El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-02
4. / CHAMPS 60
DOWN BEFORE
RIVALS
Cincinnati Team Shows I'm
usual Ability and Glea-
son Team Drops First.
WHITE SOX ARE
STILL CONFIDENT

trumped led his strong suit, his left
handler, and won The initial game Of
the worlds series. 9 to /, Wednesday.
/ The hackers Of the White sox are in
a condition approximating panic,
! while the Sox themselves are more
/ confident than ever. The hackers de-
clare that the pitching weakness OF
the sox threatens to be fatal. while
the sox claim that. in spite Of
I Cicotte's failure they showed the
class and ability 10 win
In fnct, / find the White Sox
more confident that they have
the better club thnn they were
before the first gun was fired
One play upset all the game
spIIIed the dOue and sent Cicotte
10 the cleaners. There il no eE-
4 cuse whatever for the nee Of the
White Sox. He was pitching bad
ball from the start and when he
nad the chance TO save himself
I he threw it away by delay In
He lost an easy double play IN the
Z fourth inning. double play which
ought to have retired the Reds with
out a run and ne alone was % plane;
That play decided the game and
Wednesday night the victory mad
. deneG Cincinnatans believed i also
decided the worlds championship.
Could Have Held OFF.
There is no telling how long Cicotte
could have STAYED off the defeat had
he made that play properly. be was
I being hit and the Reds were inter
rorized from the start. but had he
managed TO pass that point the
chance stin void have favored Chi
cago. The play came with one out
Duncan on first and Kopf hitting.
Kopf cracked the ball straight 70
Cicotte who waited 8 considerable
tine before he whirled TO throw down
TO Risberg for the force out
hopf Is not FAST and the play
seemed a certain double and the
end Of the inning but Cieofte, az
ter slowing up the play also
threw low. He forced sut the
runner but RisberE in diving 10
get the low thrown ball stumbled
over the bag and before he could
recover and make the throw,
I<ort had the ball beaten. Right
there Moran switched hia tactics
and ordered the assault and the
Reds attacked with the same
spirit and fore that have carried
them through their own league
They commenced rapplng the first
ball offered them and man after man
sent hits screaming through or over
the intield- Wen the attack ended
the Reds had accumulated five runs
and the Issue for the day was dead I
and the White Sox beaten. From the
instant Of that double play ali was
Joy in Redland- The White Sox never I
had a chance aad the Reds simply
Wal0ped in hits and runs and won I
IS they pleased. Reuther. pitching !
nice bail with everything IN his ad-
vantage was a bit Wohbly and tired
at spots But the Sox we're in a po-
sition where they had to attack to
the swift and not especially well
played game did they have a chance.
Failed 10 Score.
Then they failed and after that /
failure never could gain an opening. /
IT would sound rather ridiculous TO /
say that a team beaten TO ] looked /
as good or better than the winners I
yet this was true.
The Reds looked very much minor /
league in the first inning when they 1
scored once. III that round hit by-
pitched ball. a hard single. a loeg /
sacrifice fly an5 base on balls and I
a steal yielded them only one run.
Daubert remained anchored Mt
first base while Jackson caught n
fairly long fly and lObbed the hall
70 the plate. He almost could
have walked to second yet made
NJ move and the Reds then and
there lost one probable run and
two possible Iu1s. In fact, 50 far
as the fine inner points OF the
game so. she White Sox played
the bail and played II eleaniy
nsent. There was not much real
lsTsehlII in the game.
The chief point was the spirit with
which the Reds attacked. They seemed
was not there with the stuff that he
las used 70 stop the American league
teams and they rushed the attack at
the proper moments.
showed tiood Judgment.
Moran showed great deal OF 5udg-
ment in his handling Of the team. He
ordered the attack on the first ban
route three different times and once
it Worked-and II such a system OF
attack works once in a game IL usu-
Gleason had no choice as 70 his style
Of assault His only hope was
series OF hits and Reuther refused 10 I
permit any such attack The Red
il the case Of Daubert who. was the
Joke Of one worlds series and
threatens now to be q hero. He
shared the hOnurs with Reuther, who
nauled out two triples and sim
gle and drew pass hitting home
same The Waite Six hit Reuther
lot quite as well as they figured to
Were Under Handicap.
L is a cinch they would have hit
him harder but for the fact that they
we're woring under a heavy handicap
after the fourth. for Reuther's hit
ing and base r1nning weakened him ]
lerceptably toward the finish. He was
Tobbly from the heat and from his
unning toward the finish.
Moran, playing safe was forced
To hciu him On the base and al
low him 10 rest for fear that the
sOL would stage a belnted rally. It
is evident thtt the Reds enrry
more punch and more confidence
than the White sox Figured them
10 hnFe- They ETobbled ut spots
and their o1tficld work WINS
raEEed and uncertain. Two
balls fell that ought TO have been
handled and E.ousch rather made
q spectacle Of himself. He left one
short fly bail after getting his
hands on ft-a bali by the WY.
that should hive been caught By
Eorf.
He caught another with one hand
rhich he should have nailed without
n effort and he misplaced AT least
our 1atte1s. kOpf looked bad dur
g the game went along and perhaps
he moral effect OF the victory viii be
re2ter upon k1pf than upon the
theirs. The defeat OF Clcotte Is not
Important in itself. but Il Is most i'm
ortant in its bearing upon the com
IL games Of the series.
Did Not Figure Strong.
The Reds did not figure to hft him
{ all and at tie most figured to
.ore but two rims off his nitching.
was evident from the first inning
rat he had nothing and that his
lmeus shine ball was not working. Re
siled one early In the game and hit