Show Mack Slips Team Into Gotham Good Chance for Riot at Game t t appealed d to tome 44 4 4 t. The he Glands Glnn III hn e 4 me me- menil nil n OS nN one of or the 4 4 club clish I have hn 4 er e er seen You buNt not KO go on oti 4 world trl ii In i 4 the tbt Athletics n a the 4 e. e Cuba wore vere nil In I fully full belle e 4 that and tin the will Mill 4 verify crU the faith glint York 44 4 4 huN bull In III them f 4 4 lonch president ot of the tile f 4 league 4 BY DY HUGH S. S Now York Oct 13 Over er Over OOOO seats have hac been sol sold more than more are arc read ready for tor sale salo and perhaps e wild eyed ld fans will wilt witness the openIng openIng open- open Ing In- struggle gle of ot the thu worlds world's series erles to tomorrow toto to- to to morrow o v. v Tonight In spite of the bearish attitude atti attl- tUlle tude 0 of ot the weather man every ery In indication indica Indica- lion Ion Is for fair tall and cool weather to to- to morrow The Thc weather man Is Inclined to think that chat some thunder showers howers and such things will Interfere with the pa pastime but toda today has been clear warm and sunshiny and the prospects ire are for a fair tall and grand da day tomorrow That the crowd will exceed all alt proportions proportions pro pro- portions known to baseball and excel anything ever seen In the history of the national game Is certain The crowds crowd subsided toda today partly because the they discovered ered that the great part of ot the worlds world's series tickets were In the lands hands of scalpers The prices a asked ked Bordered upon tho the indecent 1 I was of offered offered ot- ot fored a 5 15 ticket for L' L 5 and a 3 3 ticket tick tick- et ct for 10 toda today It is that wa way all allover allover over o town The public Is wild and sore The people hare o clamored and tou fought ht and hustled for tickets and the best they get s-et is to be bo referred to the ticket scalpers Just how the tickets reached the hands of ot the speculators Is not certain but the conditions warrant an investigation that may reveal cal a lot The papers down here are arc demanding demanding- an Investigation atlon and char charging all 1111 sorts of crookedness against tho the powers that be j Anyhow It Is certain that the scalpers scalp- scalp I j ers have the tickets but hut it Is rumored that the sellers seller have ha held back a bl big block that they will turn loose on the market tomorrow morning and put a n crimp In the tho scalpers that thc they never will forgot forget The developments de of ot the tho day were were not man many McGraw gave cave his men aday a a. aday da day of ot rest The fhe Giants assembled at atthe atthe atthe the Polo grounds this morning an and In Indulged indulged In- In I dulled In practice that was neither spirited nor encouraging and tho I Giants did not seem to think that the they thoy needed much practice The They worked I easily and for tor only onto a short session an anthon and then thon retired to bask In tho the white while lights light and have ha everyone e tell them how good the tho they are arc The Tho arrival of tho the Athletics tonight ht was one ono of tho the surprises of ot the series Mack had Intended to keep his team In Philadelphia and send fend them over tomorrow morning but changed his mind and sent thoin theta them to Now cw York lork to to- to night Their cOI coming ln was wag scarcely heralded but within a short time after their arrival tho the crowd around round the tho hotel ho- ho tol tel tolas was as blocking tho the streets f. and ever everYone every everyone one was striving to got ut t a glimpse or ot orthe the worlds world's champions Meanwhile New ow York Is wild with expectation The Tho fans tans are angry and bitter over o the tho manner In whIch tho tickets have boon been handled and that has caused something of ot a reaction Inthe inthe In Inthe the betting which today was wall at evens and 6 to C 5 G. G with the Athletics the tho choice There was a reat Influx of ot westerners west west- erners orners today tOllay which perhaps affected the betting f fen en train from tho the west vest brought a loa load oad of ot fans to see seo tho the series orles From Chicago perhaps fans arrived and most of ot them were lookIng lookIng look- look Ing lag for a little shade tho the better of ot It ItIn ItIn itin In tho the betting President Johnson of the American league arrived ed late Into in the afternoon and completed the quorum or tho the nat national national na na- na- na t I on at com commission in issi on The Tho commission held a meeting tonight at tho the Waldorf aldort Astoria Astora and promulgated the tho final rules for tor tho the series President Lynch and his associates had a da day of ot rest as the crowd ceased censed to bombard them with demands for seats and went after the thu Ne Now New York club which assumed charge e of ot the tho sale of ot tickets The New York club has had to stand the attacks of ot the crowd and today thousands of ot fans tans do- do 4 44 4 4 HOW TEAMS WILL LINE UP 4 Hauls Athletic 4 I core I. 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I t. t 44 4 4 ib c. c f. f f 4 4 c. c f 21 b f 4 Hurray r. r f Halter f 4 11 ii 11 Murphy 1 r. r f. f 4 nn InvIN ll lb f 4 ff f 4 Fletcher I pis Slurry s HI f 4 4 Meyer Meyers 1 c c. c Thomas c cf f 4 4 Mathewson p p. p Bender Dender p 44 4 4 Umpired Umpires JI Klem and Brennan f 4 Connolly Connon and 44 4 4 Dineen American I league ngut 4 4 H 4 4 tt 1 4 44 H 4 M 4 M T It 4 f t 4 I feel frel confident that Connie 44 4 4 worlds world's 11 III 11 f 4 vin ln The Ginn fire are a n 44 4 4 I am Din to admit but I It 44 4 4 t tb the Athletics the tb great great- r nt- nt 44 4 4 p eMt Nt that ZION hns o r CJ yer pr 4 t f 4 ed 11 In n the major 44 4 4 during lh the of ot m my clr- clr 44 4 4 cult II Johnson president 44 4 4 of the American league 4 4 H 44 t M H either their tickets or their mone money Tho The great danger daner of ot tomorrows tomorrow's game seems to be bo that the police fa facilities facilities fa- fa will bo be bad ball The fire department department depart depart- ment meat has hns ordered the Giant Glant management management manage manage- ment to tear down the screens in front of ot the front scats seats in order to facilitate escape In case of a fire Ire or panic This will leave lea the tho free treo to crowd the tho field In New York the city police ar are ar not permitted to enter the Polo grounds except In case caMO of ot a riot call and the thc club mu must t depend entire r ly 13 upon Pinkertons for protection Of Ol course this fits In with McGraws McGraw's plan of ot battle Tomorrow will sili be lined against the fences and fifty will be held In re reserve eno The mana management hopes to hold back the crowd until the thc stands are aro filled hued and then rely reh upon the crowd to police themselves Most of ot the dope of ot the series was as upset when the Athletics arrived II It was definitely announced that would not be bo able to play first base tomorrow and nud that In nil all probabilities he will not be bo In the series at all i Is heartbroken over o the de do- do He lie Is wild to play but the wrist that was hurt when Geor George e Mui- Mui Un hit him with a a. pitched ball Is s so sore and weak that he Is not able to togo togo go 10 on active dut duty The pitching arrangements were thrown all In the air It was announced an- an d from the Athletic camp that If It Mathewson pitches tomorrow either Plank Plank Plank- Plank or Morgan probablY probably will oppose him If McGray selects Marquard to start the Athletics plan to ito pitch Bender It looks tonight however that both teams are aro Jockeying JockeyIng Jockey Jockey- Ing for tor the advantage and that Connie Mack Inck has the tho last guess The odds are strong that when batteries batteries bat bat- teries tories finally are announce announced Mathewson Mathew Mathew- son Hon on and Bender will be tho the choice Mack Inck however mo may spring a surprise and send Plank to open the series anc and it was confidently stated by some somo of oC the Philadelphians tonight ht that Plank has shown hown better bettor In the l last two w weeks than an any other of ot the Athletic pitchers pitch pitch- C ers ra |