The Detroit times., 1917-10-11
Win Will Send Them
Tee q Chicago Gihtiieeaa go With y iitA
Even Break
SALLEE HELD
LIKELY HURLER
SOx Have No Alibi To
Offer For De-
feat

NEW YORK. Oct ll.-Whethor
the White sox are 10 return 10 their
home LOT needing only one more
game TO grab tire worlds baseball
title, or th4s- .sta7 spansled worlds
series. is TO becoffea dizzy fight
running 90 six or even seven games.
viii be- decided today.
The Giants are. up and coming
The Sox are just as good as they
were Saturday and sunday when
they took two eamessin row. But
they now hive the New York crowd
hghung back az them. encouraged
by the cheers of their home folks
and their pitching tangle unsuarled
Another line Of fans shiyered and
shook az tho bleacher gates OF the
Polo grounds IN the cold and rain
that prevailed early today When
Ruhe benton turned back the SoX
yesterday. hc transformed the
series from runaway into a bitter.
determined struggle The Giant
fans were stalking everything on to-
days game a victory and the
series Will bc even MP Defeat and
the SoX viii return home on the
verge OF clinChing the title
Favor hung on tho McGraw door
step as John made ready 10 lead
the Giants into the fourth frn% OF
The series today Fortune. who has
given McGraw some rude bumps in
the last few DAYS. was nirting With
him. for she gave him the pick OF
three pitchers today
Sallce Schupp oF Perrit We're
ready fo step 10 Tho firing line TO
day The punch that had gone
straying in Chicago had been To-
Gated The Giants had proved they
are better away from the iccrs of
Chicago But they must have
their winning luck going today for
Saturday they must face the raging
crowd that crushed them In the
Windy town and sci them tO play
ing with their chins on their chests
The weather man ha. hit exactly
nothing 50 far In his world series
prognostications In New York, but
hp warned the raying fans that
clear weather Was due Tor This aft
ornoon
Reb Russell is picked as the man
60 oppose The Giants this afternoon
with the betting resting on slim
Sallec FOR the local club There is,
however. big II attached 20 his
tale Russell never was known io
be right two DAYS in succession II
~ starts this afternoon game it
viii be- because he has been able 80
show something Just before game
time Russell right Is thing pf
beauty perhaps The hest left-hand
or In Tho game Russell not right. b.
just thrOwcr, not q pitcher
I'm case OF demise of predic-
tious for Russell % Is probable
Claude Williams viii Ret chance
go start. With Danforth held ready
to WIND up the pas'imo This is a
system Clarence Rowland has used
an summer with Gne effect
~ is regarded as hardly probable
that Rod Faber viii be- flung back
into thc breach The aorrei topped
star doubtless will be held for duly
back IN Chcaro. whore Do can steal
thlrd base without fear of being
lynchCd Fabcr has not been in
good hoalth and has been incapable
of working without plenty OF rost
slim S8lieo II expected lby thc
loca' fa1s simply hrcauso the long
sir.nrr soufhpaw pitched N marnih
cont game saturday In Chica-o.\t
Sine fmes 0ut of ten an effort
such as he exhibited on that occa
sion uuil win % ball game Nc.
Graw conf 'Cnt Sallce has one
more e.lra leff In him. Eut Schupp
and Perr are ready and a great
Gcal viii depend on how the trio
w0rm Hp
There were no alibls IN the White
Sox camp today. They were beaten