Evening star., 1917-12-02

delayed steal II looked to mo nhs .
brainy bit Of base running. not because
it took the New York club or its guard
Despite this. Schalk would have been 2
rather easy out at second had Her1o4
asd s 1as sa II It sIs .S a .ne
home. beating F1etchers throw to the
plate after he had recovered the ball.
That tied up the game. not because Of
brainstorms on the part Of his suppoct.s.
ing cast Was Mr.. sallee up In the aare
Hardly. for he proceeded to strike out
nightmare Of an inning could hardly be
blamed on the pitching.
1t seemed to me that McGraw's 1udgai
ment IN keeping him in throughout the
What about the next inning? No doubt
you are repeating that remark to your:
self. Using the second guess. II would j
seem that McGraw blundered. but nnan-i
strong, striking out the mai batter in
a critical inning, with the winning run
on third. On general principles I
might have taken Saliee out In the
on the theory that q fresh pitcher
might stop the Sox rather than be-
cause OF any poor pitching on the
part of Sallee.
the hitting of Outhelder John Collins
had been the outstanding feature from
a batting standpoint Collins had
made three hits. all Of them on the
Chicago because McGraw used left
handler in the first game. He started
the second game because once again
McGraw pinned his hopes on a south
paw. Collins was an easy out his drst
time at bat in the second game. Il
came his turn again in the third IN.
ming. with the bases filed and only
one out At this point McGraw re.
Anderson, a right-hander, to relieve
him.
Out Goes Collins.
Throughout the season Manarer
Rowland of Chicago juggled his OUT
felders- so that John Collins faced
southpaws. while Leibold. q left-haad-
ed hitter. went against the right hand
ers. I was umpiring balls and strikes
that day, and remember the 0ux1 OF
surprise that went over the fans ~
had the announcement made that Lei-
bold would bat for Collins. No one
thought Rowland would tempt fate
by shifting, when Collins had been
such q whale at the bat the day
previous. It seemed an unfortunate
change when Leibold struck out, be-
cause Collins could have done NO
worse.
Chicago won that game to 2. Lsi-
bold later making a hit that played .
part in the scoring Of the winning
runs. Later in the eeries-the sixth
game-Leibo1d again succeeded Collins
when McGraw shifted from Benton to
Perrftt- His single in the ninth inning
Of that game. increasing the lead Of
the Sox from one to two runs, was Q
terrific crash to the hopes OF the
Giants. In another game-the nth
Rowland sent Risberg to bat for Ci-
cote. While not br,sting OF . very
fat average. Risberg hit safely. scored
a run and gave the Sox much-needod
announcement at a time the team was
wavering. In the NTH game AanageP
Rowland called on four pitchers. All
the relief men did as much AZ their
manager had expected. In each case
his judgment was vindicated. II the
Sox had lost that fifth game unkind
things would have been said about the
Chicago leader. because he started
RUSSELL. But the Sox won and the
,ritics lauded the Sox leader for his
derricking of the men at the proper
time.
Throughout the series Manager Row.
lands moves all proved worth while;
his substitutes delivered. Had they
failed the second guessers would now
be as busy with them as they are with
McGraw. It's the same old story. AFTER
all-getting the breaks. it's every>
thing. ii
Copyright, 1917. BY W. G. EvanA, .