Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-09
WORLDS SERIES NOW
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
BOTH EAST AND WEST
Championship of Both Big
Leagues Is Nearly Decided
and Fans Are Looking For
ward to Post-Season Series.


| NEW YORK, Sept. S.-The shadow
of the coming World Series is already
beginning to cast itself across the
major league baseball diamond, al
though there is no absolute or mathe-
NAUTICAL certainty as to which teams
will be the contenders. In the Ma
tional league, the New York club has
what appears to be an unbeatable
lead, but the struggle for American
league pennant honors between the
Chicago and Boston teams is still too
close to permit definite selection of
the winner at this time.
Two of these three clubs are almost
certain to be participants in the series.
however, and the followers of the
game are beginning to forecast the
methods and arrangements which the
National commission and the club
owners will decree for the coming coz
tests. According to the official sched-
ules Of the two leagues, the New York
Nationals will close their 1917 season
at Philadelphia on Oct. 4 the Chica-
go Americans at New York Oct. 1,
and the Boston Americans at home on
Oct. 4.
1t has been the custom in recent
years to select the city for the open
a coin
Should the New York and Boston
clubs be the one to play for the
Worlds Championship it is generally
conceded that the first game will be
played in one or the other of these
cities on Saturday, Oct. g.
If Chicago and New York are in
volved, however, conditions are like
ly to be considerably changed. If
New York is selected for the initial
contest, it is thought likely the series
will begin on Friday. Oct 5, with the
second game on Saturday, followed by
a trip to Chicago for the third contest
on Monday, Oct s. Should the ser
les open in Chicago, play will undoubt-
edly be started on Saturday, followed
by Sunday game and then a jump
to New York, where the series will be
resumed on Tuesday.
Regardless of whether New York
is opposed by Chicago or Boston the
series will begin with two games in
each of the cities represented, follow
ed by alternate contests, if New York
and Boston are the competing clubs,
up to and including the sixth game.
If a seventh is necessary to decide the
series the location will be selected by
the toss of a coin. With Chicago and
New York participating. however,
some doubt is evinced as to how the
games will be apportiOned. Owing
to the time and money involved i'll
the trip between New York and Chi
cage in either direction it may be de-
cided to play the series two games in
one city. followed by three in the 9th
er, with a third shift in case six or
seven contests are necessary.
This was the method in 1910 when
the Chicago Nationals and the Phila-
delphia Americans met. The first
two games were staged in Philadel-
phia and two days later a series of
| three contests was started in Chicago,
the Cubs taking four out of the five
and thus winning the series.
Regardless of how a New York-Chi
cago series is arranged, it is consid-
cred likely that both parks would be
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as the rivalry would be exceedingly
keen. If ii is possible, however, a Sun
day contest will be played in Chicago
in order to give that portion of fan
dom which could not otherwise wit
ness the play a chance TO attend at
least one game.
The seating capacities of the New
York and Chicago parks are almost
| equal Allowing for additional press
facilities, the Polo Grounds will ac-
commodate about $4,000 persons, while
the White Sox park will care for
close to $4,000. If the Boston Ameri-
cans should prove to be one of the
contenders il is likely that the home
games will be played at the Boston
National League park, which will seat
almost $4,000 persons.
Should the New York and Boston
clubs meet under these conditions,
each club will be thoroughly familiar
with the rival playing park; but if
Chicago and New York play, the White
Sox will have the advantage in this
respect, for they have played at the
Polo grounds for two years during the
American league season, while the
Giants have not had occasion to use
the White Sox grounds, as all their
games in Chicago have been at the
National League park.