Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-05
Chicago and Boston Clash
in First Game of
World Series.
INTEREST LAGGING
BECAUSE OF WAR
Conspicuous Absence Of Men Of Mill
tary Age in Blsaehers-Out. OF. Town
Delegations SmaIler-Mapnates Ad-
nit Professional Ball Will End With
Present Series Until Peace Comes
in Europs-Lineup Of Teams.

! Comiskey Park, Chicago, Sept. s.
Only a corporars guard OF former
worlds series crowds was on hand
when the Chicago Nationals clashed to-
/ day with the Bdston Americans in the
openins game of the last worlds series
to be staged during the war.
The weather was dull and chilly with
occasional flashes of sunshine when the
Cubs and Red Sox took the field.
! Chicago Sept. 6.-With clear and
warmer weather predicted the Chicago
Nationals and Boston Americans a,
2:30 this afternoon made belated start
/ in their battle for the baseball cham
: pionship of the world.
,, Weather permitting the clt,bs also
will play tomorrow and Saturday
and will entrain Sunday for Boston
where the remaining games of the big
, series will be staged. beginning Mon
day.
Despite the fact that the present
series marks the swan song Of baseball
until after the war, interest was at q
lower ebb this year than ever before
in the opinion Of world series veterans
Not more than 100 persons were in line
at $3.50 O'clock this morning waiting for
! the gates to open.
Tho Lineup.
The lineup follows:
Boston-Hooper, right field; shean
second base; strunk. center neid;
Whitman left field; McInnis, first base
Scott shortstopa Tho,~a. &A;,a l...,
Agnew, catcher; Ruth, pitcher.
Chicago-F1ack, right field: Holloch-
er. shortstop; Mann left held; Paskert
center field: Merkle, first base; Pick
second base; Deal, third base Killefer
catcher; Vaughn or Tyler, pitcher
No More Ball TIL War Ends.
Visiting magnates were unanimous ir
the verdict that the present series IL
demonstrating beyonu all doubt tina,
interest In professional baseball will
end for the period Of the war. 1t was
pointed out among the spectators today
We're a large percentage of uniformed
men-on furloughs from Camps Grant
and Custer and from the Great Lakes
naval training station-and there was O
conspicuous absence OF men Of military
age in the bleachers. Magnates said
the patronage Of men in the service
could not be counted on to support the
game appreciably and therefore the
iabandonment-of the game for the period
OF the war would have been advisable
without the war departments man.
date.
Out -of-town delegates this year were
smaller than ever before.
I! s NAl>>AL>. N>Il N.>.l
/, Half an hour before scheduled time
for the call of play ball" the bleachers
held scarcely rs per cent Of their Ca
pacity.
The right field pavilion had attracted
less than 200 fans and the grandstand
patrons, always slow to ensemble were
IN evidence only if scattered sections
| Weather conditions were far from
perfect, q chilly northeast wind blow
ing directly into the stands. The
clouds, however had scattered and
there was considerable sunshine
While the managers and umpire.
were comforting. an immense horseshoe
on roses was presented to Fred
Mitchell manager of the Chicago team
Charles Deal, third baseman of the
Cubs. was given big bouquet of roses
4 The ufnpires were assigned ms fol-
lows: Balls and strikes. O'Day: first
base, Hildebrand; second base, Klem;
third base, Owens.
The batteries officially announced
were Ruth and Agnew Tor Boston and
| Vaughn and Killifer for Chicago.
First inning. ! T73. 3;s ~ 4
! Boston Hooper wes chssred % h
n a ~ e