Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-02
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.


CINCINNATI, Ohio. october q
Emerging from the first world series
game flushed with the triumph OF hav-
ing humbled the White Soc by ac-
complaining the ignominious rout OF
Eddie Cicotte, the star Of the Chicago
mound corps, the Reds, 8 to yictors
yesterday, today enter the second
contest with the confidence that car
ried them to pennant in the Ma
tional League. reinforced to the point
that makes them formidable far be-
yond the true measure Of their
strength.
The value to team of winning the
opening game is much more than the
means getting the jump. having the
bulge that counts for so much in the
all-important factor Of the morale Of
q club, disheartening the opposition
at the start. In this series the club
FIRST to win five games attains the
honor and the big end of the cash
reward at stake. s.
The Reds know that with only four
more victories to attain their chances
are as 100 to 80, they know that in
team taking the lead-off battle in
variably has finished on top. They
recall that last year the victorious
Red Sox got the edge by starting
W VIII sor ce S;,,. over me UPS .ne
after winntnr M Hrst hett1n 80,
the Giants IN 4e1T anS thst ~. pa
Sox won the onener from both RrooE-
lyn in 1916. never to be overhauled. and
tion in the last 1--WE nrevious SEASONS
was the ,Phiiljes who won the opener
from the Red Sox. onIy to lose the next
four.
The altogether unlocked for demoli-
that enthusiastic mob Of more than
$4,000 persons at Redland Field yes
terday has had the expected effect OF
loosening the strfnTss on the bank
rolls of Cincinnatians and today
Willingness to BET on the Reds was
money. no disposition being shown to
offer odds evan though the Moran
men now have one IeT on the world
title. The Chicago packers naturally
have applied the brakes In their, eff
forts to lay wagers. They feel they
stains ~ n. s;t,,e To-, :. 3 N he
fn0 ohta iraI,se fhern sfsiI IL, 1ittle, het
ting heinz done excent for nominal
sums ana hefween friends.
Those accounted wise among the
fnily awara al sfhe facf. not renerally
tnown that ~ ffe iosf fourfeen left
handar. r. fsra the Reds IN the Ma
fionaI Leaeue ca5npafrn only three
1enf tte ro,,fe tf,e 'elevSr oflsars. hes
nevad - : = sstsr ~ s,recs ution The
ai9niHcence ~ tfis become APPARENT
In Enow1edre At fie fact that the
wh;ta So eiu,.,st "a !. cerfatnfv will
-. -srrsSarfed n, tia .aIah Itodav by
. southpsw. Claude Williams: Yet
-, thHa.,scn,as ~ thr hattie This
~ lnS yu..o.st =. " I..S.S $50
@tsernog " ~ ~. -, -. .,,.
v,ncaS tHcr .sss,itr sS M. {ViiI,sms.
type y best caleulated 20. STOP tn e
heavy yafulief 81 tSs 1 as. s.yia.
They are nrm N Inc Denei tIHs SA. ~
- going 70 yroye Fay ptcnlMs ~
the Sox array OF sigggets 1hu as
q tna ah II = - hnr, fne Reds viii not
have tnA ndvA1saes g ~ 4,
clouting hatHuetner CONT sn S.I,,
such 2 spectASoIai ma1ss sso
win MS own game JeeseIeA1.
.. ,,-,..,e -,,th .Iorv
p, HueSn en- cV ~ honnr Of csrryins the
Sseos .neYes q sn S.tt;na n-cwa.s he
justified the coincidence repossSo I'M IN
MIN 1ys one oL . .nG v an.r shnwn Nv
: bosnian q = world series; in adj
ton to 2 soeFiinE oispiey OF n.nt ~.
skill. He permitted only SIX ni.s NJ.
half OF which were scra!cny. anu. uos
for the fact that one 81 these nun a.s1S
short ny 70 Sent sn1, ina. .oI tWoobsse
error by Kopf on jackson IN the -.
ond inning. would not nave DE- Dse -
scored on. It was GandI VINO nI.eu
the ny and Chic got ereait TOT
MT. put kops - 49, 70 D' .nS ca U
could have backed up ana cs ,nH 10
under the ball. wnicn was carrIea N
and away from Rousn AT every seep
by the breeze prevaihne.
n ~. 1.u. p,.th.r
C,ever as ws .ne s,tt;n~ th.t He
most aistine 1 u n III. arrt time
OUT Gico.te 70. -hsi,n1Se
up. hue1ner ioHoMeo W
triple 70 Jet. center OH mi. ssni.
SINGING Wlki1soI 10. ,,nns III ~
c sn Tovdermilk.s offerinrs to
the limits OF the inciosure IN Sen.SI
neid that netteo MN tnree oaees on.y
because ne ioaIea 70 Conse DIE
strength Tor piIcnIng pulposes. ~..nt.
the Pc u.y OF tnese oio"s ves 'no'
timeliness.
-. ~ a..
Having = Tue EAtneaS1 III pts
inning tnrou9n tne mSo'vHn Y. 49,
oeing nit py pl.c"eu o esa ~" e
match against the counter handed 70
the Sox In the secono. the Iourtn
frame opened for the Heds WIN tne
score tie. Win housn dispose4
Of, Pat Duncan, the recruit ootaineo
from Birmingham IN the eoutneIn
ASSOCIATION. IN a oespera.e eno'1 "
plug the hole left py SnerW9oo ma
gees illness, started the Iany Inae
broke Cfcottes stout neart oy MT
ting safely TO center: When Cicoete,
by a splendid stop OF not oIise py