The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-08-25
DATES SET FOR THE
WORLD SERIES GAMES
FIRST THREE WILL BE PLAYED
IN CHICAGO BEGINNING ON
WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. 4

Chicago, Aug. 81 The first three
games of the world baseball series
will be played In Chicago. starting
"Wednesday, September 1. it was an
lnounced tonight by President Ban
johnson of the American league Tie
remaining contests, ii any. viii be
played on the home grounds of the
American league pcnnant winners.
War charities will share in the re p
eeipts of the hampionshipc games.
President Johnson se~
"Details for the annual classic were
announced by President Johnson after
lofiicial sanction for the games had
been given by Secretary of War Ba-
ker. The secretary, as a result of an
appeal from the National Baseben
commission, granted an extension OF
| fifteen days on the work or fi2ht''
'ordcr as ii affects professional players,
$50 that the series could be played.
Under the new ruling. however, play
ers on the two contesting clubs must
be engaged in some essential occu
pa,lcn by September 10.
baseball Is eXpecte to contribute
tetwcen $30000 and $4,000 TO war
charities under the plan suggested by
! tho National commission. which
'agreed to donate ten per cent of It's
revenue from the series. and recon-
Imended that each league as we'll .
the contesting clubs. participating
players, officials and other officials
contribute like amount.
because Of the demands made uDonI
the public for contributions to patri-l
otto causes and also for the inyes i
ment in Liberty bonds and thrift
stamps, the commission decided "t0l
materially reduce the prices of admis
sion i'm order to enable the patrons tol
attend the games at reas0nablol
prices The price of box seats whicnl
year ago sold for So. was reduced toll
w. Grandstand reserved seats Will
sell for $l.5O; pavilion seats for 81 and
bleacher seats al fifty cents.
President Johnson also announceil
that the national commission would
cable daily reports and features u,
each game to the American and CAM
adam troops overseas.
George ilildebrand and Clarencel
Owen were the American league um
pires selected to otficate in the series
while tn National league selected incl
veteran Hank ODay and William
Klein.
Many radical changes will be noted
a tOr ant. l.
OF the coming world series as COM
pared with those of the past. The in
hoFatluns We're, made by the National
commission to meet war time conai-
tons and are not necessarily to he
come fixture in series that NAV bel
played in future and normal times.
or greatest interest to the pubic
Will be the reduction i'm the prices OIL
all seats. The commission was moved
to take this action because Chcago|
and Boston, the probable contendmy
cities are close to large training
camps for both soldiers and sailors
and 1t is the desire of the commission
TO bring the admission charge to lhe|
games within reach of all the men IN
the service, The usual ten per cent
war tax will apply to all tickets. vi
is estimated that owing to the redlc-
ton of the admission charges the
gate receipts will fall nearly fifty per
cent below those of normal years sndl
to meet this loss in revenue. expenses
and compensation have been cutl
wherever possible. Scorers. umpires
and all others aside from the players.
who receive pecuniary benefits fronI
the post season series will have theirl
compensation cut in half. All tickets
which may be required by members oil
the commission or the players for
friends or relatives viii have to bel
paid for at the regular price.
Under the agreement reached by thel
two major leagues and the national
commission last winter the players of
the winning and losing teams willl
receive respectively $4,000 and S1i00l
each in place of the usual division oil
sixty per cent of the proceeds OF tEei
first -four games providing the col
per cent amounts to $l52.S94 In easel
the sixty per cent falls below the fig
ures the respective shares of the play
ers participating shall be scaled in the
ratio OF decrease in the aggregated
players revenue this year as compared
to 1917. All players to take part in|
the series must have been eligible on
August IL in place of the usual Aug
INST 81.