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October, 1911.
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Baseball Championship Series Filmed
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THE coming big film for this month, at least from a sporting standpoint, is indisputably the Essanay Company's "Athletics vs. Giants," or the struggle between the New York Nationals and the Philadelphia Americans for the world's championship in baseball. The Essanay promises in this film one that will eclipse all former baseball films. It is the fourth world's series film that the Essanay Company has made and is looked for release Wednesday, October 25.
The first game of the big series will be played at New York, where the Essanay Company now has its operators working. The second game will be played October 16 at Philadelphia and will also be covered by the Essanay cameras.
In all respects this year's series film will be superior in interest by far to previous films of this kind. It is the first time in several years that McGraw's Giants have competed for a world's championship pennant and the first time they have worked before the moving picture cameras. Consequently moving picture baseball fans will see for the first time such stars as McGraw, Myers, Mathewson, Merkle, Wiltse, Marquardt, and others, whose names are familiar all over the country.
Eastern exhibitors will undoubtedly reap a great harvest of nickels, especially in New York, while the interest in Chicago and western states is said to be just as great as in former series, when some western team was compet
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ing for the world's championship.
The interest in Philadelphia is red-hot, and exhibitors there are planning a great reception for the films. Bender, Mclnnes, Lord, Coombs, Collins, Oldring and other, of Connie Mack's heroes will fill Shibe Park, in Philadelphia, to overflowing and their return this year in the films will be just as joyously welcomed.
Providing there is favorable weather the Essanay Company's World Series film this year will contain much that is new. Apart from the straight playing the incidental scenes in this year's film will be novel and unique.
All of the players will be taken in close-up views and there will be special demonstrations, all close up, showing Bender, Coombs, Mathewson, Marquardt and other players in the box delivering. Players noted for their prowess at the bat will be shown in full-sized figure, slugging the ball, while there will be other demonstrations of scientific playing, at the bases, in the outfield and infield, showing remarkable plays, in all parts of the diamond. Other views of interest, showing the enormous crowds in the grandstands and in the bleachers, views of prominent people, of baseball officials, of mascots, etc., will be included.
The Essanay Company has made three world's series films and the 1911 series, which is now being taken, makes the fourth. The first film the company made was in 1908 and it pictured the struggle between the two Chicago teams, the Cubs and the White
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