Show SERIES OPENS TODAY Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tig Tigers Tigers Tigers ers Begin Struggle for Base Baseball Baseball ball bal Championship Detroit Mich Uch Oct 9 The night Ight before the opening of the game for the great I worlds championship finds both the De Detroit troit American league legue and the Chicago I National league teams in great shape shap and filled fled with wih confidence that victory Is to tobe tobe tobe be their portion Every Ever Indication Is that the opening of or the series at Bennett park tomorrow will wl ill be under uder the most auspicious auspicious cious conditions Baseball enthusiasm is at an intense pitch In the city and base ball baJ is practically the sole topic topie of con conversation COI hi in II hotels theatres cafes o street streetcars cars car anti and ant all public places Bennett park the home of the Detroit team is in per feet condition and Indications are that it will wi be filled fled with a crowd when play pla Is called caled at To 2 tomorrow afternoon cock The Chicago National league team tem six teen t en men strong in addition to President Murphy Secretary Williams and a num ber of newspaper men arrived from New York over the Michigan Central railway this thi afternoon They went to their head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters at the Hotel Tuler All Al of them except Manager Chance are In perfect condition for the game tomorrow Chance Hit by Rowdy Captain Chance was struck k in the throat by a while leaving the field after yesterdays game in lii 11 New York and the blow Injured his throat and affected his vocal chords so that he can barely barel speak above a whisper tonight While anning ing the injury will wi not prevent the Chicago leader from taking lila his hi place at first base bake tomorrow afternoon Upon pon his arrival here Captain Chance called caled In a throat specialist and his throat hrat was under treat treatment treatment treatment ment during the late afternoon and even evening evenIng evenin ing in Pitchers Brown and were also buffeted about in the attack on the 1 Chicago players pla ers after the game yesterday but did not receive hurts of any conse consequence consequence consequence quence quence I The boys bo s are In fine shape hape said Cap tain tam Chance and I feel confident that we can win another worlds words series from Detroit However I am not looking for any such victory as we had last year team tem Is too fast to suffer such sucha a defeat again But we feel that hat we can boat beat bet them Either Overall Ov ral or Reulbach will open the series tomorrow afternoon probably Reulbach if he warms up well Murphy Is Confident President Charles Chares W Murphy of the Chicago o club repeated Captain Chances statements statement about the condition of the thet team t am We Ye are arc In splendid form farm he said and will wi open the series seres with every ee confidence When en told of the statement issued to tonight tonight tonight night by John T Brush of the New York club denying that the alleged tie game between New York and Chicago would be taken into the United States State court Mr Murphy said that the report was too ridic ridiculous ridiculous ulous to need any denial Manager Hugh Jennings had his Amen Ameri American Amerlean can ean league champions on the field at Ben Bennett Bennet Bennett nett net park all aU the morning giving them their final practice for the first of the games gaines which mean so much to them To Tonight Tonight Tonight night he said sid that his entire entre team was in satisfactory shape He said of Shortstop OLeary Leary 0 who has been out of or the game Iame for several weeks that his hi injured thumb is well wel enough so that it I will 1 not trouble him tomorrow Catcher Schmidt has a abad abad abad bad the game finger but it will not out of or orthe Killian Kilan or Donovan The pitching choice for tomorrow lies les between betwee Killian and Donovan said Man Ian Manager Manager ager agel Jennings this evening with the probability favoring Killian We e are go going goIng going ing into the fight for the worlds words cham chain championship championship filled fied with confidence Our last game with the Chicago American league team which gave us the championship of our league showed me that I still sti have havethe havethe havethe the gamest and fastest team in modern baseball Within two hours after the reserved r ered seat sale was as opened this morning at Ben Bennett Bennet Bennett nett net park every reserved seat for Satur Saturdays days das game was sold and there were still sti hundreds hu of men in line lne waiting to secure the coveted co admissions Circus seats which will wi accommodate spectators spectators arrived at Bennett park today from Chi Chicago Chicago cago cage and a large force of carpenters put them in place this afternoon under the supervision of architects These seats ex extend extend extend tend completely around arund the outfield from the third base line lnE to the pavilion in right field President F J Navin stated to tonight tonIght night nl ht that he will il have hac seats scab for from I to GO people tomorrow and that the Ue demand for tickets Indicates that they will vill all aJ be filled fied Big Crowd Expected s The sale of general admission tickets will open at 9 tomorrow morning and Is thought that daylight will wi find hundreds of waiting applicants for them lined up before he fore the ticket windows Weather eather predictions tonight are for splendid baseball weather wather tomorrow with witha a bright sun to temper the crisp autumn air Telegrams of congratulations x on n his vic victory victory victory tory in the American league continue to come to Manager Jennings Manager John McGraw of the New X w York Giants former teammate and close ose friend of Jennings telegraphed him as follo fols ws today If U justice had been he n do doi vou vu playing it off with th Giants Giant now My I hearty heary congratulations May aJ you always prosper as you have hae this year The hotels are rapidly filled fied this even een Ins Ing with baseball enthusiasts sporting writers and officials from all al over oer the j country countr The members of the national j commission which has charge of or the worlds series arrived tonight at the Ho Hotel Hotel tel from Cincinnati They will viiI wi hold a meeting tomorrow morning to arrange final details for the games The umpires will wi be Sheridan and Con Connolly Connol folly nolly nol of or the American and ODay ODar and Klem of the Nationals |