El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-02
TITLE SERIES
OPENS SUNDAY
Star Graham VIII Oppose
Weiss; Record Crowd Is
Expected to Attend.


~ URITXS play the all-star 10th in
- faHtry in an exhibition game at
4 Rio Grande park this afternoon,
as a benefit for the Texas Heroes Mon
ument Fund On Sunday afternoon the
same two teams hook M in the first
game Of the miniature worlds series"
for the city championship. and the big
gest crowd that ever attended a ball
game in the southwest is looked for
An army band will be in attendance and
the soldier rooters Will be out in force
The roofing Of the soldiers is alOmst as
big treat as the band, which is saying
a lot.
Pedregon is carded TO work for the
Puritys this afternoon, while Wilson is
the likely choice for the soldiers. Ped
RECON has pitched some great ball this
season. but is rated as q hard luck
HEAVIER, while Wilson has pitched few
exceptionally good games and Few
very bad ones The game should be a
good one ard gives the fans the first
line on the relative strength Of the two
local leagues.
Graham vs.. Weiss on Sunday.
Sundays game, the first in the cham
pionship series, Will see Graham, the
star finger Of the Army leageu, pitted
against shorty weiss, the sensational
little southPaW Of the Commercial or
EanizatiOn-
Weiss is a heady pitcher and works
the batters to great advantage BE mas
been a consistent winner for the Purl-
tvs. while Graham has been q sensation
with the goth, since he was transferred
here from Douglas 1t is a certainty
that Graham will be found in the pro-
fessiOnal ranks next spring, for the
training he has gained in the Army
league has done him world Of good
Advance Reservations Heavy.
For the first time in the history Of To-
cal baseball there has been heavy ad-
vance reservation of box seats and
many OF the boxes have been reserved
for the entire series by enthusiastic
fans
The agreements for the series cali
for the championship TO so to the team
winning six Of II games, but the series
will end when one team has won six
games
There viii be no game next Saturday
afternoon. as the park has been secured
by the high school football team which
viii open its home season that after
noon The Hi" boys had the park en-
gagged before the agreement for the CITY
series was made and the baseball men
had to agree TO an off day.
Women Free During week.
It has been the custom Of the army
league all season to admit the fair fans
free 10 all games, when accompanied
by an escort and the same rule viii
prevail for the championship series, ex-
cept on Saturdays and Sundays No
additional charge is to be made for
Erandstand any day, but there is a
small extra charge for box seats.
To dope out a favOrite in the series
Is a difficult proposition The Army
league fans insist that the goth will cop
the honors with ease. while the hackers
Of the Commercial league are just as
certain that their team viii win
WIN Has Rest T1ffcheras
The soldiers viii nave Graham
Maresch, Dyer and Wilson as their star
Fingers. while manager Sims Davis, OF
the bakers, viii rely upon shorty
Weiss, Red" Brennan, both sOuthpaws
and PedregOn- Mr. Davis has the privi-
lege of using any other Commercial
league pitcher and the fans believe that
# he takes Gillette, with Villareal as q
reserve, he will have an advantage over
the soldiers so far as mound men are
concerned Graham may have an edge
on any Of the Commercial league heav-
ers, but Brennan, Weiss and Gillette are
certainly as good, if not better, than
the other Fingers on the goth staff.
It should be a real hmudinger Of a
series.