Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-16
GREATEST CROWD | Of 1Hf SERIES 1O WITNESS CONTEST kwful Fourth Inning Prov ed Fatal to Benton and. New York.
;HICAGO MADE 4 RUNS: NEW YORK ONLY 2
pectators Rooted Lustiiy for Home .Tcam. Applauded Brilliant Plays
 0i Visitors. and Tonceeded That tie Best Team Won.

EiNew York, Oct. 15-Coming thru fith a rush the New York Giants fal- kred for a moment in the fourth in 1ng. and the Chicago White Sox to- ky won the sixth and deciding game ! the 1917 diamond classic, 1 to 2. he Chicago victory gave the middle lest metropolis the worlds pennant >r the first time in decade
 EAfter winning the first two games ] their home grounds and losing the
 kxt two games at the Polo grounds, ke Chicago clan cinched the pen
 Int with two straight victories; one ] Comiskey park and the other at
 e lair of the Giants.
 5The New York club did not go down ] defeat today without desperate re stance. The battle was surcharg-
 ! with sensational situations and Srilling plays, but the invading com nation with the aid of ono game in ke lead, was not to be denied. It las the Giants who effectually broke hder the strain of the conflict. With lube Benton towering so far from Hinton, N. C., reaching pitchers bel for the locals against Faber. the
 hscade, Iowa, hurler of the White |bX, the battle was fought throush hree close innings without either kam giving away the slightest mar )n, either offensively or defensively. In the fatal fourth" however, the Rants faltered for just moment, hd seizing their advantage the play Is of Chicago rushed the breach and kptured the worlds series champion bip emblem for tho city on the hores of Lake Michigan.
 The Nationals made a game rally the fifth and added another run in De ninth, but the three runs score l E the Chicago tear1 in the fourth, Eere the deciding factors. The play this inning convinced the 30,000 pectators present that for this sea bn at least the worlds series pen bnt winning team than that which lon the six months race in the sen kn organization.
 Admission and Receipts. The largest assembly of specta- prs who Witnessed any game in the Aterleague combat was on hand {hen the rivals struggled in the last hd deciding battle. There were P,969 paid admissions to the Polo Pounds, the receipts aggregating $I3,' 4S. Of this sum stockholders of De two clubs will receive S33.006.O6. fhe National commission $7,334.SO. The players ceased ito participate fter the fourth game but they will eceive $152,SSS.5S as their share bis amount being divided 60 per cent p Chicago and 40 per cent to New |ork.
 The total for the series was $42o,- FS, and after subtracting the mon d paid to the players, the two clubs fe richer by $115,2S1 and the Ma |pnal commission $42,5S7.S0.
 As was befitting the climax of the Rseball year. the day was the best ] the ten through which the battle Aged. There was an entire absence l wind and the sun shone from a
 ue open sky sufficiently warm to bake outer garments unnecessary. |hder these conditions thousands of hns entered into the spirit of the Rme. AS was natural they rooted png and Justify for the Giants. but Fere quick to appreciate and ap-
 Qaud the winning work of the White |oX.
 That Awful Fourth.
 Eddie Collins opened by hitting a founder towards Third Baseman Zimmerman, who threw low and wide ! Foulke, whereupon Collins rompeo p second. Rightfielder Robertson