El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-16

! a doggoned good chance TO win the
/ game which they had thrown away
/ through Zimmy's "Bronnix' blunder.
l for, after those three strikes, two and
possibly three of which were mis-
I called balls, Charlie Herzog turned on
a ball purpOsely and crashed il to
right field for a three base hit, that
I yielded the Giants their only runs
Any one Of three balls that gave
] Rariden and Without free passes TO
Z first, might have been called strikes.
I Two certainly were over the plate
and there was another called on
[ Burns, giving him the advantage over
the pitcher, which might have been
called either way. so whatever abb
the Giants may set up. you may
present in rebuttal the fact they
would in all probability have been
shut out by Faber, had Klein called
everything right
1t was n beautiful day, a great
crowd and n perfectly ladylike
game OF ball. The national COM
mission became alarmed lest the
boys would get too rough and mar
each others beauty, so they issued
orders that no scrappinE went.
Perhaps our heroes are going into
the movies and the commission
feared their complexion might be
damaged.
There was none Of the roughing
and the fighting that marred Tor per
haps 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 a better club It was evident
right from the start that the game
was test Of nerve and also that the
White SOx, having seen what Benton
possessed in the pitching line, were
confident they could hit him
Slammed Benton Hard.
He was pitching very wen, but the
White SoX were hitting understand
ingly. Twice the background against
which they were not accustomed TO
hit, seemed 20 puzzle thems but they
were cracking the ball honestly and
sQuarely and attacking with a fierce
determination. They went three inn
ings without breaking the defence at
all, and meantime the Giants were do
ing about as wen against Faber as
the SOZ against Benton
How II Happened.
The fourth brought the break.
Eddie Collins led it with a smart tap
down TO Zimmerman. and with plenty
OF time to throw out his man. "Zim"
scooped the ball and fired il low
through HolSe. allowing Collins 10
take two bases.
right center Davy Robertson. hero
pro TEN. ran up waving his arms or
clapping his hands TO applaud him
self, and muffed, allowing Collins 10
90 TO third In the pinch Felsch hit
a slow easy bounder straight into
BentOn's hands.
Benton tossed to Rariden, who
chased Collins back toward third,
Collins was intent upon jOckeying I'M
til the other runners could advance to
third and second and played it out
Rariden tossed to Zimmerman. who
at once gave chase TO Collins on the
theory, perhaps. that causes a Ford to
pursue an eight cylinder car. Hel
could not touch Collins. there was no
one at the plate, so Zim gave him
terrific chase across the plate and
meantime two runners advanced. ]
Gandil at once stepped sideways and /
lashed a crashing hit across first that /
sent home two more runs-and the /
worlds series was as good as over.
The White SOx had chances to
score In almost every minute from
that to the finish. and late in the
game managed to land two con-
secutive blows that added one to
their majority without materially
disturbing the prospects,
Summary-Heroes permanent
Collins. Red Faber, Hap Felsch. /
Charles Herzog. Rube Benton.
Heroes (pro TEND. Robertson, 3. 7
kauff, Chick GandiL
Dubs (pro em)-Shano Collins. BIZ
Rariden, Benny Kauh, Reb Russell. I
Dubs (permanent)-Hein thinner
man.
Copyright 1917. The Bell syndI-
cate Inc.)