The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

The supporters OF the two major leagues
are now discussing the outcome Of the
worlds championship series between the
Cubs and the Tigers. Although the ma
tional commission has not announced its
formal arrangements for the series, every
thing is IN readiness for the struggle
which viii begin in the West this week.
According 10 the tentative plans. which
are still liable to be changed play will
open on Tuesday in Chicago and continue
on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday
two games will be played in Detroit.
weather permitting. In case more than
four games are necessary to decide the
winning club. which is quite probable, the
games VIII alternate beginning on Satur-
day. between Chicago and Detroit, and
continuing until one Of the two clubs
shall have won The four games neces-
sary to clInch the championship 1t is
understood that the opening game was
set FOR Chicago at the request Of the
/ Detroit club management.
Expect Great Crowds.
The Cubs have known for some time
that they were 10 figure in the pOst-sea-
son series, and taking a tip from last
seasons experience, have been preparing
/ TO handle enormous crowds Detroit
/ while hoping for the best, has not been in
la position Of security IN the league race,
and for that reason did not begin TO pre-
! pare its park for a worlds championship
/ series until a day Of two ago.
/ Furthermore. the Chicago National
/ 10 5000 spectators. which is just about
I double the capacity Of the Detroit field.
/ SO unless there is an eleventh hour slip
i up the series will be started in the Windy
( City Tuesday The presidents OF the two
/ leagues which viii be represented by
4 the Cubs and Tigers have also taken
4 time by the fOrelock. Harry Pulliam
/ has appointed Hank O'Day 10 act as
umpire for the senior organization, while
I Ban Johnsons choice is Jack Sheridan
for the junior league.
+ The price Of admission at both the
/ games IN Chicago and Detroit has been
fixed on the following basis: General
/ admission. 81; reserved seats in the IN
/ covered sections. $50: reserved seats IN
the grand and covered stands. s.. and
. both clubs are IN receipt OF many let
+ ters and personal applications. already
/ reserving accommodations for from Ons
/ 20 four games.
The rules and regulations which viii
/ cover the contests viii be those approved
/ by the national commission in 1915 adopt
/ cd by the major leagues in the same
year and amended later 20 cover points
/ which were not considered when the
original code was adopted. While a
great many clauses are technical and
refer TO the play, there are a number
+ of features which az this time are in
/ terestng TO the fans.
Money to Players.
/ In the clause governing the division Of
I the receipts it is provided that the na-
/ tional commission shall receive 10 per
| cent of the gross receipts. and 60 per
/ cent Of the balance from the first four
games shall form the players pool =
Z per cent OF which shall go to the win
ner and the remaining p 10 the losing
team. There is still a certain per cent
/ left over. and this IS 10 be divided
/ equally between the management Of the
( TWO clubs. In the event of the series
continuing beyond the four games. the
players shall be paid at the contract
rate for the overwork.
The national commission has charge
I Of the presentation of the pennant and
buttons to the victorious team. Further
more. each team must guarantee the
commission that they viii live up 10 the
rules and regulations governing the con-
tests, and viii finish out the series faith
fully There shall be two Umpires. and
their authority and power shall be the
same as they assert in their respective
leagues.
All expenses, such as the transporta-
| ton. hotel bills, the cost Of the policing
Of the parks, and other incidentals in
CURED by the home clubs, must be paid
by these clubs. The rights Of each club
VIII be the same as in any other con
test. but the determining as TO whether
the grounds are dt or not for play shall
be left for the umpires 90 decide, instead
OF the captain of the home team
Started in 1881.
To the modern fan ii may appear that
the worlds championship series is new
event in the history Of baseball. but in
reality its origin can be followed as far
back as 1854, when the Providence team
from the National League and the Metro
polltan from the American Association
met in a series Of three games all Of
which were won by the National aggrega-
ton. The scores IN these contests which
We're extremely informal were. TO 0