Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-01

Inc worlds series program for the
Dig show to be staged next week has
all been arranged and is now in the
hands of the public The National
Commission met yesterday and got
down to business in short order. Phil
adelphia won the toss for the first
time since 1910 and gets the first two
games. That is the first break of
luck for the Athletics in the prelim-
mary slSirmish prior to the big set
of battles. The detailed program
reads like this:
First game at Shibe Park, Philadel-
phia, Friday, October 8.
Second game at Shibe Park, Phila
delphia, Saturday, October 10.
Open date Sunday, October IL.
Third game at Fenway Park, Bos-
ton, Monday, October Il.
Fourth game at Fenway Park, Bos-
ton, Tuesday, October 49,
Fifth game at Shibe Park, Phila-
delphia, Wednesday, October Id.
Sixth game at Fenway Park, Bos-
ton, Thursday. October Is.
If it is necessary to play seventh
game, the teams will toss a coin 10
decide the location. Public sale OF
the reserved seat tickets for the
worlds series games to be played at
OllDt ark Will ldhG pidCC dl tIliu
bel Brothers. ticket office, Ninth
street entrance, Philadelphia. We'd
nesday, October 7. The sale will open
at o'clock in the morning.
The umpires selected were William
J. KLEIN and William I. Byron, of
the National League, and William,
Dineen and George Hildebrand, of the
American League. There are twenty
four players on the Mack team and
twenty-six on the Boston team eligi-
BILE to play in the series. The Ath-
letic players are:
Baker, Barry, Bender, Bressler,
Bush, Collins, Coombs, Davies. Davis.
Kopf, Lapp, McAvoy, McInnis, Muir
ply. Oldring, Pennock, Plank,
Schang, Shawkey, Struk, Thomas,
Thompson, Walsh and Wyckoff.
The Boston players are: Catcher,
Cocreham, Connolly, Cottrell, Crutch-
err, Davis, Deal. Devore, Dugey,
Evers, Gilbert. Gowdy, Hess, James,
Maranville, Mann, Martin, Mitchell,
Moran, Rudolph, Smith, Schmidt'
Strand. Tyler, Whaling and Whitfield.
Tt didn't take long for the men to
get down to business. After 1t was
agreed to start the series on october
g. Chairman Hermann invited the
officers of the two teams to toss a
coin to determine which city would
have the opening games.
Walter III. Gather, private secre-
tarv to Governor Tener, tossed sill
Yer dollar to Chairman Hermann.
The latter spun the money into the
air and President Gaffney snapped
tails"
But the Boston owner guessed
wrong. for when the coin stopped
spinning he looked down into the
face of the Goddess of Liberty.
Having won first choice, Connie
Mack picked Philadelphia. The COM
mission chose Taylor Sphinx, editor
oe Sporting News, ST. Louis, as one
OF the official scorers. The two 9TH
ers will be chosen by the baseball
writer's of Philadelphia and Boston,
this being a departure from an old
custom.
The headquarters of the National
Commission will be the Bellevue
Stratford. in Philadelphia, and the
Copley Plaza, in Boston.
The members of the commission,
Ban B. Johnson, president of the
American League; Governor John *.
Tener, president of the National
chairman, expressed themselves as
being we'll satisfied that the ticket
selling regulations would foil the
scalpers. President B. F. Shibe, Con-
ME Mack and Business Manager
John d. Shibe, of the Athletics,
agreed with the commission that the
present plans were last year success
full, and will continue to be the most
satisfactory regulating the ticket
sale.
The prices for seats are: Boston,
boxes, SIS each seat; grand stand, So;
pavilions, reserved, 81; general adj
mission, 81; 25-cent bleacher seats,
so cents Philadelphia, boxes, IS each
seat; grand stand, So; pavilions, re-
60. oanaraI admission 81