'Almost I "OLD SOL" ALL SECOND WOE Splendid - Weather C Breaking Cr< Pa i PHILADELPHIA, October 1olte?l for second. Murray swung hard at the ball and it i went fast to f'ollins. but too late to j get Snodgra.-s at second, although Mur- ] rev was retired at first. "Now. had ibiodgrass not got the good j start to second there would have hern & certain double play, or at least Snotl- j grass would have been retired. Then there would nave been no opportunity for Snodgrass to score on Collins" fumble. 1 consider that this play won the game for the Giants." Monte Cross, former shortstop. >ays the Athletic? have the greatest t^m he ever saw and that they ought to take font straight from the Gothamites. Missoula, in the- Union Association, has finally closed a deal l?y whirl Cliff Blankenship is secured from Pa it Lake to mansee the Missoula team next year. RED "H< tf"1 CHIEF m MDDXXS! /\ Perfect V SMILES FOR [LD SERIES GAME ruarantees a RecordDwd for Shibe .rk. the Philadelphia men will take desperate chances to even up the series. The players came out of Saturday's fray In excellent condition. The defeat did not In the least shake their confidence in their ; ability to finally land base ball's greatest ; honor. They admit a one-game lead in a shor* -series is a great advantage, ijut wope mai louav .? result win give mem an even chance in the remainder of the sames. The terrific strain under which hall teams labor on the opening day of an im-1 portant series is now over. Both teams played a cautious game Saturday, apparently feeling each other out. The players will go into today's contest with increased confidence and more chances will be taken on the bases and in the way of working inside trick plays ?.ach team has played its trump card in trotting out Its best pitcher atid the second choice men will today_be the leading figures in the game. Neither Manager MoGraw nor ManagerI Mack will publicly announce their hat- I lerie.s for today's game until tliey are' handed to the umpire just before the J game starts, but the base ball sharps who picked the batteries last Saturday. look for Marquard of the Oiants to op- j poso Coombs of the Athletics. If the lat- j ter players fail to defeat New York's j great left-hander they will be tremendous- | ly disappointed, for in their plan of campaign they counted on the wonderful Mathewson probably defeating tliem in j his first game, but have not figured Marquard would also turn the trick. Coombs, I j the "Iron man," who was the pitching! I sensation of the world's series with Chi-' eairo last year, when he won all three j games In w hich he pitched, is expected by j the home fans to lead them to victory. Meyers will, of course, catch for NewYork. while there Is a slight uncertainty in the catching department of the Philadelphias. Lapp, a hard hitter, is Coombs' regular partner, but It is probable that Connie Mack will again select Thomas for his generalship and accurate throwing. The New York i team has all the confidence in the j world in Marquard. He is at the top of his game, and the New Yorkers' point to his pitching record for the . n asnn which is better than that of ! Mathewson. The one uncertain point in Marquard is whether he can stand the strain of a world's series game He has never been through the fire of such an important event, but as he went through a grueling campaign for the National League pennant with flying colors, he is expected to stand the test. it? bender IN WORLDS' SEMES Has Splendid Record, But Shows He Cannot "Come Back." Almost as interesting as Matty's showing against American League clubs in post-season warfare has been Charles Albert Bender's record against National League clubs. Bender has proved each time to be ' a marvel in his opening game. Back in 1905 the Indian shut out the Giants and allowed but four hits in his debut battle. In 1&10 he gave the Cubs but three hits and permitted but one run. Bender has worked through four post-season games against National League clubs, but unlike Matty, all four were pitched in world's scries fl vl. ti ncr In thnua f Aiir nrnmnu u-n V>1|^. ill f V 1VUI ^?J?IVO, 1 ?? V each against the Giants and Cubs, the Indian has given vent to seven runs and twenty-one hits, an average of something less than two runs to the game and about five hits to the battle. There is no discounting the worth of this record. It shows Bender to be one of the steadiest and most effective performers of the game. In his two battles against McGraw'a | people through the 1905 melee the Giants only scored twice in eighteen innings and ran up but nine base hits in the two contests. One freak turn of Benoer's record shows that the stalwart redskin has always won his opening fight and suffered defeat in his second start, pitching much less effectively after his firBt great effort. This may be accounted for by the fact that Bender has never been able to recover quickly after a hard game or come back at an early date with anything like his best form. DPE" IN WORLD'S Veather ' PLAYERS ELIGIBLE FOR THE WORLD S SERIES Following Is a lint of plami of both the Athletics and Giants de- , | clarcd eligible to play In the games of tbe world's series. Both dobs have declared twentyone players. ATHLETICS. GIAXTS. Baker. Devore. Barry. Becker. 1 Bender. Murray. Collins. Snodgrnsa. Coombs. Merkle. Davis. Doyle. Danforth. Fletcher. Derrick. Devlin. Hartsel. Mathewson. Krausc. WUtse. Is* pp. V mm. liivinKKtim. i randall. I.ortl. Marqnard. Martin. lathflm. M or gran. MKiran. j Molnnl.%. Myera. , Murphy. WIImuh. Oldrinp. llrr/oKPlank. Drueke. strnnk. Hartley. ThonaN. Paillette. WILL . N01_ LEAVE Shaughnessy Will Again Manaae Roanoke Team. MAY POSSIBLY BE DRAFTED Thought That Best Manager Will Be Lost to Fort Wayne Club. Special Di*(>ai>-b t" The Star. LYNCHBURG. Ya? October 16.?Unless Frank J. Shaughnessy, for three year? manager of the Roanoke team, is draftee by Fort Wayne fOentrall club, be will remain in bis present position, for th? popular Tiger bead has declared in the Magic city that he will leave Roanokf under no circumstances over which he has control. Shaughnessy has given the Roanoke people the only ball team they have evet had. standing second in 1000, first In 191C and third in 1011, always having a team that has been fighting hard for first, sec ond or third honors. The make-up ol his club has generally been largely ol college and university men. some o; whom are now playing good ball in th< A class circuits. That Shaugiinessy would make Fort Wayne a capital manager is shown by his record here this past season, when he was able to set the pace for his team in practically every department of the game. This- year he hit at .327, standing ahead of his entire team. He was the leading base stealer of the circuit and one of the leading outfielders. The official averages, however, show him up bad in the outfield, for half a dozen errors, made while substituting behind the bat, are cha.ged against him as an outfielder. PSIiQ lichnncct' {c CI manuOiir X* -III > ??. ? i t? U. l ? ? IIV w* <11 bite the player who does not give him his best services, but as easy as one can be with the player who Is giving the team his best efforts. Should Fort Wayne put in a draft for Shaughnessy it would be a hard blow tc the Koanoke association, which would have to look a long time to flnd a man to hll his shoes. Harvey Brooks has been drafted by the Oakland (Pacific coast) club, and this crack pitcher will get a chance nexi spring to show Harry Wolverton some of the best pitching talent that has ever gun? from the Virginia League. Last season Brooks, though out of condition for nearly a month on account of sickness, won twenty and lost sixteen games for the locals, the team behind him winding up in last place. His pitching record was .356 and his team's .450. Brooks is wintering at his home near West Point, this state, and ought to be in good condition next spring. Ho hold? a record of having pitched two no-hil games in the Pastern Carolina League in 1010, when playing at AVilnilngtoi: under a Lynchburg farm. Pitcher Itussell. who has been signed r>j the Balunore team for a trial nexi spring. had a trial last spring witli th< Danville team in this league, hut wai let go for the lark of experience. Manager Laughtiu. however, predicted thai Russell would he it comer with a little more age. Victor .\ocorsini will be an applicant for a position on the staff of the Virginia League umpires next season. Aceorsini caught several years with Litt.W Rock in the Southern League and player several subsequent seasons in the Nut meg State la-ague before retiring fron the game. Vic knows (he game ant believes lie can make it as an indieatoi man..even in the Virginia League. H< is wintering at his home here. ; SERIES. 4 HT ... , y/ : -M ; . *y % F BENDER Assured Figures Show How Saturday's Receipts Established Record THIS YEAR. Saturday'* game, rec'tn.. ?77,350.0? j Player*' share 41,775^6 I * , 1010. Oct. 17 (first game) ?37,424.5? I Oct. 18 (secoad name).. 35,137.00 Oct. 20 (third game).... 38.751.50 Oct. 22 (fourth game) .. 27,550.50 Oct. 23 (fifth game) 37.118.50 Players' pool 70,071.03 IIMtO Oct. 8 (first game) I40271.M Oct. 9 ( eoond Kamf)... 41,884.50 Oct. 11 (third frame! 20.676.00 Oct. 12 (fourth frame!. .. 21,103.00 Oct. 13 (fifth frame I 32.173.00 Oct. 14 (sixth Kiniri 12,517.50 Oct. 16 (seventh frame! . . 19,677.00 Players* pool 66,924.90 1908. Oct. lO (first frame! *16.473.00 Oct. 11 (second frame!... 26,927.00 Oct. 12 (third frame! 22,767.50 I Oct. 13 (fourth name I... 19.231.00 Oct. 14 (fifth grame! 9,577.50 Players* pool 46.113.19 ! : scalpers_paH . Queensberry Indignant Over Base Ball Speculation. i YANKEES GOOD NATURED ?????? : How the Gotham Situation Would Be Handled in France i and England. 0 By the Marquis of Queensberry. : i (Copyright, lflll. by the Marquis of Queensbcrry.) 1 , Nt;\V YORK, October 15.?Friday was 1 tny forty-third birthday, and it was quite 1 like being at home to be in such an en1 thusiastic set of sportsmen as thronged * the corridors of the Waldorf. I might as Well haVC been at wlch, for saw 1 the same types of ^ WW an<^ once or twice - out of my chair to perfectly then : back as I remembered I was not in Xewi market, but in New York. I am quite sure that it is an established fact that the Americans are the best natured people in the world. They have just been treated in a most abominable way by the people responsible for the sale of the tickets for the world's series. The tickets , ] have got into the hands of unscrupulous i scalpers, who are not sportsmen, and ! who arc the people that do everything to degrade sport and disgust all fair-minded ( people. I It's about time that the whole question t was gone into. Time and time again the American public has been robbed, defrauded and fooled by these self-same people. Some gang of thieves must ex1 1st, and there cannot be many of them. L for it would be impossible to find a large number of such infamous scounorels who are willing to debauch even their own national game in order to fill their own 1 pockets. I have a sort of idea that they are not 1 Americans at all. At any rate, they are [ not the kind of Americans that I have ' been meeting during the last two months. for. bar the Hrltlsh Isles, I have never . met such a sport loving community. As I said before tho Americans are so good natured that in spite of it all i : they are going out to see the world's series with light hearts and smiling faces, , - and even those who are left behind are i philosophical enough, up to the present, i at any rate, not to kick up an unholy I j row. Shall T tell you what would hap[ i pen in France under the same circum- j . i stances? Very little would be said, i j Everything in France is done by tele-! puthy, but you would see mysterious I t groups at corners and much gestuilating : | of arms; also you would notice sly winks i tin- the gendarmes, and you would see i unite a lot of cavalry apparently out! t for an aimless airing. The sports would commence and the: Frenchman applaud * and also indulge in much ribald laughter, * they would fee their game or sport, and I get their money's worth llrst, and then - the fun would commence. ] ' The soldiers and cavalry would sud1 denly appear as if from nowhere, but j * they would merely sit around and gos- j b sip among themselves and the horses would champ their bits and you would , think there was going to be an intei1 esting police military parade. Then the j Frenchmen would get busy. Some wild man with a belltopper and a bow tie about six yards big would mutter some stiange oaths and shout "A has les controlleur de sport, noil 'un sliien, nous sonimes voices, etc., etc., etc." and with snatches of the ma.-seillaise intermingled with the latest Montmartre songs they would advance with one accord In perfect cohesion on the ticket otflces. The police and soldiers would all be looking up in the sky to see if there were any aero lanes about, and to make sure Kot nnno r\f ihftm the SD &d VllOfk *?V? C k??v ? ? - - , limit. Then, as If by magic, the ticket offices wou d fall to the ground. All the seats would he torn up, somebody wou.d produce a box of very smelly, very bad and very expensive French matches, and before Ion;; columns of smoke would arise to the sky and that would be the end of the sports arena At this moment ti e police and cavalry would suddenly discover that the wind was much too high for aeroplanes to fly, and that somebody having dropped a cigarette on the gra s it set Are to the October verdure, and ;hat there v\as some danger of the oitfsklrts of their beloved Paris being threatened by tire. The Frenchmen would become more and more hilarious, but they wouldn't waste any time. They would be looking forward to their aperitif hour at their favorite restaurant. Suzanne and Georgette would be on the lookout for them, expecting their return from les sports, and hoping, perhaps, that they had hacked an outsider at 1GO to 1, and have visions of wonderful hats and petites cadeaux. So Alphonse, Henri. Georges, Sebastian and all his pals would link arms. and. turning their backs to the tire, proceed joyfully to their trains, motors, six-horse buses *??? mt- ur?/1 li'Anrl U'Q V linmP di:u ii auio ciii'i ?? v v* v* * ..v...-, feeling that they hail done their duty and that they would enjoy their dinner all the better for havlg expressed their opinions in a truly French manner. The police and cavalry would attack the lire and a couple of I'm is fire engines, hidden all the time behind the grandstand. would appear on the scene and ;ho fire soon would be put out. F>ut Messiers lea Controlleurs des Sports would have to dive their hands into their pockets and draw heavily on their hank account to build up a new stadium. In Great Britain they would do it a little differently. The feHows with the tickets would all get in. but they would come with one concerted rush and every man with a ticket would bring a couple of pals and the gatcman, policeman and around keepers would be gently but firmly laid on their hacks, not hurt, just given the quiet tip to lie still. Tliev would get on tlie ground, fill the seats and the pals would absolutely cover the playing ground, and there would be no game that day?only some choice old English. Scotch and Irish music. The first song would be "Rule Britan for AIM NATIONALS' OW DICKERING FOR At Gathering of IV Quietly Pushed I Murray Co BY J. ED GBILLO. j Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA. October 10. ? The gathering of base ball men because of the playing of the world's series has made it possible for the officials of the Washington club to do some missionary work toward securing a successor to Jim McAleer. While the situation has in no way been cleared, and absolutely nothing definite has been done in the matter of selecting a manager for the Nationals, it can be said with authority that before any one else is considered the movement to secure Hugh Jennings as a stockholder and manager will have to fall through. While it has been conceded that the I chances to secure Jennings have always been remote, the officials of the club have not given up all hope, and not until they have convinced themselves that Jennings is out of the question will they cast their lines in other directions. It is not divulging a secret to say that there have been several conferences with reference to the advisability of having Jennings leave the Detroit team and become part owner and manager of the Nationals. It is true, too, that such a move is favored by more than one club owner in the league, because it seems to be generally recognized that to have Jennings at the head of the Washington team would mean much to the league, as it | ~ \ ? ?? ' '> VUlU UU IIIU'. U IU UUUIIl lilt? KOlUfT 111 Washington and make the team a drawing card on the road. Of course, much will have to be done before the club will have the privilege of opening negotiations with Jennings, but suffice it to say that there is still a good chance of his becoming the successor of Jim McAleer. Should the efforts to secure Jennings fail, there is a list of no less than ten names from which a selection can be made, and from present indications it would seem that Billy Murray, for several years the manager of the Philadelphia National League team, and at present the scout of the Pittsburgh club, would receive first consideration. It is, however, not known that Murray would accept the position. He has not been made any proposition any more than has any one else, because of the hope that something may he done to bring Jennings to Washington. ' There is as much difference between the system of conducting a ball team emnlnt-orl .Ksr Pnnnlo \T q ,.b urtrl Trthn \f p. VM "W,T wumuc *uaoA u ii'i uuitit ?r?vr Graw as there is between day and night. Mack is apparently only a silent witness j from the bench of what Is going on on the ball Held. He makes few, if any, suggestions during a ball game, but does a lot of observing, and whatever he has to correct or improve upon he leaves for some other time and p ace. With McGraw it Is different. Whenever there is a tight situation in a game McGraw leaves his position in the coaeher's box at third base, hails the batsman who is preparing to face the pitcher, and Instructs him as to what will be expected of him. Under McGraw the ball players follow his instructions. There are but few of them who are allowed to think lor themselves. In the world's series games McGraw has caused several delays in order to consult with his players. This may or may not be for effect, for the little manager of the Giants is always given credit for pulling a lot of strategic stuff. The absurdity of predicting that the Athletics would drive the delivery of Mathewson to all corners of the field was proven Saturday, when the Giants' star twjrler scored a victory over eenaer. Those who labored under the impression that Matty would be an easy mark for the American League champions were expressing a wish, not a prediction. There never was any reason for coni sidering Mathewson anything but a great pitcher. It is true that lie had the best of the breaks in his struggle with Bender, but for all that he gave a masterly exhibition. There could not possibly be so great a difference in the hitting ability of the Athletics compared to | the teams of the National league that i Mathewson would look like a star against j the latter and prove a dub against thei former. There docs not exist that sort 1 of a difference in any class of base ball. I Mathewson 1ms won one game and hej may win another. There are many pitch-1 ers who have just as much speed, just as' good a curve and all the other deliveries j nla." Probably the second might be! "Keep otr me t*ras*. men me owm would bring in "The Scots Wa Ilae Were Wallace Bled,"' and the Irish would try to drown it with the "Wearing o' the Green." while the Welsh would chime In with "God Bless the Prince of Wales." They would continue this during the whole of the advertised time for the game to hist. Meanwhile the players would be behind barred doors. Nobody would hurt them, but if one of them showed his head he would be greeted with cries of derision. The ^Scotchmen and the Irishmen would produce their own particular bran^. of whisky and do their best to tank up the poor Englishmen, and the fun would be fast and furious. The bobbies, those splendid men in blue, who I now how to handle a crowd as well as do your American police, would be smiling and waiting for the overflow of ia>r play spirit to work off. and wouid be admiring the size of their boots and looking at their watches to see when the exa^t hour of the rough but serious joke would be at an end. They would re use the whisky that the Scotch and" Irish offered them, because, like the American police, they never forget their duty: but I dare say some of them would have an extra glass of beer when they I got home. As 5 .o'clock struck the whisky bottles would he put away, and. with snatches of the latest music hall songs, the crowd would in an orderly way wend its way home after giving three cheers for the police and three groans for the owners of the ground. One year later, when the same match or sports were held, you cold hardlv see a policeman about any where, only a few chastened promoters J with obsequious smiles and a corps of ushers bowing all the people to their seats, to see a game said by all to have been the tlnest they had ever seen. I s ncerely hope that these few words will not encourage the American peonle to adopt e ther the French or Bngllsh methods. Far better take it their own philosophical way, and let the game proceed, but I am quite sure there is an American sportsman feeling in the air that has got to clean up all th's swindling of sport, and I believe next year we shall see the horses running again with your beautiful race tracks crowded with lovers of the sport of kings, boxing in the hands | of American gentlemen and freedom In its strictest sense ins sted upon. If the I cranks and funereal mutes who are endeavoring to kill sport arc only ousted and some of .vour rcallx fine American sportsmen put into power America will once again rank with her British cousin as v- loader in pure, fair-minded sport| ^41, # Meldon Wolfgang, the Lowell pitcher purchased by the St. Louis Browns, has been pitching in exhibition games at his home in Albany. X. Y. He wu not required by the Browns to report this fall. itic-Gian FERS QUIETLY NEW MANAGER Lgnates Jennings Is or Job and Billy mes Next. calculated to deceive a batsman, but nc many who give their work the sam amount of thought that does Mathewsor which, perhaps, mor than anything els explains his remarkable success. The chances are that when the presen series has been concluded the figures wil show, in a way at least, that the Giant and Athletics are well balanced teams at least outside of the pitching depari ments. Any time the pitching is anywher near even luck is going to decide the out come of their games. Both are good ba teams and yet their differ. The Athletic are no doubt the better hitting team, bti what the Giants lack in hitting strengt they make up in speed. So far as inside ball Is concerned ther is little to choose between them. Bot Mack and McGraw are past masters a the game. Both have the ability to con vey their knowledge and experience t their charges, and while their system may differ it will be no easy matter t decide which is the greater field genera But, of course, it does not follow tha because the teams appear evenly matche the series will go the limit. L.uc cuts a lot of figure in seven games c ball. The series is hardly long enough t prove anything, so far as relatlv strength is concerned. Marquard is slated to pitch the secon game of the series against the Athletic today. To any one who has not had th nnnnrtimlfr to crrt a fine on this DitehC from observation it will be no easy mai ter to predict what sort of an exhibitio he will give. Opinions seem to differ a to Marquard. Some say that he is a be> ter pitcher today than Waddell was i his prime, while there are those wh insist that he is a flash in the pan an will meet his downfall when Mack's teai goes against him. But what held good for Mathewso holds good for Marquard. He was a su< cess in the National League during th past season, as every one knows, and o that fact he figures to be a most trouble some proposition if he is in form when h pitches against the Athletics. There i not a great difference In the hitting abi! it.v of the twc> leagues. It can be state with impunity that the pitcher wh makes good in one league can make goo in the other. For this reason it seem absurd to predict the slaughter of Mai quard this early. He must have some thing or he would not have been a sue cess in the National League, for the gam is played there as It is in the Amerlcar lid die Collins will have to redeem him self for that error in the first game i he expects to retain his popularity. Hi great work against the Cubs a year ag will be entirely forgotten unless lie come across with some sensational work i the remaining games, and all because h was unfortunate enough to make a costl error In the first game. It Is astound Ing how public opinion changes when ball player Is involved Collins* errc brought forth the statement from som siitiri?A? that he had alwavs been ovei rated, and yet tho player never live who did not make error?, but it wa Collins' misfortune to have one happe when it counted for much. The loss of that first game was a grea disappointment to Connie Mack. He di not say as much or even hint how li felt, but it was apparent In his mannei Mack hoped to get a running start o the Giants as he did on the Cubs la; year, but he was disappointed, and h feels, no doubt, that it remains to b seen whether bis team can come fror the rear and overcome a handicap. Wit the world's title depending on four vlt tories out of seven games, that first gam is a decidedly important proposition. Th moral effect of victory in that first gam cannot be estimated, and the team wlr nlng it can go into the next struggle fee ing that it can afford to lose and yet hav a chance, while the one that met dt feat would virtually be out of it shoul it lose two in a row. In the game in New York Saturday th National League ball was used. Toda in Philadelphia the American Leagu ball will be in play. It has been charge that there Is a difference in the two bain though this is not likely. However. I there happens to bo an increase in th hitting today the old story will he it vivcd. That the American League uaed 1 lively ball early in the season cannot h denied, but during the last four month of the season the balls in both leagrue have been one and the same, dlfferin only In the color of the thread used 1 tho stitching. I THREE FOR SOX. Americans Again Down Cubs. 4 to 2 Before Record Crowd. CHICAGO, October 16. ? The large: crowd that ever witnessed a base ba game in Chicago saw the Chicago Araer; ?? J A _ AUI-J I _. can L,eague team win us uura succpsmv game from the local National League clu in the city championship series yesterday 4 to 2. Official figures announced by the rer resentatives of the national base ba commiss.on, under the auspices of whic the series is being played, gave the al tendance as 36,308 and the receipts e $24,552.30. Thousands were refused ad mlss on to the park. The sale of ticket was stopped at 1:15 o'clock, more than a hour before the game began. Doc. White, who Saturday opposed th Nationals and was driven from the box 1 less tnan an inning, pitcned spienuidi yesterday, hold.ng the National League, to six hits, while the Americans nam mered Cole and Mclntire tor ten, four o which were doubles. Score: Nationals. Americans. it.H.O.A.K. R.H.0.A.E Brers,2b.. 0 0 110 M'C'1.2b.. 1 3 S 3 Htn-ck'd.lf 1 2 0 0 0 LonL3o... 1 1 2 0 1 Tinker,as. 0 1 2 5 0 M'lu'e.rf.. 0 0 0 0' Sebulte.rf 1 0 1 0 O Bodn-.cf.. 112 0' Do}le.3b.. 0 1 3 4 0 Callab'n.lf 0 0 10' Skier.lb.. 0 0 8 1 0 TnehlU.ss 0 2 2 5' Hoim..u, out from his headquarteis at the Hotel b Wolcott last night, that, following the J, meeting tomorrow in Philadelphia, the nmiM immediately* return to Q V.UIHUH^D ve*? ?- v 0 New York and be ready to take up the i> ticket speculation scandal on Tuesday. 0 "We absolutely shall not wait for this championship series to close before we get after the complaints of the public. Vve shall go to the bottom of the mat ter now." was the way President John2 so" put it. President John I. Brush said he had done his? duty and cared nothing for the 2 criticism which was being heaped upon * the head of the management. He said it. however, in a fashion that made the win* dows in his apartments at the Hotel Imh perlal fairly rattle in their casings. r "I want to sum up this whole ticket 1 situation in the shortest and most direct fashion possible." said President Brush, : "and I say that if any one can produce j proof of connivance with speculators or ^ culpable negligence on the part of the New York club let them come forward | w ith it." Otherwise we suggest that they : use a little sense and keep quiet. "A week ago Thursday we had notice served on us that a world's champion11 ship base ball series would be played in this town. The national commission I served thi? notice and then ducked out j of town, leaving us to do whatever we could in the way of making arrangc* I ments. Since then we have had a force > working night and day trying to take . care of correspondence. We made our , plans for taking care of the public on the basis that the 'fans' who patronise base 1 hall all through the season were entitled f to first consideration, and we decided to i rill the orders for series tickets first. , This we did. and afterward began to tae kle the mass of requcts? for single tickets, s "We knew that speculators were trying i to get tickets on a big scale. I don't know how long Houston street is, but It ie T oday I i# I ' vr i fER"f * A H * y >nt and attentive service here. d ready, y-made." and a difference. e ready ? but they site of what "ready* laracter and quality. ! convenience ? but points of tit and ed. They go into the hour of selection vith them the perhest class custom j ^e in both pattern ; te in proportions j ?d individuality? ty- ^ j ovv the Calvert gar- j know the satisfao j here's no Clothing rorth while looking $20 to $45. 1 $25 to $50. me Cravat creations that > of color?our own concoterie. I JL /T> - iveiriL wo. 1 | F at Fourteenth. ~ WATCH LAUREL'S | ATTRACTIONS. I ? iv - nr?fl-s_ vtvt fl_ 5j| Hg Races MIS WCOL } ighbreds and three for the har- 3 ill not interfere with the other. 2 norrow. 4 $ lEacfe Afternwn. | itakes and handicaps most at- J . ^ (TIP TCATIIRFt I 21 21*411 21 VU A ce, with $1,500 added, on Octo- x andicap, with $2,000 added, on T R OPENS TODAY. | . SCORE BULLETINED. 2 must be twice as wide as Manhattan if all the people who ordered t'ckets from addresses there actually lived in the street. These letters came in by the thousands, hundreds of them in the same handwriting. All of them were packed into bundles and labeled 'suspicious.' In every case we did our best to prevent speculation, but the public has about as much idea of the work we had ;n front of us as a toad has about astronomy. For one week and a half all the people we could jam inside headquarters have been at work night and day, and there are lt?t},uO<> letters down there that have not been touched. "I don't blame people who were d'sap pointed for kicking, but the .-winding schemes have had as much to do with this cry of speculation as anything Per- ? sons who saw men on the streets yelling that they had tickets and holding up bunches of them naturally thought that the speculators had bought out tlv ? grounds. They d'd not know that about ! 5,000 of these tickets were fakes, and that tho.?e who bought them threw away their money. "The New York club has done everything in its power to give the public the best deal possible, and if the national eomrr.iss'on will be good enough to make an investigation we shall profit by it." CINCINNATI THE WINNER. Takes Four of Six Games With Cleveland. CL?EVRI.AND. October 10.?Cincinnati won the lnterleagme series to decide the championship of Ohio here yesterday, by defeating Cleveland In the second game I of the double-header, 7 to 0. , Cleveland won the first game. 4 to 2I Slv e-ames were Dlaved to'decide the supremacy of the teams, one at Cincinnati and five at Oeve'and. Cincinnati won the first three, dropped the next two and then captured the sixth. Cleveland won the first game yesterday because of the effectiveness of Pitcher Kaier. Keefe. who started for Cincinnati, was # hit freely, but Fromme, who succeeded him, had the American Leaguers under his thumb. The National Leaguers jumped on Blanding for four runs in the first inning of the second game. They batted three "N other pitchers, Mitchell, James and Baskette. hard. too. Suggs in the meantime pitched shut-out bail for Cincinnati. It * was his second shut-out victory of th? series. The scores: Cleveland . ?2 0 20000 0?4*.. (k.. 5*. Cincinnati.. 01 OOOOIO O?2r., 5b.. Se. Batteries?Kaler and O'Neill: Koefe. Frowns and Clark. I" uiplres?Messrs. Evans aad Itlgler SECOND GAME. Cincinnati 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 ??'7r., 5h.. oe. Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O-Or., 4b.. Oe. Batteries?Nueas and Clarke: Blanding, Mitchell, Jatneg, Baskettc and O'Neill. AMERICANS TAKE BOTH. j Second Game at St. Louis Called in ' , Fiftlf Inning. ST. LOL'IS, October !?.?The American* won two games yesterday from the Nt tlonals in the major league series for the city championship, 6 to 2 and 10 to A The second game v, as called in the fifth inning on account of darkness. Score: Americans.. ? 1 4 ? 1 o ? 0 0?dr.. Jb.. Nations!*.. O 0 2 ? ? ? ? ? ?*-5r.. Ttc. i" Butteries?Lake and Stephen-: Steele. Uan-?i and Bliss. l'B[?trM-Mosr?. Johnstone and Pe line. SECOND GAWK. Americana 1 1 SO :{?lot.. 121c.. ?e Nationals 4 2 2 ? 0? Sr.. *&.. ? Batteries?nHmiltou. Mitchell. Krtt<-beM ??i . , Stephen*. L. Laudermilk. Geyer nnd Bit*#. Taapircs?M'-ssrs. Perrine and Johnstone. ? A _ _ _ _