Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-11
ROBERTSON SAVES
 NY. FROM DEFEAT, l WINS THE VICTORY Great Catch by Rightfielder
 of Gandil's Fly Prevents
 Chicago Score. |GANDIL CHECKS NEW YORK RALLY
 sNeit.,er Pitcher Gives Base on Balls, E}ut Cicotte Yields Eight Hits to
 BtntOn'S Fiye-tttendance 33.61G.

M New York, Oct. 10.--Cheered on by .thousands of loyal rooters the New MYorA Nationals turned upon the Cri- # cago Americans in the third game ot M the worlds series this afternoon and M shut out their interleague rivals, to x O.
 zA It was entirely different appear Ming team that faced the White SoX Nat the Polo grounds. For the first s@ time in the present struggle the Gi Rants fought and won both victory and #the breaks of the game.
 # As was the case in the first contest z&in Chicago the game developed into a
 pitchers' battle, but today it was Ed x die Cicotte who was forced to bow
 before the prowess of the opposing
 hurler and the sweeping bats of the
 Giants pitted against Rube Benton,
 the star of the White SoX hurling
 corps found rival as skillful as he S in delivery, as crafty in generalship # land one who refused to allow Ci- #cOtte's teammates run to ease the Hstrain. Only six Of the visitors reach # cd first base, five on hits and one on s#a fielder's choice, and of these only #two saw second base.
 8 Behind Benton the Giants played &with dash and brilliancy which was Mentirely missing in the two preceding &games Despite Cicotte's control and & &Gecaptive curves, they smashed into &his delivery in the fourth inning and #hammered out the two runs whic1 &Snelled victory and restored their con \ fidence for the contests to come. II After the game the Nationals eX-
 pressed the belief they will be able to
 repeat tomorrow and start westward kThursday night on even terms for the ! fifth game of the series. set for Chi
 cago Saturday.
 S0utherners Heroes,
 Among the fans tonight the name
 of Davis Robertson of Norfolk. Va. is
 praised in equal proportion with that
 of Rube Benton, another Southerner,
 hailing from North Carolina. Be tween these two combatants brought
 about the downfall of the Chicago
 combination when the outlook for a break in the series of defeats was l none too bright
 For three and one-half innings the opDosine box men had proved jnVlN- cible and the 3O.GOO fans were settling down for hurling duel w.,en Rob ertson swun@ into the calcium elar' of fame. He ended the White 'soX' l four inning attempt to penetrate the pitching of Benton with a great catch of Gandil's long, sizzling drive to right field when he hurled himself against the concrete wall of the stand and plucked the ball with one hand just as it was about to strike the wall Had he missed the catch Gandils smash would have gone for at least a two-base hit. But Robertson was not done. The Norfolk player Goffed his fielder's glove. stepped into the bat ter's box, picked one of Cicotte's 5 sharp-breaking low balls and drove 1t high and far into right center. The sphere sailed upward and onward under the force of the blow until it seemed certain that it would equal Felchs home-run drive of the first game. Both Jackson and Folsch rac- ed frantically after the bali. but It hit the bleacher fence and bounded away from their clutches. Robertson was sliding into third when the ball was returned to the infield. Holke followed with a two-base nit to left, scoring Robertson. Catcher Rariden. playing in place of Mccarthy. who was injured in the second battle at Chicago. advanced his teammate to third with a sacrifice, Cicotte to Gan dll. Benton could not fathom Cf cotte's curves and struck out.