Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1916 — World’s Series to Start Saturday, October 7th. [ARTICLE]

World’s Series to Start Saturday, October 7th.

October 7th has been chosen as the date for the opening of the world’s series this year, with the Braves’ field in Boston as the scene of action for the opening encounter. With the defeat of Philadelphia in both ends of a double header Tuesday at he hands of Boston, while Brooklyn was winning, the flag was clinched for Brooklyn, for the first time since 1900. The annual Chicago city series between the White Sox and Cubs started today with Russell on the hill for the Hose and Vaughn up for the Bruins.