The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-11
DISPUTE SETTLED CAME IS STARTED ON SCHEDULE TIME. Conference Held Today Be tween Players Commit
 tee and Owners. WEATHER AGAIN
 IS FAVORABLE Players Apparently Reas l sured Concerning Their
 Share of Receipts.

Boston, Sept. 1.-The dispute over the players share of the world series receipts overshadowed in interest the arrangements for tbday's game be- tween the Boston Americans and the Chicago Nationals, the sixth in the series, in which Boston now leads, three games to two. In view of the attitude taken by members of both teams there was some doubt whether the game would be started at the scheduled time.
 The committee representing the par ticipants in the world series which wrangled with the national baseball commission yesterday to no effect ex- cept to delay the starting of the game, | had asked for another conference with the commission this afternoon. At this conference the committee planned to ask that if no settlement were reached by 2:3O o'clock, the game be deferred.
 The crux of the trouble is the small attendance at the games, both here and in Chicago, coupled with the lower prices of the tickets this year. This upset expectations of the league | leaders as to the receipts of the first four games the only ones in which the players share. The total receipts l of these games were $128,755. This is not sufficient to pay the world series players the amount which, they assert, virtually was guaranteed to them, $2000 to each member of the winning team and $1, 400 to each of the losing team-and at the same
 time provide for the shares of each
 league leading club, of the National
 Commission, the umpires and of the
 teams that finished, second, third and fourth in the league races.
 The total players share of the re-
 ceipts is $69,527.70. The Boston and
 Chicago players insist that the inno-
 vation whereby other clubs in the first
 division of each league share in the proceeds of the series be abrogated
 if necessary, rather than that the
 actual participants have their receipts , cut down.
 The commission yesterday took thu
 position that it was without author ity to change the plan for division
 of receipts, which had been adapt
 ed by the two leagues.
 Manager Barrow of Boston was un = decided as between Bush and May
 for his pitching selection for the gam
 today. Manager Mitchell said h ;. might have to use a right handler, Y which probably would mean HendriA but many fans expected him to sen '. Tyler in for another try. The weath T CT again was favorable.
 The probable batting order: Chicago-F'lack, If; Hollocher, ss l Mann, If; Paskert, of; Merkle, 1b Pick 2b; Deal, 3b; Killifer, c; Hen l drix or Tyler, p.
 }, Boston-Hooper, If; shean. 2b
 Strunk, of; Whiteman, If; McInni
 1b; Scott, ss; Thomas, 3b; Agnew, c t Schang, c; Bush or Mays, p. a After a conference today betwee
 members of the players committe n and the owners of the Boston an
 Chicago clubs it was given out uno1
 ficialIy that In all probability pla l. would be started on scheduled tim ,s this afternoon. Harry Hooper of tn q Red Sox and Leslie Mann of tn u Cubs who represented the player ,e were non-committal about the resu
 of the conference, but it was under stood that they received some assul ], ances regarding their claim for lars
 CT share of the world series receipt