The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-10
PRECEDENT Is
SHATTERED BY
REDS VICTORY
First Worlds Series in
Which a Sox Team Has
Been Beaten.
NATIONALS REGAIN TITLE
Chicago's Defeat Gives Older
Major Second Champion
ship Since 1909.
NATIONALS REGAIN TITLE
ny FREDERICK G. LIEB.


Special Despatch to THE sus.
CHICAGO, Oct 9.--The word "Sox" has
lost its worlds series charm Until to-
day no team calling itself Sox, whether ,
White or Red, ever has been defeated In /
a worlds SERIES Now that may be |
changed to no Red" stockinged team |
ever having lost titular series. For !
the Cincinnati Reds to-day took their /
place in the worlds series hall of fame |
with the FIVE red socked teams OF the !
Boston Americans who have won the
proud title Of worlds champions.
The National League truly regained
its place In the sun to-day when the Gin
cinnati Reds captured the second series
won by the parent major league in ten
years. The old Ave year rule which was
so freely discussed before the series has
held good. The Nationals have won In
1909, 1914 and 1919.
Old Bill Gleason also has taken his
place among the graduates of the old
Orioles who have proved worlds series
Bloomers-McGraw, Jennings Robinson.
and now Gleason. Among them they
have managed ten worlds series con-
tenders and have landed only one vic
tory. That was McGraw's triumph in
1905. when his club beat the Athletics.
Worlds series precedent again has
strongly been followed. The moral and
actual advantage of victory In the first
game again has been firmly established
In thirteen out of sixteen series the win
ner of the first game has captured the
series and no club that ever has lost the
first and second games ever came
through The Giants tried to shatter
this done two years ago playing the
White Sox, but 1t couldn't be done.
Task Too Big for sox.
This year 1t was the Sox who tried to
overcome this terrific handicap. but the
task was too big for them. Cincinnatfs
victory was clean cut and well earned
The Reds played better baseball than
the White Sox and had by far the better
pitching.
To-day's finishing game showed the
lamentable weakness of the White Sox
pitching reserves. with even a man
like Luque, Cincinnatfs sixth best
pitcher, in reserve the White Sox might
have pulled out to-day's game and tied
the series.
But when little Claude Williams
failed in the first inning, Gleason had
no one on his bench but fellows like
Bill James and Wilkinson, and the Red
lead grew and grew during their stay
on the mound
Sixteen hits were prodded out OF Glea-
sons pitching trio. the series closing with
the hardest hitting game of the set
The batting weaklings of both sides
found their batting eyes in the closing
game Eddie Roush and Eddie Collins
both Of whom had been doing poorly at
bat, raped out three hits, while Heinie
Groh, another batting bloomer of the
series, closed with two hits.
williams Heart Broken.
Little Williams, the pudgy lefthander,
was heart broken over his inability to
fool the Reds. In one-third of an in
ming the Cincinnati sluggers got to him
for four hits, as many as he yielded in
each the second and fifth games OF the
series He appeared to have his speed,
but evidently could not get his old break
on the ball.
In former games Claudie's control
caused him most of his trouble, but to-
day he was able to get 1t over but the
ball had nothing on 1t. While he was
getting his tanning in the first he threw
over only three balls.
There was nothing iuky about the
hits which Daubert, Groh. Roush and
Duncan tore off in the first inning. They
all were solid pokes, hit clearly to the
outfield and drives that whistled past the
ears of the infielders. There was no de-
nying 1t wasn't Willams's day.
James had nothing but his fast ball,
and he didn't have the best control of
that. Discarded by both the Tigers and
Red SoN this season. Bill was supposed
TO be Gleason's fourth best pitcher But
the Reds soon showed that he wasn't OF
the world series calibre. Wilkinson who
pitched during the Sox rout in the open
ing game, was permitted to finish out
the series for the SoX. He pitched fair
ball. Several balls hit off him took
bad bounds, but like James. he is a
pitcher who has no place in a world
series.
Two Victories for E1ler and Kerr.
Hod Eller joins little DicBie Kerr, the
Sox lefthander, as the only pitcher &c
score two victories in the series. But
Hold was not as sensational to-day as
when he beat Eddie Cicotte in that
brilliant game on Comiskey Field last
Saturday.
The Sox hit every Cincinnati pitcher
hard when they faced him a second
time, and Eller was no exception. The
Sox slasned out some vicious drive.
early in the game. but Eller held in the
pinches and was brilliantly supported
However, in the eighth. the Sox hit hi,
sinner where even his outhelders couldn'
get them and raised flicker of hope
for American League partlsans by ham
Eddie Roushs third miracle catch OF
the series made on Leibold in the ninth
enabled Eller to get through with the
farewell inning without further scoring
This catch was about all that kept Ellel
in the game to the finish. Jimmy Rims
kept warmed up all during the game
Moran was ready to rush him In when
ever the situation became real danger
Gus.
But Pat wanted to give Hold the salts
faction of finishing the game himself
and as the Reds noated along on a min
PUN lead at one stage of the gam
nothing was lost by being lenient witt
Eller.
Reds Pitching stan Great.
But that is where Cincinnati displaye
its great strength during the series Ha
Ener weakened sufficiently to hav
warranted Moran in taking him out
kng unquestionably would have stoppe
the Sox. But when Gleason's thre
hrst strlngers faltered he had nothin
but an American Association grade q
pitchers for rescuers. That is why III
Reds are worlds champions worthy G
the name, Moran has a pitching sta
which unquestionably Is the greatest 4
the land, and a team able to back II
the pitching.
The Reds entered the game with lot
OF spirit, much more than they displaye