Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01

EDDIE CICOTTE AND REUTHER
SLATED TO HOOK UP IN FIRST
BATTLE OF WORLD TITLE GAMES
6IeasOn and Moran Confident Nor.
tails at the Start Of BasebalPs
Greatest Event.

Cincinnati. Oct. Some 81. 900
rams prepared to worship at the
shrine of baseball at Redland field
today, where the Cincinnati Reds,
champions of the National league,
and the Chicago White Sox, pen
nant winners of the American
league, will do battle in the first
game of what may be a nine-game
series for the worlds baseball
championship.
CieOtte versus Reuther.
The arrangements for the series
nave been completed, even to the
extent Of the teams themselves, as
an announcement from the head
quarters of both clubs gave out the
positive information that Reuther,
the southpaw Redleg. would OPP
pose Cicotte, the right-handed
hurier of the White Sox. while Ivy
Wingo will backstop Reuther and
Ray Chalk will do the catching of
Cicotte's shine" and knuckle
balls.
It seemed likely that the White
Sox would be slight favorites in
the betting. The little betting that
has been recorded showed the odds
Of from s to to to in Chicago's
favor.
That both teams are confident
was indicated by the statements
from their managers. Manager
Moran Of the Cincinnati team
said:
We have clearly earned our way
into the series and we will clearly
rn nTTr
we have the better pitching staff
In fact, I do not know when a
team ever went into so great an
event with so strong a string of
first class hurlers. | have six men,
on any one of whom / can depend
for excellent service. My pitcher
for the opening game will be Wal
ter Reuther. The team deserves
the lions share of credit, for it is
a great ball club, which fought its
way through the season without
sign of faltering We're going up
against a great ball club. but l
think we will hold our own"
Manager Gleason of the White
Sox gave voice to the following:
My boys are a great bunch and
they are going to be very hard to
beat The team battled its way
through the American league with
confidence and such absolute nerve
in all the pinChes that / have the
utmost confidence in each and
every player At the same time
fully realize that we are going to
he submitted to a supreme test in
this series. l have known Pat Mo
ran for many years and he is
tough man to beat Also, any club
that could stand off the Giants as
the Reds dfd on three different Oc-
casiOns is going to be no easy
mark for any club But I believe
my pitchers have been underesti-
mated. We are here to win and we
hope to do So"
The two teams took their final
practice yesterday afternoon and
rested this morning.
The national baseball commission
met al 10 o'clock and gave its final
instructions to the umpires and
agreed upon the ground rules with
the managers. There will be no
vacant seats. inasmuCh as every
ticket has been sold and delivered
Probably fifty people waited at the
gates all night and they were join
ed by several hundred early this
morning. while within an hour
after daylight the crowds had
reached a thousand waiting for the
gates to the bleachers and pavil-
ION. the unreserved seats. to open.
Numerous offers of $50 and as
high as 500 for a box seat for the
game were made around the hotel
Iobbies last night, but the FORUM
ate fan who had tickets gave no in
dication of wishing to profit in a
financial way. There were rumors
that scalpers were at work but the
evidence against them was not
forthcoming in so far as could be
ascertained.