Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-09
Cicotte Comes Into Own
While Desperate Gin
cies Use Three in Box
and Reuther Bats S 0S.
Game Today Takes Place
in Chicago, but if An
other Is Required, Gin
cinnati Will Be Scene.

Cincinnati, Oct. Swimming
today's game against Cincinnati.
a to /, the recently detected and
all but hopeless White Sox of
Chicago now consider them
selves real contenders for the
worlds baseball championship.
The series now stands four
games for Cincinnati and three
for the American leaguers. To-
morrow, weather permitting,
they play in Chicago. The ath-
letes of the pallid hose took the
train tonight jubiLant at the
manner in which they have
snatched a chance of victory
from what seemed certain de-
feat and were determined that
the eighth contest, played on
their own familiar real estate
and cheered by their loyal fol-
lowing will see the series tied
up.
The sero-comic affair of Tues
day was succeeded today by
real baseball. The visitors earn
ed two of their tallies by con-
scientious workmanship and this
was enough to win, while the
other two counts came partly
by grace of Red errors. Four
misdeeds were charged against
Garry Herrmann's athletes and
but one against the Comiskey
entry.
10 Hits, Sox; J, Reds.
Cincinnati trotted out pinch hitters,
pinch pitchers. and pinch runners, in
desperate endeavor to come up from
behind as the Sox did Tuesday, but all
to no avail. The Reds used three pitch
ers-Sallee, Fisher and Luaue, and an
other pitcher, Ruether, apperaed as an
emergency batsman. Despite the array
of hurlers, the Sox accumulated ten hits,
while the National leaguers were able to
pole out but seven.
Eddie Cicotte. who was driven from
the box In the first game of the series
and lost his second game because his
teammates couldn't hit anything, came
into his own in this afternoons attrac-
ton He exhibited control. speed and
Judgment, and his comrades played with
confidence, properly tempered and
qualified by recent severe lessons. and
a dash that reminded their clientele Of
their best midsummer form.
Toss for Ninth Game.
The narrowing of Cincinnati's margin
OF victories caused serious concern over
the possibility OF ninth game Gin
cinnatl won the toss. taken Immediately
after todays engagement, and the de-
Gliding contest. If Chicago evens things
Friday. President John A. Heydler. Of
the National league tossed the coin and
Mr.. Hermann guessed it would be tails,
and tails it was
Many Seats Vacant.
For the first time in the series many
seats We're vacant, due. it was said, to
the general belief that seats would be
difficult to obtain. Everybody expected
that everybody else would be ahead of
them and the result was half crowd in
the left field bleachers, many vacancies
IN those in the right and little un-
populated spots even in the grand
stands. Usually the official attendance
figures are read at the game, but a
half hour after the last out, today.
none was at hand and it was announced
that they would not be ready for an
hour. Just what went wrong was NOS
stated. but it was not because the crowd
came too fast to be counted.
Band Toots Sarcasm.
A stiff wind was blowing from center
across the plate during the struggle.
When the Sox came on the field. thu
band which on the Red grounds always
haS some little musical sarcasm at hand.
played, ''She may have seen better
days. and Please go away and let me
sleep"
This did not impair the huoyancy of
the standard athletes. who retaliated
without delay, putting run over IN the
first inning.
Johnny Collins Scores First.
1t was John Collins. the first batter
up. who made the count. He singled to
center and went to second on sacrifice
by Captain Eddie Collins. Weaver slam
med The ball against the wind for an
out to center but Joe Jackson, who was
desperate at having found no new lucky
omens in the way of hairpins, singled
to left. scoring J. Collins, Happy Felsch
also delivered a single. on which Jack
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