The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02
2EDg gT1YE FIRST CANE OF SERIES
AND UPSET WHOLE CARGO OF DOPE
Rsuther Leaps Into Lime
Light as One Of Base
balls Big Men.


lof the Reds in the worlds SERIES and
By sueh an overwhelming score-s To-
that the vast assembiage OF fans
aere Yesterday fairly gasped. in fact
hsd 70 pinch themselves 10 see Whetn-
sr they we're awake.
one little wobSle by the Whitesox
infield IN the fourth inning, followed
s. q mighty crash, five tOrFld slams in
row. and II was all over The ches-
~ sox we're stunned. bew!idered and
lie poor Jess Willard in Toieao'
hanging on the ropes .,o.n
Dutch Ruether, who throws a mean
ieft hook, made the American LeasueLS
bffe fhe dust. He deserved shutout
the solitary run scored by the I'M
r,aedla te3hosed tribe was purely
was not so much Ruether's pitca.
NJ that smothered the champs 9l tn .,
iinior circuit as his hitting: ana now
fiat hoy did hit at Mr.. Hermann ,
nastnre Yesterday afternoon. A SLASH
III frinie In the fourth inning scored
10 rtins. Another Dagger ~
ia eisith added tally. But the tirst
sjIon was the one that took all tne
starch out of the Whiteso&' ieS'iHe
item as limp as a dishrag.
Started Out Good.
Forithe first three innings II was
s,sIar hall game, with all sorts OIL
sesion and excitement, Both teams
5sew away from the old stereotypeu
ne of play-the Reds put over a run
4 me -first inning; Chicago came DacA
Il ti3a second and knotted the count
sTi,en came the fourth, punctuatea WIN
batting rampage, and those WIZ ~ a aS,s
ihe nerve to back the Natlonal ieaeuS
champs with coin Of the realm star teu
ogcash ii their tickets. ,,,n
n said we'd do 1t and we aIu,
ebnckied Pat Moran, the Cincinnati
ssnager. i said I'd pitch Ruether ana
Fin because he can hit as wen as
;fch ne came through for me ana l
In proud Of him" 81, .ua no
Kid Gleason was defiant anu anu, re- e.
ft,sed TO be down hearted, althousn . Se
5ad set his heart on grabbing on tne
nnenins tilt The writer saw MN LOT
snst a second as he left his dressing
soanf ana he said: 1.-THE series ism I
I'm Vet There's another day com,
ldtfferent tale will be told
Thursday night. s.r =, tho
Sd complete was the downfall Oh tne
iite. hosed troopers that wise oss 10
sil men, Who heretofore preaicte SI.,a an Il
e6sy triumph for the sox, are shahtns
f6eir heads and asking foolish queS-
lions: ,,o,, which
,ysriabIy follows American league
sITbs n competition with their Ma
5c6al,riyals at the worlds series ap-
ssars to have Topped over to the otneF
COOP. a,.,,,
The turning point of the game came
h the fourth inning with the score
5sd. when with one down, duncan amor, On
Tst base, Kopf grounded to Coll1s
AZ what should have been a aouple
nv. but wires we're crossed IN solne e
afiier and only one man died. FIVE
onnding wallops followed IN TOW ,
IA before Gleason could get Cicotte
5ut OF the box as many runs naN
Frosted the plate. ,.a. ,rare
on the other hand, the heus %eie s
,,tfing cicotte's offerings harder tnan
~ So2 were batting the soutnpsW
snts OF Ruether, and even mad tne
sn,ible ulav referred to in the forego-
hs.sys .comnleted and the side re-
,ts S5,nless the writer believes that
ssner or later Moran's men Woulo
have got TO Cicotte and crusneu nfin ~
ROY Wilkinson, a former American
ssoeiation hirler, one OF Gleason, 5
ool,ies relieved the tottering Cicotte
nd worked three innings he was
licked for two runs in the seventh ana
We way to Grover Lowdermilk IN the
Who was as wild as Marcn
q and only sent in to make room
pinch hitter
Reds smite Hard.
rhe Reds outbatted the WnitesoA
rly two to one. on the pitching OF
otfs seven! healthy blows were re-
led Ia three and two-thirds IN
rs Five hits were made on WIKI
eon and two on Lowdermilk, a grand
Xii AZ Ruether was wonderfully
receive, the best the Sox could gei
as half a dozen singles, not an extra
ase drive and only two hits coming N
ne inning even then nobody scored.
one error is charged eacn team
zopf' hideous throw in the second IN
sing paved the way for Chicagos lone
any. Gandil dropped thrown pau u
hs seventh that also proved costly.
Great Fielding.
outside Of these miscues the HELD
was not only clean but some OF y
.fdered "a the sensational. EDDIE
onsh mad o:less than eight put outs
middle field and put up whale o
game bacting up the other nelaeEs
nd covering al acre OF ground. 1--we
his catches were on chances tna'
,ofed almost impossible when the
alI sailed high IN the air apparently
fed Tor the bieachers Temporary
ds almost entirely fringed the out
sd making ground rules necessary
lbs hit INTO the middle field stands
emit ior aihome run and two pases
balls that rolled under. Three pas
5n hits into the right field crowd
deep LETT big white post;was plant
hits To- the left oft or toward tns
aFiiion were three -baggers and Z
..f,shf y bnYnr,i rims There wal