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Show BFFftBF 1 Five Hundred Persons in Line at 7 o'clock This Morning i ,. .- New York, OcL 11. "Giants versus Athletics at the Polo grounds," wn3 the legend that drew thousands to the opening game of tbe world's series today between tho New York National league club and. the Philadelphia-American Philadelphia-American team the pennant-winners I of 1911 iu tholr organizations. i A few, perhaps twenty-flvo porsons, camped out all night against the fences of the Polo grounds to obtain the coveted bleacher seats placed on sale this morning. Down town upec-ulators upec-ulators reaped a harvest and charged fabulous eleventh-hour prices for chairs In tho grandstand. Scores of persons appeared at the grounds with counterfeit tickets which they had purchased from speculators. They were turned away by the police. po-lice. Tho Giants ruled favorites In the betting at G to 5. though somo wagers were mado at evens. H The October sun beamed In a sky veiled by a thin fleece of white clouds The batting order of the teams, unless un-less there are last-minute changes, follows: GInnts Devorc, If; Doyle, 2b; Snod-grass, Snod-grass, cf; Murray, rf; Merkle, lb; Herzog, 3b; Fletcher, ss; Meyers, c; Mathewson, p. Athletics Lord, If; Oldrlng, cf; Collins, 2b; Baker, 3b; Murphy, rf; Davis, lb; 'Barry, ss; Thomas, c; Bender, p. Umpires Klem and Brennan (National (Na-tional league): Connolly and Dlneen (American league). By 7 o'clock 500 persons were In line behind the vanguard which had pndured the all-night vigil. Eight patrolmen, a sergrynt and a police captain had been on duty all night and there was no disorder. A col-lego col-lego professor and three women were tho most conspicuous figures in the long line of loyal "bleachcrltes." They admitted that they had been on the ground 3lnce 6 o'clock this morning. morn-ing. All the Giants reported at the clubhouse club-house In fine condition and Manager McGraw snldMthe team woultUalse.the'. diamond In its best playing form. The players were confident, but they wero not making any boasts. The New York playors cume early to tho grounds in hopes of avoiding tho crush about the gates. But they had to edge tholr way through tho waiting spectators and when recognized recog-nized wero given receptions that would have ended disastrously for tholr plailng arms had not the police Interfered. Mathowson and Marquard, on whom McGraw depends to bear the weight of pitching labor, told tho manager they were willing to work on alternate alter-nate days and felt ablo to pitch effectively. effec-tively. McGraw smiled and remarked remark-ed that Ames and Wiltse were also In good form. The Philadelphia players at tholr hotel had a good night's rest, following their arrival from Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. Connlo Mack, manager of the Athletics, Ath-letics, Inscrutable as ever, smiled most cordially, preliminary to giving n reporter his views of the series, and "sagely observed: 'ft will be a fine game.' Until the championship Is doclded, those who believed they wero treated unfairly In tho distribution of tickets may withhold their complaints, but apparently there is a reckoning in store for tho New York club's man-agement. man-agement. Tho Natipnal commission, postal authorities, and even the state legislature may Jnvostigato its methods. meth-ods. Weather Was Cloudy 'New York, Oct 14 Cool and slightly slight-ly cloudy weather is the prospect this afternoon for tho opening game of the world's baseball series. Early this morning a thin veil of clouds tompcred the brilliance of tho sun. It was superb football weather but ' a trifle too cold for Ideal baseball. The temperature at S o'clock was 51 degrees. n i |