The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
j TOLD YOU So
| THEME OF TALKS
Supporters See Hopes Of
\ Series Pennant Now.
by Intsrna ationai News)


CHICAGO. Oct. .. - A wildly Joyous
ovation greeted the White 6ox on their
veturn 10 the old homo town today. And
richly DO they dsesrvs Il, for their raj
lies In Cincinnati have lsftsd tho inhab-
itInts OF this bainwtct from tho depths
OF Monday nights despair almost To the
heights OF baseball happiness.
The jeers OF Monday nights depart
Ure have changed to frenzied cheers;
the scoffIng OF three days has been
twisted into laudation. And those who
predicted ultimate triumph for the Sos
IN the worlds series. but who lost prac-
tlcally every vestiEe Of hope after Mon
days clash. now are shouting, Il told
I you So"
\ For Chicago Is firm In its new found
[ conviction that the come back" ~ the
men Of Gleason. which started Tues
day. viii carry them along irreslstlbly
land that when the titular batting OF
1919 In done II still can be said.
mo white Sox team ever lost 4
worlds championship"
And as Il Is with the fans. so 1, Is
with tho Sox
! ~ said that II we could beat the Reds
! on Wednesday we'd go right through to
the championships my prediction IN
coming true exclaimed the Jubilant
Kid Gleason. when the breaks went
against the Reds on Tuesday. they lost
their monopoly on them-I had a bunch
that II was going to be cuckoo for them
They cracked Wednesday. their four
do any Of the hitting In
pinches. They didn't show the old time
spirit. Why? Oh. because we've sort
OF got their little goat. And We'll get
them some moro today. Tho SoH are
Eback In their old stride asain-hittlng
like fiends and fielding like the great
bsllplayers they are.
: 80 It's good night. Cincinnati"
/ Which brings smile from Put Mo
ran and these words:
We've still got ths jump on those
eox-and with Filler ready 10 kick them
into the discard. Hod stood 'em on
Htheir heads Monday-and Hod viii re-
epeat That'll finish things But even
W va should lose. that would not end
the ssries--as II would n the Sex went
edown. We have one game edge TN
Fthem--and that's the biggest edge In
,the world with only two games TO go.
We haven't had an awful lot OF luck
during the past two games either. The
k0oddess OF Fortune has been too busy
paeslng out her smiles to the Sox. But
ehs'e due TO glance In our direction to-
Chicago's idea that Tho Cincinnati
kclub has cracked In at variance with
the opinion OF tho non partisan folks.
And the concensus OF their opinion is
ethat the men Of Pat Moran surely will
| deliver to Cincinnati tho worlds cham
pionship banner which II covets.
True. the Reds were handed . dunl
beating-but In only one contest were
they outclassed. Their folly--tne,r over
Z conhdepce--their fatal carelessncss --
J lost for them on Tuesday Just at tlmo
when they had the title apparently
clinched. Only the stupidity OF under
estimating the possible railying power
tof the Sox only the utter absurdity OF
i.fhlnking that theirs was lead far too
great to be overcome-whippcd them IN
! the sixth combat.
+, But though beaten back twice In iuc-
! cession, the Reds haven't lost spirit
nor have they been routed. They are
still full OF fight and enthusiastically
figure that they will be vic,ora in III,
clashes. And they have II all figure,
out that today with a spell OF luck com
tNg their way. with ElIer In The ho'
sad with all OF their systems tmptier
Of "boners" OF head and hand by Tues
days and Wednesdays defeats they a.,
going 10 storm their way alorg Tor Mn,
innings, and reach the goal OF their am
billion at the end.