At Chicago / Commiskey Park I
Jack Chesbro takes the mound for the 1904 New York Highlanders as he squares off against the 1917 Chicago White Sox' Eddie Cicotte.
Bottom of the 1st
The White Sox' Eddie Collins draws a walk from Chesbro. Shortstop Buck Weaver follows with a control single, a textbook hit-and-run. 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson with no outs, grounds one to the right side, as Highlanders 2B Jimmy Williams is up with it, to first, for out number one, but Collins would score, while Weaver advances to second. Happy Felsch smacks a deep fly to center that goes over center fielder 'Honest' John Anderson's head. Felsch gets greedy and goes for third, and is thrown out by Anderson (score that as an RBI double, 8-5). Chick Gandil hits the ball back to the mound, as Chesbro relays it to first base for the final out.
Top of the 3rd
Chicago's Cicotte exits without any damage after the Highlanders threatened with a potential run due to Wid Conroy's two-out triple. New York's backstop Jim McGuire failed to score in Conroy, as he hit a grounder up the middle to the White Sox' Collins for an easy 4-3 out.
Bottom of the 3rd
Eddie Collins beats out a hit to first, as the Highlanders' 1B John Ganzel bobbles the grounder momentarily. A few batters later with two outs, and Collins on third, 'Shoeless Joe' would drive in Collins, narrowly beating out the throw from New York shortstop Kid Elberfeld. Felsch grounds out to short to end the inning, White Sox up, 3-0.
Top of the 5th
One out with the runners on the corners for the Yanks' Kid Elberfeld, infield in. Elberfeld hits a chopper back to the mound, Eddie Cicotte scoops it up, turns and fires to second for one, over to first... double play! Chicago pulls off a tough 1-6-3 double play to spoil New York's latest threat.
Bottom of the 6th
'Shoeless' Joe Jackson leads off the inning with a deep fly that results in a double. A few batters later, Ray Schalk with two outs, draws a walk. Runners on 1st & 2nd, LF Nemo Leibold score in Jackson on a RBI single, to give Chicago a commanding 4-0 lead. Weak-hitting Swede Risberg rips a single to center, driving in Schalk, while Leibold advances from first to third. Cicotte grounds out to end the bleeding.
Bottom of the 7th
Jack Chesbro still in the game for the Highlanders, as he will have to face the top of the order in Eddie Collins, Buck Weaver & Joe Jackson. Collins leads off with a hot smash single to center, that's Collins' 3rd hit of the game. The Highlanders' Manager/Pitcher Clark Griffith is asking Chesbro for the ball, and calls on Walter Clarkson from the pen. Walter is the brother of John & Arthur 'Dad' Clarkson. Weaver steps up to the plate to face Clarkson, swing and miss, as Collins steals second safely. Weaver still at the plate, tops the ball as it bounces through the left side, Collins races around third as he scores. Weaver holds on first with a single. 'Shoeless Joe' pulls one deep to right, but lands just foul. Jackson would move Weaver up to second on a ground out, while the Highlanders intentionally walk Happy Felsch in an attempt to come up with a double play to get out of the inning. The Highlanders would rather face Chick Gandil. Gandil goes down on strikes for out number two. Up 6-0, the White Sox want more, and get more as Ray Schalk hits a single to left, driving in Weaver, Felsch advances to second, but gets greedy, as he is out by only inches (7-5). Inning over, but the White Sox now lead 7-0.
Bottom of the 8th
The White Sox are back at it. Nemo Leibold leads off with a single to right. Swede Risberg drives a ball to deep center to drive in Leibold, who was off-and-running. Chicago pitcher Cicotte lines out to left, one out. Eddie Collins grounds out to first, for the 2nd out. Buck Weaver, with Risberg on second, hits into a 5-3 groundout to finish the inning. Chicago tacks on another, 8-0.
Top of the 9th
Chicago ace Eddie Cicotte gets the Highlanders to go down 1-2-3, as Cicotte finishes with a strong shutout performance in which he only surrendered 5 hits. Cicotte had 4 K's and 1 BB.
These White Sox can score in bunches, and they demonstrated that today as they whooped the Highlanders, 8-0. The Sox' Eddie Collins finished the day batting 3-for-4 with a double, 2 steals, while scoring twice. It's no surprise that Joe Jackson had a solid day, batting 2-for-4 with 2 RBI & a run. The surprise came from Swede Risberg who batted 2-for-4 with 2 RBI & a double.
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