Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-01
SERIES OPENS IN SHIBE PARK
Mack Wins Flip of Coin that Deter
mines Location Of Games.
OCTOBER Q AND 10 THE DATES
Base BRlI Commission
Holds Meeting at PhiIndeIphia,
at which Preliminary Ar
ranEements Are Made.


PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5O-The first
two games between the Philadelphia
Americans and the Boston Nationals for
the base ball championship of the world
will be played in Philadelphia on October
and TO- The third and fourth games will
be played in Boston on October ~ and 13
The fifth game will be played In Philadel-
phla. October IA. and the sixth game in
Boston, October Is. II more than four
games are necessary to decide the series.
This was decided here today at a meet
Ing Of the National Base Ball commission.
The umpires will be KLEIN and Byron OF
the National league and Dineen and
Hiidebrand OF tho American league. There
will be three official scorers, ], G. T.
Sphinx of St Louis and one man TO be
picked by the Philadelphia base ball
writer's and one by the Boston writer's.
No Change in Rules.
No changes were made In the rules for
playing worlds series games. As hereto
fore. four games must bo won by club
to claim the championship. In the event
OF a seventh game being necessary, the
toss OF a coin will decide whether the
seventh shall be played in Boston or
Philadelphia. In case Of a tie game or
postponement the clubs will remain In
the city where the game was scheduled
to be played until II Is decided.
! The prices for seats are:
Boston--Boxes, IS each seat grand
stand. 81: pavilions reserved. 90; general
admission. 81; bleacher seats. 90 cents
Philadelphia-Boxes % each seat;
grand stand. s.; pavilion, reserved. 81;
general admission, 81. Tickets will be sold
in each city for series of three games.
In the event that a game is unplayed
| the money paid for a ticket for that game
will be refunded
Eligible Players.
The players eligible to participate in
! the series are:
Boston-Cather Cocreham. Connolly,
Cottrell Crutcher. Davis, IDEAL Devore.
Dugey. Evers. Gilbert. Gowdy, Hess.
James. Maranville, Mann. Martin, Mitch
ell Moran Rudolph. Schmidt. Smith.
Strand, Tyler. Whaling. Whitted.
Philadelphia -- Baker, Barry. Bender
Bressler. Bush. Collins. Coombs, Davies
Davis, Kopf. Lapp. McAvoy McInnis
Murphy, Oldring, Pennock, Plank. Shaw
key. sehang. strunk. Thomas. Thompson
Walsh. Wyckoff.
l <AAA AhANN VI shN ANoNiNhai NVih-
mission attended the meeting. The Bos-
ton club was represented by President
Gsffney. and President shibe and Connie
Mack looked after PhiIadelphia's inter
ests.
FIippinG the Coin.
When II came to tossing the coin tC
decide where the first two games shal
be played Chairman Hermann OF the
National commission flipped silver dol
lar and Mr., Gaffney called tail. tn,
coin dropped head up and Connie MACK
smiled and said. philadelphia. Q and 10,
Applicants for press tickets win apply
to Joseph NJ. McCreedy in Philadelphis
for shibe park reservations and TO RALPH
f. Mcmillan In Boston for Fenway parl
seats
The commission also arranged the de
tails for the inter-oity series between tn,
New York National and American leagu,
clubs and the two major league team
in Chicago.
The umpires for the New York game
will be Evans and Consolly Of the Amer
can league and Rigler and Hart OF tn
National
American league umpires for the Chi
cago series will be o'Loughlin and Chill
and NationRlmeague representatives vii
be Eason and ouigley.