The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-26
WORLD SERIES SET
TO OPEN OCT. I
At NEW YORK
Athletics and Giants Prepare
For Struggle
new YORK WON TOSS
Giants Have to Win One More Game
to Make Sure of Leading
National League


on October will be staged the OPEN
ing battle for the baseball champion
shin of the world between the Phila-
delphia Athletics and the New York
Giants. providing the latter do not
upset the baseball universe and fah
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 flip of a coin decided the place
and the date, Harry n. Hampstead,
president of the New York club, max
ing the right guess as Cary Her
mann. chairman of the commission,
tossed up half-dollar yesterday at
Philadelphia. The commission, which
went there yesterday solely for the
purpose of arranging the details Of
the series, met in open session to
plan for the game. After the New
York club had chosen the time and
place, President Lynch of the Nation
al league named William Klein and
Charles Rigler as the umpires on the
part of his organization and Presi.
dent Johnson named Thomas IL. Con
molly and John j. Egan to represent
the American league.
The rules for playing the games are
the same as heretofore, except that in
case of a legal tie game, the teams
mil .f in, bn ,.ftx ,t-ha~a bo
tie occurred to play it off. but will adj
here TO the schedule of alternating
each day between the two cities. In
case of postponements, the teams
viii remain in the city where the
game was postponed until it is play
ed. The national commission will
not have charge of the distribution
OF tickets. it having left to the re-
spectiye 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 T.. Shibe, president
cf the Athletics, much as he wanted
the first game played in Philadelphia,
did not appear dismayed.
81 suppose history is going to re-
peat itself" he said. we lost the
toss two years ago. we also lost the
opening game, but we walked off with
the championship. The members OF
the national commission left New
York during the afternoon. They had
nothing to add TO their announce
ment made in Cincinnati Wednesday
night that ball players participating
in interleague series will be discour-
aged from baseball articles for the
newspapers. Attention was called to
the fact that certain members of the
New York and Philadelphia teams
had already signed contracts to write
such articles, but the commission
said they were not concerned about
that.
The second game will be played in
Philadelphia on October s, after
which the clubs will alternate be-
tween the two cities In case game
is postponed Because of rain or other
cause or a legal game is not played
the teams will remain i'm the city
where the postponement occurred un-
til a legal game shall have been play
ed. In the event of legal game re-
sulting in a tie the two clubs will not
play il off in the city where it occur
red, but will move on to the next city
the same as though the contest result
ed in one of the teams winning. All
games will start at p. m.
In New York the following prices
will prevail Boxes, accommodating
four persons, S25; upper grand stand,
reserved, SO: admission and entire
lower grand stand. unreserved, 81;
bleacher seats, 81. Unreserved seats
viii be sold at the Polo grounds on
the day of the games, first come
hrst served ReseTved-seat tickets
must be bought 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, s. each: reserved seats in
pain grand stand, 50: reserved seats.
right and left field pavilions. 81:
bleacher seats. 81. The sale of tick
cts both in New York and Philadel-
phia viii be under regulations made
by the clubs themselves. The COM
mission announced on behalf OF the
two clubs that mail orders will posi-
lively not be received. Neither club
will be permitted to construct extra
stands on the field. Spectators will
not be permitted to construct extra
fields and there will be no ground
rules. Official scorers will be Fran
els G. Richter Of Philadelphia and ].
G. Taylor Sphinx Of st. Louis.
William J. Marhefh OF New Vol