El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-15

Z pitcher hard II IS time Tor closing
I the curtains. In the seventh the
! rs hite SOE came rampaginE from be-
I hind in one OF the crashing smashes
Z that have made them famous They
mauied their way to within one run
! OF tie and It was up to some one
1 to rescue him No one did.
The White Sox had started one OF
their real mbardments. one OF
those rallies in which they have come
from behind so often They were
crashing-and under the barrage and
the bomb dropping the Giants broke
even worse than the White Sox had
done.
Before they got through the in
field was filled with shell era
tiers where various athletes had
blown up and the White SOx.
rampant and bowling, were the
riders instead OF the RIDGES. The
Giants changed from heroes into
duhs in n minute or two. ragged
and fought while the SOx accused
them OF being yellow and of
blowing up.
They blew UP all right. just as the
White SOL did earlier in the game
but this time the blow was fatal
Future generations may want TO
know what the trouble was. The
trouble with the White Sox was that
Rowland sent Russell 70 the slab
when all the dope indicated that some
one else, even Mel Wolfgang. Yet
he sent Reb in When Reb beat his
quick retreat he left an unfinished
task that added too much TO the
strain on the already over worked
Cicotte. And Eddie did not look to
be the pitcher he was in the other
two games
Sauee UnIueIy TvirIer.
That McGraw should have left
Salee in 10 be slaughtered indicates
that 1IcGraW either believed SAP too
lucky TO be whipped or else he has
a tremendous disrespect for the
punch Of the White Sox- There never
was a time during the game that
Sanee was safe and the slaughter
that came in the seventh and eighth
might as well have happened in any
other inning
MeGrHIv WIS ready TO yank
him off the slab in the first II
Joe jackson hit safe, but Joe
filed out and McGraT hung on as
long As possible. But the one
play that turned the game. as IL
developed was made by Bill
Rariden- 1t was play OF judg-
ment and whether or not Hariden
had escaped with Il. bail players
forever viii blame him for losing
nerve.
There was n runner on first base
and one on third The score still was I
five 20 four IN favor Of the Giants I.
and a pinch hitter at bat Schaik /
was ordered TO run down 10 second Z
and draw the throw and Rariden I
threw TO the pitcher.
Made 4 Bad Throw.
The play in a thousand years was
to shoot TO second for neither run I
ner was fast. Rariden played safety
first Salee whirled and shot to
ing run went over the plate. From
that instant the Giants cass was
hopeless Once tied they were beat
en-. for the White SoL rushed to the
assault like wild men They had
seen the game and probably the
championship lost and had recovered 7
il. They were not to be denied The
maner in which they attacked Saliee
in the following innings was ire
sistible-
They went over the top and
around the ends and before they
had gone far Sallee was with
drawn and Perritt sent in to
stop the slaughter. He stopped
the White SOE with one run but
The Giants were whipped 1t
probably Will 20 down 10 history
as the worst and yet the most
exciting game ever played in a
Worlds Series. Each man Wns ut
the breaking point all the time
right along and ready to smash
up.
The dope indicated that the pitch /
ing days OF this series are all over
and that from now On viii be the 1
crashing era.
The players are angry and de- I
termiued. The rough tactics Of the I
Giants, which twice came near start |
ing fights Saturday, are resented and I
no player with delicate nerves should ]
apply for a job on either team
InffeIderE Are Sore.
The infield play Saturday was
vicious and especially on the part OF 4
Herzog and Fletcher. who blocked I
and interfered with every runner
who rounded second and escaped IN I
penalized, although once they prob /
ably would have been penalized had I
not The ball gone to center and /
allowed the runners to go the limit I
anyhow.-(C Copyright, 1917. The Bell I
Syndicate, Inc)