The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-08
Kerr Wins a Second Victory
for White Sox, and Reuther
Fails to Live Up to His Rep
Almost Has Hand Knocked OFF by Hits Driven
Back at Him, But Gamely Continues to Hold
Down Mo,ind-Reds Had Four-Rm Lead I'm
Ill Sixth-First Extra Inning Session of Series.
By DAMON RUNYON

+ Rediand Field, Cincinnati. Oct. 4.
---Iset the sawed of, hammered down
pint naak size men of the world hold
their heads In pride high above
their inches today.
A new Napoleon has arisen to the
height of Ave feet seven to lead the
bantam brigade.
M Little 'Dfcky" Kerr. the mite OF
4 man. who Ia Chicago's last hope
1T tho worlds series of 1919. again
pitched the White Soy to victory
oyer the Cincinnati Eeds this after
noon. with the Sox In complete
FONT. and banquet ready to be
sTe~sad by Cincinnati In honoE of the
home team club for winning the
cham pionship Of the baseball world,
fhe tiny lef.-hander today stopped
the rush Of the Fcds as he stopped
them over in Chicago last week.
Only knee high TO grasshopper.
but with the heart OF a lion In his
hTeast. Little Dick pitched with
consummate courage against seem
taSly hopeless odds. AT one time
The Reds had a four run lead. and
the club behind him seewed fading
away but the wee Texan never gave
mp.
and the fin nj count was TO 4 In favor
of the sox It was the second game
they have taken IN the series. And
Kerr won them both. Up to the
sixth inning. the Reds had the
worlds championship in their grasp.
Matter Reuther. the star of the
first game. and potential hero of
the series, suddenly failed Pat Mo-
ran, manager of the Reds made a
desperate effort TO hold the Sox by
putting In Jimmy Ring. who had
shut them out in one game with
two hits. The Chicagoans put the
winning run over on Ring in the
tenth
Buck Weaver. the game third
baseman Of the Sex. dropped a two
hagg~r into left field. -Shoeless
.loe'' Jackson the gangling outfieid-
er from the Caroiinas. hunted under
Distractions from kid" Gleason,
sader OF the Sox. AS Jackson q
bat finally met the ball after one
miss. II fell just in front OF the
gate.
"WataI Bni' Rariden, the Hoosier
hackston Of the Reds. ripped off the
mask and leapei for the ball. Rar-
r.en gathered up tho bali all right.
slant as he glanced at ii AS If to
fake sure ne had IL in his hand
1t was too late 10 get Weaver.
who was already sliding into third.
40 Rariden threw TO first in an ef-
f.rf TO get jackson The long legs
1.-the CaroIinian vas straddffng out
beyond thu bag q yard ahead of the
throw
The a2,0oo Cincinnati fans who
had come To the hall yard with the
expectation to celebrate thw formal
transfer Of the worlds champion
ship and who had been jeering the
Sox only short time before, grew
very silent as Happy" Felsch
atspped 10 the plate
Tc3sch Struck Out
Feisch has beer dubbed Suicide
Hanpy" by satiricaf critics because
Gleason has used him in sacrifice
role so frequently during this series
Now he had chance To break up
the game but Ring struck him out
with the count two balls and two
strikes on him.
Then came Chick Candii. the big
FIRST baseman OF the Sox. who has
done very little Of note in the series
0a~eil smashed a single to center.
The bait clearing second very sharp
~ and Weaver scored. Jackson
went 10 second. He had started for
third and WIS doubled up before he
could regain second.
And now. with victory In reach.
Little Dick" gave Ii rare exhibition
OF pitching The dangerous Rousch
went out on grounder 10 E. Col
Inns Pat Duncan, the young south
arr Lacquer, raised a towering foul
behind the plate. hitting the first ball
Yftched. RAY Scheik gathered 1t in.
Collins threw out kopf and the game
was over.
So small IL Little Dick" that
twice he got in trouble because he
leaped at Founders hit over his head
1nd detected them into hits. They
would have been ensy for taller
pitcher. Once tr,e little mans pitch
ing hand WAS henumhered ard well
nigh broken by liner hit back at
him, but he kept right on pitching.
His delivery was hit pretty hard.
and he had none the best Of luck.
His support did not give him the com
fort OF few runs with which the
pitching path Of Reuther was be-
strewn fairly early in the game 1t
looked very much az IL the Sox were
ilckCd befnre tnet started. all but
little Dick" Kerr. the game ban
turn of baseball There was never
4 minute In front or behind, when
he was nor pitching with all conf
dfnce of sure winner.
sloppy Game of Hall.
II was sloppy sort of baseball
sames from the standpoint OF tech
niduc. perhaps. but It was one Of
the most exciting OF the series. In
olaentaily. II was the first game of
the series which has gone into extra
innings.
i Cincinnati returned to its world
series with just ~ much zert as on
the opening, Usually interest in these
games slows down to a walk Gameh
especially when one club has demon
srAtsd superiority. but you must
remember that Cincinnati has not
h9d . world series In hfty years.
Folks from the nearby towns came
hschtnG In on the early trains and
~ motor cars TO stand around the
hetel lobbies and do heap Of talk
,rE until EAInA time The bunch
thAt came back from Chicago With
the BAN clubs was praetieslly tnsr-