The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
Circuit Clout Into Left Field
: Bleachers Sends Giants
Z Down to Defeat in Big
. Series Game.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


John J. McGraw, leader Of the Giants
and his veteran aides George Gibson.
the old Pittsburgh catcher, and Hans
Lobert, the third baseman. watched
Cfcotte with great care but they never
bothered with the baseballs.
On the other side Clarence Rowland
and his chief lieutenant, the old
ssamy-faced Kid Gleason were just as
rattentiVe to the delivery Of the
amazingly lohg and amazingly thin
2''saP' Sailee only some 80 or "a years
old. as years go. but sun-baked to
century in the summers OF st. Louis.
Both Are Veterans.
Both sallee and Cicotte tonight are
the veterans Of their respective clubs.
They both got by as baseball puts
1T partly on what they have in the
way Of physical ability-in the knack
OF putting "stuff'' or quirks on the
ball as IL leaves their hands. and
partly on what they know; partly OIL.
their baseball wisdom.
They are among the wise men OF
the pitching mound and they proved
II today. One blow settled Sallee's
fate. Another blow might have turned
Il Just the other way around.
A bit OF over-eagerness on the part
u
little center fielder of the Giants. was
disastrous to the big town club. Kauff
tried to catch a fly that could not
very well be caught. Had he caught
II. he, too. would have entered the
hero class. He failed. Failure and
success march arm in arm down
through baseball history.
McMullen, the rookie third basenlan
OF the Sox, Shane Collins and Shoe
less Joe" Jackson, were among the
stars-of the occasion. but II Is the
fellow who clouts one when the
cIout Is important who always gets
The most OF the limelight. and that
Is why Happy Felsch Is tonight
holding the glare Of publicity and dis
cussfon.
McGraw sprang a surprise when he
opened with Sallee. II was generally
believed that Schupp. the younger
left-hander, would start the series for
the Giants. but Sallee's pitchcing prov
ed that McGraw knew what he was
doing when he put in the veteran. The
Giants could not get any runs for
Sal and a pitcher cannot win without
runs. no matter how well he pitches.
Felsch and Cicotte tell the story OF
the first game.
All night long lines of men and boys
had waited patiently in the lee OF the
walls which surround Charley Comis-
key,s baseball plant.
Pelted by an early evening rain
and sleet storm and nipped by brisk
breezes or Lake Michigan. they main-
tained vigil until the gates opened
at 10 o'clock. At that hour the lines
every direction.
Clark Griffith on Job.
One by one they shuffled through the
entrances and right away to sleep pre-
sently a gracious sun broke through
the haze which had yelled the sky
and warned them up. Thereafter the
sun shone brilliantly. During tht
early part of the afternoon the heavy
coats which everybody wore were
almost uncomfortable.
There was a band on the field ir
front of the temporary boxes built out
on the front in front OF left field payil-
lion. 1t shed music OF patriotic tinge
before the game. a crew OF trained
song ''pluggers'' shrieked unintelh-
gently through megaphones at the
crowd.
Here and there at frequent inter
vals through the stands were splotches
Of the olive drab of the army. CLARK
Griffith stood at the press gate as the
people were coming in superintending
the distribution OF envelopes for con-
tributions to his soldiers bat and bal
fund
Before the game many prominent
players. including Johnny Evers and
Walter Johnson. passed through tbs
stand taking up the collections fol
GriT's fund
white Sox First on Field.
The White Sox were the first to
appear on the field They came very
leisurely and just as leisurely began
tossing the ball around A scattereu
volley OF cheers and hand-clappinG
greeted them.
Somehow there seemed to be none
OF the dask and spirit to the prelimi-
naries which usually characterize a
world series. The Giants came mop
Ing out one by one. The violet hues
In their stockings, the lettering on
their chests and on the peaks of
their caps have commenced to die out
and are now little more than a bright
memory. The White Sox wore their
white uniforms which had apparently
been newly laundered. They had red.
white and blue bands on their stock
lngs.
back OF first base and Ed. Mackall.
the cclored trainer of the Cubs.
spread the bats fan-shape on the
ground. While the White Sox were
lt batting practice with Mel Wolf
gang. "Blitzen" Benz and Williams
he left-hander doing the pitching to
them. the big town boys practiced on
he sidelines.
When the sox finished their first
round at bat McGraw's club spread
Dut over the field, He Is carrying a
OF OF young recruits for fan inspec-
ion and they all rushed out together
While the regulars hit against the
practice pitching of Rube Benton the
North Carolina southpaw.
sehaefer Bats to Infield.
A battalion of photographers was on
he field filming the different players
he managers and everybody and
iverything in sight. The Giants hac
IS bat boys a hunchback who wore
nreet clothes and a youngster from
Sittsbursh. who was a proud lad in a
white uniform and a brown sweater.
George Smith. the lanky Columbia
'onegian, relieved Benton, and gave
he Giants a crack at some right
landed hurting for a spell.
Germany Shafer. who is unat.
ached these days. but who has beer
loing a bit OF scouting for MeGraw
vas In uniform and hit to the infield
n practice. Ban johnson. president OF
he American League: John X. Tener
resident of the National League, and
larry Hermann. Of Cincinnati, chair
nan of the National Commission, came
and were heavily photographed as
hey moved ponderously to their box.