New-York tribune., 1919-10-03

~ WAS not because Sllm Sailee, tn(
slender Sheriff of Higinsport, couc
not be hit, that the Reds broke dowr
the White Sox this moist and muggy
afternoon. Slim was hit ten times te
four for Claude Williams, but Claude
was wofully wild and nervous and the
White SoX were nervous and irritable
behind him.
The Reds are baseball team. This
realization is spreading through the
hop ard malt scented atmosphere OF
the city that owns the club and is be-
ing realized with ever increasing bit
terness by the experts who gathered
here with all the figures to prove that
the Reds had about half a chance of o
Chinaman in this series.
Saved by Good Fielding
When Sallee found himself in tick
lish and picklish PAGES he had armor
plated support behind him. Eddie
Roush, who failed to convince Nc
Graw that he was in the same
class with Benjamin Kauff, the Beau
Brummel of upper Broadway, saved a
couple of runs with an incredible catch
of centretield drive by Felsch in the
sixth with man on third. If it had
touched the ground it would have been
q home run. The infield worked with
vim, displaying al the speed with which
experts and figures had been crediting
the White Sox.
Larry Kopf, who made the most glar-
ing msplay of yesterday, was the hero
of to-day. 1t was Larry the unlucky
whose bat drove in two of the three
runs that were scored in the fourth
The hit was triple that rolled to the
temporary inside fence at centre field
The rap scored Groh and Duncan after
one run had already been tailed by
Rath
Claude Williams broke down utterly
in the fourth. While Kid Gleason glared
a steely glare from the bench he
walked three of the Reds. His control
was gone completely for the moment
and the partially revived confidence of
the White Sox went with it. The crack
of Kopf's bat and the catch of Roush
took everything remotely resembling
confidence out of the Chicagoans.
1t might be that it can be revived
when the team reaches the home town
lot, but the White Sox, the formidable
tricky and battling White Sox, scurried
out Of Redland Field like little herd
of white rabbits.
Everything Favors Reds
Everything seemed to be with the
Reds--the luck, the breaks and the con-
fdence Yes, the Reds now have the
confidence which the White Sox mis-
laid here somewhere in the hops scented
mists of the American Rhineland. They
are becoming convinced that four is
a magic number for the Reds The
big push of to-day came in the fourth
mining, when they scrapped Gleason's
second best pitcher. From now on Gin.
cnnati sangerbunds will cut out duets
solos, trios and choruses. They will
lift their cultural voices in nothing but
quartets-at least until this series is
over
The one time when the white rabbits
of to-day looked like the White Sox
of the American League season and of
the figures which never lie-excepting
in basebal!-was in the seventh inning
when Risberg and Schalk punched a
single and a double on Salee and
started some of the base running that
made the reputation of "smartness'
for Kid Gleasons men. Their dash so
agitated Greasy" Neale that he made
Wild wild heave to second and both
of the Sox runners scored.
The White Sox scored ten hits from
the Sheriff, but the two runs in the
seventh were all that they could cash
The Reds didn't hit Williams with any
frequency. They plastered him just
four times. but that long cracking
triple by Kopf coming in the midst of
wild, wild Williams fourth inning
delirium turned the tide. 1t may yet
be recorded as the decisive hit of the
current series.
tional pastime, especially in these
feverish periods, has almost as many
quirks and twists as Presidential
mind. You can't tell whittier it will be
drifting on the morrow, especially after
1t has kicked all the lining out of a
bagful of the best statistics that ever
were collected.
Sox May Not Return
The White Sox folded their bat bags
sullenly and silently this evening and
silently disappeared in the direction
of the stockyards.
They may not be back. Three game 8
are scheduled for Chicago and unless
Kid Gleason has the magic to turn the
White Rabbits back to the White Sox
they used to be, the series will end in
Ave games, thereby causing great
mental anguish TO the magnates. For
IL the series should end with this
abruptness, it Will draw only about
half million.
the confidence that the Chicagoans per-
nittcd to ooze down the hllsides Of
the American Rhineland. Cicotte had
nothing when much was needed Will
Jams had little but nerves. What will
Kerr have tomorrow
II looks as though the hills Of Gin
cinnati, glaring down on Redand Field,
saw the end of this series in that three
base hit by Kopf and that impossible
catch by Roush. The Reds are on their
way, convinced that the blarney Of Pat
Moran is the holy writ of baseball.
lhey may be right at that.
A Heavy Reer Foo
Tho second game Of the scrics was
set in another warm and muggy after
noon. The heavy beer fog which
gathered on this bank Of the American
Rhine was somewhat dssipated by the
sun at noon, but few strangers were
lost in the 2.75 mists. A slight breeze
was felt just before game time, but it
filtered through the pickle works dis
tricts and the cheese factory section
ard added nothing TO the comfort %
The itInerant burs.
John Shane Collins was reported
rick this morning. II seems that his
highly strung nervous system would
stand for notIi7s but light nourish-
mcnt after ycsterday's disaster He
dined dclicately on picked pigs feet,
Limburger cheese, saucrkraut and ice
cream. The local mcdicos arc puzzled
70 know how this ample diet could
have dcranged his digestive systcm.
This community was no moro pro-
pared for a first day victory in the
worlds series than San Francisco was
for the carthouake OF 1919 Spcnkinv