Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-08
TIGERS AND PIRATES
FIGHT FOR LAURELS
Opening Contest for Worlds
Base Ball Championship
Played on Forbes Field.
THOUSANDS AT GATES
HOURS BEFORE GAME
All But Reserved Sections Quickly
Filled by the Throng.
MULLIN AND ADAMS PITCHING
Detroit Takes Lead in the First In
ming on Bases on Balls and
Delehanty's Hit-Forty
Thousand Spectators.
Tcday's Batting Order.

The championship series between
Pittsburg and Detroit is unde:- the
absolute control of the national
base ball commission, with the
contesting clubs forced to give
bonds in the sum of $4,000 each
to guarantee good faith and
strict obedience of the rules The
number of games is fixed at not
more than seven, three to be
played in each city, with the de.
Gliding battle ground, if necessary
to be selected BY the commission
Two umpires, representing each
league, must oficiate. The win.
ming team receives a pennant and
each member gets an emblem Pro.
vided by the commission. The
players of the rival teams receive
rs per cent of the gross receipts
of the first four games, with &c
per cent of this money to the win.
ners and 40 per cent to the losers
The commission gets 10 per cent
Of the gross receipts for all of The
games played, while the balance O.
the money, minus the players end
IS divided equally between the
rival club owners.
FORBES FIELD, Pittsburg October
What is expected to be a record-break.
ing crowd for worlds base ball cham.
pionship game began to gather early al
Forbes Field today to witness the OPEN
ng game of the big series between De.
troit. the three-time champion of tn,
American League, and Pittsburg. the win
ner of the National League pennant
Those who were not lucky enough noi
rich enough to secure reserved seats be
sieged the gates at an early hour The
gates were opened several hours before
the game was scheduled to begin, but al
immense crowd was on hand when tht
portals were thrown open.
tremendous rush for seats followed
and in short time all but the reserved
sections and boxes were filled to over.
flowing with a base ball-mad crowd The
holders of seat coupons strolled in more
leisurely. but before the umplres cailet
Play BALI there was not an inch o
even standing room within the immense
amphitheater. Many thousands were con
tent to remain without the gates ane
gather what they could of the news oi
the progress of the great diamond battle
Schenley Hill Packed.
Schenley Hill, a piece of rising ground
to the east and south of the field, wal
also packed with a seething mass of hu.
manity. which was straining every nerve
to get a glimpse of what was going or
behind the hign fences.
Both teams warmed Up in lively fash
ion, and showed plenty of snap and
ginger in their work. Every move oI
the Pittsburg team brought forth rount
after round OF applause. Here and there
in the expansive sea OF wild enthusiasts
could be seen the yellow and black ban
ner of Detroit, and now and then
Detroit cheer would rise, only TO bt
Immediately drowned by volcanic out
burst of the local partisans.
Six Pitchers Warm Up.
Managers Clarke and Jennings warmed
up three pitchers, and neither woult
make a prediction to his choice
Adams, Willis and Leifield were on the
warming pan for Pittsburg, and Null
lin. Donovan and Willetts were workini
out their arms for Detroit.
It was expected that Clarkes final choic'
would fall upon Charles Adams, the phe
nomenal youngster from the Louisville
American Association team who has mad
such an enviable record for himself will
Pittsburg this season. George Mullin. TIN
reliable veteran. was expected to be th
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