New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

Garry Luckily
Calls Toss and
Lands the Prize
Third, Fourth and Fifth
Contests Go to Chicago;
Umpircs Are Selected

CINCINNATI , Sept. 22.--Cincinati
for the first time in its history as
National League city, will on Wednes-
day, October /, witness the opening
game OF the series to decide the cham
plonship of the world between the Gin
clnnati Reds, winners of the National
League pennant, and the Chicago White
Sox, the prospective winners Of the
American League pennant.
Chicago has not yet cinched the flag
IN the junior organization. but the Ma
tional Commission made its arrange
ments on the theory that it was al
most impossible for Cleveland, the run
ner-up, to nose out Comiskey's club.
All games are scheduled to start at
2:30 p. m.
The decision to open the baseball
classic here was decided on the toss
of coin by Louis Comiskey, son Of
tho owner of the Chicago clnb August
Hermann, president of the Reds, called
'htnds' ana won. At first it was an
nounced that Hermann had lost, but
after examining the coin, one of the
ne" half dollars, Louis Comiskey said
he was mistaken and that Hermann
had won.
Arrange Complete Schedule
The teams will play the first two
games in this city, and the next three
will be played in Chicago. The clubs
then jump back to Cincinnati for
games six and seven, if these are neces-
sary, and before the eighth game, which
viii be played in Chicago, it will be
decided by lot where the ninth game
should be contested should the series
CT {cl, ,,,{ y,
uie as drawn, calls for continuous play
ing each day, weather permitting
The umpires who will officiate in the
series are William Evans and R. F.
Nallin, Of the American League, and
Charles Rigler and Z. c. Quigley, of
the National League.
j. G. Taylor Sphinx, of St. Louis will
represent the National Commission as
official scorer, while Joseph NJ. Nc
ers' Association OF America, will rep
resent that organization. These two
officials will work in both cities, and
Will be assisted by one member of the
local chapter Of the writer's associa-
tion in each of the contesting cities.
The commission voted itself 1900
tickets for distribution between the
major and minor league clubs of the
country. After Presidents johnson
vclopes containing requests for tickets
for the games here from large box,
the meeting adjourned.
Forty-six Players Are Eligible
1t was announced that twenty rec
players on each club are eligible for
the series. They follow:
CHiCAGO-Eddie Cicottc. Eddie
Collins, John Collins, Urban Faber,
Oscar .Felsch, Charles A. Gandil Jo-
seph Jenkins, Joseph Jackson, WILL
lam James, Richard Kerr, Harry
Leibold. Grover Lowdermilk, Byrd
Lynn, Harvey Mcclellan, Fred Nc
NiuIlin, J. E. Mayer, Eddie Murphy,
Charles A. Risberg Ray Schalk, J. J.
Sullivan, George Weaver, r. H. Will
kinson and Claude Williams.
CINCINNATI-Nick Allen, r. n.
Bresser, Jacob Daubert, /. B. Dun
can. Ray Fisher, II. 0. Eller, Edward
F. Corner. Henry Groh, William l..
kopf, Adolpho Luque. S. w. Magee,
A. K. Mitchell, A. Earle Neale, Will
lam a. Rariden, Morris Rath, James
Ring, Ed. Roush, w. II. Ruetner, H.
+. Sallee, Charles II. See, Henry
Schreiber, James L. Smith and Ivy
b. Wingo.
"Thc attacks on Mr. Hermann at
this time are inopportune," declared
of the statement by William F. Baker,
of the Philadelphia Nationals, that
Hermann should resign from the
craftsmanship Of the commission. "Hc
has aivcn something like seventeen
years 10 baseball, and to attack him at
this time, when his club has won
championship, is an insult to his in
tegrity."
johnson had no comment to make
in cI TO %oly Nv,
tain club owners to oust him from the
American League. "When the time
comes for me to talk I will do So" he
said, "but until. that time 1 have moth
ing to say. The books of our league
are always ready for inspection at any
time"
1t was announced that President Men
ocal of Cuba had wired that he was on
his way here to attend the series.