The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-05
BOTH SIDES FEELING
HOPEFUL AND CONFIDENT
Backers Think Teams Are
Well Matched and Betting Is
Mostly on Even Terms I'M
Ill Outcome of First Game
Is<known
BY ARTHUR SIRUwE..

Chicago, Oct 4.-hail, nail inc
Gangs all hereI
With the arrival OF the Giants this
Afternoon. the stage is now set fc~sae
annual classic---a series that promises
No be the closest and most exciting
ktnce worlds ampionships have
been fought out on the diamond.
Even the most IA bid White Su,c
>Footer tonight is admitting that its
mo more than an even thing The
,bettfng, even among the expert dop-
Sesters. reflects TO an astonishing de-
gree the equality Of the two teams.
The Sex firmly believe that pitch
dng will decide the contests. McGraw
on the train speeding west from Phila-
.deiphia this morning. Indicated the
1Eame belief 'rhe Sox firmly believe
that Cicotte will deliver two and prob
ably three games for them They are
not so sure of the rest ~ their first
string pitchers They hope Benz and
Russell will come through with wins.
There Is also a feeling among them
that Faher will turn AZ leasst enc sue
cessful trick But they are frankly
afrsid that none OF these three men
are w 10 or anywhere near ton form
tinnt~ Bank on Pitchers.
en- tho other ha nd thn Chants feel
ce~tata hat Schuup. SalIee and Per
ritt will deliver the hacoo, All three
me-, arc rn;es7rFett tonight to be as
roc" perfect form as careful nursing
diving th@ past g"'v weeks can mase
th~~1 F,vaH r. nnfe two prove irwin
e. 'te--aua thy. feeljre in the rRnkR o.
tbs Giants jS {ltat -S-,F1upp and 81 lIee
ar+s thesr t~o~~thev believe that they
ca win the necessary four Victories
Fltt on beth sides 7, Is merely a
fes'ins % Nefies-and hope.
Each tes"' frankly respects tho
PLAYING p@wers or the other Each
fes3n realizes TINS ita opponent is
strong iu certain points Of play where
III" other r. weak, Each tea IL has Il
xwhoiesnne regard for the prcwess OF
tn" opposing pitchers
bitterness Absent.
- Moreover this. series brings 20 light
anctbeT ftaaraef sriaflr that has mat
alway, been present "a worlds series
contests There Is not "a single trace
Of bitterness or Of understandable
expression toward the other Profess
sionai}sn in baseball In this critical
contest is OF as high and praisNworthy
type az was ever shown IN any i'm
portan' and bitterly fought college
struggle. John J NcCraw. with all
1lis pugnacftv and pitiIessnetw for OPP
5onents, could not Re more restrain
@d and respectful ut his coming OPP
echoolgtrls baseball club on neither
side has there been n word % criti-
eism Of disregard ar Of POPULARITY
about the proficiency of the oth.c
TEAM
Which is all n welcome departure
krom some ~ the huIlv-Tagging and
arrorsnt bon mots that have passed
between contestants in preceding
worlds series.
The tea ms ON paper mt least. fig
Hre so closely that the hettors are
chary, Not only is betting practical
py at evens but there is q remarkable
Hearth Of *. II would he hard TO fnd
a thousand dollar wager In this whole
town Many hundreds are At stake.
hut even the most rahid White Sex
Fan Is loath TO offer more than even
{ monev. And Of course. you can't ex-
nect the infreduent New Yorker here
10 back his choice at any better fig
Tre In this hothed of Sox enthusiasm.
Not Room Enough for Crowd.
or course, there will not be room
enough to accommodate the crowd
khat wants to see the games here--or
half the crowd. IT ia officially stated
that while the Comiskey grounds win
mot take care of more than 22. 900
people, there have been hona-fide ap-
| hlfcatons for five times that many
6eats. Requests by wire and by mail
for reservations have had to be re-
turned by the bag full.
Hence the spectators are prosper
5ng. Prices have today mounted TO
almost prohibitive figures. Grand
stand seats. selling regularly at SIS,
have heen boosted to SIS, Box seats
for the series are up to SIS. And,
what's more. they're actually selling
ut these amazing prices.
Another mooted question was def
yyin