The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-08
CHAMPIONSHIP
 SERIES TODAY DETROIT AMERICANS WILL PLAY THE piTTssuRe NATIONAL
 AT PlTTseuRe. Charles Adams Will Start Series for Pittsburs, and George MuIin
 for Detroit.

ilttApuIS. Oil .f--b betIbit. tnt American league champions, and Plttsburg, the winners of the Nation. al league pennant. will meet here to- morrow in the opening game of the series, which will decide the baseball championship of the world for 1909. l. will Detroits third attempt in as many years to win the greatest hon ors in organized baseball, as Hughey Jennings champions have been de- feated by the Chicago Nationals in the last two world'sse ries.
 Plttsburg has not mad an opportu nity for contesting for the worlds championship since 1908. when 1t won the National legue pennant and was defeated by the Boston Ameri- cans in the big series. !.
 he local weather forecaster has promised good weather conditions for tomorrow and a record-breaking crowd at Forbes Field is certain.
 Every reserved seat of the 1S,00O has been engaged and thousands more enthusiasts are expected to en- gage in wild scramble for the other spaces in the immenseamphitheatr It is expected that 35,O00 persons will see the first game.
 While the weather predictions for tomorrow are promising, the local expert has refused to give the same report for Saturday, as he says there is storm heading this way.
 Both teams. are determined to win the opening game. as the winner of ] the first engagement in the last four worlds series has captured the championship. AS result, both managers. Fred Clarke and Hughey Jennings will send the men they con slider their strongest at present to do the pitching
 Jennings said he would probably use George Mullin. hts husky and re- ] liable veteran, while Clarke is plan ming to use Charles Adams, the man who came from the Louisville Ameri- can Association team at the begin ming of ths season and made phe- nominal record with Pittsburg.
 Schmidt is scheduled to do the backstopping for Detroit, while Gib- son, the reliable, is scheduled to go behind the bat for the National league champions.
 Frank O'Loughlin, of the American league and J E. Johnstone, of the National league will umpire tomor- row. while William Klem of the Ma tional league and William Evans, of the American league are billed to oihciate in Saturdays game
 Detroit put in hard two hours practice at Forbes Field this after neon. where Jennings gave his men hard workout He spent most of the time in making them bat and run bases in earnest Manager Clarke and the Pittsburg team spent strenuous morning at Forbes Field and when the session was ended, the local leader admitted he was per lectly satisfied with the condition ot his team
 The regular line up of both teams will be on the field tomorrow and the team that loses will have few excuses to offer as every man is in excellent condition Jennings may play Davey Jones in left field in place of Mcintyre, but Dayey has been in enough games to be classed as a Irregular. Outside of this position, there is no doubt concerning the per sonnel of the twote ans for the open ing game. The game tomorrow, as on Saturday, will start at pm. (East- ern time)
 Ticket scalpng is notable by is absence this year and only a few scattered sales of tickets at ad- vanced prices have been reported, Chairman Garry Hrmanu, of the Ma tional Commission, said that with the cooperation of the Pittsburg club and the city authorities, the com , mission had been able to reduce the , scalping even to a minimum 7 The prevailing odds are to with Pittsburg the fayorite but little bet ting is being done because of the ab. sence of Detroit money Mayn wagers are being made that Hans s Wagner will outbat Ty Cobb and this is considered an even money |. proposition.
 An important meeting of the Ma
 tional Commission is schedule
 tomorrow and according to NJ i. mann, the Pfeffer case will b~ re