Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-02
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI

Innings, 2 2 4 6 3
hicngo A.. o 0 o.
Gin. n. 0 o o II 10
Two-bsuse hits. Rnth; threc-bnse hits.
Ruether 'D Daubert; stolen bn.e.
Roush; sacrifice hits. FelscI, Rath
Roush. WingOt, sacrifice ny, Groh
double plays. Risberg to T.. Col
Inns. RisberR to Il. Collins to Gran
dill; left on bases, Cincinnati Z, Chicago
).
bases on balls, off Cicotte ?, (Roush.
Ructher); off LOwdermilk (GrOh)
OFT n. Ruether tRisberE) Hits off Cf-
cofte' in 3 2-s innings, off Wflkinson.
In 1-2 innings; off LOvdermilk, 2
In one inning. Hit by pitcher, by Ci-
cote tRath). by Lovvdermilk (Daubert)
| Struck out; by Cicotte, (kopD, by
Wilkinson. CWingo). Losing pitcher.
Cicotte. Umpires. RtRIer behind plate,
Evnns mt first, QuisIey mt second base
Nalltn mt third base Time. Lag.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Oct. i.--Cincinnati
to-day won the opening game Of the
! worlds series from the Chicago
Americans by score of 9 to 1.
Every series develops a new idol for
! the fans. and Walter Ruether who
pitched the Reds to victory, was the
not
only held the White Sox to six scat
tered hits and really deserved shut
out. but rolled up a batting average
of 1000 for himself
If there was anything in the game
| that was better than his hurting it
was his work with the stick. Two of
his three hits were mighty triples. He
drove in two runs, scored one himself
| and was the instigator of the mad
romping of Red legs around the bases
| in the fateful fourth. The SoX were
in the fight up to that time but when
he propelled the ball into no mans
land in left center and romped around
to third while two scored ahead of
! him, the heart seemed to go out of
the American leaguers.
SAD DAY FOR CICOTTE.
leading pitcher of the Junior league.
| Never before was so decisive n heat
ing administered to the Michigan
wonder He was simply pounded out
of the box. Five runs were recorded
against him in the fourth before Man
| ager Gleason gave him the sign to re-
tire. His teammates gathered around
! him and patted him encouragingly on
the back but he walked from the dia-
! mond with his head hanging.
Roy Wilkinson succeeded him on the
| mound, while the last inning was pitched
| by Grover LoudermiIS, but 1t made lit
| tie difference to the National League
champions. They kept the air fairly
! clogged with fugitive hits while the Sox
fielders ran their legs off after terrific
flies.
The game gave the Reds the edge on
the series.
After the game Garry Hermann. owner
of the Reds. who came painting up the
runway OF grandstands. stopped long
enough to remark to friends:
Those dopesters that were figuring
Cincinnati second didn't figure on our
batting pitchers. We've got two more
like Ruether; they've all been batting
around 400 all season.,
Cincinnati always has been known as
a thoroughgoing baseball town. support
ing the home team in good season and
bad. but nerves were on edge to-day with
the Importance of the struggle in store
This was made evident by the abrupt
termination of the waves of cheering
until the inundation Of runs in the fourth
! relaxed the tension and the cheering be-
came wild and prolonged.
REDS SCORE FIRST
Cincinnati made the first score in the
first. but as Chicago Immediately after
ward tied the score 1t was still regarded
as anybody's game.
Ccotte started the trouble for him
self by pegging Rath between the shoul-
ders and he looked a little worried as
the Red second baseman. a former SoX
castoff, enjoyed his unearned increment
on first base The visiting twirler put
one in the groove for Daubert. who
singled cleanly. sending Rath to third.
The latter scored on Groh's sacrifice fly
to left. giving the Reds the first run
of the series.
Red errors largely accounted for the
lone Sox tally counted in the opening
half of the second. Jackson grounded
to Groh, who threw wild to first, and
the runner reached second. Felsch ad-
vanced him with a sacrifice and Gandil
dropped fly back OF second and Jack
son trotted him with the tying run.
Thereafter Chicago threatened only
twice, in the nth and In the sixth, but
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