Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1917 — Nation Awaits Baseball Onening. [ARTICLE]

Nation Awaits Baseball Onening.

America today awaits the opening of hostilities between Charles Comiskey’s Chicago White Sox, American league flag winners, and John' McGraw’s New York Giants, Gotham’s bestj which begins tomorrow, in what bids fair to be the greatest world’s series classic ever staged. From Vancouver to the Everglades of Florida, from the Barbary coast of California to the northernmost part of Maine, throughout Canada and Alaska, the eyes of the sport loving public will be focused on the score boards awaiting the outcome of the initial battle between the, two best baseball clubs in this Jittie old world. Even in the trenches of France will the American and .Canadian soldiers turn from the more serious work, which they have at hand, to get the reports of th’e great baseball battle being waged back in their own dear country. The National Commission has arranged with the government to cable the reports of the game play by play to our soldier boys in Europe. All arrangements have been completed for sending the reports of the combat' to the boys on the other side and a few hours after the last man has been retired the soldiers will be as well acquainted with the details of the game as the average American. „ The betting on the outcome of the series So far shows that the wiseacres consider the conflict an even, money proposition. Whatever bets at odds have been made, for the most part favor the Chicagoans at ft to 5. But one Rensselaer fan was fortunate enough to obtain a ticket for the series, Carl Somers being the * lucky individual who will get to view the pastime from a reserved seat. Others from here will be in line early tomorrow morning to get into the bleachers. Cicotte probably will open for Chicago, although Rowland may switch to Rujsell, a lefthander, at the. last = moment. Schupp or Sallee, both offsiders, will hurl for McGraw.