Albuquerque morning journal., 1917-10-15
White Sox Now Have Two
Chances to Win Baseball
Championship to National
leaguerS' One.
ROWLAND SAYS NE WILL
SEND FABER TO MOUND
Cicotte Will Relieve Him if He
Gets Into Trouble; Schupp
or Benton viii Be McGraw's
Choice.

New York, Oct. ia.-The two con-
testing baseball teams from the Amer
ican and National leagues battling for
the championship of the world return
ed to New York tonight to resume
their struggle at the Polo grounds to-
morrow afternon. AS result of the
stormy and loosely played game in
the west Saturday, the series ands
three victories for the Chicago White
Sox and two for the New York Giants.
One triumph for the American
leaguers tomorrow will give them the
baseball championship OF the world
and the spoils that go with 1t. Vic
tory for the Nationals. however VIII
carry the series into Tuesday for the
final game.
AS Chicago has the odd game
safely tucked away great advantage
at this stage of short series, her fol-
lowers feel confident the title will go
to Comiskeys men. They have two
chances to win while the Giants have
! only one.
Pins Faith on Two Pitchers.
The Giants are pinning their faith
on Ferdy Schupp and Rube Benton.
who helped the New Workers to make
their great comeback last Wednes-
day and Thursday when all but their
most faithful followers thought the
team was out of the running, Based
on their work in the present series.
there is little choice between the two
and it is probable McGraw will make
| ~ h,,t nd
| in tomorrow to hold the Sox the pitch
er who shows the better in the prac-
tice. Benton held the Sox to five
hits for six bases in the the one game
he pitched and won; Schupp has twirl-
ed in two games. being taken out in
the second inning Of one contest and
shutting out Chicago ON his second
appearance.
| Manager Rowland's pitching choice,
he said tonight, would be Faber il he
is right and Cicotte to relieve him If
Faber shows any signs of trouble
Cicotte. the records show, has pitch
ed twenty-three of the forty-three in
ming New York has been at bat. The
White Sox manager said he was conf
dent that tomorrow's game would be
the last
White Sox Lead In Batting.
Cnofficial averages of the five
games so far played show neither
team has a great advantage BY rea-
sor of yesterdays fusiiiade of hits
Chicago leads New York In team bat
ting. The White sox have team av-
eraRe of .2s8 to the Giants ali, Chi
cago has made total OF forty.seven
HIS and seventeen runs while New
York has made forty-five hits for
! fifteen tallies.
New York leads in team fielding
with an average of .9b9, Chicago's
figures are .94S. The Giants have
made eight errors. three Of them in
Saturdays wild game, and the White
sox eleven, of which six also were
scored on Saturday. The two short
stops Weaver and Fletcher. lead their
respective teams in errors. the former
having four and the latter three. The
average of John Collins, the Sox field
er, of three errors In total of seven
chances Is far below world series
standards for outer-garden men. He
| is the only outfielder on either team
to may misplsy so far.
Individual Batting Figures.
| Individual batting honors for the
two teams rest with Davy Robertson.
the Giants right fielder. He is the
only player on either team who has
double figures In the hit column,
having slammed the ball safely ten
ti,nes in nineteen times at bat for an
average of .526. Rariden, substitute
ing for the hard-hitting McCarty and
whose catching has been of high
order, comes next to Robertson with
an average Of .b00--five hits In ten
times at bat. Kauff and Zimmerman.
the Giants cleanup men, are batting
under 200. Capt. Eddie Collins Is
leading the White Sox regulars with
eight hits out of eighteen times at
bat with an average Of .444.
| Risberg. the pinch hitter. has an
average of 500, coming through safe
liy once in his two trips to the plate.
Weaver is hitting at a 1853 clip. John
Collins has averaged ,sSs and Jackson
and Felsch, .316 each,
/ The total attendance for the series
so far is 159675 and the total re-
ceipts, s352.5so.