Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09
Chicago Americans and Ma
tionaIS in First Battle Today.
BOTH TEAMS ARE STRONG
-'thletics Shut Out Washington in Ex-
hibition Game
WADDELL TANNED SIXTEEN
Racing at Jerome Park-Practice of
'he Big Four Foot Ball Teams
Harness Races.
BOTH TEAMS ARE STRONG
WADDELL TANNED SIXTEEN

CHICAGO, October 9-The struggle or
the two Chicago clubs for the champion
ship of the world in baseball will begin
this afternoon. The Nationals are high IA
fvorites in the betting. and doubtless as
much as to 1 will be laid on them, and
1t is the expectation that they will land
the series. Still. the White Sox will not
lack for support.
The latter have splendid array of pitch
ers and two of the best of catchers. White.
Altrock and Walsh will be expected to
work havoc to the opposing .orces Pitch
er Brown of the Chicagos has not been
In his usual shape Of late and it is ques-
ton whether he will be ready to go into
the game In the best of condition, but
Reulbach. Taylor and Pfeister are a clever
trio. The White Sox rate as the weakest
batting aggregation in the American
League. but no club makes more of it's hits
than do Jones men. They will have to
get the better of Catcher John King to
maintain their reputation In this respect,
and If they cannot 1t will be difficult to
make the rounds of the bases many times.
1t is the general opinion that it is the SUI
periority of the Cubs in the batting depart
ment that will enable them to win with
ease. Steinfeldt, the third baseman is a
slugGer such as the American League ag-
gregation cannot boast. Schultz is also a
clever batsman. and Sheckard possesses a
very high reputation in that direction.
Killing is rated as one OF the best batting
catchers in the country. Then there is
Chance. who rates high as batsman. field
er and base runner Many will be sur
prised If the series will go more games
than last season. when the New Yorks
took four games out of five.
Cubs Have Best of Start
BY winning the toss the Chicago Ma
tionals secured the first game for their own
grounds. This is a decided advantage. The
club that takes the first game will have
much in it's favor.
The series will consist of four games in
seven. AS soon as one of the clubs lands
four victories the series is over. The
games will be played alternately on the
National and American grounds. and in
case of rain the game will be played on the
grounds on which the game was postponed
owing to the bad weather, so that there
will not be two games in succession on the
same grounds.
The national commission, consisting of
Garry Hermann, II. G. Pulliam and Ban
johnson, John f. Bruce. secretary, will
have sharee of all matters in connection
with the series. including the regulation of
the prices of admission the division of the
receipts, the selection of the umpires, the
rules affecting the conduct of the PLAYERS
in fact. all matters that enter into the Sc
ries. Tie commission reserves for itself
for all expenses 10 per cent. This goes to
pay the travelling and hotel expenses of
the commission and the taches-the sec
rotary of the commission, the secretary of
the president of the National League, John
Heydler; the secretary Of President john
son of the American League. B. B. john
son: the expenses and salaries of the UNI
.pres. James Il. tombstone and Frank
OLoughlin each of whom will receive 500
and expenses: the salaries and expenses of
delphia and A. J. F'lanner of ST. Louis
each OF whom receive $500. The winning
club will receive pennant, and each player
VIII be presented with solid gold medal
Division Of Receipts.
of the 30 per cent of the receipts remain
Ing, CD per cent will be set aside for the
players, and of this 60 per cent the winners
VIII receive 40 per cent and the losers %
per cent. while the remaining 80 per cent
Will be given to the club owners
The players will not profit at all in any
games beyond the first four played, and
the commission will receive 10 per cent of
TINS sum and the club owners % per cent
The reason for excluding the players from
participation in any receipts after the first
iouf games are played is said to be that
there might be suspicion of some collu-
sion III the series went beyond four games
The players will win the series in four
straight games if it is possible to do So
f.ach club pays all its ground expenses
and the travelling and hotel expenses of ito
own players.
The owners and players are under the au-
thurity of the umpires, and the commission
has power to end the series and give VIC
tory to the non offending club. No player
can play who was not under contract Au-
gust II. which prevents the Introduction OF
new talent for the purpose of competing in
such series
1t is estimated that 26.O0O people can be
seated on the National League grounds and
22Uo on the American League grounds
and that some $500 benches can he lam
med into the American grounds
With fair weather there seems to be no
doubt at all that people will be turned
away at each game. Chicago was never 40
base ball crazy. While that city has seen
two American League pennants won not a
National League pennant has been landed
since 1856. 1t is the first time that two
pennants have been landed in the same
city with two leagues operating in har-
mony. The only other time two pennants
OF major leagues were landed in the same
city was in 1891. and then the associate
team OF Boston endeavored to arrange a
series with the Boston Nationals. but failed
to secure the consent Of the other club