The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-16
FORGOT WAR TO FOLLOW
ANNUAL. SPORT CLASSICS
WORLD SERIES OF CHAMPION
SHIP BASEBALL GAMES is
NOW BEING PLAYED.
WAR AND POLITICS SECONDARY
PROBLEMS FOR time BEING

Thousands OF Miles of Telegraph
Wire Flashing Each Move of Con-
tending Teams to Every City and
Town in United States.
Americas annual sporting classic,
the world SERIES championship
baseball games, is under way, and
the European war, the high cost of
living, politics and other matters of
serious weight have become mere Sec
ondary problems for the present to
millions of men, and not a few wo-
men in the United States.
whats the scorer" Glow did the
(; game come out?" is the favorite
phrases in every city, town, village
and hamlet as the Chicago white
Sox," champions of the American
league, and the New York Giants"
national league pennant-winners,
fight their battle for supremacy in
the two largest cities of the country,
the first game being played October
6, at Chicago. A quarter of million
baseball 'fans" have viewed the
games in the two cities.
Interest Is Nation Wide.
But the tens of thousands of spec
tators who will view the contests
form very small percentage of the
great army of baseball lovers
throughout the country who follow
the series game by game, even play
by play. Many thousands of miles of
telegraph wires are carrying the news
of the contests to every corner of
| the nation, almost as soon as each
play is made on the ball field. Hun
| dreds of bulletin boards are keeping
the fans informed of the progress of
the battles, and Dawson tells the To-
cal fans of the progress of the game
at each inning.
That the United States government
recognizes the "news value" of this
sporting classic is shown by the fact
that the national army and the ma
tiOnal guard soldiers in training at
dozens of cantonments are receiving
a bulletin service of the games. All
week long has the wireless flashed
the news Of the big diamond battles
to the eager crews of warships in
the Atlantic; in fact it has bridged
the ocean and tells of the progress
of the games to the American sol
diers now training on French soil.
The "News" of the Day.
1t is estimated that it will cost the
big news sending agencies close to
| $4,000 to telegraph the progress of
the crucial games to all points in the
United States. Hundreds of tele-
graph machines have been installed
at the two parks, and the operators
click off the fact that Zimmerman
has hit off a home run" almost be-
fore he finishes circling the bases, or
impart the intelligence that "Cicotte
struck out Kauff" before the breeze
from his last futile lunge has subsid-
ed
The thousands of "fans" in New
York and Chicago undergo great
physical hardships to view the games.
Since it has become more difficult to
purchase 81 ticket from a specu-
lator for SIS an hour before the start
of the game, the number of baseball
lovers who join the long line point
| ing toward the ticket windows many
hours before the gates are opened
is increasing. None but baseball en-
thusiast can explain why world se-
ries game is worth standing YEARLY
! in line for eight or ten hours to buy
ticket, and these enthusiasts usual
ly are too busy talking about the re-
spective merits of their team, or its
individual players, to give an intelli-
gent reason for this psychological
phenomena.
Teams Appear Evenly Matched.
The teams are rated by experts
about equal in all-round playing
strength, while each has it's quota of
stars who may or may not play up
to their all-season ability in the
short series. A great deal depends
| for Chicago on the work of Cicotte,
the best-rated pitcher in the Ameri-
can league, and on Second Baseman
Collins and Outfelders Jackson and
Felch. Likewise New York depends
on the work of Pitchers Sallee and
Schupp, Third Baseman Zimmerman
and Outfelders Kauff and Burns. But
the history of previous world series
games indicates that some practical
ly unknown player is as likely to win
individual honors as the recognized
stars, all of which is a part of the
great national pastime with it's thrill
ing uncertainties.
Both the Giants" and the white
Sox" have at times the past season
played erratic ball, then again have
displayed form the equal of cham
pionship teams of the past But as
a rule the work of each has been
streaky.
Players to Divide $152,8SS.
The players will divide 1852, 888.68,