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Show (WORLD'S TITLE TO OEM Championship Scries Between Chicago and Philadelphia Will Be Played Soon. H FIRST GAM 15 SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 IS Opening Contest. Between Great I Teams Will Be Held at Shibc Kg Park, Philadelphia. H CINCINNATI. Oct. 3. Fate played its fit part, hero today at the. meeting of the H national commission when ihc toss or a m coin decided that the first panic for the II -world's baHcb?i 11 championship hetwocn 3I Philadelphia, Iho American league cham- H pious, and Chicago. poniiHiil winner of 51 tho. National lonpnc. would bo played in m Philadelphia. A few moment:; later the H commission announced that the contests M would begin at 2 p. ni. Monday. October D 17 It. has always boon a superstition M that t he team winning the toss lor l he m first game loses the scries. For this m reason". President Murphy of Chicago was m not much downcast when President. Ben B Shibc of Philadelphia called tho turn of M a. half-dollar today. 19 The scries will be played off ua fol- lows: ... , . IB First game. Monday, October 17. at m Philadelphia. , , , . II Second game, Tuesday, October Is, at H Philadelphia. M Wednesday, October 1?. train trip from M Philadelphia, to Chicago. M Third game, Thursday, October -0, at m Chicago. n ' , . H Fourth game, I' riday, October -l, at B Chicago. Jf Other Arrangements. S In case other games arc required to settle supremacy, a. Ilfth game will be i)laved October 22. niter a hurried run i in H a special train from Chicago to Phlla- U dclphia, and in easo another game Is re- f oulrod, auotlicr hurried run In a special S train will be made from Philadelphia to H Chicago In time to play the sixth gamo B in Chicago, Sunday, October 23. K If the series should not be settled by m this time the place of playing tho second W gamo will be determined 'by tho toss of if a coin. , , H The umpires for the big series will be RIglcr and O'Day for the National league a and Connolly and Sheridan for the K American league. Chicago National League Ohio. W Tho players eligible to take part are; Archer, Beaumont, Brown, Cole, m Chance, Evors. Foxcn. Hoffman. Kling, Kane. Mclntyrc. Needham, Overall, Pfelffer. Pfeisler. KIchle. Reulbach. Sheckard, Steinfeldt. Schulte, Tinker, I "Weaver, Zimmerman. Philadelphia American Loagna Glub. Atkins, Bender. Barry. Baker, Coombs. Collins, Donohuc, Dygert, Davis. Derrick. Housor. Harlsell, Krause, Lapp. Llvlng- Islone, Lord. Aiorgan, .Murpiiy, lucmius, Oldrlug, Plank, Thomas. Struck. The scorers selected arc Francis Rlch-ter Rlch-ter of Philadelphia and Taylor Spink of St- Louis. John Ileydler. secretary to President Lynch of the National league, and Robert Rob-ert Me Roy, secretary to President Johnson John-son of tho Americans, were selected business -managers.-Reserved seat prices were fixed at from ?t to ?3, while the price for gcnoral admission ad-mission will be HO cents. As usual, the players will receive CO per cent of the BBBEj proceeds of the first, four games, but to 1 allow the players to partake of tho beno- II t of a. possible Sunday game, the commission com-mission put In a provision in the rules that If none of the llrst four games receipts re-ceipts equal those of the Sunday game in Chicago, in case the latter game is plavcd. tho players' proportionate share shall bo made on the basis of the Sunday game in Chicago. Rule of Scries. The commission also called attention to the rule of the series which forbids h the teams to give any part of the world's BBBMjj series proceeds to former team mates ro- HBBBj leased to clubs in the same league this BBBVj season, and prohibiting the giving of BBBBj bonuses by the owners to players of the BBBBJ two HBBBu All press tickets are to be issued only BBBHI after application to William Weart, sec- BBbH rotary of the Baseball Writers assoela- HBBH Hon of America. These applications BBBBJI must bo passed upon by that body ami BBBB3 then ccrtlfled to the commission, which BBBi will issue the tickets. BBBj In case any of the games are postponed Ml by weather conditions, the - succeeding BBW games arc to lc moved ahead, except BBH Hiat in any event the game scheduled for BBH Sunday, October 23, is to played in Chi- HBBJw BBBJ Having in mind the trouble with ticket BBBBJ scalpers in other world's series, tho coin- BBBBJ mission today added the following warn- BBBBJ iug to its announcement: BBBBJ "The public is cautioned against pay-1 BBBBj iug any higher prices for tickets than BBBBJ those fixed in the official schedules. Kv- BBBBJ cry effort will be made to prevent ticket BBBBj scalping and the licenses granted to the BBBBj ticket sellers will be revoked If they are BBflj .found in the hands cf scalpers." |
