The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-27
WORLDS SERIES
Of BALL GAMES

New York. sept, 26.-Play for the
baseball championship OF the world
will be begun on the Polo grounds in
New York at 2 p. n, october S. The
second game will be played in Boston
the next day. Play will alternate each
fair weather day between the two cities
until either New York or Boston has
won the four out of seven games nee
essary 10 give them the 1912 title
Prices for and the method OF selling
tickets 10 the games will be altogether
different in the Two cities Boston viii
conduct its sale practically in its own
way with preference being given TO
patrons The sale in New York will
be in the hands Of Secretary John A.
Heydler of the National League, and
90, 900 OF the $4,000 seats will be held
for the sale at the entrance to the Polo
grounds and one TO each purchaser on
the days of the game.
The umpires for the series will be
'OBoughlin and Evans of the Ameri-
can league and Rigler and Klein of the
National league
These are the principal features of
the arrangements perfected today at a
meeting of the National Baseball COM
mission, consisting of Chairman Aug
ust Hermann and Presidents Johnson
and Lynch of the American and Ma
tional leagues at the home of John T.
Brush Also present were President
James McAleer and Secretary Robert
McRoy, OF the Boston club, Secretary
Joseph O'Bnen of the New York club
and Secretary Heydler of the National
league.
Advantage of opening on home
grounds was lost to Boston when at
the toss OF a coin by Mr.. Johnson,
President Brush of New York called
tails" The coin fell tails NewYork
won this so-called advantage of the
Opening game last year.
The Boston club desired to start the
series october :. President Brush re-
garded Monday as a poor day for an
Opener in New York, and probably also
|foresaw an advantage in giving the
Giants an extra day after their prob
ABLY late clinching of the pennant title.
He wanted the games to begin Tues
day
Call it. said Chairman Hermann,
as he tipped a coin. Heads" said Nc
Aleer The coin again fen tails" scor-
ing d double header defeat for Boston.
Coin tossing decisions were simple
as compared with the arguments
which followed the next business on
the program Determined to abide by
his declaration that the Boston club
should handle the sale of tickets in its
own way, President Johnson of tie
American league had come to the meet.
| ing to fight it out The discussion OF
the much disputed question in which
| August Hermann took the national
commission should have authority ofe"
the tickets in both cities and in which
President Lynch is said to have sided
with him, was conducted behind closed
doors.
The American league president was
backed virtually by an ultimatum in
the form of a resolution adopted by his
league last winter declaring it never
again would engage in an inter-leagae
series unless it's club was given con-
Itrol of the ticket selling in its city On
the strength Of this determination, Sec
retary McRoy of the Boston club early
in July began plans for handling lhe
tickets by canyassing all the regular
patrons of the game in whose hands
The purposed to place the much coveted
Iworld series admission cards