Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-07
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TIGERS AND CUBS
TO CLASH TOMORROW

| CHICAGO. October THE Chicago
| Cubs and the Detroit Tigers will begil
| their battle for the worlds championship
| In this city tomorrow at the West Sid
Ball Park.
The national commission met yesterday
and completed arrangements for the
series. The winners of the National and
American League flags will play here to-
morrow and Wednesday and then will go
to Detroit. where the games will be played
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The schedule of games follows:
Tuesday. October 8, at Chicago; We'd
nesday, October 8, at Chicago; Thursday,
October 10, at Detroit; Friday. October IL,
at Detroit; Saturday. october II. at De-
troit; Sunday. October 13, at Chicago.
If a seventh game Is necessary to decide
the series the city in which 1t is to be
played will be decided by the commission.
The schedule as adopted was determined
by lot. If any of the games scheduled Ii
postponed on account of rain or Tor any
other cause the teams are required to play
the postponed game on the first day avail
able at the same park.
BY agreement Of all Of the clubs repre-
senting both leagues the rules already ex-
listing governing the playing of the cham
pionship series were amended so that "
per cent Of the balance from the first four
games played shall form pool for the
players OF the two teams. 90 per cent OF
this amount to go to the winning ana ~
per cent to the losing team.
The players eligible to play In the cham
pfonship series were designated as fol-
lows:
Chicago-Brown. Chance. Durbin. Evers,
Fraser, Holman, Howard. Lundgren,
Pfeister. Reulbach. Sheckard. Slagle.
Schultz. steinfeldt, Tinker. Walsh anu
Zimmerman.
Detroit-Archer Cobb. Coughlin. Craw-
ford, Donovan. Downes. Jones. Jennings,
Killian Lowe. Mullen, Mcintyre. Payne.
Schaefer and Willett.
President Pulliam Of the National
League selected Henry O'Day as umpire
for his organization during the series.
| League named John F. Sheridan as his
umpire. Official scorers are A. ]. Flanner
and F. c. Richter.
The scale of prices for admission to the
| games was fixed at ST. 81 so and 81 for the
| Chicago games and 81, 81 and $3.50 for
Detroit. The reason for the lower prices
at Chicago Is the large seating capacity
of the Chicago park The games will be
called at $3.50 o'clock In Chicago and
O'Clock in Detroit
Practically every reserved seat for the
Chicago games has been Sold and record
breaking crowds are expected to see the
| contests. More than a month age
| "Hughey'' Jennings. manager of the tt
| gers, confident that his team would cap
! ture the American League flag. acquired
! land for the enlargement of Bennett Park
| The park is now being enlarged and will
be in readiness for the worlds series,
| Betting in this village Is very brisk
most of the money being placed at evens
! Chicago fans have plenty of money to
back the Cubs. who are generally be-
| lieved to be the most perfect base bal
] machine in the world.
The gameness of the Detroit crowd ha.
won for them many friends, and barrel.
of silver are pouring into Chicago from
| Michigan to cover the Cub cash.
| That the series will be bitterly fought IL
the belief of every fan here and else
| where. Both teams are trained to the
minute for the struggle and every man 1.
| ready for the fray.
| Jennings charges arrived In town thi!
| morning from st. Louis and will be giver
| a day of almost entire rest. The Tiger
| will timber up a bit this afternoon a
| Charley Comiskey's American League
! grounds but will not do any hard work.