Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-26
GIANTS WIN TOSS
Worlds Series Will Open in
New York October 8.
PLAY TO ALTERNATE DAILY
Boston Club Will Handle Its Own
Tickets, While Heydler Will
Look After Giants Sale.
PLAY TO ALTERNATE DAILY

The second game will be played in Bos-
ton the following 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
necessary to give them the 1912 title.
Prices for and the method of selling
tickets to the games will be altogether
different in the two cities. Boston will
conduct it's sale practically in its own
way, with preference being given to all
of the seasons patrons of the game who
have been canvassed
/ The sale in New York will be in the
hands of Secretary John A. Heydler OF
the National League, and 10000 OF the
3S 900 seats will be held for sale at the
entrances to the Polo Grounds. and one to
each purchaser, on the days of the games.
| The umpires for the series will be SILK
| OLoughlin and Evans of the American
League, and Rigler and KLEIN of the Ma
tiOnal League.
These are the principal features of the
arrangements perfected yesterday at Il
meeting of the national base ball COM
mission, consisting of Chairman August
| Hermann and Presidents Johnson ana
Lynch of the American and National
leagues, at the suburban home of John L.
Brush, president of the New York club.
McAleer and Secretary Robert Mercy of
the Boston club, Secretary Joseph O'Brien
of the New York club, and Secretary
Heydler of the National League.
Some Contests Decided.
| The meeting was virtually a series of
contests preliminary to the championship
and resulted in the New York Nationals
twice winning over the Boston Amer
! leans, in the American League president
defeating the national commission. and in
| the national commission defeating eff
fectually, it is believed, any possibility of
| a repetition of the ticket specializing
scandal in this city which marred the
series last year.
! Advantage of opening on home grounds
was lost to Boston when at the toss of a
coin by Ban Johnson. President Brush of
New York called tails and President
McAleer of Boston chose heads The
coin fell tails. New York won this So
called advantage of the opening game
! last year.
The Boston club desired to start the
series Monday. October .. President
Brush regarded Monday as a poor day
for an opener in New York and probably
foresaw an advantage in giving the
Giants an extra days rest after their late
clinchins of the pennant title. He wanted
the games to begin Tuesday.
Call it said Chairman Hermann, as
he tipped coin.
| Heads said McAleer again.
Tails said Brush.
The coin again fell tails. scoring a
Idouble-header defeat of Boston.
/ Coin-tosSing decisions We're simple as
compared with the arguments which fol-
flowed 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 the American League had
come to the meeting to fight it out. The
discussion of the much-disputed question:
in which August Hermann took the stand
that the national commission should have
authority over the sale of tickets in both
cities, and in which President Lynch is
said to have sided with him, was con-
Quoted behind closed doors.
Backed by His League.
The American League president was
| backed virtually by an ultimatum in the
form of a resolution adopted by his
league last winter. declaring that it never
! again would engage in an interleague
series unless its club was given control
| of the ticket selling in it's city. On the
, strength of this determine tiop Secretary
| McRoy of the Boston club early i'm July
, began plans for handling the tickets by
canvassing all the regular patrons of the
| game, in whose hands he purposed to
place the much-coveted world series adj
mission cards.
What took place in the secret session of
the commission was not given out in
| detail. but it was apparent that President
Johnson had scored a victory for when
the conference adjourned Secretary Hey-
dler announced that Boston would be al
lowed to go ahead with its plans.
! Secretary McROy has had experience
in several worlds seres,' he said, land
the commission could not have a better
man in charge
Although il appeared that McRoy would
have a free hand, Secretary HeydIer ga id
| EoSton he
with the supervision and approval of the
national commission
! Heydler was designated by the commits
! sion to have complete charge of the sale
in New York taking it out of the hands
of the local club officials. but. it was said.
with the approval of President Brush.
The committee believes that it has at
least checkmated the ticket scalper by the
| following program for the sale of tickets
| for the New York games
| Or the JS,0U seats at the Polo Grounds
, 13,COO bleacher seats (unreSeryed) will be
sold at 81 each, 1000 lower grandstand
+, seats will be sold at 81 each, 5000 upper
2randstand seats at $; each and boxes.
seating four persons. at SO each With
the exception of the upper grandstand
and the boxes all the tickets will be held
| for sale at the Polo Grounds on the DAYS
Iof the games. One ticket only will be
sold TO Il person, end purchasers will be
| REQUIRED to enter the grounds Immediately
after buying.
| ne Dlock Oh S,UU seats IN the upper
| tier Of the grandstand will be disposed of
| at public sale on a date to be announced
later, with an allowance OF two seats to
each purchaser
This sale will not take place, however
until from the 5000 seats are taken the
customary seventy-ive given to each
member of the national commission and
two to each of the eligible players and
requests from prominent individuals, Of
metals of organized base ball and season
a .n Of
| what tickets are left after this priority
list Is taken care of may be bought for
from one to three games in advance hut
| positively no mail orders will be consii-
cred. according to Secretary Heydler
/ Ihe boxes Will be placed on sale at the
same time these seats are offered the
| public.
IN BOSTON, where it is hoped to pro-
vide for 10000 spectators. the prices
| at Fenway Park will be so CENTS for
j centerheld bleachers, 81 for other
| bleachers, 81 for seats in new COW
cred stand built along the third base
llne. 81 for seats in the steel and con-
crete grandstand and S. each for box
seats
/ All reserved seats will be sold in adj
vance by preference to regular patrons
Ihey VIII be good for three games.
rebate Will be made in case the third
game Is not played. ii is emphasized
mat all these reserved seats will be
| three-day tickets only at so and ST
Applications by mail from outside
points will be considered but no
money accepted with applications In
case the application can be filled the
! b.