The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09
BY DAMON RUNYON.


Cincinnati, oct. 8.-Eddie CT
rottcs baseball obituary is now re-
allied from circulation.
The laconic epitaph All
through" wh<h was written over
The diamond career Of the old shine
pall king of the Chicago white soX
in the world : series last week was
erased this afternoon.
Twice beaten by the Cincinnati
Reds in the battle for the champion
ship of the baseball world. CiCotte
came back in the seventh game Of
the series and led the SoX to a to
! victory.
He carried the night back to Chi
ego and the homo field of the
American teaguers whore the eighth
game will be played tomorrow after
noon The Reds shave won four
games and the White Sox three. the
Chicago club taking two games on
the Reds own field at time when 1t
looked as If they were hopelessfy out
Of II.
They have come from away be-
hind and came on with such persis-
tence and such courage after bad
start that no matter what happens
in the next game, or perhaps in the
next two games. they have demon
strated that they have what base bail
uncouthly calls the CUTS.
Cicotte's exhibition this afternoon
was proof that the reports. Of his
baseball demise. like the historic
death OF Mark Twain. had been
greatly exaggerated He pitched
with superior cunning. holding the
, Reds to seven hits. While behind
him the Sox were playing With sur
prisine hrilliancE
they drove old Harry Saliee. the
slim lefthander ~ mo Reds from
the box in the hfth inning, although
sale heat them Ia the second game
of the series. Ray Fisher and Adore
Luque. riGhthanders. held them
after their assault on Sal. bat the
Reds could not break through the
barriers Of the shine ball.
.Shoelcss Joe jackson, the long
legged Carolinian, has not been M
eA.lgtiy dazzling figure II the bust
ness battered in the first two runs
behind Cicotte John Collins, an
other veteran, who has been playing
only against lefthanders, took big
part in the charge Of the Sox, but II
was H. Collins work that stood out.
The Reds were dumfounded by
The work of the cid star of tls SoX
nounasmen. once Moran mad an
umpire examine Chick Gandll
glove. apparently suspicious that the
first baseman WAS running some IN o
The leather to lend TO Clcotte's EN-
c.ency. They had beaten Eddie by
big score In the opening game,
hitting him with such ease that they
could not understand the strange
new spell that his delivery was mold
ing over their heaviest hiuers.
Cicotte Comes tAack.
+ They heat hira in the second
largely through Cicotte 5 own mis-
haps in throwing the ball aroun l.
Today they rarely had ehanc lo
beat him He was the same Ola
master OF the National league bats.
i men that ne was over the hltAers o.
The American lea que all seasoIr
II the Sox win tomorrow AND come
m on even" terms with tfie Reds. the
ninth and last game OF The series
! yiu be played in Cincinnati. the
officials tossed "A coin after the game
to-day 20 determine the scene Of the
final contest. should one nave 10 De
played and Cincinnati won
The series began running 10 at
tendance form this afternoon. " men
II was discovered that anybody
could get in, nobody wanted to get
in. The races over Al Latonia got
a proportiouately better play. tX-
uerIence shows that any time
" orld's series goes over SIX games
the people want no more Of II. They
have become surfeited.
There were numerous empty seatS
at the game. not only in the stands
but in the hleachers s well. Fhe
series should have ended In Chicage
Monday afternoon with the Reos
champions ot the world The cues
ton ~ the superiority OF tne claos
had been definitely established SUB
SEGMENT games merely came under the
head of protteerinG
There will probably never b
enother nine-Same series n er