Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-04
little DICK KERR TURNS
TRICK ON SPEEDING REDS
White ,Sox Recruit Shows National
League Champions He's Their
Master Even If u Runt.
MoRAN's CLUB FIGHTING MAD
starts Snarling From Bench When
Licking Begins to Come Good and
4 Hard and Hostilitics Break Out in
Eddie Collins-Smith Tilt.
by DAMON RI,N,oN.

HMnen The fancy are paving over the
ftggittter they always disdain the runt
Too small Sell for a lead nickel,
EGlve him away! Drown MIN! ANYTHING
Etelget rid OF him! The lituest OF the
Nj damily always has mighty perilous
@ existence.
Take Dick Kerr. now. y wee hop-o'-
III my. thumb; not much taller than
IL ball breed.
II Went weigh ninety pounds. sop
EpinE wet" an astute scout once re-
ssSDick. TOO small for pitcher cspe
aaSclally a lefthand pitcher. too small for
fS m is OF anything. except perhaps a
Most OF, the baseball astu,e said
much TO the same effect about Kerr.
Ii but this afternoon little DICK proved
too big. for the Cincinnati Reds He
&Erew, in front of them, TO the proper
III the rush OF the Ohioane toward the
$world's. championship with a sudden
IS Chicago BACK In Fight.
@ They were shut out IN the third
Egame, which was the first game played
#in Chicago. by score OF ; TO o. after
%takinC the Two games in Cincinnati in
&dent supporters OF the SoX 10 dolcfully
Ewas Ih.lr mSad;. chicago is oack IN
%the biggest man on the shores Of Lake
I'm !chigan tonight.
E Long long ago back in what now
gin fac;-theTc was another pitcher who
Apeople said was 100 small when he first
Mcame into the game, but who event
N uaily WAS acknowledged "A giant q. mis-
Mkind His namc was William Gleason.
Aand his size imnromptcd the name OF
A. To-day kid" Gleason is a srizzled
SSfeilow OF nfiy-four,, no higher than
IS when he trH broke into baseball.
@though twice as vide, and the manager
Wof the White SoX.
He never agreed to the theory tina,
y kerr was too small He rather inclined
ssing that the little fellows ought TO
q stick together He said that Kerr was
q cause he had the stuff" which is az
tier all. what makes pitcher and he
Alittle Dick held the Reds to three hits.
III Kerr Hurts Grcnt Game.
N He pitched one of the .classicst games
Itever seen in "A worlds series. Behind
Y this sort Q: pitching and on their home
ssgrounds before nearly 10000 OF their
sShome people, the White Son We're not
tSSthe White Son who played before the
u hostle Cincinnatians.
gS They We're again the White Sox who
brushed though the American League
BLAST summer I" a remnant with a dash
What sent them into the series over
ssyWhclm!pg fAvoriteS over their Nationtl
League opponents.
SS They were opposed this afternoon by
Ssthe hrst rishIhander they have seen
Il in the series Ray Fisher, the school
E3i Tea from Oh FSrmont who pitched
of the American League. was started
sEby Moran.
III Fisher was supposed to have lost his
&&cffectiveness when he was released by
&the Yankees sometime ago, but he has
Il pitched some good games for the Reds.
s5had no great trouble with his delivery
sdthis afternoon. y bad throw by The
schooltcacher contributed 10 his own
" defeat.
Kerr pitched with surprising cool
ness. He hves the ball with quick
n
sispeed. He also has a great curve. II
q was his curve which bothered the left
E}anything else.
4 Little Dick comes from St Louis, and
T Then i hs Mos lid he had prize
81 but at the same time he also turned
S1o PLAYING basehnll on the sand dots
3boxer. The White Sox GOT him from
milwaukee: OF the American Associa-
s,ion. and this is his FIRST year as a big
Had any OF Gleason4s old STAN come
&through i Is doubtful If Kerr would
{have had much o. a chance this season.
Scinnati few expected him to start the
fW worlds series But; Gleason was in
sNilliams Beaten. and he had 10 call on
what he had
S., One of those almost, fights between
hthe ballplaEcrS enliVenc+i the game to-
day. The Reds did not relish the
Y Ticking that. was being administered 10
81
Sbench-not a had mood for bali club
gin a big series. at that.
~ hna!,y wound up in. an omen jam
z Jimmy Smith, OF the Reds. but hostil-
aities ended almost as soon as they
So far as Chicago is concerned. the
series began today The game was
y splashcd nigh with all tho vivid color
OF an opening session.
q OF course, the local fans had heard
n Cincinnati
q Judging from their enthusiasm. thcv
4 didn't credit tho news Thousands Of
gates ali day. Some Of th her ' had i baen
there ell night. according TO the state
4 ments Of veracious Witnesses The
Ting.
Fans Come From Cincinnati,
Sai Several thousand Cincinnati fans ar
&riyed on special trains from the Queen
q City this morning and fastened out TO
Il the ball yard 10 start roofing for their
4 beloved Reds. one thing about a Gin
cinnatian-he is intensely in favor Of
q Cincinnati at all times
T-le weather made the OHIO delcra-
q ton feel right at home \ st. Louis
baseball ciemeuS J; was good and
5 not. The lake Nreczcs. which arc
8 part of Chicagos stock in trade rip
some OF the uscd-up hot air OF the
4 park, but moving fresh insiaIiment
q OF not air right back IN again
a There were Still lot OF cmpiy seats
5sespecially in the RICH, ana eft -neIi
3 Stands, at o'clock when the one
EARNED announcer ruarcd the hattcries
8,and the lineup changes at the crowd.
and Rath faced little Dick Kerr Tiny
Memo" Leibold was In right rcld for
1.-the Sox because a rig!rt-hand.r was
4 pitching, against them. Lejbold is
4 ,supposed to be better against riEhi.
4 handlers t-lan John Collins.
Pat Moran stood besid. RAY Fisbe,
" when the Vermont school-teacacr was
8 syHarminS vi, watching the pitchers
81 delivery Tn" :cd-faced Manager o.
1.-THE Reds was undecided between Fisher
7Ssand Jimmy Ring. the Brooklyn school.
$Siboy, this morning. but finally picked
n Fisher. Kid" Gleason Was never in
Hdoubt az TO his pitching choice II,
~ was starting Kerr because he mad n,
"a one else TO start
ID The tiny fellow did not seem a, al
IS he DTccZcd through ly
Esirst inning OF worlds series game
he famed Heine Groh TO, tn,