The Washington herald., 1918-09-02
FACTS REGARDING ANNUAL
WORLD SERIES CLASSICS

Series best four In seven games.
No spectators allowed on playing
fields.
Earliest championship classic In his
tory OF games.
White Sox park capacity crowd last
year was 32.O0O.
The Athletics trimmed the Cubs
four games to one in 1910.
National Commission has had
charge OF the series since 1905.
Three victories is best record any
pitcher has established.
Carl Mays underhand delivery may
puzzle the Cub batsmen.
Hollocher. the Cubs shortstop. Is
one Of the finds of the season.
The White Sox VS.. Giants players
last year shared in S152. .SSS.5S.
Cable reports Of each game will be
sent to the troops in Europe.
Giants each received $1.142 for win
nIng from the Athletics in 1905.
Jack Coombs. of the Athletics, de-
feated the Cubs three times in 1910
Boston Red Sox have won every
worlds series they have played.
A total of % home runs have been
made in II previous worlds series.
tenth championship series this year.
Nine Of the Chicago players form
erly played with American League
teams.
The total attendance at the first
worlds series in 1894 was less than
J0.0O0.
The Cubs right-handed batsmen are
&erkle. Hollccher. Mann, Paskart and
Killefer.
1t will be the fifteenth modern
worlds series and sixth to be held In
Chicago.
Boston Red soxs' share of the gate
money in 1916 was S3,s10.26; Brooklyn,
se.S34Ss.
In 1906 the Giants beat the Athletics
four games to one, all the games being
shut-outs.
Center Fielder Paskert and Catcher
Killefer, Of the Cubs. were with the
Phillies in 1915.
The South Side grounds, which will
be used for the Chicago games, will
seat about 1900.
Series opens in Chicago September
: and continues September and g.
The scene shifts to Boston.
1t win be the fifth worlds cham
pionship for Merkle, who previously
played with the Giants and Brooklyn
in classics.
First year success for Edward g.
Barrow. manager of Red Sox. Mitchell
was with the Boston Braves in 1914
The record distribution to the play
ers was in 1872. when after eight
games the Red Sox players, twenty
two in all. got s4,024 each.
Boston Red Sox have won seven
American League pennants and Chi
cago Cubs have captured eleven Ma
tional League races.
Last year the White Sox players
each got 3.52S13 and the Giants
s2.54SH as their division Of the gate
receipts.
Tyler and Vaughn are southpaws
VINO are expected to make things in
teresting for the. undefeated worlds
champion Red Sox aggregation.
Three players who never partici-
pated In worlds series games are
Rollie Zeider and Jim Vaughn, of the
Cubs. and Dave Shean, Of the Red
sox. All are major league veterans.
The price of box seats. which A
year ago sold for IS, has been re-
duced to 50. Grandstand. reserved
seats win sell for $3.50; pavilion
seats for 81. and bleacher seats for
50 cents.
When Babe Ruth is not pitching
for the Red sox he may play the
outheld. thus presenting a trio of
outer gardeners who are all left
banded batsmen. namely, Ruth.
strunk and Hooper.
The year 1906. when the Cubs
and White Sox ciashed, the white
Sox winning four games and the
Cubs two. was the only time two
teams of the same city battled An
the worlds championship classic.
Red Sox In 1919 beat the Giants
four games out Of eight, one game
being tie. Red sox beat Phile
four games out Of i've in 1915 and