The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-11

ground. Long before this season
I Robertson hit ball which cleared
4 that identical IL" and landed in the
] bleachers. This stands as a Polo
grounds record for long drives, rank
Ting with the one which Joe Jackson.
who chased Davy's lick today, once
! landed on top of the Polo grounds
stadium in right field.
Before Jackson could round up the
! ball today, Robertson had gone
around to third with that queer, kan
garoo-iike leaping stride of his which
covers ground with amazing rapidly.
/ As the blonde haired, silent Holke
came to bat. McGraw stopped him
and whispered In the first baseman's
/ ear, and then tn the amazement of
I baseball, Holke hunted at the first
! ball pitched by Cicotte, trying the
! squeeze play.
1 McGraw proba bly, does not use that
/ play once in three seasons, though II
/ Ia popular with some clubs, notably
| the Red Sox and Yankees. This time
| It missed fire, and then Hoike dropped
! a slow, lazy .two-bagger I'm left, the
| ball landing just In front of John
l1OlilnS, anu lftI shipPllA peiSA Aiiih
! Holke Is a peculiar sort of hitter.
He just meets the ball, and his hits
are usually short lobs back OF the
! intield Scouts who looked him over
| in the minors declared time and again
/ that he would never hit in the big
! league, because he did not drive ball
hard enough.
! They said ne would not even hit in
, the minors after the pitchers got on
to him" But Holke kept hitting
/ everywhere he went. from the Three
j" to the International and finally IN
the major league.
/ Robertson scored on the two-bag-
ger. of course. and the crowd tubi-
lated wildly Raliden taking the
place Of the smuggling McCarty. and
/ catching as steadily as piece or
( machinery sill day. hunted to Cicotte
! for a sacrifice. Hoike advancing 10
third Benton was called out on three
J pitched balls.
I Burns, who had been something OF
disappointment in the game up to
this time, waited until the count was
three balls and "A strike on him, ana
then he pushed a slow, gentle drtb-
/ bling grounder toward t%ird, Oh
cote got the ban all right and hrew
wild to first, Holke scoring, and Burns
reaching second.
/ 1t Is not likely that Cicatte could
have stopped Burns at first. or pre-
ented the score. even with perfect
! throw. tSandii then made great
catch of Herzog's foul, almost reach
| ing into the boxes back OF FIRST base.
| Chicago Fans Not Disturbed.
| Chicago. Oct fo--Chicago fans are
not one whit disturbed over the defeat
| of the Sox today. They admit that
they are surprised little--and they
are a little glad. They want to see
the Sox In action once again and they
are willing that the Giants should have
the glory OF winning one game when
! that will bring the series back to the
South Side
The defeat OF the Sox todsy brought
or the spirit of loyalty OF the fans in
a way not apparent before. Tonight
they are ready to back Rowiand's men
TO the finish They are offering five
TO three that the SoX> will win T.
series. and even money that they will
licl- the Giants in tomorrow's struggle.
And they are betting wildly tonight
because they don't want any Eastern
er to question their loyalty.
The errors of Shane Collins came as
a stunning surprise. Fans were try
ing TO recall when the outfelder had
made an error before and there were
rev OF tnem arf~ no remember any
They recall the fact II is often the
man who has done the objectionable"
Ia one game is the man who breaks
up the next one They are looking
for Shano's long willow club TO make
the Giants think OF something else be-
sides the error he made today There
Is not one fan sore" at the man who
scored the first run In the big classic
and they are all ready to give him
/ "a big hand when he walks up to the
plate here Saturday.
Surprised" is the only word which
would describe the attitude of the FANS
tonight-surprised that the Sox didn't
pvt, 1t over In four straight games,
They simply can't understand how
team which put up the type OF base
ball the Giants did here could beat the
Hose-hut they await tomorrow with
/ hope and Saturday with citation.