The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
YOUNGSTERS ARE
HEROES OF 1919
Kerr, Ring and Eller Take
Their Place With Star World
Series Fingers.
REULBACH STILL LEADS
Former Cub Star Is Only
Pitcher to Twirl 0ne-Hit
Game in Fall Classic.
by FREDERICK G.. LIEB.



The recent worlds series between the
Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White
Sox was remarkable in a lot OF ways,
but the real outstanding feature OF the
series was the pitching. There has been
brilliant pitching in former series. but
no series since the famous 1906 all-Chi-
cago struggle between the White Sox
and the Cubs has produced so many
low hit games as the one just played.
There was one stretch in the recent
series where three pItcn,rs Ia. ~ d n
three hit shutouts on successive days.
Little Dicke Kerr. the White Sox
midget. started it In the third game OF
the series when he blanked the Reds
with three hits. only four men reaching
base.
Kerr's feat was followed by Rings
masterpiece of the following day. In
the fourth game of the series the Brook
Ign youngster held the White Sox slug
gers to three hits and defeated the
famous Cicotte in a pitchers battle by
a score OF 2 to 0, Cicotte's own errors
letting in the runs.
Then along came Hold Eller in the
fifth game. He. too. had three hft
shutout in his system. and In order to
make his game stand out little stronger
than the ones already turned in by Kerr
and Ring he struck out nine men, strik-
Ing out six in succession for a worlds
series record. In the same game Will
Jams and Mayer permitted only four hits
themselves, only seven hits being made
In the entire contest.
Youngsters shone in 1919.
The most remarkable thing about
these splendidly pitched games Is that
all three of these twirers are youngsters
and Kerr was completing his first season
in the majors. While Ring had BEEN In
and out Of the National League for sew
eral years, waivers were asked on him
in the spring and he did not develop into
a Cincinnati regular until the middle of
the season.
Kerr. Ring and Eller find themselves
IN great company. The pitchers who
have twirled three hit games or better in
worlds series include only the greatest
pitching names of the last generation--
Mordecai Brown, Ed Ruclhach and Orvie
Overall. the star twirlers of the famous
Cubs: Chief Bender, Eddie Plank and
Jack Coombs, the pitching wizards Of the
great Ath staff; Ed Walsh, the old
White Sox marvel Bill Dineen. Dutch
Leonard, Ernie Shore. George Foster and
Carl Mays. pitching heroes of five Red
Sox worlds champions, and Bill James,
star of George Stallings's great Brave
outfit of 1914.
One pitcher-Ed Ruelbach-has pitched
a one hit worlds championship game
four hurlers-Walsh. Brown, James and
Plank-have pitched two hit worlds Sc
ries games, and with the 1919 crop
eleven pitchers have twirled three hit
worlds series gdmes-Dineen. Overall.
Bender, COMBS, Foster. Leonard. Shore,
Mays, Kerr, Ring and Eler. No pitcher
ever has turned in two worlds series
games in which thu ee hits or fewer have
been made off his delivery.
Donohue Gets Only Hit.
Ruelbach pitched his one hit game in
the 1906 series between the Cubs and
the White Sox, which saw more sensa-
tional pitching II. the first four games
than any other series yet played. The
opening game was a pitchers battle be-
tween Altrock and Mordeca! Brown, IN
which each twirler was stung for only
four hits. and the former won, 2 to /.
The Cubs won the second game on the
great pitching of Ruelbach The only
hit made of him was a single by Jiggs
Donohue. the White Sox first baseman
of that era Ruelbach won the game
easily by a score of to /, the lone
White Sox run being scored on a base
on balls and an error by Joe Tinker.
In the third game Ed Walsh put the
Sox back in the lead, defeating Jack
Pfiester by score of to 0. Walsh
held the Cubs to two hits. a double by
Schultz and a single by Hoffman. Pies
ter yielded four hits. This was perhaps
the most sensationally pitched worlds
series game OF them ALL Some worlds
series novices called Eller's nine strike
outs OF the recent series a record
In this game there were twenty-one
strikeouts in nine innings. Walsh famed
en- entire dozen of Cubs while Pfester
whitfield nine Of the Sox. Though Schultz
got to Big Ed for one double Walsh
famed Wilfre three times. and got
Sheckard, Eyers and Tinker twice each.
Frank Chance and Harry Steinfeldt were
the only Cubs to breeze that day. George
Robe, the Sox utility inielder. won this
game by tripling in the sixth inning
with the bases full.
Brown Avenges Defeat.
In the fourth game of the series Nor
decai Brown avenged his opening defeat
nj the hands of Nick Altrock, the famous
three fingered wonder. beating the Sox
left handler to 0. Only two hits were
made of Mordecai, against seven of
Altrock. The Sox hits were singles by
Hahn and Dougherty. Here was a one
ait game and a pair of two hit games
coming in succession. the greatest bit
Of worlds series pitching ever put over.
After these tight pitchers battles the
staffs OF both teams began to crack much
as did the White Sox and Red pitchers
in the 1919 series. The last two games
were slugging matches, won by the Sox
by scores OF to and 8 to 3. After
making only eleven hits in the first four
games, the Sox made twenty six bingles
in the last two.
The next two hit game came in me
fifth and final game OF the 1918 series
between the Giants and Athletics and
was won by Eddie Plank in a pitchers
battle with Mathewson by a score OF
9 10 I. The two Giant hits were made
by the New York battery, Mclean and
Mathewson. 1t was the only time in
his career that Plank ever took a de-
cision from Mathewson. though they
started 10 be pitching rivals in their
college days, Matty being the star n niger
at Bucknell and Plank the pride of
Gettysburg.
Mack Discovers Concrete.
Pills was the celebrated game in
which Connie Mack made the discovery
that the concrete on the Polo Grounds
was harder than his head. Plank was
headed for a no hit game when shafer
walked in the fifth inning, the first man
10 reach base on Plank. AS Murray
popped a little fly 10 the infieid ShafsT
tore down 20 second base with his head
down. Despite the fact that both Giant