Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-25
GIANTS WILL OPEN
WORLDS SERIES AT
NEW YORK OCT. 7
Second Game at Athletics Park
in Philadelphia, National
Commission Decides.
BASEBALL HEADS ASSUME
M'GRAW WILL WIN PENNANT
No Tickets to Be Sold by Mail
and Fans Will Have
First Choice.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25.-As-
suming that the New York team will
win the National League pennant.
the members of the National Baseball
Commission today decided that the
first game between that club and the
Philadelphia American League team
for the worlds championship shall
be played in New York on October 7.
The umpires agreed upon for the
series are T. H. Connolly, John ].
Egan, William KLEIN and Charles ].
Rigler.
The second game will be played in
philadelphia on October s, after which
the clubs will alternate between the
two cities In case game Is post
poned because of rain or for some
other cause or a legal game i5 not
played, the teams will remain in the
city where the postponement occurred
until a legal game shall have been
played, In the event Of legal game
resulting in n tie the two clubs will
not play Ii off in the city where 1t oc-
Cured, but will move on to the next
city the same as though the contest
resulted In one of the teams winning
Games VIII start at 2 O'Clock.
All games will start at 2 p. M, and
there will be band concerts on each
ground from II q. m. to l p. m.
In New York the following prices
will prevail:
Boxes, accommodating four per-
sons, $40; upper grandstand, reserved,
s3 admission and entire lower grand
stand, unreserved, 50; bleacher seats,
81. Unreserved seats will be sold at
the Polo Grounds on the day Of the
games, FIRST come, first served"
Reserved seat tickets must be pur-
chased for three days from both
clubs. In the event that three
games are not played, the clubs will
refund the money for the third game
tickets.
In Philadelphia the prices Will be:
Box seats, s5 each; reserved seats, in
main grandstand. SO; reserved seats,
right and left field pavilions, 81;
bleacher seats, 81.
No Mall Orders for Tickets.
The sale of tickets both in New
York and Philadelphia will be under
regulations made by the. clubs them
SELVES. The Commission announced
on behalf of the two clubs that mail
orders will positively not be received.
Neither club will be permitted to
construct extra stands on the field.
No spectators will be permitted to
overflow on the fields and there will
be no ground rules.
Official scorers will be Francis G..
Richter, Philadelphia, and ]. G. Tay-
lor Sphinx. st. Louis.
William ]. Macbeth. New York. and
Joseph NJ. McCready, Philadelphia
will have charge of the newspaper
arrangements in their respective
cities. Applications for seats are to
be made to them.
Constant TO Represent Commission.
The commission named Leslie H.
Constant, secretary of the Pittsburgh
Club, to represent 1t in both cities.
h1t he has not yet accepted the ap-
nointment. A preliminary meeting or
the commission Will be held IN new
York on October 6.
Harry N. Hampstead, president,
and John B. Foster, secretary, rep
sented the New York Club, and
the interests of the Philadelphia
Americans was looked after by Ben
ianin T. Shibe, president of the club,
: The date and place of the opening
game was decided by a flip of coin.
AS Garry Hermann, chairman of the
commission tossed a half-dollar into
the air Mr. Hampstead called
Head" and head it fell. In the next
instant he called out New York, Oc-
tober T."
Men Who VIII Play.
The players eligible to participate
In the world series are: New York
Burns, Cooper, Crandall, Doyle, DEM
aree. Fletcher. Fromme. Grant. Her
zog. Hartley. Marquard. Wiltse, Ma
thewson. Murray, Meyers Mclean,
Merkle. Robinson. Mccormick, Sha-
fer. Snodgrass. Thorpe, Tesreau, Will
son and Schupp.
I adelphia-Schang. Lapp, Thorn
, as. Bender Plank. Coombs Houck,
Brown. Shawkey Pennook, Bush,
Wyckoff. McInnis. Collins, Barry,
Baker Orr Davis. Lavan. Oldring,
Strunk, E. Murphy. D. Murphy,
Walsh and Daley.
The National Commission, after
disposing of the worlds series details,
appointed Umpires O'Loughlin, Sheri-
dan. O'Day and Orth to officiate In
the Chicago series. which begins on
October 7. Umpires Byron and Evans
{ will be the arbitrators in the Boston
city series. which also start on oc-
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