El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-10

Nay Gail orr Series.
Thursdays game, in all probability
Is the last that ever win be played
ia any world series If the club own
ers and those who have the interests
Of the game at heart have listened
during this series they viii can off
the annual lnterleague contests II
they value the good name OF the
sport they VIII do so beyond doubt
Thursdays game also meant the dis
ruptiou Of the White SoL as q ball
club. There are seven men on the
team who VIII not De there when the
gong sounds next spring and some OF
them viii not be in either major
league.
in one respect the dope was right
today. The White Sex declared last
night Il Eller pitched they would hit
him hard They did In fact they
would have scored many runs but for
the fact that the Reds beat them 70
Il Eller did not pitch as he did when
he shut them cut He was hit hard
and consistently from start 70 finish
and. al the end the White 6o1 staged
a commandment
Re Vas the anniversary Of the
day that Mrs. O'Isenryis COW
kicked Chicago over and Thurs
day Il was Cluude Williams who
kicked the lamp. Williams has
rieE, not one o. them up 20 with
In 20 percent Of his American
league standard. He hns thrown
hwy two by bases on balls, BY
crossing his catcher and not by
allowing hits.
Thursday the system was changed.
Re started right out by allowing hits
There was one faint change for him to
avoid disaster That change was
aHaaIHa H
Felsch 70 riEht field and sent Liebold
to center. Eath went out and then
Daubert drove a low line ny 10 center.
Felsch il all probability would have
caught the ball. but Leibold failed by
inches IN attempting a shoe string
catch. had the ball been caught there
might have been q different tale 10
single, EOush smashed a double down
the right field line which was fair be
cause the bah went over tie corner Of
the bag and Duncan, the kid OF the
series. the boy who was the unknown
equation, nauled long double to
left
Should Have Drawn Lefty.
It IS a problem as 70 whether Glea-
son should have left Williams, left
handed pitcher who was going bad
On the slab 20 pitch against Duncan
who has been hitting left handed
pitching hard However, as Il cevel-
oped later, Gleason had little choice.
lie had no other pitcher 70 send in IN
less he used Kerr The others he tried
received the same treatment from the
Red hitters as Williams had done.
OF course, the Reds. at later stages,
were filled with confidence and play
ing with the abandon that makes for
success. Had IL not been for that four
run lead the White Sex would have
E 1-H aIf f
and might even have won The IN
beaten fraction Of the beaten White
S0E did not quit They attacked Elle-
most Viciously and hit him hard For
instance. had the Reds failed to score
or had scored only one run in the
first the White Sox would have scored
two and perhaps more
LeIboId singled and CoEIins's
double right at the start. hut the
Red inneId was unable TO play
hack because they had a fuur run
lead and weaver Texas leaEuer
which sFculd have fallen safe with
the lnfieId playing close was
caught and they failed TO score
II was more or less that way all
the way through the contest. II
the IOpsided game can be dfEnlfied
BY that name.
IN other words Eller had a soft
continuously ana al the finish the
final frantic assault OF the White Sox
netted them q cluster OF runs and
made the minority report a bit mere
respectable
Duncan Il Star.
The series has not proved anything
TO me excepting that we experts IN
derestimate Rath and Kopf and laid
too much stress upon the inexperienced
OF Duncan The pitching OF thu White
Sox. OF course was into Duncan's NIT.
His hitting was the best and the most
timely Of them all Had il not been
for the fact that he bobbled q bit IN
the field II three games he would De
the king Of the series There is no
outstanding dub OF this series. Wiz
Iiams is the nearest approach he
threw away three games by bad pitch
ing and put his team out Of the run
ming even more than CicotLe did To
me Rath was the big surprise. He has
played magnificent ball and heady
BAH al the way. But the main hon
ors and the CHIEF medals belong TO Pat /
Moran VINO took a mess or tripe and
made blank mango out OF j.
anyhow, Friday I can 90 fishing. I