Evening star., 1919-10-10


purposes Of a short series they have
ccnclusively lem rns:rsGrd tn. ir gu
periority, and it is hy the OUTCOME of
the fall classic tnat th+ sporting wcild
Is agreed the relative merits of the
contenders shall bc judged.
The humbled Sox were WY Of: their
stride when they tackled the repre-
sentatives of the s.nior organizs ton.
They fell into slump some three
weeks before the campaign closed and
finished limping 50 badly It was freely
predicted they would havs Keen
passed by the Cleveland Indians had
the season run is usual course VI 1874
games. instead ~ being curtailed
fourteen. It was expected they would
emerge from the morass during the
breathing spell given them between
the time they attained the flag and
the start of the world series. but their
onstrated they had slipped farther
into the mire. and they are deserving
of credit FOR the manner in which
they pulled themselves together and
made stout fight for a cause ap-
parently lost beyond all recall.
In the final analysis. it was inferior
pitching which beat the White Sox.
With only three hurlers accounted
regulars to pit against half a dozen
boxmen recognised as first-string
performers. the Gleasons encountered
handicap too formidable for them
to overcome; they tried hard. To
their credit. it may be said. even
when the going was toughest they
did not curl up. although the dased
state that Cincinnati's rushing start
produced was wrongfully Interpreted
In some quarters as evidence that
they had quit. The. victories they
scored in the sixth and seventh games
disproved this. and. II more evidences
Is needed. there il the contest of yes
terday. in which. confronted by q
handicap Of four runs right at the
outset. they battled grimly on behind
weak pitching. and but for an unfor-
tunate error by schalk at crucial
period and a sensational bit OF Held
ing by Roush might have accom-
plished the seemingly impossible feat
OF coming from nowhere to win and
crawl up to even terms with their
adversaries. ~
Although the number of runs the
Sox scored yesterday was exactly
doubled by the Reds. Gleason's per-
formers were not so badly beaten as
the score would indicate. Schalk's
wild throw, with an almost sure dOu-
BILE play in sight in the sixth. at once
made 1t possible for the Reds to tally
three times in this round, and Roush' g
almost superhuman achievement In
spearing Leibold's clout. with a man
on base in the ninth. robbed Memo of
a homer and the SoX of two runs.
with the possibility of more. Had
the ball gotten safe 1t surely would
have meant the withdrawal of Eller
from the box. and there is no telling
what might have happened to Ring
had he been sent in.
Eller managed to stagger over the
route, but Ring kept warming up in
the bull pen almost constantly and
the shine ball artist, who now shares
with little Dick Kerr the honor Of
having won two games In the series.
was wabbling badly at the finish. II
the Sox had had the benefit of any
kind Of q fair brand of pitching Eller
surely would have been upset: 1t was
men who opposed Eller, rather than
effectiveness on his part. that tided
them over. His offerings were wal
loped for ten safeties, including q
home run, a triple and three doubles,
while he hit q man and walked an
OF his delivery. But, to onset this,
Williams, James and wilkinson issued
seven passes. two aliens were hit by
pitched balls and total OF sixteen
nits recorded.
for the two defeats previously regis
tered against him was shortlived, the
southpaw being knocked out OF the
box in the first inning. He got Rath
out of the way. but singles by Daubert
and Groh and doubles by Roush and
ditched. Bill James being sent In to
relieve him. Three runs were over
and Redleg on second when the
former Tiger and Red Sox ninger took
up the toiling. He walked Kopf: the
first man to face him, famed Neaie,
but Rariden ripped single to right
and four runs were In.
Groh's scratch hit to Gandil and
Duncan's double over Jackson's head
produced another Red tally with two
down in the second. James managed
was reached for another run IN the
nth. when Neale's safety followed
Kopf's triple to right. and. after Eiler
scratched hit In the sixth, and Rath
walked, James gave way to Roy
Wilkinson. 1t was here that Schalk
backstop grabbed Daubert's bunt and
started what seemed a certain double
play by pegging to Weaver, but the
throw was low and Roush, coming up
with the bases filed, singled past
Collins. scoring Eller and Rath and
eenoln8 DauDert 10 thlro, from Wnero
he Tailed on Duncan's stff jolt to
center.
Wilkinson eased through the sew
enth. although he walked q pair, but
helped the Reds to another tally in
the following frame by hitting Roush.
Duncan's sacrifice. walk to Neale
and Rariden's single giving the Mo-
ranmen their tenth and last run.
1t was in this frame that the Sox
started running amuck with the stick
and all but caused the derricking Of
Eller. Jackson's circuit clout into the
right field bleachers with the bases
unnoccupied in the third was the only
damaging blow made OF Eller until
the eighth. but only for the fact that
he had . nins.run lead Hod would
have been yanked in . jiffy. The