The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
CICOrTE II MASTER MIND THAT
PILOTS FAST CHICAGO TEAM
TO VICTORY.
SCORE TWO TO ONE
Teammates OF Chicago's Shine Pitcher
Give Him Remarkable Support aud
Play Almost Faultless Baseball -
Receipts Of Game: $,3.l5s.

Chicago, Oct Eddie Cicotte OF DE
troit pitched extraordinary ball for the
Chicago Americans and piloted his team
TO victory today over the New York Ma
tionals by IA score of two to one I'm the
first game Of the 1917 worlds series
played at Comskey park.
At the wheel of the White Sox ma.
chine. Cicotte was master of the Giants
At every stage OF the contest which
thrilled $4,000 followers Of the local Am.
erican League champions and sent them
away from Comiskey park convinced
that after several years of waiting the
highest titular honors of the baseball
field We're to fall to the share of Chicago.
While Cicotte was the master mind Of
the victory. yet he was ably assisted by
the White Sox machine. which played
almost faultless baseball against the de
termined stand of the National league
standard bearers. who would not admit
defeat until the final catch of Robert
sons fly by j. Collins ended "A contest
which exceeded in every way the ex-
pected battle between the two major
leagues. His team mates played with
the confidence of certainty behind CT
cote and the combination proved too
much for the Wanted power Of the
Giants
Throngs Are Turned Away.
An even $4,000 spectators paid admis-
sion to the field OF the local club, with
a result that S73,152 was divided among
players, clubs and national commission.
OF this amount, the players received
s3g. .502. .Os; each OF the clubs. $l3,161.36.
and the national commission, $1,3l5.2o.
Had Comiskey park been able to accom-
modate all those who desired TO witness
the first clash between the White SoX
and the Giants. these figures might cas-
ily have been tripled.
AS IL was. there was not a vacant seat
within the baseball amphitheater when
the PLAYERS took the field. and hundreds
of disappointed fans thronged the ada
cent streets unable to penetrate the po-
lice lines. Every point of vantage which
in any way overlooked the diamond was
\ occupied by men and boys long before
I the game began, and as the struggle pro-
\ crossed the groups grew in number un-
4 III the fans threatened to fall from their
4 precarious footholds.
Humanity Everywhere.
Sloping roofs and towers OF the SeV'
y enth regiment armory were thronged
a with soldiers and sailors while the three
. fences of a small park bore human bur
4 den that neither nature nor architects
had intended in the original plan.
Inside the park the crowds overtloweh
both bleachet-s and pavilions until the
1 fans we're rows deep behind the center
6oId fance Many OF these had stood IN
line all night and were lined up by thou
sands at the gates when they were open
\ ed early in the morning. AFTER that
hour. the only persons to enter the PARK
wore the fortunate holders of reserved ,
& seat coupons.
scenes among the fans were much the
same as i'm all recent series. Flags We're
used for decorative purposes throughout
the mark and there were the usual bands
singing and photographing and movie
camera operators who snapped ana
ranked their machines before and dur
hing the game
Group of Army Men.
A tuch of color foreign to foregoing
series was furnished however, by tle
+presence in a body Of more than l'ooo
,nembers of the officers reserve training
corps from Fort sheridan. Grouped IN
n body in the pavilion back Of first base.
their khaki uniforms and sunburned
lfaces supplied a background which con I
flasted sharply with the civilian gather !
ings
~ One of the oddities of the scene from
tfhe standpoint of the spectators was the
comparatively few women among all the
thousands who witnessed the play. The
oercentage of females could not nave
been more than one to one hundred.
There was also notable absence oi
nc continuous cheering which the rival
RI, OF the series had led many of the eX-
ttrt forecasters to predict would be
Nature of the game. There We're trt~
mendous outbursts OF applause and en-
couragement at critical periods Of the
u1ay or when startling catches or hits
zero made. but on the whole the tense ,
ness OF the struggle appeared to grip the
ans 30 strongly that they were unable I,
u Give vent TO their emotions.
Many Spectacular Plays
Moments were not lacking when the
ectators rose en- nasse. however. and