Evening journal., 1919-10-10
BY JOHNNY EvERs.
Written for the United Pres

CHICAGO, oct. iO-Pat Moran's Reds
are the champions Of the world and
lhey deserve TO be- The better club
won in the annual post-season classic
Luck wac no factor in their victory
They won by superior playing In a
hard-fought series against a ilne Da.l
club.
Most people picked the White sov
10 win on the strength OF the paper
averages. was, among the few who
predicted that tie Reds would win. /
had seen both teams in action during
the race For sevenl weeks followed
HE White Sox, observing their work,
and by comparison ! found the Reds
superior in playing ability in game
ness. Pitching is OF primary import
ance in a world series and in this de-
parlment the Reds were admitted by
all TO be superior Their batting on
paper was Inferior 90 that OF the White
soX. But while I don't say the pitch
ing in the National League Is better
than in the American. there are more
good plichers i'm the National than i'm
the White SOX's league Jackson. Ed
iie Collins and Gandil faced pitching
lust as difficult as did ROush, GrOh and
Inc other Red sluggers, but they did
not face it as often and their aver
ages looked better therefore. This was
proven by the fact that the Reds out
hit the SOX in the series.
Collectively the White SoX have no
apparent weakness. They were a slug
ying club and derived the greatest ad-
vantage from a stan Of small, but high
%
them 70 was plain there were individ-
ual faults in the club. Practically
svery SoX batter had a weakness and
The Red pitchers had fine enough con-
troll 10 work on t. I believe this 10
De the biggest cause Of the Cincinnati
victory Also the Reds outflelded and
,uihit the Sox throughout and were
'aster on the bases. Cincinnatis sea-
iors's play proved it TO be a game one
ming club. able TO concentrate its at
ack and Co take advantage of every
break. Thi, was very apparent dur
ug lhe series. Before the series
}oush was the only Red player gener-
,lly believed 10 be superior TO the
Chicago PLAYER in his position. But in
he series everyone OF the Cincinnati
regulars. except Groh, outshone his op-
oonent At first base. Daubert out
played Gandil and made his bat more
,aluable. At second base, Morris Rath
,ulled one Of the biggest surprises OF
he series. by outhltting lie slightly
,uthH Eddie Collins, but his hits were
much more timely. His fielding also
was superior TO that OF The highest
-ated Sox star.
Koprs work, az shoristop, bordered
on The sensational. He 0utclassed hls-
berg i'm the field and at the bat. lie
proved himself a power Of strength I'D
llght places. ~.
YER had a comfortable shade owe,
Hiene Groh at third base. Groh played
remarkable ball i'm the first few games
but fell off toward the end of the series:
John Collins, who played right 1elu
m part Of the games for the SoX' rank
ID on a par with Earle Neale. But the
ged ouinelder showed better man
Memo Leibold. He made many bril-
liant catches and was one OF the series
surprises st bat.
Eddie Rousch stands alone in centre
0eld His work showed him to be one
II the greatest players in the game.
Iappy Felsch, though he hit in hard
uck. was ouishone.
Duncan was one Of the stars OF the
games. He held his own with the great
Ioe Jackson. considering the fact that
The Cincinnati youngster was making
his first start IN an important series.
RAY Schalk is one Of the greatest
ratchers in the game, but IN this series
10th harden and WingO outplayed
aim.
Kerr was the bright star OF the
White pitching stan. though worlds
Of credit must be given TO the game
eddie CicOtte who came back and won
lfter two defeats. Hod Eller was a
particular star OF the Reds staff, but
an OF Morsn's pitchers did high class
work