Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-07
First World Series Contest Shows Rowland's Mach
 inc Working Perfectly.
32,OOO PAY $73,15O
 TO WITNESS SPORT
Only Small Percentage of Women Among Crowd That OyeriiowS Stands-FeIscli'S Home Ran the
 Longest Hit in World Series.

Chicago, Oct. 6-No intimation has been given by Managers McGraw or Rowland as to who the opposing pitchers will be tomorrow. Among those who claim intimacy with the Giants manager, it is said that Schupp will pitch Sundays game, with Perritt as the most probable alternate Charles Herzog, the Giants captain, shares this belief. Manager Rowland is equally reticent. Faber, Williams or Russell will face the Giants to- morrow.
 Chicago, Oct. 6.-Eddie Cicotte, pitcher extraordinary of the Chicago Americans, piloted his team to victory today over the New York Nationals by score of to in the first game of the 1917 world series played at Comiskey park. At the wheel of the White Sox machine he was the master of the Giants at every stage of the contest, which thrilled 32,O00 follow CTS of the local American league cham pions, and sent them away convinced that after several years of waiting the highest honors of the baseball field were to fall to Chicago. Cocotte was ably assisted by the other members of the White Sox, who played almost faultless baseball against the Nation al league standard bearers, who would rot admit defeat until the final catch of Robinson's fly by John Collins end ed the contest. Cicotte's teammates played with the certainy of victory, and the combination proved too much for the vaunted power of the Giants.
 Receipts Total S73.l5O.
 An even 32,000 fans paid admission to the park and this $73,15 was divid ed among the players, clubs and the national commission. Of this amount the players received $39,5O2.0S, and each of the clubs S13,167.36. The na- tlonal commission received S7,315.20.
 There was not a vacant seat in the baseball ampitheatre when the play CTS took the field. and hundreds of dis appointed fans thronged the streets unable to penetrate the police line. Every point of vantage which in any way overlooked the diamond was oc- cupied by men and boys long before the game began. The sloping roof and towers of the Seventh regiment armory were thronged with soldiers and sailors, while trees and fences of small park nearby bore human bur dens. Inside the park the. crowd ov- erflowed bleachers and pavilion until the fans were rows deep behind the center field fence. Many of these had stood in line all night and had lined up by thousands when the gates were opened early in the forenoon. By noon the last space was filled, and the doors closed. After that hour the only per sons to enter were the fortunate hold CTS of reserved seat coupons.
 Few Women Present.
 Scenes among the fans were much the same as in all recent series. Flags were used turnout the park, there were the usual bands, singing and photographers and moving camero op- orators who snapped and cranked their machines before and during the game.
 Atouch foreign to foregoing series was furnished, however. by the pre- sence in a body of more than 1900 members of the officers reserve train ing corps from Fort Sheridan. One of the oddities of the scene, was the com paratively few women present. The per centage of women could not have been more than 1 to 100. There was also notable absence of the contln- uous cheering, which the rivalry of the series had forecast. There were tre- mendous outbursts of applause and en- couragement at critical periods or when startling catches or hits were made but the tenseness of the struggle appeared to grip the fans so that they were unable to give vent to thelr emotion. There were not lacking, however, moments when the spectators rose en masse, and hurled shots across