The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-26

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 25,-In
I'D New York on October will
/ ,s be staged the epsains battle IL
- for the championship Of the
world between the Philadelphia
Athletics and the New York Gil
ants. providing the latter do not up
set the baseball universe by failing to
win the National league pennant. IT
Will be the third consecutive year that
the first game of the big series has been
played in New York Two years ago
the Giants won the opening contest
from the Athletics and last year the
Boston Red Sox took the first game:
the date, Harry H. Hampstead, presi-
dent Of the New York club, making the
right guess as Garry Hermann, chair
man Of the National commission, tossed
up half dollar.
The commission, which came here to-
day solely for the purpose of arranging
the details for the series, met in open
session to plan for the game.
Umpires Selected.
After the New York club had chosen
the time and place, President Lynch
of the National leagne. named William
Klein and Charles Rigler as the UNI
pires on the part of his organization
and President johnson named Thomas
H. Connolly and John J. Egan to rep
resent the American league.
The rules for playing the game are
the same as heretofore provided, except
that in case of p legal tie game the
teams will not remain in the city where
the tie occurred TO play it off, but will
adhere TO the schedule of alternating
~ hot he tu-n II
case of postpopements the teams will
remain in the city where the game was
postponed until it is played.
Ticket Distribution.
The national commission will not
have charge of the distribution of tick
cts, it having been left to the respec-
tive clubs to devise the method they
shall pursue in selling them,
President Hampstead, Secretary John
B. Foster and other officials of the
New York club, were elated over their
luck in getting the opening game.
Benjamin F. Shibe. president OF the
Athletics. much as he wanted the first
game played in Philadelphia, did not
appear dismayed.
ri suppose history is going 10 re
peat ITSELF he said. 1--WE lost the
toss two years ago, we also lost the
opening game, but we walked of with
the championship,
The members of the National Com.
mission left town during the afternoon.
They had nothing to add today to their
announcement made III Cincinnati We'd
nesday night that ball players partici-
pating in inter-league series will be
discouraged from writing baseball arti-
cles for the newspapers.
Attention was called 20 the fact that
certain members Of the New York and
Philadelphia teams already had signed
contracts to write such articles, but
the commissioners say they were not
concerned about that.
The second game of the world S SER
les will be played in Philadelphia, Oc'
tobcr S. after which the clnbs will al
ternate between the two cities.
All games will start at . p m. and
there viii be band concerts on each
ground from II a IN. to p. m.
Eligible Players.
The players eligible for the series
New York-Burus. Cooper, Craudall,
Doyle, Demaree, Fletcher, Fromme,
Grant. Herzog, Hartley, Marquard,
Wiltse, Mathewson, Murray, Meyers,
Mclean, Merkle. Robinson, Mccormick,
Sbafer, Snodgrass, Thorpe, Tesreau,
Wilson, Schupp.
Philadelphia-Schang, Lapp, Thomas.
Bender, Plank Coombs. Houck. Brown,
Shawkey. Nennock. Bush, Wyckoff,
McInnis, Collins. Barry, Baker, Orr,
Davis, Laran. Oldrlng, Strunk, r. Muir
ply, D. Murphy, Walsh, Daley
Schedule of Prices.
In New York the following prices will
prevail.
persons. $25 upper grandstand, reserved,
So: admission and entire lower grand
stand. unreserved, 50; bIeacher seats, 81
Unreserved seats will be sold at the Polo