South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-09
WHITE SOX BEAT
REDS ONCE MORE
GieaSon'S Club Now Consider
Themselves Real Contend
erS for Championship.

ming Wednesday, game against ON
cinnati. 4 20 /. the recently detected
and all but hopeless White SOx OF
Chicago now consider themselves 1
real contenders for the worlds base
ball champ ionship.
The series now stands four games {
for Cincinnati and three for the /
American league leaders Thursday. /
weather permitting, they play m
Chicago. The athletes of the pallid
hose took the train Wednesday /
night iubnant al the manner IN
which they have snatched "a chance /
OF victory from what seemed certain
defeat and were determined that
the eighth contest played on their
own familiar real estate and cheered
by their loyal following viii sec the
series tied up.
SON Play Real Ball
The serio-comic affair Of Tues
das was succeeded Wednesday by
real baseball The visitors earned
two OF their tallies bv conscientious
workmanship and This was enough
10 win. while the other two counts
came partly 10y grace of Red errors
Four misdccds were charged against
fftEIN hermann tNHItAfN dUN INt
one against the Comiskey entry
Cincinnati trotted ont pinch hit
tors pinch batters and pinch run
ners i'm desperate endeavo- TO-
come up from behind as the SoN
did Tuesday. but AIN TO no avail The
Reds used three pitchers -Sallee.
Fisher and Luque. and another
pitcher. Euether. appeared as am
emergency batsman. Despite the ar
ray OF hurlers. the SoX accumulated
10 hits. while the Nationa. raguers
were able 10 pole ont but seven.
CicOttc Comes Back
Eddie Cicotte who was driven
from the box in the first game Of
the series and lost his second game
because his teammates could not hit
anything. came into his own i'm
Wednesday, attraction. lie exhibit
ed control, speed and judgment. and
his comrades PLAYED with conf
dence properly tempered and quail
fed by recent severe lessons, and "a
dash that reminded their clientele OF
their best mid -season form
The narrowing Of Cincinnat's
margin of victory caused serious
consideration OF the possibility of
ninth game. Cincinnati won the
toss. taken Immediately after
Wednesdays engagement. and the
deciding contest if Chicago cveus
things up. will be played here next
Friday Prest John A. Heydler. of
the National league tossed the coin
and Mr. Hermann guessed it would
be tails. and tails 10 was.
Mann. Noeant Sgat-
For the first time in the series
many seats we've vacant. due. 30 was
said 10 the general belief that seats
would be difficult 10 obtain. Every
body expected that vcrybody else
would Dee ahead OF them. and the re-
suit was q half crowd i'm the left field
b'cachers. many vacancies i'm those
i'm the right. and little appropriated
patches even I'm the grandstauds.
Usually he official attendance fig
ures are ready during the game. brit
q half hour after tho last out none
were at hand and 30 was announced
that they would not ue ready for AN
nour just what went wrong was
not stated. but 10 WAS not because
the crowd came too fast 20 be
counted.
Stin Wind.
\ stiff wind was blowing from
center across the plate during the
struggle when tho SoN came ON the
field the band. which on the Red
grounds always has some little mu-
steal sarcasm an hand. played she
May Have Seen Better Days" and
Please GO Way and Let Me sleep 90
This did not impair the buoyaucy
Of the slandrred athletes who re-
taliated without delay ny putting "a
run over IN the FIRST inning To was
John Collins. the first batter up, who
made the count He singled 10 cen
ter and went TO second ON saCri-
nee by Capt. Eddie Collins. Weaver
slammed the bail AGAINST the wind
for an out 20 center hut Joe Jackson
singled 20 left. scoring j. Collins
Happy FelSch also delivered a
binEle on which Jackson took sec
ond, but Felsch was forced az sec
ond by GandilS bounder. ending the
assault for the moment
In their half the home team took
heart when Eddie Collins iugEled
Bath's sizzling Erounder. The crowd.
which was less vociferous than usu-
al. NtIlt4 Tor the ANld'Ei 70 come
and meet the SoX going up. but 10
was a vain prayer. for Collins re-
deemed himself by going way back
and taking paubert's fy the mighty
Groh struck out and Roush hit ga
Collins who threw 20 Weaver fore
ing Rath
Retired in Order.
~. the second the SoN were bowled
ever IN short order. without getuuE
a man 20 first The Reds did "a lit
tie better. for after Duncan had
flied out Kopf singled but was
caught stealing on Schalk's perfect
throw. NeaIe fouled out 90 Weaver
II was not until the fifth inning that
Cincinnati by virtue OF single and
base on balls got a man safely O.
second The Sox. however. got an
other run Ia the third, John Collins
again making the count Collins
who played center for Felsch while
=, sch went 90 right where the sun
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