The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
Nv ARTHUR sTRUWF.

Chicago. Oct. a-~The betting to-
night Is not or abe res,gN Of the rrst
same in tbs worlds series but on the
"eathey us a one 70 TWO shot that
there wo@f he a game II rained this
morning. 1t threatened this afternoon
and II is drizziing heavily again to-
night There has not been enough
moisture yet to spoil the playing field
hut Il u!ll -fes-t@ke much more TO
render game tomorrow Impossible
The weather man is still inclined
10 he cheerful He says no thinks II
may clear IN and dry NJ by tontor-
row moralnS But II 10 not easy tn
fmpsrt his optimism TO the throngs Of
ont~of-towners who crowd the loon
district tonight intent on seeing the
srst battle between the best In the
baseball world tomorrow Thev're
distinctly chilled by the drlzzie ana
gloom
Rut here's hoping
Cutfade ~ the weather bout the
only topic ~ interes, today has been
the varied attempts If the horde ~
FANS TO guess the slab artists for the
opening game. Last night II appear
20 a certainty. that Cieptte fnFs fps
Sex, an Il Srnupp p far-ffe Giants. rvo4lTf
carry the box burden. Rut the dis
eussfons and rumors OF today have
WFaSrHNd tD2t HeHef. NY course
neither McGraw or Rowland viii re.
veal this part ~ their plan OF battle
Faber May Replace Cicot.e.
But in place of Cicotte the White
Ses rumor Is that Faber will he ca H.
ed on 10 hurl the Hr~t pitched ball
81 the contest and that Sallee wiii
perform simiia~ honors for the Giant.
Fsher. usually n careless and imam,
hitious twirler hut withal one show
Ing Hastings OF real pitching great
ness has recently been spurred to
cast OFF his nonchalance and 10 put
steam and sririt and gray matter ne
hind every hall he has thrown TO the
Mate, The result has been that he
has shown an cfsciency. A cunning and
An accuracy that has marked him a.
an even likeher pick for initial work
than old reliable Eddie Cicotte
Some say that Goa Oh Kid Giea-
son. the wise old owl Of the Sex gen
eraiship. has anaifv induced Faher to
show his full ability and 10 keen 1t
constantly on tan Others ~ay that
the hint Of a bonus from Comiskev
has added the spur TO Faher But
anyway. it's there and IL has contrib
nted rreatlv to the confidence OF the
Scx. The. are distinctly better salts;
Ned with cir pitching outlook than
they wer ! week or ten DAYS aro
IL VIC Nfidni CAMP lHeTc Is Also the
hefief that. Schupp will not be the 4
nal selection for the opening game
The hint is out that the veteran man t
aeer Of the New York bunch has his |
doubts about intrusting the pitching |
responsibilities OF the FIRST game to so |
young a man as Schupp. II Is thought /
the Giants would feel safer and play
with more confidence II they had a |
veteran like Sailee or Perritt In the |
box OF these latter two, the elong- !
ated Sailee appears to he the lkeiier |
choice,
Betting Is More Active.
Betting has been little more sctive |
today but there has been no change +
~ the figures. It's even money still. /
with quite few bets of 70 that |
the White sox will take the nrs, /
game. This is due to the fact that the !
Fhettcrs lock tn Ctcotte to twtri the /
opening contest.
There was a touch of confidence to- !
might in the statement of Comiekev !
fh~ veteran owner of the White Sox
This series is the browning event /
~ NV career. but II also has touch
ps sadness for me-" he said IT never
Dreamed there were so many peorfe
pager to see a worlds series. II we
lsrd $50 600 seats we probably would \
HE'LL out for the entire series and many
Enns would 60 away dfsanrointed.
MY boys were there with ~se punch 1
m the closing days Of the. American
eAague season and I believe thevlll
Parry that WALTON into the worlds
keFte----, jackson and Eddie Collins
E'"-f~d to hit safely and kept right on
kring.
IT 10 NV belief that the Giants will
Pc some clever pitching in this series
Efcntte for three years has been the
IFeatest pitcher in the world
Shine ball. That's myth Didn't
8icotte pitch himself to the h.ad Of
kie procession year before last Wasn't
IL up there next 10 Ruth mighty !,
Elose seccnd last year. He didn't rub
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