The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-07

| OF the American league: JOHN K
Tsner. president OF the National
league, and Garry Hermann. OF Gin.
Il cinnatf. chairman OF the nafaons.
baseball commission, came in and
were heavily photographed "a tho,
moved ponderously to their box
These represent the government OF
il baseball. Oddly enough. Hampstead,
president of the New York Giants
did not come to Chicago for this
4 game. being occupied with the distri-
button of The tickets In New York.
+ When tho Giant regulars took thstr
II posts on the infield. Fletcher booted a
roller, and the crowd 1eered. They
Il applaHded q fast play a moment later
however.
| The motion picture men melted the
bfeacherites In left neld to a demon
stration for Aim purposes. A tiny
little fellow in q bright red cap and
/ white trousers drew a round Of ap-
piause when he stepped out in front
OF the band and led the musicians Tx Q
a baby Sousa
Student Officers See Game
shortly before 2 O'Clock "A column
NJ candidates from the officers train
Ing camp at Fort Sheridan march ed
/ in. marching single Ale through the
/ left field pavilion. and then the White
J NpN lpDA the tkGtt again lcE tESlE lALAA
practice. This time the crowd set up
/ real yell Buck Weaver was at
1 short. and both I-eiboid and Shane
Collins practiced In right field.
I Old Sal Sallee and young Schupp
/ began warming MP in front OF the
/ Giant bench. Poll Perritt also
worked out. In his brown sweater,
I besides Schupp. Lew MoCsrty was
! catching SALES, and Rariden and
/ Jack Onslow. the international
| Lacquer. worked with the others.
In front of the sox bench Eddie
/ Cicot,e alone was warming up. There
+ was no doubt az 10 Rowland's pitch
| ing choice for the opener,
| Just before the game started the
band struck up The Star~Spangled
/ panner'. and the crowd stood with
barred heads. while the song pug
: gers" sang the words through ther
/ rnegaphones The soldiers stood WIN
tsalr hands to their hat brifns.
ssrs,,,. T,.yes,I Makes Announcements.
TAD" O'Neill, former president OF
aha western league. appeared, arraYed
I like a Statesman. seized mesaphone
and began making series OF an
r,ouYeeraarts which nohedx couAo
hear. The bali players oft bcsfs ctaefs
grouped about him with the phorog..
/ ranhera in close reserve, and TIP
4 held alGRf a SGI iCS Va b1ST ~
nations, one after the ether.
/ r1inaIIv Tip" displayed, printed on
! a. large banner, a pledge OF allegiance
I TO the nation and the tag. but me
whole ceremony was more or less
| enigmatfcai. It delayed the game
+ few minutes, and 1t was after o'c.cck
when McGraw. Rowland and the TOUR
um pires, Charley Rfaier. 9 SIN,
/ O'Iloughlin. Billy KLEIN and Billy
! Evans. marched to the plate for
! conference. followed by the photog-
raphers, Silk" had on the chest pro-
tector. which is the badge OF office or
the umpire behind the plate. ana with
the crowd which followed him resem-
/ hied a mob scene.
NcGraw and Rowland were photo
graphed In the good old pose OF shak-
ing hands, after which they held an
argument about ground rules Row
| land ran down the left field foul line
with Billy Evans and the Sox man
lager made an indentatien in the
ground with hts heel, apparently TO
/ Indicate the limit OF fair territory.
| AT 2:1o the sox dashed to their
positions while the crowd roered.
/ The roar was followed by a gasp OF
astonishment when 1t was seen that
TALL four urnpireA were stationed In
the diamond instead OF two being on
che distant foul lines In right aad left
Aetd Klein was back OF first base.
! Rigler was back Of second and Evans
/ at third II was a disunct departure
from old baseball methods.
! Burns First as Bat.
| George Burns. the first OF the Giants
| TO step TO the bat. and the moSt brill
liant outnelder on his club. got n lot
/ of applause when he faced Cicotte.
The chunky Sox veteran mouthed the
ball and then pitched one over the
Il
move and O.Loughl!n called II a strike.
The Giant outfielder let the second
pitch go by and silk again shrilled
strike" The next was a called ball.
so was the next and the next--three
| in row, Then Burns singled across
| second
Charley Herxog hit at the first ball
Jackson. So did Kauff. 'Shoeless
joe had to como from away hack
| in left. and the Sox rooters gasped
when he staggered as ne reached the
ball and almost let it slip from his
| fingers. Benny Kauff swung vicious
! ly az the first ball ard missed It. He
hit the next and went out. A chorus
! of tlerisive yells arose when Heine
stepped up swinging his long bat
/ loosely in his fingers. In the days
when Heine played in the Chicago
city series, as member of the Cubs
the White Sox rooters used to always
tget his goat 80 early In the meet
ing that he would be almost useless
thereafter. Now he seemed to pay
little no attention 10 the crowd.
! He stood paving the ground with his
feet, like rooster scratching gravel,
and let high, fast bali. his old weak
ness. pass unnoticed. Burns. who had
been jockeying for a start off first,
fsuddenly broke away in full fight as
Cicotte pitched his second ball to
Zimmerman. Zimmerman swung and
missed. and Schaik's throw to second
was. true. and fast, but Burns whipped
| in around behind Collins, and Rigler
called him Safe. The steal went for
nothing, however. as Zimmerman
raised a fly to Felsch.
Old Sallee pitched cautiously to
q ohm Collins. AZ the Sox leadoff man
| waited at the plate. Collins. q patient,
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