The sun., 1919-09-27
REDS HAVE AN ABLE
STAFF OF PITCHERS
Moran Has Five Star Hurlers,
While White SOx Boast
Of Only Two.
ny FREDERICK G. LIED.

by FREDERICK @. LIED.
Cincinnati believes its Reds will bring
ack the worlds championship emblem
&c the National League because Pat
Moran has a more capable stan or
twirlers than the Chicago White Sox.
The Reds have pitchers; there is no
denying that fact. They have at least
i've men who may be called real top
notchers-Sallee, Ruether. Ellie. Fisher
and Ring. Three of these men-Sallee.
Ruether and Eller-may be classed
among the twirling stars of the game,
while Fisher on his fall record is in as
fine form as any member of the Red
land stan. Ring has been pitching great
ball. but has been very unluclky.
Opposed to this staff Kid Gleason has
two stars Of the most brilliant ray
the remarkable Cicotte and the pudgy
little lefthander, Claude williams. Next
he has a promising lefthanded yearling
in Dick Kerr. pair of in and cutters
in Bill James and Grover Lowdermilk,
and Urban Faber, a star when he is
right, but player whose arm has been
out of gear all season. Faber was Chi
Cages most successful pitcher in the
worlds series with the Giants two years
ago. He won three games and lost one.
1t is possible that Gleason will call on
him this year, but the probabilities are
he will only be used as a forlorn hope
should adversely go against the Sox.
Two Pitchers Sufficient.
Obviously CincinnatFs boast that It
has the superior twirling staff Is based
on fact. II is a polat no one disputes.
However, Cincinnati has no pair of
pitchers as effective as Cicotte and will-
Jams, and two pitchers frequently have
won worlds series Matty and Nc
Ginnlty did 1t in 1905, Coombs and Bender
in 1910, and Faber and Cicotte turned
the trick in 1917. Then last year, in a
futile attempt to stop the Red Sox's left
handed batsmen, Fred Mitchell of the
Cubs alternated between Jim Vaughn
and George Tyler IN a six game series.
And Judging from the way they stood
UP this year. there is little danger of
ovorworking Cicotte and Williams. All
season the cry was raised. Two pitchers
can't hold up the White Sox," but two
pitchers did hold them up.
Cicotte, at the age of 35. pitched the
best ball of his career in the season just
closing. Ne is credited with twenty
victories against only seven defeats.
Little Williams won twenty-three gamss
and lost eleven. Both Cicotte and Will
Jams pitched in more innings this year
than any member OF the Cincinnati staff.
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Jams pitched e03 innings against SOS for
Sallee. Eller and Ruether. Cincinnati's
three stars.
Extra Games VIII Help Reds.
Cincinnati will have a better chance in
n'ne game series than In a seven game
affair. In fact, Garry Hermann Is
accused Of unsportsman tactics In soma
circles for agitating the longer series
II is pointed out that Hermann realized
his teams chances would be greatly aug
mented by longer series.
Clear weather also will be of quite an
advantage to the Reds. There are no
open dates in this schedule as there were
in 1917 Every time the Giants jumped
to Chicago or back 1t was an off day,
and 1t gave Clarence Rowland a chance
to work Cicotte and Faber as often as
he did. This year the schedule calls for
nine consecutive games unless the
weather intervenes.
That means that Gleason will have to
call on Kerr for his third game and after
that Bill James. At times in his career
James has shown the stun of Walter
Johnson. Ball players say he is the
strongest man physically in baseball to-
day. One of his pet tricks is to tear a
pack OF cards in half. Baseball fans
mustn't confuse this James, however.
with the fellow who won TWO games for
the Braves in the worlds series OF 1914.
This Bill James has been continually In
the American League, starting with the
Browns and landing in Chicago by way
Of Detroit and Boston.
Some Chicago critics expect him to de-
velop into one of the stars OF the series.
Bits behavior hasn't been what might
be called exemplary. but the Windy City
scribes say he finally has landed with
manager who knows just how to handle
him.
Moran VIII Use Southpaws.
Moran unquestionably will do his best
to play against the supposed weakness
OF Chicago's left handed batting stars by
using Sallee and Ruether as often as
possible. In 1917 McGraw used Sallee.
Schupp and Benton almost entirely.
In Cincinnati they already say Sallce
will pitch the first game. sal" was
beaten twice by the Sox in 1917 and In
his second game he was knocked out,
Ruether has clever bunch of tricks
and is a game lad.
When Eller has his "shine ball" break
ing properly he is harder to hit than
any member Of the Red stan. He also
has pretty good control of it, and the
writer would not be surprised IL he met
with more success in the coming series
than any of C!ncinnatis hurlers.
Ray Fisher likely will be Moran's
fourth pitcher and the old Yankee
schoolmaster mustn't be overlooked. In
midsummer he had quite a slump, buC
his record shows fourteen victories and
five defeats, five of his victories being
shutouts. Ray is past the thirty mark
and he has had ambitions to get in the
worlds series for a long time.
He knows more about the Chicago
batters than any member OF the Reds,
as he opposed such men as Collins, Jack
son. Gandil and Schalk for years.
Fisher always is a close student OF base
ball and should be a valuable lieutenant
to Moran in the coming series.
Ring is a splendid right handler, with
a great fast ball and a sharp breaking
curve. which he has learned to snap
over the corners OF the plate. Jimmy
Just arrived this season as a star. He
has had such wretched luck that a
superstitious manager like Moran may
work him only in emergencies
BENNY VALGER WINS BOUT.
o. IVpt Ann Sent p6-Ranny VoIgar