Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-08
CHICAGO VICTOR
IN SECOND GAME
OF WORLD SERIES
New York Pitchers Given
Terrific Ito 2 Hammer
ing in Sunday Battle.
GIANTS MORALE SHATTERED;
WHITE SOX GAIN CONFIDENCE
Winners Excel in Each Depart
ment and Halfway to
World Title.
TEST FIVE McGRAW HURLERS
Results Very Satisfactory to Comis-
key Clan, Who Leave Oppon-
ents Broken and Dismayed.
GIANTS MORALE SHATTERED;
WHITE SOX GAIN CONFIDENCE
TEST FIVE McGRAw HURLERs
Results Very Satisfactory to Comis-
key Clan, Who Leave Oppon-
ents Broken and Dismayed.
IBy Associated Press. J

tBy Associated Press]
CHICAGO. October THE Chicago
Americans are halfway to victory in
the worlds series clash with the New
York Nationals. To-day the White
sox defeated the Giants. 7 to 2. in the
second game Of the titular struggle.
Tho teams are speeding eastward to-
night for New York, where. on Tuesday,
tho series will be resumed. and IL tho
local team continues to play tho type
OF game 1t has displayed here, support
that the So1 should at least break even
with the Giants in the two contests at
the Polo Grounds.
The White Sox rolled over tho
Giants to-day like a baseball jugger-
naut. leaving disaster and dismay In
their wake. The victory was far moro
impressive than that OF yesterday. and
when the teams left the field the Chi
cago club was surcharsed with conf
dence. while the New York combina-
ton was badly shattered. both ply
sically and in morale.
Tho National League champions were
obliged to use no fewer than four
pitchers this afternoon and, at the
close OF the second day of play, the
White Sox had sampled. with salts
factory results from their standpoint,
the service Of fve of the seven hurlers
who form the twirlng corps Of the
Giants. Only Benton and Demaree re-
main unscorched. and 1t will be a prob
lem for Manager McGraw to select n
pitcher who can hold the Chicago bat
ters In check even on the home dia-
mond,
WHITE sox HAVE ADVANTAGE
BOTH AT BAT AND IN FIELD
Both at bat and In the field. the
White Sox maintained the impressive
advantage which they showed In the
opening game The offensive and de-
fensive methods and play OF the Amer
lean League standard bearers was far
superior to that shown by tho New
York club. and in no department Of tho
national sport did the Giants appear
to have the edge on their Western
rivals. Some Idea OF this superiority Is
gained from comparison CT the figures
Of the two games to date.
Tho White Sox have scored nine runs
to three for the Giants: twenty-one
hits to fourteen: which have netted the
local club twenty-six bases to seven
teen for the Giants; while in stolen
bases, the Sex lead four to one. In in
about even. For the New Workers.
Hoelke and McCarty have reached
the 500 mark in batting. while two
White So1 stick wielders also have
reached or surpassed this standard.
John Collins leads all the batters with
a percentage of 500 and Joe Jackson
is second. 100 points behind his pace
making teanimate.
There are features of the double
victory which cannot be expressed in
figures. and these have been tile out
standing elements which have encour-
aged the adherents OF the Chicago
team to believe that ultimate and COM
plete demonstration Of their claim, re-
garding the supremacy of the White
Sox. was but matter OF a few days.
REMARKABLE RECOVERY
NEEDED TO CHECK SOx
In field strategy managerial shrewd- :
ness and individual and collective dash,
the men OF Rowland have outshown
the New York players, led by Nc
Graw. and 1t will require a remark
able recovery on the part Of the east
ern team when 1t reaches its home
field to check the Chicago clan In its
imperious rush for the championship
Some Of the Giants believe that such
feat Is possible. once the team ap-
pears on It's home ground. before thou
sands of fans who will encourage the
Giants to their highest efforts. II
they can overcome a lead of two
straight victories. even under such ia
vorable psychological surroundings 4.
will be remarkable exhibition of
gameness.
In the two games played at CO.
miskey Park, the Chicago team has
had the greater portion of vocal sup
port. but the Giants have not boen
without their rooters. who rose man.
fully Mt every opportunity to urge on
he National League representatives.
There were not as many occasions
for this vocal encouragement in the
second contest, for, with the excep-
tion OF a few moments early in the
game, the White Sox held command
Ing lead, and their cohorts monopolized
most of the cheering. While the Of
fetal attendance was announced as
Identical with that OF Saturday, sew
eral thousand more persons witnessed
the play, although they did not con-
tribute to the Golfers of either club
or players for the privilege.
EVERY TREE AND FENCE
NEAR PARK HOLDS FANS
Every building, fence or tree over
looking the park carried much Iarg-
er burden Of fans than was the case
yesterday. and their cheers mingled
with those of the spectators within
tho walls.
The official figures of the National
Commission gave the attendance as an
CONTINUED on Fourth Page)