The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-07

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chicago, Oct with the score go
svloeu that the slightest break might
have put the Giants on even terms
the eox pegsn their heif of the fourth
with their two best bludgeoners up
jackson cracked a hard fly TO Burns
Their Happy" Felsth. terror OF the
American l~aEue twirier@, swung ms
club vigorously. He caught one OF
saliee's pueaiiuE cross fire siants with
all his power, The bali came over
about waist high, 1t left the hat al
q high AMAZE The crowd let out
roar at the impact which sounded for
all the world like sharp crack OF
lightning out ct a black, cloSded SKY.
Burns. In left. and kauff, In center.
knew instantly what shat terrific
smack meant They dashed madly for
the far end % their field They went
as far rs the playing Geld allowed, Il
kaafr reached far over the low rail
IN front Of the bleacher%. But the
t7aff --r,a~r.v4 f4fa-a A4-ar a A4a
hands ana his head and dropped TWEEN
ty feet back Of the rail in q crowd
arms of the Giant fielder dropped list
ie~s1y to their sides They had tried
hard They had gone TO the farthest
limit But the power behind that
blow at the plate rad been too great
FeIsch meanwhile had dashed TO
the sphere nestled Itself in the bleach
ers throng The crowd was In pan
sdexroniurn. The S0x team were gath
lercci tn front Of their dugout cheer
fng as wildly az the most ardent fan.
Kid Gleason, coaching on third, put
nr hts hands to LET the runner know
that he need not speed. F'eisch halted
his flying feet and rounding third at
q Jog went on to the plate with q
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run of the series
The crowd beloved anew az the
run Wac registered and the Sox fairly
Rugged the happy hitter az he dlsap
peared in the duFout
Thus the first hero OF the 1917
worlds series entered the hall Of
flame.
The most i'm IMPRESSIVE moment Of the
afternoon was when. Just before play
was begun the band began 20 PLAY
'*The Star Spangied Banner" The
whole great throng rose 10 It's feet as
- man and uncovered until the ma
t3onal air was completed
They WIRE not white Sox They
were red white and blue sox
The first ball pitched was strike
That settled many het,
Cicotte was hit pretty regularly and
forcefuliy, but most Of the balls went
high into the air,
McMuilin ought TO ne dubbed Hero
Ne, 2. After Felsch. he played the
'prettiest game. He hatted well and
made several smashing stops and
throws
When Happy" Felsch hurried back
ITO the tlusout after his home run blow.
she was Rugged until GREATNESS by his
teammates.
Tad" the great New York Jour
nal cartoonist. has bet twenty hats
on the result He got enough out of
todays victory to furnish him with
new lid every month for the rest Of
the winter
Cicotte Is q hawk IN watching first
base. lie caught two Giants mapping,
Eauff. his second victim. was bagged
easily. He was caught OFF first. made
break for second and was touched
out
McCarty's three Dagger was splen-
did drive down through center and
II the Giants catcher had not been
handicapped by his bad leg ne might
have stretched II into a homer
Weaver Collins and GandA blotted
cut the Giants hope OF rally In the
NTH with q fashy double play
Jackson's catch OF McCartv's hall
~ the seventh was circus aNea'r.
He grabbed the han at his toes.
turned 2 Trett- somersaut and came
up shaking the caught bail In both
hands.