The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-09
WORLDS SERIES
BEGINS SATURDAY
Detroit and Chicago Meet at
Detroit for First of Six
Games.
CONTEST RULES FINISHED.
NATIONAL BASEBALL COMMIS-
SION TO BE IN CHARGE OF BAT
TIE PLAYERS WILL GET NO
BONUS.

Cincinnati, O., Oct. 9.-Beginning at
2 o'clock in the afternoon Of Satur-
day, Oct. 10, the baseball teams of
Chicago and Detroit, which have just
won the closest recorded contest for
the championship of the National and
American leagues, will meet at De-
troit to enter upon a six days series
of games for the base ball champion
ship of the world.
But one game will be played at De-
troit before the scene shifts. the Sun
day and Monday contests being sched-
uled for Chicago. while the Tuesday
md Wednesday games are to be play
ed at Detroit and the sixth game, If
one is necessary. will then be trans
ferred to Chicago.
The national base ball 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 were designated by President
Pulliam, while President Johnson of
the American league named Sheridan
and Connolly to represent his organ
ization.
Terms Of Schedule.
THE SCHEDULE.
Saturday, Oct. 10-Detroit.
Sunday, Oct. 11-Chicago.
Monday, Oct. 12-Chicago.
Tuesday, Oct 13-Detroit.
Wednesday. Oct. 14-Oetroit.
Thursday, Oct. 15-Chicago.
The schedule. as adopted, was de-
termined by lot as is provided for by
the rules. If any of the games sched-
uled at any park is postponed on ac-
count of rain or any other cause, the
teams will be required to play such
postponed game on the first day avail
able after such postponement and at
the same park, provided however that
the game scheduled for the Chicago
park on Sunday, Oct IL, shall be play
ed at that park.
In case 1t becomes necessary to play
the seventh game, the city in which
it is to be played will be determined
by the commission as provided by rule
6 and at the time designated by sup.
Elemental rule A.
Players Who Are Eligible.
The following players will be eligi
BILE to participate in the game and
none others:
Chicago National league club
Brown, Chance, Durbin, Evers. Fraser
Howard. Holman, King. Kroh, Lund
gren, Marshall, Moran, Overall, Plies
4 tDv
| Schultz, Steinfeldt, Tinker, thinner
man.
/ Detroit American league club
Coughlin, Cobb. Crawford, Downs
Donovan, Jones. Jennings. killian
Killifer, Mullin, OLeary, Rossman
| Schmidt, Summers, Suggs, Schaefer
Thomas, Willetts, Winter, Mcintyre.
The umpires-Under section L;
President Pulliam of the National lea
que has selected as umpires from hi.
league Henry O'Day and William
KLEIN and President Johnson of the
American league has selected as um
pires from his league John F. Sheri
dan and T. HI. V. Connolly. Undel
the rules governing the contests tn,
umpires shall be assigned to duty ant
be subject to the orders of the chair
man of the national commission.
/ The commission-The entire com
mission and its secretary will be rep
resented. The business representa-
tives of the commission will be Johr
Haydler and Robert B. McRoy.
The headquarters of the commits
sion will be at the Auditorium Anne,
Chicago, and the Pontchartrain. De
! troit
/ The scorers-The official scorer
selected by the commission are A. ]
Flanner of the Sporting News AM
Francis G. Richter of the Sportin,
Life.
Preliminary meeting-The nationa