The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-15
BY ~GRANTLAND RICE.


BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Copyright by New York Tribune hssn)
NEW YORK. oct 10. Especial - The
raw fury Of that fith world serics game
in Chicago died down n trifle on the long
drift eastward as the rival athletes sought
repose or the different trains.
But judging conditions by the savage
aspect OF Saturdays battle, It IL hlino-
certain TO break out NJ the Polo grounds
his afternoon when Rube Benton ana
Red Faber meet head-on In the sixth
clash of tho big town war.
As the series now stands J Ia :, win
Chicago prcdominating. the mathematics
OF the case Is simple enough. The SoN
need but ono more victory To hnlsh on
top OF the main leak, while the Giants
need two In a row
How does II hook
Sog Look Good, but
Well, after that game and gaudy dnsh
nom the barren lands on SaturdnN, me
Sox are not only confident Of winning, but,
are doublN so. For they believe they VIII
get to Benton this afternoon Just ns they
broke through Sallcc's guard Saturday
And II they fan here they feel even more
certain that Eddie Ctcottc viii ovcrpowcr
Fred Schupp In the final fray.
Tho Sox expect TO win now within SIX
games. But they, expected less than a
to win in four samIv maybe i've.
Great expectations are not always 10 he
cashed at the Bank Of Fact. For the
Giants. raw and sore after that Saturday
smear, are more cnragcd than depressed
They are going over the top with all the
eguipment thcy have and they rhpcct
10 shattcr the SoN detcns" Just M the
Sox shattered three DAYS ago.
20 this sixth gnmc looks lke n war 10
the death. one of the most bitterly fought
battles than any world series has ever
soon.
hostile Camps Are Hostile
II the pppulACr Ut large could only be
come adjacent TO some ~ the invectlv
and bitter remarks that dubbed out
SATURDAY, the p%opulncc at larrc could
understand a trinc better the tense taut-
ness OF the present situation and the
way things stand bet ween the two hos
lilo camps
Az conditions rest Mt present before the
sixth game the dope unfutls about a.
follows In behalf OF both clubs
For Chicago THE SoN carry a decided
advantage In having only one more game
to win. II Fabe fails TO oycrwhclm BEN
ton today. Cicotl" with q throe-dhy rest
will bf ready to SO after Schupp on
Tuesday. "A twclvc-NeUr veteran sent
against q youngstcr IN one Of the mos,
important and highly critical ball games
ever PLAYED. The SoN also report that
they have nailed IN the record start VII
tually every pitcher this season who
stopped them iu the tlrat encounter. As
~ rllNlilih NAl'Alil' w NliN n''l'N w '
point to Slim Sallce. They believe, too,
the Giants will he discouraged by that
terrible cavc-tn on Saturday where a bail
game, already won. was blown to atoms
Here's Giant Dope.
For New York The Giants are bank
ing on the dope running true to the I'm
irh that no ball club IN tho series has
lost n game ~ home. They further add
that the records show that the SoN have
played badly at the Polo grounds All wear.
.ra. nu.IugN fh. gtNTl .lu.H. AuTL a.a
and that Out Of thirteen starts since May
they have won only four games.
They also believe that Ruho benton,
With an extended rest. can beat Red
Faber 4" "A certainty as they upset Faher
with ease IN his last New York start. Aud
they believe that with I'ahcr out 81 the
way. Cicottc, who has already worked
In the bulk OF three games. will br ready
TO come back for any winning or effective
start. These, In the main, are the leading
points offered by the two rival clubs.
II YOU care In examine the statistics
YOU viii also come upon these salient
facts
In the five games PLAYED the Sor have
scored seventeen runs and the GhRntS 10.
the SoS have made forty-seven hits and
the Giants forty-fve, tho SoN have made
eleven errors and the Giants eight, II
This isn't close enough We fail to have
tie answer.
"6iants Should Win"
Judging the situation by all facts at
hand VIZ offer the following non par,i-
san, impersonal opinion the Giants
should win today's game with Tuesdays
hattie a stand-on. The So1 on Tuesday
viii carry n slight pitching advantage
With Cicotte. But this advantage will
be well evencd M with the Giants play.
Ing at home, where they have done all
their finest work and have gathered In
AL the laurels they now hold.
On the journey eastward with the
White SoN, the main talk Of the day
was that Wild fifth game uphraval The
Sox all state that II was easy To bee
that Snllec, n warm weather pitcher.
working on a cold. raw day. was not right
rom the start, They point 10 the fact
that Slim was In serious trouble at least
twice before the fifth inning and that
after that they were confident Of getting
him II McGraw failed to make a shift.
Thu mighty smash by Joe jackson In
the nnh which struck the southpRw with
a loud and decorating thud In the regions
- his bft groin was the final blow. From
hat point on Slim, pitching with all the
brains and courage n smart. ptmc
nitcher has, had nothing LEFT to cno,n
the rush.
Experts Are purr,ed.
One by one they tore through him. hut
he remained on the mound, nm opcn tar.
get until seven runs were over and the
game was irretrryably lost, Sallec.s long