The sun., 1917-10-11
GIANTS DEFEAT
WHITES0X,
IN THIRD GAME
Benton's Superb Pitching
Puts New York Back in
the Running.
ROBERTSON HERO TOO
Outfielder Triples in the
Fourth, When Both Runs
Are Scored.
OICOTTE PUT TO ROUT
Chicago's Star Badly Out
pitched-35,OOO Pack the
Polo Grounds.
OICOTTE PUT TO ROUT

etsw Yorks second drive to save the
verlds baseball serias from Chicago.
Cscotts and the autocracy Of the Amer
team League opened with success at the
Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon. In
the third game Of the series. the first
On the Harlem field. the Giants defeated
the White Sox by 2 to 0. Chicago still
holds the upper hand by two games to
one. with another contest to be played
hero to-day before the scene 10 shifted
back to the Windy City.
1t was Ruoc Benton. christened John
C.. Of Clinton. North Carolina, who
hurled the Giants back into the thick
ee the fray and took his place beside
Christopher Mathewson In New York's
rather limited gallery Of worlds series
heroes. 1t was Benton whose strong
and cunning LEFT arm pitched the Giants
from tho slough Of despond to the top
most heights Of hope.
II was the North Carolina Rube who
restricted the batting efforts Of the hith-
erto invlnctble White Sox to five hits.
two Of then, Of the fiuky variety. And
hest OF all. It was Benton who scored
over the great C!cotte. the Aladdin OF
the "shine bali" genii and ace of the
Chicago pitching corps. who had held the
Giants at hit mercy In the opening game
of the series.
Keeps Giants At BAY.
For three innings Cicotte succeeded
n kespiny the Giants at bay. For three
iunings tho New York batsmen, though
they hit Cicotte hard enough, could not
develop . vital punch at the vital time.
11S they we're locating the Frenchmans .
A1herto elusive curves, his ''shine ball."
spltball and slow ball and his straight
fast one. There was . promise Of vic
tory to come In the way Giant bats met
Cicottes delivery. and in the fourth in
ming that promise was realized.
The fourth saw Cicottes downfall.
It saw him waver under the renewed
visor Of the Giants attack. He fought
back hard. There was no taint of faint
heartedness in the veteran right handler
He struggled valiantly but without
avail. His own cunning faltered, his
support wavercd and the Giants pushed
on to success.
In eight games out OF ten Cicotte
would have won. but he had the misfor.
tune to strike Benton in the latter's rar.
's' foirn' Fol New YORK a;...reu;s
there never was any doubt OF ultima e
'i'tory after the early innings. 1t was
Giant day II ever there had been one
III q worlds series.
R0bertsOn'. LOnE Hit.
What Benton was on the defence
Davis Robertson. another Southern gem
tl'man from Portsmouth, Va, was on
the attack for the Giants. OF the eight
hits made by the Giants three were ac-
counted for by Robertson. The Vir-
Enian contributed the master batting
'eat of the battle In the fourth inning,
which he opened with a three base hit
against the fence In right centre. Tho
~ was the salient factor in sharp at
tack which gave New York both Of its
runs and showed that even Chicago
IDOLS have clay feet. Robertson's triple
sci off process Of Generalization in the
camp OF the White Sox. The great
C'cotte faitered and stumbled and be-
FORE he could recover his poise he was
lost
That triple Of Robertson's was one Of
Tho longest hits yet made at the Polo
Grounds. Another two yards and tho
ball would have landed in the bleachers
Tor home run. Cicotte sailed a strike
over for Robertson to open the fourth
inning. and the next pitch came right
into the Giants groove" Robertson
n.
brisk crack Of willow against horsehide
resounded through the field. It was an
oninous sound for the White Sox. for
that hit In Its natal stage looked very
much like home run. However. II
struck near tho rim Of the fence and
bounded away from Joe jackson.
Two Runs Are scored.
Robertson's long hit set the Cicotte
regime atottering. The Frenchman sue
ceeded In pitching a strike to Holke, but
the next ball. after a long preliminary
process Of rubbing against Cicotte's
trousers 10 give 1t the required shine.
was propelled into short left field. Rob
ertson scored. and when the ball swerved
away from John Collins. Holke made
two bases.
Bill Rariden, catching in the enforced
absence OF Lew McCarty, sacrificed
Holke to third. Cicotte vislbly was per-
turbed. He was not accustomed to this
sort Of treatment from the Giants. To
add TO his troubles Bill Klein. tho umpire
behind the plate, rejected several balls
which Cicotte had used in his "shine''
delivery. Evidently Clarence Rowland,
manager OF the White Sox. also was not
impressed with the way Cicotte was
heing handled, for he sent both Russell
and Williams to warm UP. Burns
scratched "A single past the box, scoring
fiolke, and when Cicotte threw wildly
to first Burns got as far as second,
The bleacherites howled their loudest
Staid citizens rose in their seats to
roar encouragement to tho Giants, and
there were no thumbs down for either
Cicotte or his team mates. With two
defeats against New York the fans lust
for runs was Unsuitable. The NAV OF
the baseball Moloch yawned for more
hits, more hits. more fury--vengeance
When Herzog strode 10 the plate the
s'ands looked like a Bedlam. But here
the attack ended. for Hcrzog fouled tc
.G'ndi The game. Ike the two previous
battles Of the series. was won In the
lucky fourth.
Nogt nf the Giants neldinE fireworks
Norc damned into the fourth inning. TIC
Toy IN this dazzling display Of defensive
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