The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-08
RowIand's Men Are Smiling and Hap
Nv and Are Busy Figuring How
to Spend Their Extra
Money.
EXPECT TO TAKE TWO
1t Will be up to Perritt and Benton TO
Hold Chicago Off From
Clean Sweep Of
the Series.

TBy H. c. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Correspondent
ON BOARD THE WHITE SoA
SPECIAL, Oct. S.-A happy, laughlns
team of ball players rode this tram
to New York today. Two up on the
GIANTS after their first clashes Win
the National league champions the
white Sox basked in the sunny
smiles of fandom for they are Just
halfway down the trail that leaos 10
the worlds championship
everything seemed to favor tne
American leaguers as they approach
cd their two contests to be stagea
on fhe polo grounds. The prospect
of playing on an alien field bothereo
them but little. They have the know"
ledge that John McGraw is short OF
nitchers and that Clarence Rowland
csn now afford to take chance.
Cicotte and Faber, his two stars
have downed the enemy. Ihey az
now able to take rest.
II wasn't that way with the Giants
as the Chicagoans figured It, iney
had witnessed the setting OF ,wo
suns-those of Schupp and Salee.
They had faced the fearsome snoots
of Perritt and come on Victorioa 70.
They know the curves and trlcAs VI
Fred Anderson. John McGraw was
left helpless from the STANDPOINT VI
pitching strategy. supporters oi .he
New York club who had Inquired Nc
Graw would save Schupp TO WORK
against the Sox at home were coiin !.
dent the Giants leader woula hoe
start the young left hander. Iney
believed it meant start TOT hupe
BENTON or Poll Perritt. Ihe latter
showing against the American league
champions, while not exceptionally
brilliant, was sufficient to convince
ha sebau followers that In the rlghe
arm of the former Cardinal hes tns
greatest pitching power the Natiohai
league champions hold
AS had been predicted py the
United press, the Sox have TAKEN
the lump and the rest OF the preolc-
tion-that the White Sox would come
through with their second worla
CHI acknowledgements about to De
realized
Eoretdn Field NO Bar.
There is favor for the Sox in play
ing at the polo grounds TOT tney
have become accustomed to the nome
of the Giants. There We're some VINO
believed the return home would nave
+, cheering effect on the Giants that
would amount to more than a mere
low at coming home. The Giants
never played baseball in Com1skey
nark and were at some disadvantage.
Tbe White Sox confidence, however
was running wild. Never a memoer
~ team could consider anything
but victory in two more games
That sort of figuring seems out OF
the ordinary, for McGraw is at the
head of a powerful baseball club, one
that will go strong with break IN the
luck, He still holds an ace in Slim
sallee who pitched an extraordinary
pame against the Sox in the opening
encounter. He still has Benton 70
fling into the fray and he possesses
an excellent right handler in Perritt
Done points to at least one victory
for the National Lacquer. with prob
ability that they will take away two
games.
Clarence Rowland could send
Eddie Cicotte back today. Cicotte Is
whale OF pitcher Of which the
Giants are aware His presence on
the pitching mound would have a
great effect. However, Reb Russell
has been showing lots Of stuff and
is expected to get the crowd. he
will give Rowland the added advan
tase of mixing it up for the opposi
tion II is considered improbable
that Schupp would get to work again
unless he starts the second of the
home games. Schupp in addition to
having nothing on the ball to speak
op apneared to be frightened youth
Yesterdays ball game from the spec
tator's standpoint, was frightful
murder of what had been called a
great baseball club. The non-hittine
White Sox leaped on everything that
was turned into the pitching box by
McGraw and made it terrible day
Schupp wasn't alone in his sorrow
Fred Anderson and the rest of Their,
received a Chicago greeting suffi'
cient for anyone.
Jackson is Clubbing Kid.
Joe jackson, smuggling rival of. Ty
Cobb in by-eone DAYS, came into his
old stand-the spotlight, as the day
closed on White Sox victory. Joe
three times dubbed offerings of the
Giant hurlers for hit and once he
walked, giving him perfect batting
average for the dav. Joe's hitting
form and the remarkable fielding he
has displayed during the series en-
titles him to at least runner-up
nosition for hero. For ,Joe's hitting
will mark him for respect from now
on. Jackson. always figured by the