Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-08
by DAMON RUNYON.

up by member of the New York
Giants of the second game Of tho
| worlds series here this afternoon.
Writer'S of renown were cropping for
words to describe the defeat of his
! club by the Chicago White Sox when
! the Giant came along.
| They were thinking of "overwhelm-
! ing" as n good strong word. and linger-
ing lovingly over crushing" but the
athlete, who knows what 7-to-o
score really means in =; championship
game. covered the situation in one
swift lingual stroke.
Yes" he repeated, they ;us,
knocked us cock-eyed!"
Then he hurried away to catch the
train which Is bearing him and his
teammates back to New York, the Polo
Grounds and the third game of the
series, which now stands very much In
favor of the American League, with
| two straight victories over their Ma
tional League opponents.
In one inning. and after tho Giants
had two-run lead, the SoX tore
through the pitching OF "Ferdy"
Schupp, tho overnight southpaw "phe-
nom" of the National League: beltcd
the careful curving of Fred Anderson
who stands first among the pitchers
| in the old organization in the matter
OF allowing few earned runs, and
wound up on "Poll' Perrit, crack right
handler of the big-town club
MANY CUSTOMERS TAKE
DEPARTURE IN SEVENTH
After that one inning, which was
the fourth, tho result was never in
doubt. Customers were walking out
on the pastime by the seventh inning,
though most of the $4,000 people re-
manned to rejoice over the downfall
of the Giants.
The ease with which the sox
| smashed the pitching of the Manhattan
lieved by the Giant followers that
Schupp was almost certain winner.
hut he was least effective of ALL
The line OF heroes and goats" which
usually marches through series
paused abruptly to-day, leaving only
| Happy" Felsch still standing out he
meath the calcium fare Of yesterday.
because there was no chance for any
one TO do any heroing. or any coating.
either. this afternoon. 1t was a sort
ers To make n Chicago holiday, and
all the White sox participated
It upset all the dope amt left the
experts practically speechless It is
impossible to expert 7-to-a score to
any extent
This was the first worlds series game
played on Sunday since 1910. when the
Chicago Cubs and the PHILADELPHIA
I ,lati
After that until to-day the series stuck
to the East. whore baseball on Sunday
| is not permitted.
1t was new experience for the
Broadway contingent in Chicago. as
most OF them heretofore regarded Sun
day as just day to be devoted to
intensive slumber. especially from noon
on They came out gummy-eyed and
yawning, to find a bright sun shiny
afternoon.
THOUSANDS AGAIN WAIT
IN LINE DURING NIGHT
Thousands of people again waited in
the lee of Comiskey's walls all night
long. hoping to get one OF the COM
paratively few seats which were
thrown on the open market. There
were number of women in the line.
Sunday Is the favorite baseball day
In Chicago. just rs Saturday is the
favorite baseball day in New York, and
Tor about the same reason.
Chicago people do not work on Sun
day. New York people do not work
on Saturday. New York people do
not work on any other day IL they
can help it, OF course. but they ape
| cialize on worthless Saturdays, which
they devote to the Polo Grounds Some
people regard watching Benny KauT
chase fly halls as form of labor.
but that Is entirely matter of opir
| ion.
Kenny changed his clothes three
times Friday. when 1t rained all day.
thus equaling the big league record
was at tine top of his sartorial form.
II Is believed that Benny's last scenic
outburst produced the haiistorm which
followed the rain.
To- day Benny changed his clothes
but twice. not counting his baseball
/ monkey suit" as the FASTENERS call IT,
The solid square OF olive drab, rep
| resenting the young candidates from
| the officers' training camp at Fort
sheridan. which filed the right-ielG
pavilion yesterday, WAS missing this
AFTERNOON. The soldiers had TO go
pack TO the task OF readying them
serves to protect the civilians who &C.
cupicd their seats to-day.
BAND "JAZZFS" .'AMGRICA.n
WITH MANY VARIATIONS
The band found sunny spot on the
held back OF third base to-day and
kept up musical barrage fro for
the phalanx Of song plungers who an
hoyed the fnofensive atmosphere with
! noises before the game. When tho
oand began jazzlne up America" with
many variations. the Chicagoans stood
with heads barred.
Ihe band was playing 1t for one
stepping purposes. but the citIzenry