The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-16
Steady Pitching Of RED
Faber Gives American
Leaguers Edge.
GIANTS PUT UP HARD
THOUGH FUTILE FIGHT
First Championship Flag
Goes to Middle West.
Since Fall of 1908.

New York. Oct. 1.-THE Chicago
Americans won the worlds series
baseball championship here this after
noon, defeating the Nationals, 4 to .,
in the sixth and deciding game Of the
1917 diamond classic. For the first
time in almost decade the titular
banner will flutter over the fans of
the middle-west metropolis next spring
when the series pennant is raised at
Comiskey park. as evidence Of the
superiority of the White Sox in the
great national game.
After winning the first two games
on their home field and losing the next
two at the Polo grounds, the Chicago
clan clinched the gonfalon with two
straight victories. one at Comfslley
park and the other at the lair of the
Giants. The New York club did not
go down to defeat today without
desperate resistance. The battle was
surcharged with sensational situations
and thrilling plays. but the invading
combination, with the edge of one
game lead, was not to be denied It
was the Giants who eventually broke
under the strain of the conflict.
Giants FaIter in Fourth.
With "Rube" Benton, the towering
southpaw from Clinton. N. c., waging
a pitching duel for the locals against
the curves OF Urban Faber. the Cas-
cade. Iowa. hurler of the White Sox,
the battle was fought through three
full innings without either team CIV
ing way the slightest margin. either
extensively or defcnsively In the
fatal fourth" however. the Giants
faltered for just a moment and, seiz-
ing their advantage, Chicago captured
the first world series championship
won by the city on the shores of Lake
Michigan since Frank Chances Cubs
defeated the Detroit Americans in the
struggle of 1908.
While the Nationals made a game
rally in the fifth and the Sox added
another run in the ninth, the three
runs scored by the Chicago team in
the fourth session were the deciding
factor. The play in this inning con-
vinced the $4,000 spectators present
that, for this season at least, the PEN
ant winning club of the American
league is better than that which won
the six-months' race in the senior or
ganization.
That the championship should be de-
cided in the fourth inning was in
keeping with the feature and factor
play throughout the series. The Chi
cago club scored it's winning run in
this inning during the first game and
collected five In the second contest in
the same period. In the third and
fourth contests, won by the Giants. the
winning team scored the only runs of
the battle in the fourth inning of the
third and the first of the five runs
in the fourth game, which was a to 0
shutout in favor of New York. The
scoring of Saturday proved an cxcep-
ton, but today the SoX reverted to
their original system, and, aided by
misplays by the Giants. closed the
series with decisive victory.
Crowd the Lar5est.
The largest assemblage of specta.
tors to witness any game OF the pres
ent inter-le league combat was on hand
when the rival clubs grappled. sAc
cording to the official figures. 33,969
persons paid admission to the Polo
grounds, their contributions totallin1
s73,34s. OF this the stockholders of
the two clubs will each receive $33,-
006.06 and the National commission,
$7.334.s0. The players ceased to par-
ticipate in the gate receipts after the
fourth game. but they will receive
$152.SSS.5S as their share, 60 per cent
to Chicago and 40 per cent to the New
York players. The total receipts for
the six games amounted to s425,S7s.
After subtracting that to the players.
the two clubs are given $115,200.Sl and
the national commission $42,5s7.so.
Weather is Perfect.
The day was the best of the ten
| through which the battle ragged. Under
these favorable weather conditions,
| thousands Of fans displayed more
American baseball enthusiasm than In
| almost any of the preceding contests.
! They rooted long and Justify for the
Giants, but were quick to appreciate
| the work of the White Sox as well as
| to cheer down any attempt to boo
| Captain Eddie Collins of the visiting
| team.
| This vocal applause and support
was particularly noticeable in the
fourth. although mixed with chagrir
at the peculiar defensive strategy un.
covered by the Giants. Eddie Collins
opened the inning by hitting a bound,
er to Third -ba seman Zimmerman
who threw the ball low and wide o
Holke. whereupon Collins romped mer
rily to second. Rightfielder Robertson
usxt dropped Jacksou's high but cas-