The Washington times., 1917-10-16
.McGraw Says All Breaks
Favored the White SOx
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON.


NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Chicago's
White Sox are worlds champions.
The White Sox made It game and set
in the sixth game, exactly as the
dope indicated they would, and they
outgamed and outbatted the Giants.
They won, not on merit Of pitching,
not on strength of batting, not on
superior pitching, but on nerve and
courage. They challenged McGraw
and his Giants to meet them on their
own grounds, and beat them at. their
own game.
There was history made in the final
struggle. In the hall of baseball
fame that shall endure forever will
hang the name of Heinie Zimmerman.
Never before has a third baseman
chased a runner across the home plate
in a world series.
In the fourth inning of the combat
Heinie Zimmerman did this thing. he
chased the first run of the game clean
across the plat, without touching
him
Zimmerman's bone shall go down
In baseball history as one OF the Gas
sizes, yet we pause to ask why Kari
n,
why Holke, the first baseman, failed
to cover the plate, and why Benton
stood stock still and never reached
the plate.
AS we predicted, the game was not
one of baseball, but q test OF nerve
and nerves. The nerve Of the White
Sox was proved and tested, and the
nerves of the Giants, already rasped
to the raw. broke. and they lost, ex-
~ a. thew
would lose.
Better Team Won.
The fact is the better team won. 1t
makes no difference how or why they
won. They won because they were
the better team, SO that all recrimi-
nations are vain. i think that, in a
regular season, with the pitching
stan of both teams in best form, the
White Sox would beat them 1ve out
Of every seven games they played.
The White Sox accepted Big handi-
cap in this series. Russell, the an
ehor pitcher of the staff, was in bad
shape, which threw the burden OF the
series upon two right handlers. New
York had its special strength in left
handed pitchers, and the White Sox
are supposed to be weak against that
sort Of pitching. Yet they took up
that handicap and won.
Rowland, the Bush" manager of
the White Sox. proved himself the
equal in nerve at least to the little
Napoleon, who seemed to be afflicted
with the same trouble that knocked
Nap out at Waterloo.
Rowland had the nerve to goi
through with his right-haned pro-
gram, he met the Giants on their
own line OF battle, and fought them
TO the finish He staked Faber in the
fna1 game, knowing that, II FaSer
lost, the odds would favor the Giants
heavily.
Umpire Aids Giants.
New York never would have scored
n rVn had It not been for the kind
ness OF Bill KLEIN. 1t is customary
1 nthese affairs to say that the umplr-
ing is perfect. It is considered good
form and good sportsmanship to lie
like a gentleman about such things.
Yet KLEIN gave New York their only
two runs.
Faber really had Herzog struck out
before Charley crashed the ball to
right field for a three-base hit that
yielded the Giants their only runs.
There was none of the roughing and
the fighting that mArred or perhaps
made the final game in Chicago, but
the play was hard and fast and the
pitching magnificent. Benton lost,
but he lost with all honors. He
pitched a great game OF ball, but
against q better club.
The fourth brought the break. Ed
die Collins led 1t with a smart rap
down to Zimmerman, who fred il low
through Hoelke, allowing Collins to
take two bases. Jackson lofted an
easy fly to right center. Davy Rob-
ertson ran up waving his arms or
cIapping his hands to applaud him.
self, and muffed, allowing Collins to
go to third. In the pinch Felsch hit
a slow, easy bounder straight into
Benton's hands. Benton tossed TO
Rariden. who chased Collins back to-
ward third.
Collins was intent upon jockeying
until the other runners could advance
to third and second and played II out
Rariden tossed to Zimmerman, who at
once gave chase to Collins on the