New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

1t has been written that the winner
of the first game will be the winner of
the series. This looks like q good pre-
diction STILL despite the fact that a lot
of predicting was made to look partic-
ularly precarious this afternoon.
The melodrama of the game came
with the whiting Of Cicotte, winner OF
more games than any other pitcher this
season and the main reliance of the
White Sox. 1t came in the fourth with
two out There might have been three
out if Cicotte himself had been d hit
tie faster.
Perhaps Cicotte was due to wilt this
afternoon but he might have postponed
the catastrophe Roush, the first of
the Reds at bat in the historic inning,
lifted fly to centre. Young Pat Dun
can hit single to right centre Then
Kopf drove one at CIcotte. The shine
ball artist gathered the ball in slowly
and made slow throw to second. Ris-
berg threw to complete the double, but
it was too late. Kopf was safe at the
bag and the stage was set for the finish
of Cicotte.
The score to this the turning point
was one and one. Neale, called the
GREASY" shot twisting hit down to
Eddie Collins, who made a wonderful
y
Ningo drove q hit to right field and
kopf scored, while Neale reached third
and Wingo, sometimes called Ivory,
reached second.
Then came Ruether, the nonchalant
hero Of the series, swinging his bat
as carelessly as though he was walking
up to take q practice smash at 1t. Hs
long left-handed swing met the ball
solidly and shot it out to centre field.
The pellet rolled to the edge of the
crowd for three bases, Neale and
Wingo scoring That hit meant the
ball game and probably the series.
Recruit Gets Chance
j Cicotte restlessly stirred the dirt
Il near the pitchers box and bowed his
n head. The infsld gathered around him
N and Kid Gleason trotted into the field
n from the bench. Roy Wilkinson hur-
Y ried to the warming up station at the
park.
Evidently the council came to the
conclusion that Cicotte was not yet
through The grzzled Gleason, whom
they call the Kid, went back to the
bench. This brought Rath to the bat.
left field bleachers and Ruether scored.
Jake Daubert, dismal failure of the
Brooklyn Red Sox series, smashed a
hit to right field and Rath scored
while Daubert dashed to second on the
throwin.
Once again Kid Gleason dashed into
the field and gathered Cicotte and the
infeld around him. The hope of the
White Sox. the pitching ace Of the
meagre string, was taken out Of the
box and big Roy Wilkinson shambled
in. That was the sign of surrender.
For the rest of the afternoon the Sox
played like beaten team, beaten not
only for this game, but the series
There was not the hysterla that one
has been led to expect from advance
accounts of the Cincinnatlacs. Per
haps the good folks of Cincinnati were
still incredulous. When you have not
won baseball championship for fifty
years you are not inclined to take any
thing for granted until the end of the
ninth. But it grew as the thing went
on. 1t percolated the minds of the
Cincinnatiacs that they were beating
the White Sox, the fastest and smart
est and the most dangerous machine in
baseball - though they certainly did
not look it this afternoon.
Ruether Stolid Figure
With the game won, Ruether the left
handler, continued to pitch baseball
nonchalantly, with no reverence for
the reputation of the White Sox and
with no regard for the importance of
never fuss Ruether. He is likely as
not in his travels to forget the name
of his hotel and not to worry about it
until it is time for him to report for
work.
Nor did Ruethcr show any keen re-
gard for any OF the White Sox pitch
ers. He Just smashed them with the
sangfroid of Babe Ruth and with al
most as much carefree vehemencc. His
concluding performance was another
three-bagger right through centre
field, long hit on any ball park. II
scored Neale. This hit was made at the
expense of Grover w. Lowdermilk, who
went In for the ninth inning when The
White Sox seemed to have abandoned
all thought of first money in the series
When the last skirmsh is over the
chances are very bright that Waite
Ruether will remain the hero of thu
current series. He held the dangerou
Sox to six hits, and he drove out tw'
triples and single for the Reds. Hi
nonchalance kept the heart in the Gin
cnnati Reds. if they needed anything
TO keep the heart in them.
mind reader might have go
something interesting but not for pub
lication, if he could have read tn
thoughts Of Kid Gleason, as the self
possessed left-hander toyed with hi
machine, foiling their attack and grin
ming at them. Ruether was release
by the White Sox some time back The
/ couldn't see where he would be o
much use to them. He was of consid
cradle use to Pat Moran and to tn
happy city of Cincinnati oday.
The chosen inhabitants who wer
piled into the ball park got terribl
chill, despite tho muggy atmosphere /
the first inning. 1t was John Shan
Collins who caused moan that re
sounded against the hundred hills O
Cincinnati He drove sharp, crack
ing hit through second into centr
field. That sounded like the crack O
doom to the Cincinnatiacs.
1t did not disturb young Reuthel
though. He continued as though q hi
at the start was no worse than glas
Of the current beer. Eddie Collin
forced John trying to sacrifice and tn
White Sox stopped.
Cicotte early showed that he was no
the Cicotte who took so many game
Ia the long grind of the season. Tn
Arst indication that he was not righ
was when he hit Rath the first mai
up, in the ribs with a pitched ball
Experts Immediately began to figur
that there might be considerable trutl
in the rumor that Cicotte was through
for the series.
Jake Daubert. who made a memorabl,
poor showing in the worlds series witt
The Rod Soy when he was with the