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Show SET DATE OF WORLD GAMES National Commission Sets October 7th as the Date for Opening of Series Between the Giants and Athletics Arrange Schedule of Games. fBT MONTY) New York, August2 The world's Mrles between the Giants and Ath-! Ath-! letics will begin at the Polo Grounds here on Tuesday. October 7. This Is the conclusion arrived at following ' numerous informal talks between the members of the National C ommission. When the big guns get together and officially nrrance the schedule for the poet-season event, they will merely set the dates and announce that a coin will he flipped to decide where the opener will be staged whether here or In Shlbe Park. Phll-A Phll-A adelphia But it Is already known Bfl how that coin is going t land There V is a sort of divinity thru haie such things the tll in it being thai no-it no-it body is present but baseball mag-rj mag-rj nates when the flipping is done and I the additional fact that they know an I opening in New ork will draw more money than one in Qnakertown. The Filliping of the coin' is a creat little lit-tle piece of stirring news even though : no coin is flipped The scheme for the cames as map i pod out differs from the world's ser les of the last two years In one re-i re-i spect. The games will alternate tc-I tc-I day in New York, tomorrow in Phil I adelphia as they have in the pas' The change in the system concerns I Interference with the original ar- rangement because of rains Last 1 year when it rained the teams would stay In the city where the happened happen-ed to be until it cleared up and they i could play on the grounds there This time they will adhere to prearranged prear-ranged schedule BtrlcUj regardless of weather. If the teams are In Philadelphia, for Instance, to pla game number two and rain should prevent it. they will move Into New York the next day for game number I three and number two will he postponed post-poned to the end of the series. The season In both National and American Leagues winds up this year on Saturdaj. October 4, so far as the I eastern teams are concerned. The western teams play their finales on the next day. Sunday, October 5. Af-j Af-j ter the Giants conclude their series here with the Phillies on that last Saturday and the Athletics wind tip in their home town against the Yankees Yan-kees on the same date, there will be jtwo days or rest before Jumping into 'the big fray Sunday and Monday j intervene. Then, on Tuesday the grand It-i It-i max gets under way. The complete I schedule foi the series as outlined i follows ' Tuesday, Oct 7 at New York Wednesday, Oct. S . at Philadelphia , Thursday. Oct 9 at New York 'Friday, Oct 10 at Philadelphia Saturday, Oct 11 at New York Monday, Oct 1?, at Philadelphia Tuesday, Oct. 14 .... at New York This plan will be in force until one team wins four games, the same as in ' tlie last few ears In order t appreciate ap-preciate the Importance, financially, of having the first irame in Gotham one needs only to elance at the com-i com-i plete schedule. II rain should not interfere and if the Beries should go the entire seven games, the big Polo Grounds would stage nut only the opening game, but the Saturday pame and also the final battle, besides be-sides a fourth one on Thursday. Phil adelphia would cet only the Wednes-i Wednes-i day . Friday and Monday, The Polo Grounds can hold almost double what Shibe Park accommodate-And accommodate-And that is the way it will be fixed Were the scheme reversed, it would i mean a difference of maybe over 50,-I 50,-I 000 In the total gato receipts, and $50.0011 as we all know is $.',0.1100. With the two big league races sewed sew-ed up as they are. it Is Interesting now to look down along the line at the teams just below the top and prognosticate on their chances. Manx temporary surprises hae cropped up In both races since the beginning of the season, but of late affairs have straightened themselves out into their expected condition, outside of 'a few teams well toward the bottom of the lists Your Uncle Monty, forgone, picked 'the Athletics and Giants lo win the: two pennants. So far so good Then I he chose the Senators to be second ! In the mcrlcan league race and the Pirates as second In the National Both these picks seem to have good chances to come true. In rating the world's champion Red Sox as low as third place, he was almost alone. Yet i the seem absolutely certain now to do even worse than third, with second sec-ond division the most likely place I for them Cleveland and Chicago ' stood well In his favor, In fact better bet-ter than Boston, but he did not pos- the temerity to forecast worse riian third for a world's champion In the National he had the Phlllic; picked for second in 1912, but lost Bome of his faith In them this year and had them rated for fourth. V still is possible that they will get that low though not likely unless th-3 Cubs and Pirates both do some speed -! ing. But, If the Pirates and Cubs land second and third respectivelv and the Phillies fourth, the entire tirsr division will look as framed in three despatches back in early April The humorous part of this lies in that it is a good thing to do our prating while the prating Is good, for nobody will care about anything but dope on the world's series a ten weeks from now Grabbing time by tht goatee, so to speak! |