show Y Yanks Rate I 2 1 Odds For Series By JACK CUDDY United Unfed Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK Sept 24 UP UP- UP Ancient Jack Doyle a bespectacled bespectacled little man man was almost engulfed by the huge brown leather eather chair as he sat in his hoel hotel hotel ho- ho tel el suite waiting for the phone to 0 ring Wednesday night Doyle Broadways Broadway's price-maker price on sports events for 36 years had hada a pad of paper in his lap and he drummed a sharpened freshly-sharpened pencil pencil pen pen- cil cli on the chair arm The phone rang The withered wither d little ittle man listened attentively He said Thanks very much and hung up Then he repeated the phone Jhone message to the reporter The Cards beat the Reds 4 to 2 He did some lightning calculations calculations ions on his pad Well he said that almost puts St. St Louis in It makes the price 10 to 1 against Brooklyn winning the pennant These closing games are awfully important If the Cards had lost tonight the price against Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn would be only about 3 to 1 The reporter said those figures were interesting but could Mr Doyle please give him the world series prices The little Irishman gould could indeed In fact he already had figured them i The price will be 1 to 2 against the Yankees winning the series whether they play the Cards or Dodgers Doyle said And it'll I be 8 5 against either St. St Louis Louisor or Brooklyn winning I The reporter interpreted these book prices to mean in the language language lan lan- lan lan-I guage of informal street betting that the Yanks will be what is is' familiarly known as 16 to 5 favorites favorites favorites fa fa- fa- fa against either National league outfit Of course you cant can't get a price like that against a book But how come Doyle rates the Cards or the Dodgers on a par paras paras paras as a series opponent The price- price maker explained Regardless of what the Cards or Dodgers have done at various stages of the campaign they are areat areat areat at potentially even strength now just as they were at the beginning of the season As I recall my opening pennant prices in April were 6 to 5 against Brooklyn repeating repeating repeating re re- re- re for the flag and 13 to 10 against St. St Louis Louts winning Those were mighty close figures St Louis got off to a slow start and then came on in the stretch while the Dodgers slowed up But still considering all factors factors fac lac tors theres there's little to choose be between between be be- tween the two clubs as a world series opponent for the Yanks I have spent several days analyzing analyzing ing the Yanks Cards and Dodgers ers from ers from all angles I could give you this analysis in carefully carefully carefully care care- fully chosen words but it would all add up to the same thing If the Cards take the pennant as they now seem destined to do Doyle said the bookmakers probably probably probably ably would offer 6 to 5 against St. St Louis winning the opening game from the Yanks and that the bookies probably would take i 7 to 5 He said eaid th the opening-game opening price against the Cards naturally would be shorter than the series price because of the virtual certainty certainty certainty that Billy Southworth would send big Mort Cooper to the mound in the initial contest The price will be about 5 to 1 against the Yanks winning the series in four straight engagements engagements engage engage- ments and about 12 to 1 against the Cards doing likewise |