Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

AS a result lNe Clark SIrllnIn Ddil anu
bat fund will receive / per cent Of the
gross receipts of the National and Ameri-
can League clubs that compete in the
annual fall classic. and is per cent OF the
national commissions share of receipts
from the series. Grin first took the mat
ter up with Charles A. Comiskey, owner
of the Chicago White Sox. who readily
agreed to the contribution. provided his
team gets into the series by winning the
American League pennant- President
Harry Frazee of the Boston Red Sox ac-
quiesced without hesitation to do his bit
in the event his team finished on top In
the league race. and President Harry
n. Hampstead of the New York Giants.
who generally are conceded to have the
race in the National League sewed up.
consented to the plan as soon as 1t was
explained to him. President johnson
Of the American League. President Tener
of the National League and Garry Herr
mann, owner Of the Cincinnati Reds, who
comprise the national commission. gladly
assented to givingtup part OF their rake
of from the blue ribbon event Of the
base ball season.
In addition Griffith has obtained per-
mission to collect contributions from the
fans at the first game Of the world
series in each of the two cities involved.
person the work of passing the hat"
1t may be that the players themselves
will consent to give up l per cent OF their
share of the spOils. for the ball and bat
fund. Griff is going to ask them to do
so. at any rate. and he believes there Is
little doubt but that they will fall In
line.
Just what sum will be realized as a
result 'of the tax" on the series is
mathematical. There is no telling how
many games will be played nor what
the total receipts will be. 1t is not ex-
pected that as much money Will be
taken in as at former title sets, as the
prices have been reduced for the games
-, &c fan h.If
least five games are played. with the
attendance somewhere around the gen.
eral average for past years, at least
s., 900 should be Melted for the fund.
Only three games remain to be play
ed by the Griffmen before they return
to their own bailiwick Wednesday.
Two Of these will be run off tomorrow.
Labor day. with the Mackmen in Phila-
delphia. single contest being sched-
uled for Tuesday Johnson will pitch
one of the holiday contests for the Ma
tionals. with probably Harper working
in the other. Shaw will be due for slab
duty again Tuesday. The Griffmen
stand an excellent chance of further
widening the margin between them and
the Yankees. as the latter will be play
ing the Red Sox while Washington is
engaged with the tail-enders.
1t is possible the Griffmen may play
another game in the west this season.
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does not call for it. According to the
official list of dates. the Cleveland club
! is to wind up its 1917 campaign in
Washington Monday. October 1. Ar
/ engagements already have been made to
| pull back that Monday contest and
stage a double-header either the Friday
or Saturday preceding. This makes
possible a jump to Cleveland on Sunday
to play the contest prevented by rain
the last day the Griffmen were in the
| Sixth city Whether this will be done
probably will depend upon the position
| of the two teams at the time. If the
Indians need the game to assure them
| of third place it undoubtedly will be
played. as the Griffmen may welcome
| the chance to get in an extra victory
at that time to help them in their fight
to finish as high as possible in the race.
The accident suffered by Second
| Baseman Herzog of the Giants in the
| first game of the double header with
Brooklyn yesterday. although not fig-
ured seriously to impair the chances
| of McGraw's team to win the National
League pennant. undoubtedly will Sc
verely handicap the club in its games
] with the American League contender