Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
BOSTON WINS THE FIRST GAME

Gates at IOlO BEouu0o WILL Oe OpeHeo
It 10 a. m. on the days Of the game
md all persons buying tickets will bel
obliged to pass directly into the park.
Receipts Of the games for the worlds
series are to be divided as follows:
i For the first four games, ten per cent
Of the receipts goes to the National COM
mission; sixty percent goes to pool
for the players (sixty per cent of this
pool to the winning players and 10 per
cent to the losers; remaining 30 per
cent Of the total receipts is equally di,
vided between the two club owners. All
the receipts Of the games after tn
fourth 20 to the club owners.
The financial record established last
year was the highest Of any world SER
les to date. The total receipts for the
six games was &s42.2a. OF this each CT
the q Philadelphia American players. as
winners received 1854, while each of the
New York National players, received
$2,ps.
Arbitration Of the close plays in world
championship games is vested in a force
Of four umpires, or twice the number
in ordinary games. One Is statlond be-
hind the plate one about the bases AMI
two in the outneld.
The selection Of the umpires is made
by the presidents Of the two major
leagues, each choosing two from his
staff. The choice this year fell upon:
William KLEIN and Charles Rigler re.
presenting the National league.
William Evans and "silk" OLoughlir
representing the American league.
Mr.. KLEIN is the only one Of the four
who participated in last years series
although all Of them are veterans as biz
league umpires and are generally popu
lar with the baseball public.
The first baseball game recorded a
played for 1.-The championship of t.
world was in 1884 when Providence o
the National league, defeated the Metro
poitans Of New York, 3 to 0. In the 2
years since there there have been 1
other world series staged. the last e3
| of which, since 1903, have been unde
the auspices of the National baseball
commission.
series under the commission auspices
from the Pittsburgh team. In 1904 tn
following year, the Giants and Red So
were, as now. the pennant winning club
in the two leagues but no world serie
was played. Thereafter. however, tn
games have been arranged annually an
in the eight series there have been .
games played, Of which the Nations
league clubs have won twenty-four an
one was tied.
Il The present contenders for world hor
ors in baseball met in a post seaso
sries three years ago when Boston VIC
over New York by four games TO on
Although that result has but a reno
: bearing upon the present sries, it is
interest for practically all Of the presel
l Giants and many Of the present Bostc
players faced each other then. Bostc
has added the greater numbr IT re
players, but Joe Wood, its star pitche
4 opposed Mathewson at that time. a,
Carrigan and Myers were opposir
e catchers. 49,.
In the first game Mathewson, althous
Y hit harder than Wood, defeated Il
youngster by score Of 4 to 2. In Il
J. fourth game twas Mathewson again
5. Ray Collins, who Is still on the Bost
!; pitching staff, and the latter shut o
) the Giants to O. The wonderful BATH
! Of Speaker still the star hitter OF t
e Bostons, was really the feature Of t
series. At bat q times, he made Il hi
including two home runs and thre
Dagger.