The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-26
NEW YORK GETS OPENING
BATTLE OF WORLDS SERIES
BIG SERIES TO COMMENCE ON
OCTOBER 7-UMPIRES NAMED
BY LEAGUE PRESIDENTS.
MANY PLAYERS ELIGIBLE

Philadelphia, September 25-In New
York on October will be staged the
opening battle for the championship of
the world between the Philadelphia Ath-
letics and New York Giants, providing
the latter do not upset the baseball uni
verse and fail to win the National league
pennant. 1t will be 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 Bos-
ton Red Sox took the first game.
The flip of a coin decided the place and
the date, Harry N. Hampstead, president
of the New York club, making the right
guess as Garry Herman, chairman of
the national commission tossed up a half
dollar. The commission, which came here
today solely for the purpose of arranging
the details of the series. met in open ses-
sion to plan for the games.
After the New York club had chosen
the time and place, President Lynch of
the National league named William Klein
and Charles Rigler as the umpires on
the part of his organization, and Presi-
cent Johnson named Thomas Connolly
and John j. Egan to represent the Amer
lean league.
Rules Same as Before
The rules for playing the games are
the same as heretofore, except that In
case of legal tie game the teams will
not remain in the city where the tie oc-
Cured to play it off, but will adhere to
the schedule of alternating each day be-
tween the two cities.> In case of post
ponements the teams will remain in the
city where the game was postponed un-
I'll 1t Is played.
The national commission will not have
charge of the distribution of tickets. it
having left to the respective clubs 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 ap-
pear dismayed
Il suppose history is going to repeat
ITSELF, he said. I'VE lost the toss two
years ago, we also lost the opening game.
but we walked off with the champions
ship
Commission Disbands
The members of the national commits
sion left town during the afternoon. They
nouncement made in Cincinnati Wednes-
day night that ball players participating
in interleague series will be discouraged
from writing baseball articles for the
newspapers. Attention was called to the
fact that certain members of the New
York and Philadelphia team already had
signed contracts to write such articles.
but the commissioners said they were not
concerned about that
Vlx.
Constant secretary of the Pittsburg club,
to represent 1t in both cities.
A preliminary meeting of the commis-
sion will be held in New York October 6.
The second game will be played October
In Philadelphia. After this the clubs
will alternate between the two cities.
All games will start at 2 o'clock, and
there will be band concerts on each
ground from II o'clock in the morning un-
til / O'Clock in the afternoon.
Prices of Tickets
The following prices are to prevail in
New York: Boxes accommodating four
persons, s25; upper grandstand reserved,
So: admission and entire lower grand
stand, unreserved, 81; bleacher seats, 81;
unreserved seats to be sold at the Polo
grounds on the day of the game, with
First come first served" Reserved seat
tickets must be purchased for three days
from both clubs.
In the event that three games are not
played, the teams will refund the money
for the third game tickets. In Philadel-
pEia these prices Will prevail: Box seats,
So reserved seats in main grandstand
$3 reserved seats right and left field pa
viions, 50; bleacher seats, 81.
Sale of tickets 10th in New York and
Philadelphia will be under regulations
made by the clubs themselves. The conl-
mission announced on behalf of the two
teams that mail orders will not positively
be received.
struct added stands on the field No spec
tators will be permitted to overflow on
the grounds and there will be no ground
rules.
Official scorers VIII be Francis c. Rich
ter, Philadelphia, and J. G. Taylor Sphinx,
st. Louis.
WILLIAM ]. McBeth, New York, and Jo-
seph Nj. McCready Philadelphia, Will
have charge of the newspaper arrange
ments in their cities respectively. AppIi-
cations for seats are to be made to these
Players Eligible
The players eligible to participate in
the worlds series are: New York:
Burns Cooper, Crandall. Doyle, Demaree,
Fletcher, Fromme, Grant, Herzog, Hart
ley, Marquard, Wiltse, Mathewson, MUIR
ray. Meyers, Mclean, Merkle Robinson,
Mccormick, Shafrer, Snodgrass, Thorpe
Tesreau, Wilson, Schupp.
Philadelphia: Schang, Lapp, Thomas.
Bender, Plank, Coombs, Houck, Brown,
Shawkey, Pennock, Buch Wyckoff. Nc.
Innis, Collins, Barry ,&Baker, Orr Davis
Lawan. Oldring, Strunk. e. Murphy, D.