The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-17

nity to rest up before the big contest which has attracted almost worldwide attention.
 Great Series Expected
 The followers os baseball throughout the country are looking for the great est worlds series ever played. The ma jority of the critics and the public / generally consider that the two teams, are so evenly matched that it Is alf most impossible to pick the winner. As to the pitchers and catchers 1t is conceded that Chicago has in King and Archer a pair of catchers superior to Philadelphias backstops, and that the Athletics pitching staff is superior to that of the Chicago team.
 Tremendous interest has been shown in the series all over the country. Near ly 100 of the largest newspapers in the country will be represented by it's baseball experts. So great was the de- mand for seats for the opening gameJ here that even before the national coms missions representative, John Heyd- Ter, announced the plan of distribu- ton of them, practically every seat was sold. Philadelphians were given the preference and several special trains which were to have been run here from Chicago, Pittsburg, Boston, Wilkes barre and various points through out this state had to be cancelled because oi ihdpillly lO secure l1cketS.
 The grandstand at Shibe park will seat about 9100 persons and the tick cts to this structure were sold for $S and $2 netting about s20 .000 for each game. It Is expected that more than 2O,OO0 persons will be able to see the games each day from the bleachers and places back of the ropes In the outfield, so that If the expected crowds turn outl each game is expected to net aboutt $37,0O0. The national commission wila receive 10 per cent commission from each game. The players will figure i1l the receipts of the first four gameS only. After the national commissions percentage is taken out the players will get 60 per cent ond the clubs 20 pen. cent each. Should there be more than four games all the money, less the national commissions percentage, will be divided among the two clubs. The players money will be divided as fol- lows:
 Sixty per cent to the winning team and 40 per cent to the losing team.
 Some of the biggest men in baseball including many of the club owners vii be here for the series. Some arrive ,f today while President Taft has romi- ised to take in a game if possa s
 The national commission has det- clared 23 members of each team elf. flo Id to play in the series. Empires Sheril
 
 to represent the American league, and Empires Rigler and O'Day the National league.
 Today's Programme
 The Chicago team, accompanied by a number of reporters and "rooters", ar rived here this afternoon.
 The programme for tomorrow calls for a meeting of the national commits sion in the morning, at which the final details for the series will be arranged. the opening of the gates at II o'clock and the starting of play at o'clock
 The schedule provides for the frst| two games to be played here and tAel next two in Chicago, Wednesday be- ing off day. If possible the teamsl will leave Chicago Friday afternooh and play here on Saturday, and if nec- essary return to Chicago at once for a game Sunday.
 Delegations of out-of- town followers of baseball began to arrive today, the first being from Youngstown, Ohio. but nearly all the visitors will have toI take chances op, getting into the bleach CTS. . Manager Mack of the Athletics de- clared today he had no comment tol make regarding thel outcome of tive series and that the batting order oil his team would not be announced un4ilI after he handed 1t to the umpire LD-l morrow aIteTnOOn. NO cpdnBeS are eX- pected in Chances team. It is believedI) that Overall for Chicago, and Bender' or Coombs will be the pitchers for Philadelphia. The batting order will probably be:
 Chicago-She eckard, left field Schulte. right field; Hoffman, center field: Chance, first base Zimmerman, second base; Steinfeld, third base; Tinker shortstop; Kling, catcher; Overall, pitcher
 iladelphia-Hartsel or Lord, leftf field; McInnis or Strunk, center field 3A Collins, second base; Baker, third base N Davis. first base; Murphy, right field ;A Barry, shortstop; Thomas or Lapp.N catchers; Bender or Coombs, pitchdrs.