The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-10
SOy AND REDS BOTH
FELT LIKE WINNERS
BEFORE TODAY'S CAME

Chicago, Oct. 9--Again contenders
for the worlds baseball championship
by virtue of their 4-to-1 victory over
the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, the chi
cago White SsX returned to Comiskey
Park today to make determined effort
to draw abreast the Reds in the matter
of games won at 4.4. Regarded as yir-
tudlly out Of the race for premier base.
bali honors when the Redlegs took the
first two games OF the series at the
Ohio city and then took two out of three
here, the American league pennant win.
ners apparently found their ionglust
batting eyes and the two victories they
hammered out ON successive DAYS on
foreign soil brought return of the
pre'series performance in the ultimate
outcome to their supporters here.
Needing hut the single game to bring
his team the championship, Manager
Pat Moran was expected to send "Hod'
Eller, shine bah pitcher to the mound
today in the eighth of the series. Eller
II was who established the worlds se-
ries record Of six successive strikcouts
when he held the White Sox to three
| hits, one scratch, in the game here
| Monday when Cincinnati won to D.
Claude CLcfty'D Williams. twice de.
| feated by the Rellegs, but holding them
TO an aggregate of eight hits in the
two games, was expected to be Mana.
ger KID Gleason's selection for mound
duty.
1t was contended by SoX supporters
| that Williams pitching would have
won nine out Of ten ordinary games. "
| but each time he opposed pitching that
| the White SoX heavy hitters virtually
were powerlcss before. By his asser
ton that his boys had recovered then
| batting eyes and fighting spirit. as was
! evidenced yesterday and Tuesday. when
they batted from the box Reuther and
| Sallee, who overcome them in the first
/ two battles, Manager Gleason showed h,
was confident his star left-handcr woul,
| pitch Il comeback game as did Cicott,
/ yesterday.
Moran Calls II "Postponcment"
Manager Moran, while rather sur
prised that his charges had failed in tive
attempts to assure the National leagu,
champions possession of the 1871!
worlds championship merely pointr,
to the breaks Of the game as respon
sible for what he termed the postpone
ment." He seemed confident today woul,
end the series, making unnecessary tn,
ninth game tomorrow at Cincinnati.
Showers We're included in the officia
weather forecast for today, making uu
certain just what brand Of weather tn,
eighth game would draw, after sever
playing days Of unparalleled worlds So
ries sunshine and warmth. Moderate
temperature was forecast, however. am
it was stated the game would be playe
unless there was 4 heavy rain at
o'clock
Interest in the series at Chicago wa
revived by the comeback the Whit
SoX staged ana with two days Of tlcke
sales Tor todays game the prospect wa
that approximately capacity crow,
would be out. The usual small groul
gathered about the bleachers and pavil
ion entrances last night and We're adde,
to during the evening and throughou
the early morning. All the grandstan
reserved seats were sold yesterday, bu
many of the box seats were unclaimo
The sale of them and the IL 500 pavilion
and bleacher seats began at $3.50 o'clocl
this morning.
Red Faber. hero Of the 1917 world
series, was mentioned as a White So
pitching possibility today, but the con
census Of opinion was that William
would be given the honor Faber i
said to have recovered form, though n
was virtually on the retired list al
the season.
Looking for Precedents
In their renewed hope that the Whit
SoX yet would win the series. local er
thusiasts began to cast about for prect
dents to fortify them in what some otf
erS regarded as rather far-fetched dc
sire. 1t was found that the America
league representative would have to o.
tablsh yet another record in this recorc
establishing series to be returned VIII
ners In no worlds series has a cll
won four straight games when its Oh
ponents needed but a single contest. l.
1907, Frank Chances old Chicago Gu
machine took four straight from Detrol
after the first game ended in tie. tn
research divulged, and four straight vi,
tories by the Boston Nationals owe
Philadelphia Americans, and by tn
Boston Americans from the Philadelphi
Nationals after the latter had taken tn
first game, also were found.
{ Regarded as most reassuring i'm II
f value as directly concerning the Whit
| SoX, however, was the record of tn
l 1912 city series when the Sox, wit
} their backs to the wall after the Cub
f had taken three straight, fell on thei
National league rivals and won the ne,
essary four games. That showed it "ca
, be done" some said.
s Few wagers on the outcome Of tn
series We're reported today. Prevailin
f odds ON the series result APPARENT
were 12 to l and even money on t,
. days game.
. The probable lineups and batting oi
ders follow:
e Cincinnati Nationals-Rath, Oh; DAT
t bert 1b; Groh, 3b; Roush, cf; Duncan
. If; Kopf, IS; Neale, rf; Rariden, C; r
Ter, p.
. Chicago Liebold. rf. I
/ Collins, 2b; Weaver, 3b; jackson. II
+ Felsch, cf: Gandil, 1b; Risberg, IS
q Schalk, c; Williams, p.
j. WAGGONER CITY, NEW
i OIL TOWN IN TEXAS,
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