New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-15
By Louis Lee Arms

Having travelled several tnousanus
Of miles with the Giants since they be-
gan this inter-city fracas. we should
Ike to say in their behalf that as late
as last night they still figured they
were winners of the 1917 world series.
The horrible headache which they
carried out of Comiskey Park Saturday
was bumped out of them coming
through Canada.
The Giants are glad to get back.
They are glad to get away from those
rude Chicago roCters. They are glad
SILK" OLoughlin won't be behind the
plate to-day; they are glad Benton
and Schupp have had far better rest
than Faber or Cicotte; they are glad
they got all the wabbles out their sys-
TEN Saturday. and they are glad they
are glad.
Coming down to old Henry W. Cases.
the question today Is whether the fact
that the game IL to be played on
the Polo Grounds will Offset the ad-
vantage which the White SoX gained
in nabhing the fifth game. In addi-
ton 20 numerical. there - a tremen-
dous psychological advantage in win
ming the fifth. 1t means that while
the Sox can lose to-day and still be IN
the hunt, the Giants have TO win or get
out of i.
Two Best Bets
The Giants are banking on the Polo
Grounds and John Calhoun Benton or
Ferdie Schupp. Benton came across
last week. when the outlook was even
less ROSY than il is now. and Manager
McGraw figures he can do 1t again.
Comiskev Park has some kind of an
Indian sign on the Giants. The sun
there affects the outfeld play consider
ably. l. is our opinion tnot Davy Rob
erfson could have reached Chick Gan
dis rap that broke it up Saturday If
he had started with the bali. He didn't
do this because the sun bothered him,
and when he did start u was too late
In the Polo Grounds the Giants out
field is well acquainted with the sun,
having met il there eighty or ninety
times this season. They are also &C
ouainted with the outfelG fences, which
have a far more inyjting look than the
distant and barren barriers in Chicago.
No team ever tossed off Il game with
out tossing an alibi after 1t, and the
Giants biggest kick on the Saturday
matinee was and is the strike which
SILK OIoughlin missed on Shoeless Joe
Jackson in the seventh inning. Collins
had flied out when Sal sent two strikes
over to Jackson. His next pitch was a
.,h Al he IA N II q
of the Giants infeld claim cut the out
side corner for whst should have been
the last heard OF Mr. Jackson.
OLoughlin Behind Plate
Instead. OTough'in, who uses an in
dividual law of averages or something
when he ohiciates behind the platter,
loudly proclaimed the pitch ball. Sal
kicked and the jaws o. the inheld
wagged, but to no avail. On the next
pitch jackson singled. Felsch followed
with a drive to left, and when the wind
had blown over the score was tied and
the Giants seemed to be walking in
sleep.
II may be making a mountain OF
moie-hill 70 attribute the Giants de-
feat TO one miscalled pitch, but that
10 tlt tNCtcllUB duSll llCdl way bHal
players go about it-particularly los
ing ball players.
But, whatever the result Of Satur-
days ballistic saturnalia, the fact re-
mains that the Giants are not men
tally a beaten ball club. They feel sure
they can defeat the Hose Of Rowland,
and certainly there isn't a better day
in the year for them TO feel that way
Saturday there were indications that
the milk Of human kindness had start
cd to sour, so far as this series is CON
ccrnod. Fletcher and Herzog made
some beautiful tackles Of Sox base
runners when they tried to scamper
around second, and at one time II
looked as though "Fletch" was going
20 throw f. Collins for loss of five
yards.
Nor were Herzog and Fletcher the
only athletes who mislaid their draw
ing-room manners. Hap Felsch took
a high and fancy dive into first base
on one occasion. If he had collided
with Holke there isn't anything in
Chicago outside Of the Masonic Tenn
pie that could have stopped the Giants
first baseman.
So this afternoon there will be more
or less badinage exchanged between
the noble athletes. with the accent on
the we'll. you know.