The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-28
WORLD SERIES PLANS
AWAIT OFFICIAL 0. K.
COnccding Pcnnant to Braves,
First Saturday Game Is
Slated in Boston.
SERIES TO OPEN on FRIDAY

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rios will bo made by the National Com
mission at Philadelphia Wednesday Ban
johnson and August Hermann will favor
Gov Tcner. the National League head. by
"A trp eastward for the conference.
The meeting of the triumvirate Is said
10 be hut a matter OF routine formality.
Tentative schedules II is said on excel
lent authority. were arranged some time
ago when the big three met to consider
the major league club owners becret
drafts upon minor league players
By Wednesday both the Boston Ma
tionals and Philadelphia Americans prob
ably will have officially qualified as en-
trants for the highest prize of organized
baseball That will leave the powers lit
tie to do beside selecting two unrites
from each league 10 ofhciate and assign
ing officials to superintcnd the distriou-
ton OF tickets.
II has been learned on excellent au-
:horlty that the worlds series Will open
on the afternoon Of Friday. October 2.
The schedules Of the major leagues do
not call for windup in the East until
Wednesday, october :. But Philadelphia
and Brooklyn have both got permits
sion to move the final game forward one
day. That would permit the Braves to
close with a double header in Brooklyn
on Tuesday and the Athletics TO finsh in a
bargain day with New York at Shibe
Park the same time Tho worlds series
entrants would then have two days In
which to tune NJ for the great struggle.
Until the usual coin Is nipped 1t vii
not he known which city is to have the
honor Of the first game II the distinc-
ton falls to Philadelphia a somewhat
unwieldv draft OF dates may he necessary.
one very close to the plans Of the
triumvirate declapes that every cffor'
viii be made to play the saturday game
In Boston Fcnway Park Is more com
modlous than Shhe Park aud Boston Is
a FAR better baseball city than Phladol-
phla. The commission has decided to give
boston me SATURDAY. game regardless "f
circumstances II Boston gains III" open-
ing day attraction the teams will play
tho first two games at the Hub. An
alternating schedule viii not I've at
'emrtod as has been the case In the
last three seasons. Philadelphia and Ros-
ton arc too far apart for comfortable
daily jumps.
II Is very significant fact that the
Office forces OF both the Boston and Ph'la-
dclph!a clubs have been receiving dppiIca-
lions for worlds series tickets. This work
has been i'm progress almost n week. II
rs believed that these arrangements have
National Commission sanction To- proceed
along such lines 80 that every detail may
cc arranged I'm advance
~ it's meeting iu Philadelphia the Ma
and arrangements for proposed pos
season series OF minor Importance. The
cubs and White SoN have officially re-
quosted permission tn conduct the annual
Chicago city championship under world
series rules and National Commission
supervision. There Is a possiolllty also
that the presidents or the local major
league cubs may request p'rnss'"h ~
meet under similar conditions lot the
championship ~ NtW 1nrN.
President htrrN y. h'miNt'"u ol M
G.an,s stated Yesterday hal hp'h.!s OF
fetal had developed as YET toward sn'h
an end He prefers 10 wait uhtll Boston
has positively won the NtIe before con
s'derng the idea Of any consolation series
President Frank !. Farrell OF the New
Works has returned from Visit 70 tne
mddl" West. where his club Is app'at-
ing under The leadership or Roger fechih-
paugh. He said Yesterday mat ne woulh
await Mr.. Hempsteads pleasure before
hroaching the subject. feckinpaugh ana
his mon are Very anxious 20 engage ther
local rivals.
Furthermore the National Commission
must consider the contemplated tour
to the Pacific coast and possibly 10 Homo
lulu 81 tn" all star teams or the Am"r'.
can and National leagues. 70 he managed
by Connie Mack and Frank Bancroft re-
spectiVely. former ukase prohibits the
appearance OF members Of the worlds
champion team in transforming enter
pr'ses though y ts believed that Mack
had the assurance NJ dlspcnsation when