Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
CHICAGO WINNER
OP]EN'||NG } GAME
m WORN SERIES
Eddie Cicotte Pilots Team
to 2-to-l Victory Over
New York.
PROVES; MASTER OF GIANTS
ATT EVERY. STAGE OF BATTLE
Ably Assisted by White Sox Ma,
chine, Which Plays Almost
Faultless Ball.
$4,000 SPECTATORS IN PARK
Kaleidoscope Scenes Among Fans
Much Same as on Similar Oc-
casions Heretofore.
PROVES MASTER OF GIANTS
ATEyERY STAGE OF BATTLE
$4,000 SPECTATORS IN PARK
Kaleidoscope Scenes Among Fans
Much Same rs on Similar Oc-
casions Heretofore.
lBy Associated Press. ]


CHICAGO, October 6.-Eddie Cicotte.
OF Detroit. pitcher extraordinary to
the Chicago Americans. piloted his
team to victory to-day over the New
York Nationals by q score OF 2 to l
In the FIRST game OF the 1917 world
series. He was the master OF tho
Giants at every stage of the contest.
which thrilled followers of tho local
American League champions. and sent
them away from Comiskey Park con-
vinccd that. after several years Of wait
ing. tho highest titular honors OF the
baseball field were to fall to Chicago.
Cicotte was ably assisted by the
White Sox machine. which played al
most faultless ball against the deter
mined stand of the National League
standard bearers. who would not ,ad-
NIT defeat until the final catch of
Robertaon's fly by John Collins ended
the contest. Cicotte's teammates
played with certainty OF victory. and
tho combination proved too much for
the Giants.
An even $4,000 spectators paid ad-
mission to the field OF the club, with
result that $73,152 was divided among
the players, clubs and the National
Commission. OF this amount the play
ers received sas.6o2.os: each of the
clubs. S13.167.36. and the National Com
mission. $7.315.2o.
HUNDREDS OF DISAPPOINTED
FANS THRONG STREETS
There was not a vacant seat in the
amphitheater when the players took
the field. and hundreds OF disappointed
fans thronsed the streets, unable to
penetrate the police lines. Every point
OF vantage which in any way over
looked the diamond was occupied long
before the game began. =.
Tho sloping roofs and towers of the
Seventh Regiment. Armory were
while all nearby trees and fences bore
human burdens. Inside the park the
crowds overfiowed bleachers and pa
vilions until the fans were rows deep
behind the center field fence
Many Of these had stood in line all
night, and were lined up by thousands
when the portals were opened early
In the day. BY noon the last space
was oiled, and the doors closed AZ
ter that hour the only persons to
enter the park were the fortunate
holders of reserved seat coupons.
The scenes among the fans were
much the same as in all recent series
Flags were used for decorative pur-
poses throughout the park. and there
wore tie usual bands. singing and
photographing and movie camera op-
orators. who snapped and cranked their
machines before and during the game.
A touch OF color foreign to fore
going series was furnished by the pres
ence of moro than 1900 members OF
the officers reserve training corps from
Fort Sheridan. Grouped In body In
the pavilion back of first base, their
khaki uniforms and sunburned faces
supplied background which con-
trasted sharply with the remainder Of
the civilian gathering
COMPARATIVELY FEW WOMEN
AMONG ALL THOUSANDS
Thsre were comparatively few women
among all the thousands who wit
messed the play. The percentage OF
females appeared not more than one
to 100 There was also a notable abb
sence OF the continuous cheering
which the rivalry OF the series had
forecast.
There wero not lacking moments
when the spectators rose en- masse.
however. and hurled their vocal offer
Ing across the field. for the game was
replete with startling catches, long
hits and the breaks which mark the
line dividing victory and defeat In
the enthusiasm of the occasion, even
the weather at the last moment fur
nished a perfect setting for the dia-
mond battle. "A blue sky fecked with
film Of cloud looked down upon the
struggling players. and the stiff south
wind failed to Interfere with their
work.
Under foot the field. although a trife
soft from the rain of Friday, was true.
and there was not a miscue which
could be attributed to poor field con.
'.tions.
While the box score showed little
sadvantage one way or the other be-
Tween the teams. the fact remains that
The White Sox, for the day at least,
showed a faster and better machine
than the Giants. Both the infeld and
the outfield worked with perfect judg-
ment and harmony. and the players COL
lectively and individually co-operated
to higher degree than was the case
Eswith the National League combination
|SSThe men Of Rowland. with Cicotte on
the mound, played with dash and vim
"a which was an outstanding feature of
aatheir work.
FIRST RUN IS SCORED
ON McMULLIN's DOUBLE
# They were first to score. gathering
in their initial run In the third.
when, after Schalk had been retired at
first by Zimmerman. Cicotte singled
through second. John Collins followed
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