The Washington herald., 1919-10-03
Defensive Playing of
Cincinnati's Out
fielder Kills Off
Chicago's Chance
In Second Battle,
Reds Winning By
4-to-2 Count.
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lineup last spring. He was traded
to Brooklyn. but refused to play
there. Thus. Pat Moran is going
into Chicago tomorrow morning
with his Reds with two games of
the world series won
KInseIIa Overlooked One.
There's Eddie Roush. too. Some
years ago sinister Dick" Kinsella.
scouting for new material for the
New York Giants. heard of a great
hitter at Evansville. Ind. He dropped
into town and happened to visit a
barber shop before he saw the slug
ger.
Hear you've got a swell ball
player in this town." remarked Dick.
by way of making conversation
Yes" said the barber. hes all
right. The only trouble with him is
he broke his right arm not long ago
and he's trying to learn to throw
with his left"
Sinister Dick" took the next
train out of town without going
near the ball yard He didn't want
that kind of ball players.
Cost Comiskey Something.
Old Ted Sullivan. snooping around
the bushes" for Charlie Comiskey,
came along and bought Roush for
quite a chunk OF money. sinister
Dick laughed when he heard of it.
"Commy" didn't laugh when he saw
RouSh, because Roush had cost
him too much money to be a laugh
ing matter. but he sent him away.
This afternoon in the sixth inning
with Buck Weaver on third base
Roush went straddling back almost
to the centerfield wall in Redland
Field and pulled down a blow from
Hap Felsch's bat that had all the
symptoms of a home run 1t would
have counted heavily in the final
summing up.
Baseball players say Roush is a
dour Individual. They tell me
there's some Indian in him." one of
them was remarking the other eve
ming.
He's n Funny Duck
Il guess that's so. He's a funny
duck in n lot of ways. Never says
Hello when he meets ;ou on the
field, no matter how long it's been
since he's seen you. Always play
ing his head of to beat you"
Maybe Roush's experience in
baseball has made him dour. They
shunted him around quite bit be-
fore he finally wound up in Gin
cinnati where tonight he is a species
of king. He held out on Cincin-
natl last spring. only to join the
club at a time when there was the
talk OF trading him back to John
]. McGraw and the Giants. who had
traded him to Cincinnati.
saIIee Bumped Often.
Roush and Kopf were born the
same year-'93. They are the youth
that was served. but more particu-
larry which served this afternoon
behind the pitching " Harry SAL
lee, the veteran left handler of the
Reds. But for them 'Old SaI'
would have met the same fate he
met at the hands Of the White Sox
in 1917 when he was with Nc
Graw's Giants.
1t was sweet revenge for Sallce to
get home today. but he was very
lucky. The Sox pounded his south
paw crossfire for nine hits. while
the Reds were getting bur four OF
the delivery of Claude Williams.
the young side winder Of the Sox.
williams Too wild.
But williams was very wild. He
gave six bases on balls, and nearly all
figured in the scoring. The Reds had
little attack. but the Sox had no pitch
ing defense. Williams is apt to do
better his next time out.
1t was old SalIee weather. parboiled
by his years. of service in st. Louis.
The lean Ieft-hander loves the heat
1t was too cold for him in Chicago in
1917, especially in his second game.
Today he was at ease in a tempera-
ture that had everyone dripping.
He was leisurely and deliberate. as
is his custom. and he pitched with
the care of long experience, but the
Sox seemed to have no great trouble"
hitting him Great support in some
Of the breaks helped the veteran along
with the ragged pitching in front of
the SoX.
1t struck some Of the "grandstand
Managers" the chaps up yonder in
the seats, who always have their say
played. and generally pay their way
in to see 1t. which is why We have
baseball. that Kid" Gleason. the Sox
manager, overplayed the play called
the sacrifice.
Fans Don't Understand.
Gleason probably can tell them why
they are all wrong. but in the National
League the sacrifice Is not used as
often as in the American League. Ma
tional League fans were the spectators
and critics this afternoon. Maybe
hats why they thought Gleason
should have put a different line of
strategy.
1t is all history now, along with the
rest of the game. Reckless souls are
tonight taking those 100 to shots that
he Cincinnati club will take five
straight from the Sox as the series
moves to the shores of Lake Michigan.
Errors by the Reds late in the game
today gave the Sox two runs, and it
looked for a moment as IL they were
going to put on a last-minute rally.