Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-04
BROOKLYN TO Be
FOE OF RED SOX
Clinches Pcnnant in National
League by Victory Over
New York.
FIRST GAME ON SATURDAY
Worlds Series Will Open on the
Braves Field at
Boston.

Z NEW YORK. October I.--Thc BOSTON
f, american '."agu" club and the Brook
( Nh Nationals Will meet i'm the 1916
"o'i" series. the opening game of
! which viii hc played on tho Braves.
= r'"id ~ Eostou next Saturday. October.
4 IN" teams will remain in I:o-ton over
/ SUNDAY 'nd play tn" second came of
! 'hc series there ON Monday. October :?
/ 'thtr permitting. after which they
; WI! return 30 Brooklyn for two games
4 "t Ehhets Field on Tuesday and We'd
| hrS""N. October ~ and H. The tftr
! ahd H'Nth games. il necessary, will bc
hi"N"" on Thursday. October lo and
! FRIDAY. oct"hcr l3 AT Boston and
| frookirn. rcspccrivcly. Should n scy.
+; cnth game hr necessary TO decide tho
f, series. the place for the contest vii,
| be decided by The toss ;of n coin. as i'm
| past wears
! MI th"S" details were arranged at n
! meeting Of the National Baseball Com
] MISSION III this city this afternoon hut
the pennaut winner in the National
League was not known "a, the time the
! commission adjourned. and the same
| dates that applied TO Brooklyn also
+, would have applied to the Philadelphia
| Nationals l;"fore nightfall. however.
! tho victory OF brooklyn over New York
and the double defeat administered TO
/ the philadelphia Nationals by the Bos-
! ton club OF the same league clinched
the pcnnant for the BROOKLYN players
and placed them in the position Of Ma
! tional League champions
! MEETING Is HELD As
! ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED
rho meeting of the national commits
! sion was attended by almost the same
/ amount OF uncertainty as marked the
/ final hours OF the National League PEN
! nant struggle. originally, il was in
| tended to hold the conference here to-
I day. but later IL was decided to defer
! IL until tomorrow. President John X
Tcncr. OF the National League. and
| hartman Garry HERMANN. of the COM
mission. arrived in this city late last
| night. but President B. B. Johnson. Of
the American League, was not expected
until tomorrow. When he appeared
was a hurried consultation, at which
it was decided to hold the meeting as
| originaily scheduled.
Tentative arrangements already had
been made covering the possibilities OF
either Philadelphia or BROOKLYN in the
National League being the opponents
uf the Boston Red SoX. and the schcd-
uic OF worlds series games was ar
ranged after a short discussion presi-
! dent Lannm suggested that the series
be opened 1T the park OF the Dos
ton Nationals. where the American
Lcagucrs viii stage all their games.
| owing TO its immense seating capacity.
instead of deciding the place of the
! initial games by the customary toss OF
= coin. This plan was adopted. in view
OF the fact that either the Brooklyn or
! Philadelphia clubs would require sew
eral days in which to install additional
seats and hoxcs to accommodate the
large crowds
PLAN TO START SERIES
On MONDAY, Is VETOED
President Baker proposed that the
series begin on Monday. October .. hut
this was vetoed by the commission as
being an unnecessary delay. as was n
suggestion that play start on Friday
October +. on the ground that the Ma
tional League winner required day
or Two OF rest before being flung in
the worlds series with the Red Sox,
vino clinched their pcnnant two days
ago. The commission also dismissed
the plan TO alternate the games be-
tween the contending cities. but de-
cided that. in case more than four
games were necessary. the nth and
sixth would be alternate. with the place
Of tho seventh decided by the dipping.
Of q coin
The selection of umpires for the Sc
rics was delayed until after the out
come Of the National League race was
definitely known
j. q. Taylor SPHINX. Of ST Louis was
named as tho official scorer for tho
national commission and the Bascba II
Writer'S Association chapters of Bos-
ton and Brooklyn We're given the right
to nominate one member in each city
to act as second official scorer in his
home city. The visiting scorer will not
act in an official capacity while away
from houc
COMMISSION DECIDES
T0 MEET ON FRIDAY
After naming the list Of eligible
players of the three clubs and an
nouncinG that the commission would
meet for further business at . r. NJ i'm
Boston on Friday, October L. the con-
ference adjourned 10 attend the games
in which brooklyn captured tho Ma
ti"nal League pcnnant after ono Of the
closest and most exciting races in the
history of the senior league
The commission announced the
eligible players as follows:
Boston-W f.. Carrigan. manager.
AGncw. Barry. cady. Foster. Gainor.
Gardner. Gregg. lIcnrikscn. Hoblitzcl.
Hooper. .Ianvrin. Jones, Leonard. Lowi.
Mays. McNally. Ruth. Scott shore.
shorten. Thomas. Wagner, Walker.
Walsh and Wyckon.
Brooklyn-W. Robinson. manager:
Appleton. Cutshaw. Coombs. Cheney.
l'aubcrt. Dcll, Gciz. Johnston. Miller.
Mails, Myers. Mcrkic, Marunard.
Meyers Mowrcy. Olson, OAIara
PfcTcr, l;uckcr, Smith, Stengcl. Wheat
The umpircs. IT was announced later,
will be as follows:
American Lcaguc-Dinecn aud Con-
molly.
National I.cagUc-.O' Day and Ouiu-