Arizona republican., 1910-10-17
BLUE RIBBON | BALL CONTEST Beginning Today Of Worlds
 Greatest Series DARK VEIL 0F DOUBT Cast Over Result of Meet ing of Cubs and Athletics. So Great the Interest That Sale of Tickets Is Already Suspended.
DARK VEIL OF DOUBT

Philadelphia. Oct. 16-The baseball
 derby, the blue ribbon event of the American diamond, will start tomor-
 row, when the championship teams of
 the two major leagues Philadelphia and Chicago, will play the opening game for the worlds championship.
 The Chicago team is composed prac-
 tically of the same men who won two worlds championship games from De- troit in 1907, and 1908, while with the exception of five, pitchers Bender and Plank, first baseman Davis and out fielders Murphy and HartzeI, Phila- .delphia's team is made up of young men who have joined the team since the locals lost in the worlds series in competition against the New York Nationals in 1905.
 Each club is managed by veteran Chicago by Chance. who plays first; and Philadelphia by Connie Mack. who will direct his forces from the bench
 Injuries to players have changed some of the early forecasts Chi cago has lost Evers, whose leg was broken at Cincinnati Oct 1st. Evers is regarded as one of the brafniest men on the diamond. His place at second is filled by Zimmerman who is nearly as good a fielder, and a better batsman. Philadelphia suffered great CT loss last week when center fielder Oldring, rated the second best all- around player, injured one of his knees so severely that he cannot play Mack has four from whom to select two outfielders, for Murphy is consid- cred a fixture in right. These men are Hartzel. Lord and Strunk, who played outfield during the champion ship games and McInnis, an infielder, who is an excellent batsman. None of these. however, has the same all- round ability as the old ring.
 Both teams are trained to the min- ute and followers of base ball throughout the country, therefore, look for the greatest worlds series ever played. A majority of critics and the public generally consider the two teams so evenly matched that it is almost impossible to pick the winner It is conceded that Chicago has, in King and Archer. a pair of superior catchers, but the Athletics pitching staff is superior to that of the Cubs.
 Tremendous interest is shown. So great is the demand for seats in the opening games that even before Peyd- Ter announced the plan of distribution, every seat was sold. Several specials which were to have been run from Chicago. Pittsburg, Boston, Wilkes barre and various points, throughout the state had to be cancelled because of the inability to secure tickets.
 The grandstand at Shibe Parke will seat 9,100 and tickets to the structure have sold at g and $3, netting S20,- 900 for each game It is expected that more than 10000 will be able to see the games each day from the bleach CTS, and places back of the ropes in the outfield so that each game will net about sS7,OOO
 The national commission will re- ceive 10 per cent. of each game. The players will figure in the receipts of the first four only. After the com missions and per centage is taken out the players will receive sixty per cent and each club twenty. Should the series go to more than four, all less commissions and percent age will be divided between the two clubs. The players will divide sixty per cent to the winning and forty per cent to the losing team.
 Chicago arrived today. The gates 1 will open at II o'clock and the game will begin at D. m. The first two games will be played here. and the next two in Chicago. Wednesday will be an off day. If possible the teams will leave Chicago on Friday 1 and play here on Saturday, and. if ne- return to Chicago for a game l on Sunday. It is believed that Over l all for Chicago and Bender or Coombs l for Philadelphia will pitch the open ing game.