The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-09
For the Championship of the
American and National.
Opens Saturday, October 10, at
the Detroit Park.
WILL PLAY SIX GAMES
Umpires Are O'Day, KLEIN,
Sheridan and Connolly.
Sunday and Mondays Contests
Go to Chicago.
WILL PLAY SIX GAMES

Cincinnati Oct. 9.-Beginning at
o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
October 10. the baseball teams of Chi
cago and Detroit, which have just won
the closest recorded contests for the
championships of the National and
American Leagues. will meet at De-
troit to enter upon a six day series of
games for the baseball championship
OF the world. But one game will be
played at Detroit before the scene
shifts, the Sunday and Monday con-
tests being scheduled for Chicago, while
the Tuesday and Wednesday games are
to be played at Detroit and the sixth
game, If one is necessary, will then be
transferred to Chicago. There have
been some additional rules adopted gov
erning the contests, although in most
respects the rules will be as at preyi-
Gus similar games
The national baseball commission
will be in charge, but the immediate
control of the games is given to TWO
umpires from each league. For the
National League, Umpires O'Day and
Klein, while President Johnson of the
American League named Sheridan and
Connolly to represent his organization.
The complete notice. as given out by
the national commission follows:
Rules for Series.
All the rules heretofore adopted and
approved by the National and Ameri-
can League Will apply to the series,
as well as the detail rules adopted by
the commission since these games have
been provided for. All of these rules
will be found in the fourth annual re-
port of the national commission since
this report has been issued, one change
has been made, providing for the ap-
pointment of four umpires instead OF
two umpires, as follows:
"Umpires-How selected.
Section a. The president of the Ma
tional League and the president of the
American League shall each select two
umpires from their respective leagues
and the umpires so chosen shall be as
signed to duty and be subject to the or
der of the chairman Of the national
commission"
The following additional rules have
also been adopted since the first OF
the year:
Rule 17-Neither one of the con-
testing clubs shall be permitted to pay
a bonus or prize to any or all of its
players who may take part in the
series either before or after the same
has been completed and the commits
sion will retain the certified check
which each club is required to deposit
under rule s, until such time as they
may be satisfied that there has been
no violation of is--rule. then said
certified check shall be cashed and
credited to the funds of the national
commission. g
Same Admission.
Rule 1S-In order to facilitate the
arrangements for all of the games
during the worlds series, the national
commission will furnish to the con-
testing clubs all of the general ad-
mission tickets consisting of two sets
for each game, one set to be at the
rate of 800 admission and the other
at the rate of $3.50 admission. All OF
said tickets have rain checks attached
for all games played and the follow
ing regulations with regard to the
sale of tickets and the settlement
therefor shall govern:
A-No ticket, except reserved seal
coupon tickets shall be sold before the
gates are opened and all tickets other
than reserved seat tickets shall be
only sold at ball park ticket offices.
BIN order to furnish an accurate
check on turnstiles. the home club
before each game shall furnish the
business representative of the com
mission with a list of the ticket:
given each ticket seller. The count
of the number of tickets sold shall
be taken each day and compared with
the turnstile registers, the larger
amount to be taken as the officia
count.
C!The contesting clubs on the da!
prior to the first game in TIT
respective cities, shall furnish to thu
representatives of the commission
diagram or list OF all reserved seats
settlement to be made by the differ
ence between the reserved seats no
sold and the number listed.
D-Each club shall set aside dali.