The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09

 and the home field of the American leaeuers. where the eighth game will be played tomorrow afternoon. The Reds have won four games and the White sox three. the Chicago club taking two games on the Reds own field at time when it looked as if they were hopelessly out of it.
 SOX HAVE "GUTS". .,.... .. They have come from away behind, and came on with such persistence and such courage after a bad, start that no matter what happens in the next game, perhaps in the next two games, they have demonstrated that they kase what baseball uncouthly calls 'the guts."
 Cicottes exhibition this afternoon was proof that the reports of his base ball demise, like the historic death of Mark Twain. had been greatly exAg- gerated. He pitched with superior cunning, holding the Reds to seven hits. while behind him the Sox were playing with surprising bril1iancy. They drove old Harry Sallee, the sllm left-hander of the Reds. from the box in the fifth inning. although Sallee beat them in the second game of the series Ray Fisher and Adolfo Luque, right-handers. held them after their assault on Sallee. but the Reds could not break through the barriers of the shine ball" "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, the Iong-legged CaroIinian. who has not been an exactly dazzling figure in the series. batted in the first two. behind Cicotte.
 John Collins. another veteran who has been playing only against left handlers. took a big part in the charge of the Sox. but it was r. Collins work that stood out.
 The Reds were dumbfounded by the work of the old star of the Sox moundsmen. Once Moran had an um- pire examine Chick Gandil's glove, ap- parently suspicious that the first base man was rubbing something into the leather to lend to Cfcottes efficiency. They had beaten Eddie by big score in the opening game, hitting him with such ease that they could not under- stand the strange new spell that his delivery was holding over their heaYi- est hitters.
 They beat him in the second game. largely through Cfcotte's own mishaps in throwing the ball around Today they rarely had a chance to beat him. He was the same old master of the National league batsmen that he was over the hitters of the American league all season
 If the Sox win tomorrow and come out on even terms with the Reds the ninth and last game of the series will be played in Cincinnati. The officials tossed a coin after the game today to determine the scene of the ninth con- test, should one be played. and Cin- cinnati won.
 ATTENDANCE POOR
 The series began running to attend ance form this afternoon When it was discovered that anybody could get in, nobody wanted to get in. The races over at Latonia got a proportionately better play Experience shows that any time world series goes over six games the peopf~ want no more ot it. They have become surfeited. There were numerous empty seats at the game, not only in the stands, but in the bleachers as well.
 The series should have ended in Chi cago Monday afternoon with the Reds champions of the world. The question of the superiority of the clubs had been decisively established. Subsequent games merely came under the head of profiteerihg and there will probably never be another nine-game series There should never be another Had the game today been played in Chi
 
 ring except Cincinnati. the attendance would probably have been even slim ner than it was. You could buy tickets on the sidewalks in front of the ball yard at half price. Finally it became difficult to give them away.
 Dick Nallin. umpiring at second yes terday. decided against a claim by 'Swede" Risbeg of interference with 8 throw by Cincinnati player. "Cail 'em right out" said Risberg as he passed Nallin in the lobby at the Sin ton this morning. Tt wasn't interfer- ence, hey? I'm skinned from my knee to my chest" Don't fight" replied Nallin mildly. "Go and fight those Cincinnati fellows out there on Inc field :" Which was pretty good advice, at that
 JACKSON COMES THROUGH
 old John Collins opened for the Sox with single and took second on Ed die Collins Sacrifice. Weaver raised a long fly to Rcush. Jackson singled to