Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-10-07 | Page 68 | Items of Interest

"I ITEMS OF INTEREST . . . By International News Service. CHICAGO. Oct. 6. The most impressive impres-sive moment of the afternoon was when, just before play was Begun, the band began be-gan to play "The Star Spangled Banner." Ban-ner." The whole throng rose to Its feet as a man and uncovered until the national na-tional air was completed. They were not White Sox. They wore red, white and blue sox. The first ball pitched was a strike That settled many a bet. Cicotte was hit prettv regularly and forcefully, but most of the balls went hUh into the air. McMullin ought to be dubbed Hero No 2. After Felsch. he plaved the prettiest game. He baited well and made several smashing stops and throws. When "Happy" Felsch hurried bark to the dugout after his home-run blow he was hugged until breathless by his teammates. team-mates. Cicotte is a hawk in watching ilrst base. He caught two Giants napping. Kauff. his second victim, was bagged easily. He was caught off first, made a break- for second and was touched out Mccarty's three-bagger was a snlecriid drive down through center, nnd if the Giant catcher had not been handicapped by his lame leg he might have stretched it into a homer. Weaver. Collins and Gandil blotted nut the Giants' hope of a rallv in the fifth with a flashy double play. Jackson's catch of McCnrty's- belt in the seventh was a circus affair. He grabbed t he ball at his toes, turned a somersuult anil enmo up shaking the caught ball in both hands.