Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
First Of the Championship Base
ball Games to Be Played
at New York.
SECOND ON RED SOX GROUNDS
President of American League
Wins His Contention That
Boston Shall Control It's
Sale of Tickets.

New York. Sept. 25.-Play for the base
ball championship of the world will be
begun on the Polo Grounds in New York
at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October
s. The second game will be played in
Boston 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 win the 1912 title.
Boston will conduct its sale of tickets
In its own way, with preference TO the
season patrons The sale in New York
will be in the hands of Secretary John
i. Heydler Of the National League and
5000 of the $500 seats will be held for
sale at the entrance to the Polo Grounds
one to each purchaser on the days of the
games.
The umpires will he O'Louehin and
Evans of the American League and Rigler
and Klein of the National League.
These arrangements We're perfected to-
day al a meeting of the national baseball
commission. consisting of Chairman
August hermann and Presidents johnson
and Lynch of the American and National
Leagues, at the home of John T. Brush.
president of the New York club There
were also present President James Nc
Aleer and Secretary Robert Mercy of
the Boston club. Secretary Jos O Brien
of the New York club and Secretary
iieydler Of the National League.
vantage 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" and President McAleer of Bos-
ton chose heads" The coin fell tails.
WANTED OPENING MONDAY.
| The Boston club desired to start the
series on Monday, October = President
Brush regarded Monday as a poor day
for an opener in New York and prob
ably also foresaw an advantage in
giving the Giants and extra days rest
after their probably late clinching of
the pennant title.
| Determined to abide by his declara-
tion that the Boston American League
club should handle the sale of tickets
in Its own way. President Ban John
son of the American League had come
to the meeting to fight it out The dis
cussion of the question, in which Au-
gust Hermann took the stand that the
national commission should have au-
thority over the sale of 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 Sof resolution adopted by the
| league last winter declaring that 1t
would mover engage In an inter-league
series again unless its club was given
control of the ticket selling in its city.
ON the strength of this determination,
Secretary Mercy of the Boston club be-
gan plans for handling the tickets early
in July by canvassing all the regular
patrons of the game in whose hands he
proposed to place the much coveted
world series admission cards,
What took place in the secret session
OF the commission was not given out In
detail, but later it was announced that
Boston would be allowed to go ahead
with its plans.
PLAN TO THWART SCALPERs.
The commission believes It can check
mate the ticket scalpers by the follow
ing program for the sale of tickets for
the New York game:
OF the 5000 seats at the Polo Grounds.
90 hleacher seats (unreserved) will he
sold Al a dollar each. 1900 lower grand
stand seats will be sold at s. each: 5000
upper grandstand seats at So each and
boxes, seating -four persons. at S25 each.
With the exception .of the upper grand
stand and the boxes, all the tickets will
be held for sale at the Polo Grounds on
| the days of the games. One only will be
sold to u person and purchasers will De
required to enter the grounds Immediately
after buying the ticket.
Boxes and the block of 5000 seats in the
| upper tier of the grandstand will be dis
posed of at public sale AT some place and
date to be announced later, with an allow
ance of two to each purchaser.
Positively no mail orders will be con-
| sldered according to Secretary Heydler.
| The announcement of the eligible play
! crs for the games could not be made to-
day. The lists We're not complete, and in
! fact, the National League championship
| had not been won to a mathematical GER
| tainty by New York. The commission VIII
meet in Cincinnati on Friday or Saturday
| to announce the eligible players and dis
| pose of any other business that may come
| up.