The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
OPENING CAME OF
 WORLDS SERIES ID
 BE PLAYED OCT. 8
Harmony Is Keynote of the Meeting = First Game to Be Played in
 Philadelphia


 Nationals and the Boston Americans, re- spective winners of the pennants of their leagues, will meet in the first game of the worlds series of 1915 at Philadelphia Fri. day, October S. The subsequent dates of play will be: Philadelphia. October g; Bos- ton, October II and 12; Philadelphia, De- tober 13; Boston. October IA. Should a seventh game be necessary to decide the baseball championship of the world the scene of the contest will be decided by the toss of a coin, while the date will be October l5, unless indictment weather causes the postponement of some of the preceding games
 These and many other details of the worlds series were decided at meeting here today on the NationM Ba seball com mission. Harmony was the keynote of the session. In fact, so smoothly did the proceedings move at the open session of the commission that the impression was given that the magnates were agreed upon all the details with the exception of the site of the first contest.
 This important feature was decided by the fall of a coin, tossed by news paper representative. AS the coin rose in the air President Joseph J. Lannin of the Boston club called tails" When the coin fell to the floor it was head up and President William Baker of the Philadel- phia Nationals promptly named his home park as the scene of the initial game be- tween the rival league teams.
 Previous to this. Chairman Garry Herr man of the National commission who presided. called for motion on the date for the opening game. President B. B. Johnson of the American league moved that the initia, contest be played Friday, October 8. and the motion was carried unanimously With the naming of the date and place of the opening contest, the days and places for the succeeding games were quickly decided and the com- mission moved on to other business.
 President John K Tener of the Ma tional league selected Charles Rigler and w. J. Klem as the umpires to arbitrate for the senior league and President John ston named William Evans and Frank O'Loughlin as the umpires for the Amer ican league.
 It also was decided that if any game was postponed or stopped while the score remained at a tie,' such game would be played in the same city where it was originally scheduled on the first fair day following and all subsequents would be moved up to conform with the original order of the schedule.
 Other details settled included the ap- pointment of Robert D. McRoy as the business representative of the national commission; the selection of J. G. Y. Spink as official scorer for the cOmmis- sion. while the Baseball Writers asso- ciatlon was requested to select one Boston and one Philadelphia member to act in conjunction with MT. Spnk. complete list of the 23 players eligible to represent each competing club was named and scale of admission prices fixed for both the Boston and Philadelphia parks.
 The commission then went into executive session, during which the matter of ac- cor. dating the 400 members of the Boston Royal Rooters' at the Philadelphia games was settled, thus removing the only discordant element in sight. It was agreed that these fans should be given special block of reserved seats in the Pkillies' park in such manner as not to interfere with the rights of the home fans. In order to accomplish this the Philadelphia and the Boston clubs agreed to give up 100 of the 200 tickets allotted tu them and the national commission clipped in with another 200 thus com pletng the 400 required.
 The trip of the two teams to the Pa citic coast for a series to be played in connection with the exposition at San Francisco also was informally discussed. 1t was decided to confer with a commit tee for the far coast during the worlds series and definitely to settle the quc>> tion of the trip at the time. The com stood to favor such trip, but MT. Lan- min and MT Baker desire to discuss the prospect with their managers and to get the opinion of the players as well.
 If majority of the players are inclined to make the transcontnental trip 1t is pro bable that the national commission will take charge of the series of from five to seven games and pay all expenses from gate receipts.
 Arrangements for interclub series at Chicago also were completed. The open- ing day was set as Wednesday. October 6. at the White Sox park, with games to alternate thereafter between the Cubs and the White Sox grounds, except that all Sunday games will be played at the Amer ican league field. E. G. Barrows, pres- ident of the International league, was se- lected to take charge of this series with Capt. Adrian c. Anson as the national con IT issions representative.
 Following the adjournment it was an- nounced that the next meeting of the com mission will be held in Philadelphia Fri day, October 8, at 10 a. m. Among those pr esent at the meeting today were:
 Garry Hermann, chairman; President J. K. Tener of the National league, and President B. B. Johnson of the American league, composing the national commits sion; William F. Baker president, and w. T. Shettsline represented the Philadel- phia Natonals Joseph J. Lannin, presi- dent of the Boston Americans: John A. Heydler. secretary of the National league. and Edward c. Barrows, presi- dent of the International league. Former. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston. J. M. Killeen ot the Royal Rooters" and several American and National league magnates also were present at the open meeting In an unofficial capacity. ..