The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
KLEM'S VOICE
GETS THE CREDIT
in AUSTRALIA
Color of Uniforms Holds Only
Difference in Sox and Giants
Melbourne Writer Sees
HE KIDS CATCHERS ABOUT
THEIR WONDERFUL ARMOR
And He Says the Giants Won by
Four Runs, When the Score
Was IL to 8

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.--The Aus
tIalians, having seen the Giants and
White Sox In action, are inclined to
spool at our national game. At least
one writer In the antipedes has gone
on record as finding 1t hard to decide
whether the Giants going into action
look like "a band OF Arctic explorers,
braced for q march due south, or q
contingent or prize fighters getting
ready for the ring" Unless they ap-
pear for fights in Melbourne In differ.
ent Garb from that displayed In this
.country, we blush to think what the
Giants must have looked like and
saiver for the Arctic explorers. The
writer In the Melbourne Age, how
ever. exulains. In describing the APP
pearance Of the American ball play
ers. the story SAYS
Someone stands In the base with
a wooden bat in his hand; some one
bowls or pitches at him; II he hits
the bali hard enough or far enough
he will get around the ring-in other
words, he will get what baseballers
call run, and What children call a
rounder: ii he is caught of the bat
he Is ont--just as he is In FOUNDERS;
and II ire rs not fast enough to got
to a base before the gall gets there
he Is out Also
Considering the noice worlds
series crowd is able TO make and the
near cases OF nervous prostration
that develop, what must we be falling
for when al outsider sees the game
ss the Australians see 1t, Continu.
ing as follows:
But the game, as q game, seems
to lack tensity and continuous inter
est. II is rather suggestive of q gar
den party. 1t reminds the Australian
onlooker OF his first open air picnic.
"Rawthah zippy in our choice of
sports evidently, in the opinion OF
Australians. Umpire Klein came In
for almost the only praise that was
handed out. The deem sepulchral
tones OF his voice were greatly ad-
mired," says the Melbourne scribe.
The nmpire.-whs,- Staads- itst-be-
hind the striker. combines the duties
OF judge with those OF herald; every
tire player went in to bat the UNI
pire turne dtO the, crowd and In
strident tones, with avoice that could
be heard all over the grounds. an
uVNntNu W NHt fiStCuutk
who the distinguished batsman was.
Thus IL was: Ladies and gentlemen
tcheers. tile striker Is Jim Thorpe
frenewed cheers), the undoubted
champion athlete of the world tire.
mendous cheering) II the striker
happened 10 be caught or other wise
disposed OF the umpire sang his dirge
in this fashion, He's OUT"
Some space was given to a descrip-
ton Of the White Sex. and on This the
Aga delivered itself folloMs.
The Chicago players were CARRIED
in blue. Apart from. the difference
In colors there was not much TO
choose between the teams In the mat
tier OF physiane or skill. The New
Workers looked slightly the heavier,
nut the Chicago players were almost
| II not quite. as substantial. The New
York team started batting, "and in
their first inning--tlie word has to be
carefully spelt without an s--made
three.
| The Chicagoites in their first ven
tire failed To score. The manner In
which the striker hit the ball. some.
times aloft, sometimes along the
ssound. but often hard enough 10 his
the fense-no slight feat. seeing that
the bat is not like the cricket bat.
but shaped like thick walking stick
--compelled admiration. In catching
tine visitors are highly expert: to put
Ia bah anywhere near a fieldsman IL
Icertain death. After they had seven
INNINGS each the New Works were
hlnding thy eight runs TO six Each
Fside added a run In its eighth attempt
and at the finish the game was:
Giants. ~; White Sox. 81 Giants
thus Won by four runs"
4 They even. subtract for EN-. In
Melbourne.