New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-10
FL0CkED THROUGH
GATES LIKE SHEEP
Fans Eager to Get a Seat in Polo
Grounds BleaCherS for Game
WHITE S0X ARE FAVORITES

WHITE S0X ARE FAV0RITES
Indications Are That Every One of the
$4,000 Seats Will Be Taken, With
Hundreds of Others Watching Game
Through Field Glasses From Build
ings.
New York, Oct. 1O.-White Sox and
Giants, thoroughly rested after their
two days of idleness were ready to re-
turn to the fray today, and battle for
supremacy In the third game of the
series for the baseball worlds cham
pionship. Yesterdays downpour of
rain was a great disappointment to
players and fans alike, but has bee,
forgotten In the eagerness of the ball
teams to resume the contests and the
rooters to get look at the contend
ers for the title. The two days' let-off
has added zest to the series and a tus-
sic worthy OF championship teams is
looked for today. Chicago is eager to
win in straight and New York must
take the third game to increase the
teams chances of finally winning out.
cold northwest wind and an over
cast sky gave the fans little to hope for
at a. m. The rain that caused g.
postponement of yesterdays game
ceased falling at dusk but over head
conditions this morning were not
promising.
With anything like fair weather the
Polo Grounds, with seats for more
than $4,000 persons will hold ca
pacity crowd. Despite last nights
rain and the cold penetrating north
west wind, many fans turned out again
during the night and waited for the
opening of the ball park gates. The
crowd began to grow with the first
streaks of dawn and when the gates to
the two dollar unreserved seats in the
lower grand stand and to the dollar
hloachcr seats were opened it was
clearly as large as the average worlds
series throngs Of other years.
Rain checks possessed by the fifteen
thousand persons who braved yester-
days cold rain and sat in the uncov-
cred seats in the downpour were hon
ored for today's game only. Special
gates were opened for the holders of
the checks. A large number of the
rain checks fell into the hands of
spectators.
Early reports from the groundkeep-
ers assured the management of the
New York club that if no more rain
fell the diamond would be in good
condition. The infield was covered
when yesterdays rain began and is
dry and fairly fast The outfield, how
ever, is somewhat heavy but not too
soft to make an appreciable difference
to the fielders. The four umpires made
a trip TO the Polo Grounds for the
purpose Of reporting to the national
commission.
Betting on the result of the series
has not undergone any change, to 1
and to 1 that the White SoX would
take the series found few takers.
1t was admitted by Giant rooters
that the two defeats sustained by them
in Chicago had severely shaken the
team as a whole and had to some ex-
tent demoralized the pitching staff.
Manager McGraw's pitching plans
were shot to pieces by the Sox batters
and the close followers Of the game
feel that the enforced layoff has
helped the team to pull itself together
and has given the twirlers chance to
get good rest.
BY the same token New York sup
porters argue the idleness did not do
the Sox any good. The western team
was on edge and eager to go in and
finish the Giants. The pitchers were
going good.
While Rariden performs well be-
hind the bag the Giants need
heavier hitter as a catcher, since the
team as a whole has not come up to
McGraw's expectation in the base hit
line.
Unless there ia another upset in the
schedule the two teams will play mere
tomorrow In the event New York
wins at least one game the teams
will travel west on Friday and play
the fifth game in Chicago.
Manager Rowlands of the SoX says
he feels confident that his men will
win in four straight and duplicate the
feat of the Boston Braves against the
Philadelphia Athletics in 1914.
The general opinion is that 1t will
be Cicotte against Sallee on the
mound.
McCarty is coming around rapidly
and if the series is drawn out he may
get into the game again, behind the
plate.