The mirror., 1919-10-23
Baseball Chatter
By r. K.

you SOS. go around doing their shouting while
the real fans either collecting their dough or
wondering how they can stall off the landlord for
couple more weeks But the fellows that made the
big money are the players themselves for the Sox
players split $7810460 amongst the twenty-four of
them. and got SO, 800 "a apiece while the Red play
ers gathered in IS, ,099.03 apiece which is more coin
than some of them get for the season. Nor is that
all they get beside their salaries for the Reds play
ed number of exhibition games during the summer
and the money split $3.50 between the club and
players.
Wasn't it surprise to hear of Johnny Evers
being with the Reds az Moran's chief advisor? The
little wizard had been camping on the Sox trail
watching them play to get line on their inside
stuff and you bet your hat that he was seeing
things that other people didn't for the average fan
misses all the fine points that player like Evers
would see instantly He will probably be on the
Reds payroll next year in some capacity or other
Aud did you watch the work of that boy. Pat
Duncan? If that youngster amt ball player then
neither is iris Speaker. Certain managers have
come out and said there were no young players in
the minors that were good enough for big league
trail. but here's this Duncan for one who has been
found and made good in hurry. Not only does he
lot of ground in the out-tied and make daz-
zling catches. but he knows how bat. too as the
records will show when they come out And he's
just coming in to the big show. what will he do in
two if he keeps up the gait which he
ed. When Walter Holke broke in with the Giants
in the middle of 1916. he was doing the same as
Duncan is doing now but failed keep up the pace
the next year.
And Eddie Rousch is another one who has done
good work in the SERIES He rather unlucky in
getting hits for he hit the ball but of them were
gobbled up by Sox outfeIder But if he didn't
shine with the bat he did shine in making
great catches. iris Speaker is classed as the
best outfelder in the game, but this Rousch is not
far behind him.
And was their ever an infeld that worked
smoother than Groh, Kopt, Rath and Danbert?
Talk about your Evers to Tinker to Chance And
the Reds pitchers and catchers were there every
minute. Is there anyone that thinks the best team
didn't win?
And why didn't the Sox SO highly footed, make
better showing? Surely they didn't play the snap
py game they did against the Grants in 1917. Buck
Weaver says the Sox stronger than they
then so that gives the Reds even more credit. One
place the Sox fell down in having Hop Felsch
sacrifice so much. Felsch is player that can
drive em out high and far like the homer he hit in
the 1917 series. player like that should be allow
ed to use his own judgement little and Gleason
made mistake in not letting him.
In the fourth game Ccotte lost the game his
own two errors which let in two runs. He had given
only five hits but Jimmy Ring, working against him
gave only three. There three shut-out games
and in each the winning pitcher three hits.
Kerr won the third game 80 and gave three hits.
Ring won the fourth and Eler the fifth each allow
ing three hits. Eller made record when he famed
six Sox batters il row.
In the seventh game of the series, the Sox SEEM
ed to have hit their stride which won them the flag
in the American League. and helped Cicotti win his
fist game Al over Slim Sallee. This is the second
time he has beaten Slim in big series contest have
ing beaten him in 1917 when Sallee was Giant.
The desperate Sox started right off in the first inning
by getting run three hits and and put
over another in the third with three more hits. In
the fifth they added two more two hits and two
errors The Reds lone tally came in the sixth when
Groh doubled into the bleachers, made third on
infeld out and scored Duncan's SINGLE Sallie
gave hits in the four and one-third innings he
worked Fisher finished the frame and Luque took
up the burden. One hit in four innings is all the
Cuban gave while he famed fve (Cicotte 2, E. Col
Inns, Weaver and Felsch) The Cuban has lost and
won 10 games this summer and of the best
relief pitchers in the game.
Cicotti. working in the seventh game, gave
hits this is his seventh year with the Sox and he
has seven letters in his name. Talk about your
lucky seventh
The day before the big series, iris Speaker,
who is acting a reporter walked the lobby
of the hotel and shook hands with Chick Gandil
After the way the tore into each other at game