| OCR Text |
Show ALL IS READY FOR TK GAMES Series for Baseball World's Championship .Will Begin . Today. OFFICIALS A.ND UMPIRE DISCUSS RULES OF GAMES Two Teams Are in Remarkably Good Condition; 'Great Crowds Certain. CHICAGO, Oct. S. Ideal baseball weather is predicted for tomorrow and tonight every ono in Chicago who ever saw tho National game of America played is anxiously waiting for tho call of time tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock, when the Chicago Nationals and Chicago Chi-cago Americans will meet in tho first game of a series of. seven for the world's championship. Both teams are in excellent condition for the struggle and both are confident of victory. The pitchers on both the teams are in grand term, and both Manager Chance and Manager Jones tonight declared that tue losing team wouia nave no excuses to offer for defeat, except that the best ball .players had won. As to who would pitch tho first game, neither Chance nor Jones was able to announce tonight with any degree of certainty. Chance said he 'hoped Brown would, be tho selection, se-lection, while Jones said the man who showed tho best in the workout would bo the one selected to puzzle the West Siders. Great Demand for Tickets. So great is the interest in the coming series that many of the railroads are offering- reduced rates on their lines to out-of-town enthusiasts who wish to see their favorites win. Several hundred persons from near-by cities arrived tonight, to-night, only to find that all reserved seats had 'been disposed of three days ago and they would be compelled to stand in line .tomorrow and take their chances on getting inside the grounds through the general admission gate. Tomorrow's game will be played on tho grounds of the National league, President. Murphy having won tho toss, giving him the first game. Wednesday's game will be decidedat President Com-lskey's Com-lskey's park, and the next four games, if that many are played, will be alternated alter-nated between the South Side and the West Side parks. Should it bo necessary neces-sary to play the seven games, tho National Na-tional Baseball commission will decide whero the seventh shall be played. Betting Is Heavy. Down town tonight the various resorts re-sorts frequented by sporting men were filled with those anxious to bet on the game, and the sums put up are enormous. enor-mous. ' Tho biggest betting has been on tho Board of Trade, though in all parts of the city wagers are' being mado on the final result. Tho team representing represent-ing the National league are the favorites favor-ites at all the way from 8 to 5 to 3 to 1. the odds varying where the followers of one team or the otner are most numerous. nu-merous. Both teams spent several hours in practice toda-, and tonight it was said tomorrow would find them batting in the following order: Americans Hahu, right field; Jones, center field; Isbell, second base; Davis, shortstop; Donohue, first base; Dougherty, Dough-erty, left field; Tannehill, third base; Sullivan or McParland, catcher. Nationals Hoffman, center field ; Sheckard, left field; Schultze, right field; Chance, first base; Steinfeldt, third base; Tinker, shortstop; Evcrs, second base; Eling, catcher. Pitchers not definitely decided upon. Umpires Johnstone, National league; O'Loughlin, American league. Game called at 2:30 p. m. The two teams are in remarkably good condition. Tho Nationals will go into the field with their line-up intact, with the exception of Centerfieidor Sla-gcr, Sla-gcr, whose place was' taken by Arthur Hoffman. It is believed that Shortstop Davis of tho White Sox will be able to appear in his old position, which will give Comiskey his regular team. Who. the opposing pitchers will be tomorrow to-morrow has not yet been announced. |
