The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-21
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GAME OF BIG
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SERIES OCT. 6
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Baseball Commission Ar
: ranges Details at Gin
cinnati Meeting
REPORTS TO
BE SENT SOLDIERS
Pres. Wilson and Army Of
s. ficers Are Invited To
ss# Attend
CRy Associated Press.)-.

saCincinnati, Sept. 21.-The Nation
al baseball commission Thursday an
neunced that the worlds series would
open on the grounds Of the Chicago
Americans, Oct. s, with the second
came played there Sunday, Oct. z.
on Oct. the New York Nationals
and Chicago team will travel to
Nav York, where the third and
fourth games will be played Oct. 8
and 10. The fifth game, IL five games
are necessary, will be played at Chi
cago Oct. II. In case another game
is-required, a two-day wait VIII take
place, Saturday and Sunday being
open, the sixth game to be played
at New York Oct. Is.
In the toss of the coin to decide
the first game, Chicago was thrice
Ificky. The first toss fell on the
floor, after President Harry Hemp
stead Of New York had called
sheads," and was declared mo toss.
The same thing happened to the
second toss, but in each instance
tffe coin fell tails It was not until
the third toss had stayed on the
the table that Charles Comiskey,
owner of the White Sox, was declar-
ed the winner.
The commission selected Umpires
OsIoughIin and Evans of the Amert-
can league, and Umpires Klein and
1s4gler of the National league to Of
Relate. r. -. ...
Send Reports to. France.
Soldiers now in France and also
those who are preparing to fight for
liberty, were remembered by the
commission. Announcement was
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be cahled to France after each game
for the benefit of soldiers there,
while an exhibition game before the
soldiers at either Rockford Ill, or
Mineola would be played after the
series is over. At the opening game
In Chicago 1900 seats will be re-
served for prospective officers in
training at Fort Sheridan. The COM
znittee also decided to give one per
cent of the total of the commission's
kevenue Of the games to the bat ana
ball fund of the soldiers in France.
president Wilson and Generals
Barry, Carter, Bell and Mccain Will
be invited to attend the series.
The admissions are as follows:
Al Chicago Individual box seats,
SIS; grand stand reserved, $780,.
navilion. 81: bleachers, 30 cents.
=. AZ New York-Boxes flour seats
to the box, SIS; upper grand stand.
50; lower grand stand (open), -;
navtlion. 81.
"a Draw For Annual Draft.
Previous to deciding the worlds
series matter, the annual draft was
held, at which the National league \
called % players from minor leagues
and the American league IL. Cincin-
natl led all other clubs In getting
players. seven men coming here.
= The men obtained through draft
are;
- American League.
BY Boston, from Baltimore, Bent
ley.
!, BY Cleveland, from Mobile, Lunte;
from Omaha. Krug.
BY Detroit, from Cumberland, Nd
6aBy New, York. from Milwaukee,
Buck; from Providence, Kane.
BY Philadelphia, from Gettysburg.
Dykes.
: fBy st. Louis. from Portland, Ore,
Houck.
BY Washington, from Toronto, H.
Thompson; from Birmingham, Ellis,
Bainbridge, Gibson.
~ National League,
6DSIOLls N1AAfASobROAAGs MAS
6ay; from New Orleans, Miller.
BY Brooklyn. from Toledo, Wise:
3nom Lincoln, Schmarldt
BY Chicago, from Bridgeport.
scar: from Peoria, Farrell.
Rsfz3y Cincinnati, from Salt Lake,
Rath; from Atlanta, Bressler; from
Muskegon, Brubacker; from Grand
Rapids, Carpenter; from Dallas,
Connolly, Jacobus; from Fort Wayne,
Smith.
BY New York, from McAlester,
Roy johnson.
BY Philadelphia, from Indianapolis.
Fillingim; from Louisville, Dixie
Davis; from Newark, Wilkinson;
from Los Angeles, Muese1; from
San Francisco. Fitzgerald; from New.
Haven, Woodward.
BY st, Louis, from Hagerstown,
Nd, Howard.
Nsither the Pittsburgh Nationals
or the Chicago Americans obtained
b man by draft.