The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-04

The star Young Texan knew well
enough THAI Friday was the vital SPOT
along the SoN highway He had seen
the great Cicotte shelled TO the shower
and the brilliant Williams oyerpowered,
He knew that defeat In the first stand
at home meant utter and iguominous
rout, but in the face Of his testing
occasion he stepped out in front Of Red
hats with his pulse jumping q normal
beat and to tho immense JOY Of some
$4,000 SoX fans halted the confident
enemy with three scattered hits and no
part of run. He triumphed by the
count Of to and thereby lifted his
waning mates once more into the thick
Of the gay and gddy skrnish for
where Ray Fisher the veteran, faltered
hut once with wild and woolly peg to
centerfield that tossed away the game,
Kerr held to the course without a
CULVER, He was q debutante along the
world series firing line, but he worked
out a ball game that will take rank
with the master achievements Of
10 wears OF world series work
Kerr Allows Three Hits,
Kerr allowed three hits, but one Of
these was puny inficld scratch and
the other two were far from lusty
blows He gave but one pass and as
the battle moved along he Increased
his effectiveness untl through the last
five innings he had the Reds rolling
back IN a crimson tide from the plate
10 the bench, One by one from his
perch in the rifle pit he sniped them
In turn as tho last II men came to
bat and not one Of these had an out
side chance TO get as far as Chick Gan
dll's station only 20 feet away.
X Only two Reds reached second, none
reached third and after the third IN
ming Kerr permitted but one buif-cnl-
A
no time In sprightly poses or In vain
and unseemly motions. He seemed to
understand that his job was to put
more stuff on the ball than the Reds
had on their bats and with this es-
Unable purpose In view he cut away
all waste motion and began to stand
the Reds upon their closely cropped
heads. or the so Reds who faced him
no less than 26 took a vain whack at
the ball and then sat down mOodily
upon the visiting bench TO announce
that "the kid never had thing They
never have when you can't hit EN-,
nothing al all
Ali that Kerr had was keen speed,
cracking curve and control that car
ried both whore he decided 70 plant
them. He looked to be as much "A mas
ter OF the field as Chrlsty Mathewson
looked IA years ago the hour when he
shut out the smuggling Athletics In his
first championship But whore
Mathewson was then an experienced
veteran, six feet tail and carrying 200
pounds OF Drawn, young Kerr Is only s
feet inches above the sod, weighing
hardly 100 pounds.
The big feature OF his first champion
ship was the rare GOODNESS that he
showed at every turn, and the unendlng
grip that he kept upon his nervous
system until the last Red faded out,
Sox Have New Heart.
The young star, who had divided most
of his baseball experiences between
Texas and the Kerry Patch Of East 81.
Louis has undoubtedly put new heart
into the Spx and has greatly discour-
aged the Red dream OF any carefrce
romplng conquest,
Al Kerr's left arm rolled back the
Reds II was vast power concealed In
Ray Fishers RICH wing that tossed the
White Sox out In front. The Vermont
schoolmaster in the main moved stead
lily along, but II was his own misplay IN
the second inning that put the skids
under his mates and broke up the bat
tie. Joe Jackson had just opened THIS
Inning with the first sox hit, Felsch
followed with a sharp hunt that came
directly TO Fishers waiting hands, IL
80 happened that Just before cracking
one at Felsch Fisher had anolnted the
Z ball with a saliva dressing, and as a
certain soothsayer Of renown once re-
marked, "the evil that men do lives aft
er them" Fisher must have nabhed the
ball upon the slippery sector. for with
an easy double play In sight he peEged
the ball far and high above Rath's
quiverng reach, and the untamed at
tempt sailed far into center field,
The throw was a good five feet be-
yond Raths reach, and when Roush
a ia
was resting on third, with Felsch smil-
ing al second In place Of empty bases
and two out there were runners on sec
ond and third with no one retired
which, as Ludendorff remarked TO Him
denburg just year ago, Is quite q
difference, With that throw went the
ball game. II was precisely the same a.
II Fisher had taken the pastime In hi,
hands and tossed II overheard to tn,
fish Gandll's timely single score'
both men, and with Kerr, of the Kerry
Patch and the Western plains, sitting
on the Job the rest Of it was merley The
finish of cineh,
A fluke triple by Risberg and ba,
bound from Schalk's bat In carrying
through the squeeze added a third rul
In the next inning, But the can o
beans had already been turned owe
and scattered around the field
Tho SoX were in an entirely difteren
frame Of mind when they drifted bac
again to the familiar breeze that glide
from the stock yards to their BATH
field. Buoyed up by this scented gephy
and the riVen pig, they fell In back 0
kerr's rare pitching with most OF thei
tnld-time pep intact Risherg especial
presented an exhibition of the wonder
D1ul work at short. where time an
again he raced down tricky infel
FOUNDERS TO nail his man at first, Tn
Swede had big day for more than on
elusive chance might have tricke
away into trouble.
And yet through II all the famed So
attack hasn't yet come to light |
their 26 innings Of hard swinging Ell
Z deavor, they have scored but on
earned run, and this was moro ri,
from fate than any robust batting Ris
berKs triple in the third inning wa
70 right beyond Neales glove. and III
hunt that scored Risherg was anothe
tricky bounder that struck Fisher Jus
above the pulse when he stopped t
pick 1t up,
They picked up seven hits all toll,
but were never able TO keep u rail-
going, which since early May has bee
their malnstay on the field You ca
credit this offensive slump TO fine Re
pitching or to a sudden weakness
Rround Sox batting eyes. but the IA,
remains that one earned run throug
three long afternoons IL decide
change from the attacking power tina
carried Chicago to the top and final
broke UP the race,
All through this series Sox stars hay
been crossed time and again but II
only a question OF time before the
suppressed attack will break through
The Reds, held 10 four hits on Thur,
day. found the going even rougher
Fridays mill. They have scored on
half as many hits In their last tw
starts as they piled up back OF Dutc
/. Ruether. and they may find Eddie C
cote In an entirely different frame
mind today The big shift In Sox pla
now indicates long, hard serie
where. II Gleason can only get a we
pitched game from his right hand,
star. he has at least an even chance.
The Reds continued their strong pla
on defense, with Hene Groh and jail
Daubert leading the roster. Groh ga,
spectacular exhibition at third, KILN
at least two clean hits by his darir
dives for the ball as It whistled pas
~ With two games left In Chicago b,
fore they move again to Redland u