Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-08
WEE "DICKY" KERR PROVES
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stan'. az he glanced at il AS If 10
make sure he mad II In his hand.
WI. was I TOO late to get wcaxer., who
tden thrsw z 10 mrs, into AN 's sSr, 80 80
get Jackson. The long legs OF the
,Inroiinian was straddling gu, beyond
nv Dag \ yard ahead of the throw.
r, $4,000 Enns Disappointed.
ne $1,000 Cincinnati fans who had
inc 70 the ba!lyard expecting to cele
pI"'" the formal transfer OF the worlds
ynampionship and who had been jcer-
~ me SoN only shor, tim" before,
-iSw very silent. as Happy" Feisch
l'elssh, has been dubbed Suicide
eassn by sa,,rfa IN sritiSs Hesagss
80 frequently during this series. Now
=" had II chance to break up the game,
count two balls and two strikes on
him.
Then came Chick Gandil. the big
done very little OF note in the series
'amdil smashed single to center. tho
HI HI elsaring second very sharply, and
"r&i. lie had started for third and was
doubled up before he could regain sec
Vnt
"idttic Dick" rurhc. Great Ball.
md now. with victory IN reach.
rltchins. Tho dangerous Roush wen,
2ut on .Eroundcr To f.. Collins. Pat
lifting ,he nri' ban pitched. Ray
OUT kopf; and the game was over.
SO small Is Little Dick" that twice
he got In trouble because he leapcd at
FOUNDERS hit over his head and defect
ted them into hits. They would have
hren e1s!cr for a taller pitcher. once
the little mans pitching hand was be-
nunbed and wcliniEh broken by liner
~. back at him. but he kept right on
His delivery was hi, pretty hard and
he had none Of the best OF luck Ills
SUPPORT did not give him the comfort
path Of IAu,her was bestrcwn fairly
carly in the game. 1t looked very
much as II the Sox wore licked before
thcy startod. all nut Little Dick" Kerr.
inc game bantam Of baseball. The re
- hs nssor minute m front or behind
commence or sure winner.
Most Exciting or Series.
II was a sloppy sort OF baseball game
from the standpoint Of technique. per
hap.. but y was one Of tho most OK
citing. OF the serics. Incidentally. it
was the rrst game OF the series which
mas ,i, gone Into extra innings:
RES with jus; AZ much zcst on the
opening. Usually interest In ,hcsc
especially when ono club has demon
strated superiority but you must re-
member that Cincinnati has not had
world series III nifty years.
Folks from the near BY towns came
horAnE IN on Tho carly trains and In
motor cars 10 stand around tho hotel
game time. Thc bunch that came back
ION Chicago with IN" bali clubs was
practically inartl"ulatc with JOY and
"nr ,Aing and another especially one
hing aud another.
Not nauy Chicagoans had the hear;
20 rc,4rn 70 Cincinnati i IS said ms;
'nS orea1i2aiiOn. the Woodland i3ards.
fhi"h mad" the iirst trip 10 Cincinnati
On SPECIAL ,-ain. came back on u
hand car las; night and that there vas
plenty % rooir.
Hcdr rand Get Bu.y.
n" incinna' band got busy carly
~ OHIO "'rhc stars and stripes For
over. Win unusual vim. Tho noble
''n'ct"s Of both 'luhs grouped thcm-
selves a; the plate before the game
ana received presents OF on" Kind and
another ldit.c Dos Kerr got :. watch
u" is the only member ot tho Sox who
presentation hour
S"haik. who wa. chased on, o, the
s.ms In Chicago yesterday. was asa n
back behind tho bat for he SoS TN
De- ordinary CirCurns' snccs the little
backsiop would probably have been
suspended fo- several DAYS lu,
no one wanted ia dsp-ivc TIC sox o.
one Of thH!. f"w pillars OF strength
Fur'h"rmore. Ray porbably made his
dpnloe,N7 20 Umpire Charley Rig!cr.
Rusthc- quickly. retired JOIN Collins
and r. collins in III. iirs' inning John
snr back IN -lgh. field instead or Lei
bold because I lsfi-hander was work
ing. Buck Weaver the outs;andinc
rGure III his series on the Sox side.
singled across second. but Jackson
popped out. Weaver has kept his head
M and his heart ';ckins steadily ali
the way through. He comes out OF tho
night one Of the great players OF tho
game.
Hrfni~ C-ob Do,,IIcs
With all due respect TO his rival
Hcinc Groh. Buck is probably the best
third baseHan IN the land today
Heinlc doubled In tho Reds side OF the
nrc after Ra;h and Douhert had gone
our. The. count being three balls and
two strikes on the llttlc fellow
Dangerous Dan" Housh took three
balls and foulrd OF two for strikes be-
tore clipping "A hot groGndcr ut Ris-
berg Tho shorisiop did well 10 hold