New-York tribune., 1917-10-12
Facing Defeat
Chicago Team
Showed Nerve
Chicago Scribe Admits Home
Runs Preclude Offering
of Any Excuses
By Jack Lait

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Can't apologize for our sox y.,,er.
day. Can't even lie for them. When
close plays break one way or the other.
a fellow can write lot Of cold cheerful
mght-haye- -beens. But home runs ar.
unequivocal There is something 50
conclusiyely decisive abou, home run.
There is this alone TO say for Comls.
keys birds: They played their bes.
and their fercest in defeat, whereas
the Giants, when they met similar
kick in the esteem ou. West, quit
Thus, with the totals hfty-hfty, we are
as good as we were before the series,
with the proven stamina on our side
and very helpful.
Watch Out for Kauff
But that's all Now tha, Kauf has
his eye, bewarel The Cold Cane Kid
lives on his batting average. Il set.
the vibrations Of his heart. Now look
out for this miniature Hans Wagner
who swings from his knees and DON.
care what anybody pitches TO MIN.
Another grave menace IS the form
developed and the confidence restored
in the box for McGraw The Giants
have come back and whipped both the
Sox pitchers who had cowed them, and
the Sox couldn't DO anything with a
man they had once knocked ou. Of the
box and beaten after his team had
two-run lead. Benton. an added entry,
proved invincible. and vii probably
toss the opening grenade in the West
: ern sector. Russell, If his arm is i,,
looks like Commi'es only answer
Danforth surely is eliminated. lie
/ struck out his first foe. but, oh, menl
/ HerzoQ the Helpless slammed ou, a
/ hit, kauf pulled his second homer,
Zimmerman cracked out clean triple,
ond after that nothing mattered. [
think Fletcher struck out, but am 10,
I sure, as my vision was blinded By
tears.
Jackson's Hitless Day
/ Joe Jackson came TO bat every one
of his four times with runner on TIE
sacks. But he was observing his hit
less day on behalf of the Allies Felsca
also Topped, striking out twice, foui-
cut of the infeld. That Schupp pitched
crrorlcss ball, ard it seemed 70 use.
although In the ninth he was so arm
weary that ne could not have weatherei
another inning
This is a departure for me-wrt.rg
straight" baseball--as straight as I
know how. But there's no comedy IN
my soul tonight. Zimmerman, after
his first hit of any consequence in the
series, brazenly tried 10 steal home
Schalk nailed him by a distance twice
as long as most Of Heinie's previous
tuitous and uncalled for proceeding.
There were many empty seats In bs
grandstand and bleachers. II looked
like about thirty thousand eyewitnesses
on this ST. Bartholomew afternoon.
And they licked their chops, dosgons
EN-!
Odds on Giants
The overconfdent natives are Offering
short odds tonight on the Giants. and
all those who bet on sentiment last week
can now lay off their waeecs aad clean
up or the change of prices The air
is thick with tales Of weird and won-
derful betting. These eggs will bet
They haggle and they bargain, and they
cry aloud to Allah that they are takn:
the worst of the odds, but they viii
chance the kale.
Blessed be the ties that will support
the rails that will guide and carry the
train that will bring our boys back
home again, where values are proper
toned in ratio 10 their merits and
where Kauf couldn't bit the ball.