The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-01
EDDIE C|COTTE IS
ONE Of SIX BEST
MAJOR HURLERS
Miller Higgins Praises Work
Of Shine Ball Artist Of Chi
cage White SOx and Pays
Him Hiqh Compliment.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-Scarcely less re-
markable than the same slabsters sem
sational rise to fame in the twilight OF
his career is the comeback which Is
now In process of development by
Shine BALI Eddie Cicotte. Emerging
from last seasons slump, Cicotte has
rounded back into his very best form of
other years, and critics who declared
last winter that he had reached the
end of his rope are predicting that he
will win at least 80 games during the
current campaign.
Cicotte has Already won 10 games
while losing only four, shows not
the slightest sign Of slowing down. In
deed, the game be pitched against the
Yankees recently In which he scored
a I'll triumph over the tourists, was In
some respects the best he has shown all
season, and led Miller higgins to class
him with the six greatest mound men
Of modern times. .
Only three hits were gouged out of his
delivery by Huggins' earnest maulers,
and in eight Of the ten innings through
which the contest was prolonged he
retired the side In order. The mightiest
batsmen In the Yankee lineup were
almost helpless before the ~unsolved
puzzle of his shine ball, and In inning
after inning he turned EN- back on
easy infield %groundevs or equally puny
flys.
Only twice did the Yankees even
threaten to break through his air tight
defense. At the opening of hostilities,
Roger ~Peckinpaugh drove a hard-hit
grounder to McMullin and arrived at
first base ahead of the throw. He went
to second on Pipp's sacrifice and ad-
yanced to third on Bakers infield OUT,
but was left stranded there when Lewis
filed out to Leibold. Not a Yankee
reached first base thereafter until the
seventh, In which Pipp led off with a
double to left, took third on Bakers
long fly to right, and scored his clubs
only run on Lewis single to center.
The Yankee offense died right there,
the shine ball expert bearing down so
hard that the next IL httters were re-
tired In order on comparatively easy
chances. With perfect control of his
weird delivery, he put almost every ball
just exactly where he wanted 1t, and
never by n chance gave a hostile
batter a good one to hit at. Only once
did he show the slightest trace of wild
ness, and then, after pitching three
consecutive bad ones to AL Wlckland,
he forced the Yankee outfielder to hit
n which was ferried to first by Short
stop MeMuIlin.
Ernie Shore, working In opposition
to the shine ball dispenser, was almost
as effective. The burly Californian was
a. bit wild in spots, but found the plate
whenever he really had to, and with
sharper support would probably have
won his game in the regulation nine
innings.
The first damaging break against
Shore came In the sixth inning. With
one out in this round, Hap Felsch
slammed a fiery grounder toward Peck.
inpaugh which took an erratic bound tc
the right just as the Yankee shortstor
grabbed at 1t. Eluding Peck, the bal
roiIed on into left center field, where
Duffy Lewis and Ping Bodie both tried
in vain to intercept 1t. Had either Of
these outfielders thought to back vi
Peek, the hit would have been held to i
single, but they were late In starting
over. and 1t travelled almost to the
bleachers wall for a triple. Risberg ther
hoisted a long sacrifice lily TO Lewis, or
which Felsch scored,
Had Felseh's drive been held to q sin
gle, as it should have been. the SoS
could not have scored In this inning
and the Yankees would have won the
game, / to 0. However. the Sox were
able to carry the battle into overtime,
and won it with two out in the tenth,
Joe Jackson hitting into the right field
bleachers for a home run.