The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
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was temporarily eclipsed in grandeur.
/ Only one man waited up at Cont
! skey's gates las. night. aud 1t was
later declared that he had not been
1 altogether right In the head since
i being kicked by a mule when child.
1 The bleaehers Allied slowly during the
morning. and there were stretches
\ OF empty seats at l o'clock.
There were empty seats when the
4 game began. The baseball magnaees
&re learning OF the lesson Of early
| sta ring and late closing Of their base
| ball season. s~t
| Tho Sex appeared on the feld very
early and got a fair cheer. The IN
svitabie Mel wolfgang pitched to the
hitters in batting practice.
1 Mel who is a sawed-on, red-heeo-
| cd rtghtha nder. has pitched four IuH
games 1ust in batting practice since
the series began.
4 Il n said, that some of the oaseealls
| used by Eddie Cicotte in the last
| New York game have been sent to a
Il chemist for analysla There have
/ been SO many wild stories as 10
| Eddie's methods OF doctoring the bail
4 that the baseball authorities decideo
/ to settle the matter once and Tor all
j n EDDIE does some the things he Is
/ reported to do to a pill. he wouid
lhAve to have laboratory adjoining
| The box.
Rtl KLEIN threw out a number OF
| haseballs in the New York game, but
l most of them had been "concreted
That is, they had been fuzzed up by
| hitting against the concrete walls.
| Others were discolored.
| Joe Benz. the BatesTflle butcher
| boy. succeeded Wolfgang on the
| mound in the Sox's. batting practice.
| Some thought "Blitzen" might start
| of dark horse. but that Idea was dis
| pelled when the spit bailer figured +"
| the practice However. the use of
| both Wolfgang and Benz IN the pre-
] liminary indicated that Rowland an
| tfc.pated the Giants woul3 Send a
righthander against the Sos, though
| Bob Wflissns the left handler. 3ntlly
closed the practice
Spectators are Chilly.
There was only breath of air stiff
ring at o'clock but the temperature
was away down. No world series
game was ever played under more I'M
ccmfortab Die circumstances from the
spectators standing mp Under foot
the concrete aoors or the stan cs were
ICY cold
The Giants came out on the heid
shortly after i o'clock. JEFF Tesraau
| and HouHs Lobert led the WAY Tie
| ball PLAYERS were bundled UP in their
| brown sweaters, and some OF them
| kept ,hs extra wrapping on when III -
| went to practice.
/ Foster kinsella. son OF sinister
4 Dick" the old scout Of the Giants,
1 came out on the field in q soldier uni
/ form and shook hands with the New
1 York players Young ~Kinseua once
| tried out with the Giants. and was re-
| tected for basebaIiing purposes by his
| own daddy. Old Dick said the boy
| would never hit. enough, Foster Is
now in the aviation corps.
George Smith, the Columbia col.
iegian. WAS the FIRST 10 pitch to the
| Giants in practice McGraw ntood
behind the box watching the hatters
1 Christy Aathewson entered the press
| stand In the role of correspondent
| and spent some minutes greeting old
j friends
i Al DenYa-ee and F8ag George Kei.
/ ly. Bill LAnee's nephew. also pitched
1 to the Giant batters. LANCE was in
| she press stand watching the game
4 The famous player came all the way
from the Pacific coast to sec the Sc.
y r4es.
While waiting for the game 10 be.
gin. the National commission got to-
gether and decided the place OF the
seventh game. If fl becomes necessary
10 play a seventh. Garry Herman
chairman OF the commission tossed q
coin, Harry HsiHpstead. president oil
the Giants, gave Charley Cornisk es
the call The .sold Roman" called
heads, and the coin fell tails
Hcanpstead's LUX Changes
II was the first time Hempste cad hal
wen toss He missed three stratsh
calls In tossing for the opening game
On that occasion the coin twice fel
OF table, This time uern psread in
sisted on having II tossed on the floor
Il don't want any more tables" hs
said.
Denny Kaefs. the hero OF the thirt
game. was given quite hand whsr
he stepped to bat In practice Hs
was literally surrounded by photog
raphers before the game. The Giant.
put up great fnfaeld practice, the cole
causing them to inject lot OF Eli
into their efforts
Saliee and Pc, Perritt shed thei,
gweaters and began warming up sids
by side. while "Reb" Russell. the So,
teft-hander. went through the pre-