El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-08

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weaknesses battled brilliantly Satur-
day and the old wallop Won The
White sox figured to possess the lit
tie extra punch that covers a multi
ude OF sins, and they made good on
the dope.
FeIsch and shane Collins were
doped 70 hit Sauee's pitching, and
they did Il was their terrific driving
that represented the difference be-
tween the teams.
The blow that wrecked the Giants
was delivered by Felsch whose smash
into the left field seats represented
the difference between the teams and
turned the tide But. forgetting all
the smashes and plays that pune
tuated the struggle, the game showed
the White Sox to be the better team
They went into the struggle filled
with fight and pepper. they showed
spilit and they struck az the weak
spots Of the McGraw machine with
a determination and force that Is
rather a relief TO Us who have watched
them during the season
The geueraiship Of McGraw and the
Wanted brain power OF the Giants
failed TO overcome the mechanical
superiority OF the White SoN They
erred, they blundereds and them by
sheer batrerins power. they won the
game The dope worked out in the
first game, In spite OF the fact that
this mean man McGraT, tried TO
cross US We informed him in the
pitch the first game and that Cicotte
would beat him, five 10 one, that the
White SoZ would hit Schupp and that
Cic0t-e would hold the Giants to one
run and seven hits- Then this mean
guy. NcGraw. tried 20 spoil the dope
by sending slim Sallee TO the slab.
The do-e indicated that Slllee would
pitch the -hl-d game, and win IT, and
McGraW tried 10 slip one over BY
sending him in Tor the first game
they figured 20 do The plain fact
is that this mean person, lIcGraW,
trying 60 double cross the dope.
crossed himself out Of big chance
TO win the series.
lie led his ace and Il was
trumped on the first lead. Now,
he T. against ff because IL figures
Cfcotte viii heat Sehunp in the
first game in New York and II
makes ft probable that the series
viii end in five instead Of six
games
The game was one Of the most
strenuous In the history Of worlds
series The play was slow and az
times. not certain. but. considering
the fact that the teams were playing
under a terrific nervous strain, and
in the presence OF $4,000 human be-
inEs. and 800 o. Henrys. It was Won
derfully wen played The one thing
that inspired the White S0E fans, was
the spirit and determination with
which the Rowland machine went in
10 the battle. 1t has been q team
that has seemed lazy, al times tndit-
fereut. which has been credited with
lack of ambition. and brains be-
cause Il PLAYED that kind OF ball
Yet. yesterday the team Jumped right
az the threats OF the Giants, battled
them for each point, slid hard, hus-
tied and looked more aggressive and
more OF q fighting team than did
the Giants, who are famed for fight
The first two Innings were
Wretched, perhaps because the players
were under nervous strain There
were three bushy blunders made. one
by GandI, who deserted first base
and balled up play BY causing CT
cote 10 hesitate about covering the
base one by Holl1e, who was grabbed
or urst base win no play IN sight,
and one by Eddie Collins who came
too far in front Of second TO meet
q throw and allowed Burns TO slide
behind him TO safety There were
perhaps mistakes due TO nervousness, I
and none OF them cut any figure in
the result. The game was decided on
clean wallopirE.
McCurfy's base hit which net
ted him three bases, and a semi
accidental single by the surprised
saiiee. gave the Giants their only
run, and John Collins fierce hit
followed by lIclIullin's single, and /
within the next inning. Felsch's
home run yielded their two for
the White Sox.
Neither team had any legitimate I
chance to score, although a base hit 7
would have upset things on three oc-
castons. While We are distributing
the medals to Hap" Felsch. let US not I
forget the real hero-one Eddie Cic- ]
Otte. when il was put I'D to us TO
dope cut the difference in strength I
between the two teams we reached "a /
stage where it became evident that
about the only real difference in
strength was contained in Cicotte-
Whereupon many major league 7
play ers ulWleO us out and hOOted .
us, men Of the class OF lawn Evers, T
and Fred Mitchell. nOo-poohed and i
declared that what the Giants would /
40 10 ClcOtte would be a shame. We
refused TO be convinced, because. It'll
was our theory that brains plus skin t
and nerve beat most any kind a BAN .
club.
Yesterday CIeotte demonstrated
that fact. Among ether things
he made Holze look Ike a busher,
by grabbing him flat-footed, off
first base and later, when there
still remained . glimmer Of hone,
that the Giants might win CIcotte
made the unsuited and much nd-
Neruscd knuff look foolish by
catching him off first and wreck
ing the final hcpe OF the Giants.
When Clcotte did not pitch his very
best brand of ball during the early d
innings, he seemed TO be having a BIT Il
p trouble locating the outside corner II
ot the plate at times. and he appeared II
10 check down his speed TO gain bet-|
ter control Later. when the White \
soN were leading. he started 10 pitch I
and put more and more stuff on I
the ball As far as the naked and II
lnaided eve could discern. he used II
neither emery. hypuotism or sweet \
1tl on the ball I saw only four balls ]
that seemed 70 sail or "slide" and \
lne or these was hit and hit hard II
In tho entire game the Giants hit
luly five balls hard. and the White
5oX connected solidly with eleven. Il
The further Cicotte went the better