The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-26
WORLDS SERIES
Of BALL GAMES
Boston Loses Toss Of Coin And New
York Opens the Worlds Series
at Home.

baseball championship of the world
will be begun on the Polo grounds in
New York at p. m, October 8. 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 to give them the 1912 title.
Prices for and the methcd of selling
tickets to the games will be altogether
different in the two cities. Boston will
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
&c, 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
lOLoughlin 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 OBrien 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 coin by Mr.. Johnson,
President Brush Of New York called
tails The coin fell tails NewYork
won this so-called advantage of the
lopening game last year
| The Boston club desired to start the
Iseries October Z President Brush re-
Igarded Monday as a poor day for an
Iopener 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 coin. Heads said Nc
Aleer. The coin again fell tails" scor
ing double header defeat for Boston
Coin tossing decisions We're simple
as compared with the arguments
which followed the next business OF
the program. Determined TO abide by
} his declaration that the Boston clul
should handle the sale of tickets in its
own way, President Johnson of til,
American league had come to the meet
ing to fight it out. The discussion o
lnC uuNu oloVulCd HuCotISiA IL Nhi|t
August Hermann took the nationa
commission should have authority oge
the tickets in both cities and in whicl
! President Lynch is said to have side'
: with him, was conducted behind close
doors.
The American league president wa
: backed virtually by an ultimatum y
the form of a resolution adopted by hi
league last winter, declaring it neve
again would engage in an inter-leagu
series unless its club was given cor
troll of the ticket selling in its city o.
I the strength of this determination, Sec
retary McRoy of the Boston club earl
: in July began plans for handling tn
! tickets by canvassing all the regula
g patrons of the game in whose hand
he purposed to place the much covete
e world series admission cards.
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