New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-11
Rube Benton at His Best
in Pitching Duel With
Cicotte
Davy Robertson Stars
At Bat and in Field
McCraw Men Toss Away
Many Opportunities Be
fore They Get Busy
Bv w. !. Macbeth

The Giants on their own lot proved a
.,r different proposition from the
Giant. abroad. as Clarence Rowland
and his White sOx found to their sor-
row s. the Polo Grounds yesterday
,r.-noon. McGrsw's great machine
and thls It Is, despite disappointments
,t Chieago-stopped the champions Of
III. American League in the Arst local
hattie o. the worlds championship
s.ries. Not only stopped them, but
.but them out. The score was TO O.
The answer? Why, the Giants simply
Dlsyed the ball Of which they are ca
rable. They found themselves for the
6rst time. The sympathy and encour-
sr.nent Of the densely packed stands
nicked I'd the team and carried it TO the
crest Of its power New York got into
the fight for the first time. The bat
lie for the highest honors of the game
has but begun.
Clarence Rowland gave Of the best he
Rad. He went out mercilessly 70 clinch
an argument which went so well in his
favor st the start. He gave the best
pitching he had-no less an artist than
Eddie Cicotte, who mastered the Ma
tioral League champions in the open
ing game at Chicago. Cicotte was not
only good he was great. But his best
fell far short of the skill displayed by
John Calhoun Benton, otherwise known
as Rube
Two Sox Reach Second
Never has a better world series game
been pitched thanthe one turned in by
Benton yesterday. There is no way to
improve on perfection. Just two SOx
runners got as far as second; none got
beyond the midway. In blanking the
Windy City pacemakers Benton set
down the enemy with five scattered
hits. two at least Of which we're fuky.
Rube Bentons wizardry at times ap-
preached the uncanny. He seemed able
20 do anything with the bail. His con
troll was perfect; he had speed; he had
= abaHing change of pace. And through
out Benton's curve ball, which he broke
around the batters' knees, had the Sox
hitters breaking their backs in swings
Of desperation.
Good as he was, Benton was little
better than Cicotte This old fox came
right back with as fine an exhibition
as that which foiled Slim Sallee and
the Giants last Saturday. The breaks
favored Cicotte on his first start. Yes
terday the luck turned the other way.
Cicotte pitched a game that would
have won nine times in ten. It TOOK
perfect pitching to offset Eddie's ef-
fort. Outside the fourth inning, when
New York did all the scoring, Cicotte's
game was quite the equal of that Of
his illustrious southpaw rival.
Davy Robertson, the sweet tempered
and blushing Virginian, shared with
Benton the chief honors Of putting
this old town back on the baseball
map Benton looked after the defence
Of the club; Davey took care Of the
offence. The fleet right fielder broke
loose in a frenzy of hitting that swept
C;eotte of his pedestal Robertson
had two singles and a triple in four
times al bat. He started the winning
rally. scored one Of the two runs and
pllfered base.
shane Collins of Color
Cicotte was beaten, and beaten fair
ly. But he had TO shoulder terrible
handicap in Shane Collins, who was
playing hide and seek with the ball out
IN the sun field. Shane certainly will
have 70 do d whole lot Of starring the
,sst Of the way to wipe out his faults
o. yesterday.
Twice he backed Cicotte right up
sginst the wall by committing two
base uufs on flies from Benny Kauff.
He was under the al tower about the
time Holke came through with a pinch
HI, for he drst run. This would have
been an easy chance for a left fielder
IN his position, and a good thrower
might even have held Robertson to
third base. or nipped him if he tried
70 turn the hoist into a sacrifice fly.
The Giants threw many scare into
ne faithful in the first three innings.
Opportunity kept rapping at New
iork's door. bnt there didn't seem to
be anybody home. In each Of these
rounds Clcotte was in a position where
0ase knocks would have been fatal. As
on MS previous start, the Chicago star
seemed 70 have difficulty in untracking
himself al once, though the pinches
ne handled himself with rare conf
dence.
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