South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-07
Hoo ELLER IN
SHUTOUT VICTORY
Pitches Wonderful Ball and
Blocks the White Sox in
Fifth Game.

az cincinnati measured TOT one
latest style world championship
dag
The Reds Monday won the NTH
game Of the worlds series. defeat
ing the Chicago White Sox 10 o I'm
contest that developed sensational
pitching. sharp fielding. one-sided
Craftsmanship and very nearly de-
prived the soK OF their last glimmer
Of hope.
The National league champions
have now won four games. and
therefore need but one more 20
slinch the bunting BY the same
token the Sox can annex the major
share Of the money only b. winning
four straight. The teams left for
Cincinnati Monday night for two
kameS II that many are required
EIIer a Sox Cast-Off.
"Hod" Eller. a White Sox cast-On
Of four years ago gratifed the dear
est wish OF his heart by attaining
the victory. He held his former
team mates practically helpless
throughout lie allowed them only
three widely segregated hits. gave
but one pass. and established a rec
ord for consecutive strike-Outs in a
world series game In the second
and third innings be famed six
batsmen in a row and in the fourth
he was going so strong that the first
two SOX who faced him dribbled the
ball TO him for easy outs al first
and the third man struck out He
delivered two more doses Of the
same medicine before the game was
over. a total Of nine strike-outs for
the game.
Claude Williams. who was defeat
ed in the second game OF the series
AZ Cincinnati. hurled for the Sox
and did about all that a pitcher
could 10 win. He walked two men
but did not allow hit until the fifth
inning The Reds delivered only
three more hits of his delivery. but
these. after the worlds series fash
ION OF the Reds. were forthcoming
were most needed. In this instance
the avalanche descended in the
sixth round The air was fairly
Rlled with hits. intensified 10y a walk
and an error. and when the air
cleared the score board showed that
four Red legs had reached the
counting station. 70 was enough
plus In the eighth Williams re
tired 10 allow Murphy 70 appear in
the role Of pinch hitter, but he
merely fattened EHer's strike-out
record. and in the ninth. MAYER went
70 the Mound for the SoN His wild
ness was partly responsible for the
nnal run with which the visitors
capped their score.
Schalk Oustcd nv Umpire
Raw Schalk. premier catcher Of
the American league. or any other
league. according to his admirers.
came forward as the first player %
b. chased by an umpire during the
series II was in the sixth. when
most everything happened that this
occurred. Groh had slid 10 the plate
accommodating large holdings of base
line real estate on the facade Of his
anatomy and Schalk claimed that he
touched the runner before the lat
ter had plowed his way to the plate.
In his extreme he jumped up at
Empire Rigler's protector and with
his fists jolted the judicial air there
impOunded. Rigler pointed 10 the
coop and Schalk. mumbling things
that the late Noah Webster never
encountered In his researches made
Wsy for Lynn. who caught the re-
maiuder OF the game FOR the SoN
The field was in excellent condi-
ton despite tho rain Sunday and
S4,S74 persons paid 90 witness the
exhibition. The sun shone brightly
and the temperature was to the
liking OF players and spectators
alike
In the first round Rath reached
first on free transportation and was
sacrificed 10 second. but neither Groh
nor Roush could deliver and he got
Nc farther. In their half the SoN
did a little better LieboId. the first
man up. waited for four wide ones.
took second on an indeId out and
reached third on Viewers single
which was checked but not captured
by Eller The partisan local crowd
called long and loud for run bot
jackson despite p new set of
lucky" hair pins. went out on a
pop fly 10 Groh. and Felsch flew
out 10 left
ElIcr Pans Six i'm Row.
In the second and third the crowd
was treated Co the remarkable eN-
hioition IN which Gandu Risberg
Schalk Liebold and Eddie Collins
struck out In the Reds half OF
the second. Duncan and Neale fan
ned and kopf fouled out 20 Schalk
and in the third the Reds did but
little better. going out IN succession
on field hits. ia the fourth after
Daubert and Groh had flied ont O.
Felsch. Roush was safe on Ris-
berg's tumble and stole second but
Duncan left him there with a as q,
Jackson. In the NTH Kopf singled
hut was forced later 10y Neale who
himself was caught stealing Will,
Rariden flied out 90 center Tn THEN
half with two down Schalk singled
but Williams whitfield and again th'
SoN failed 20 threaten
Nothing could have appeared less
suspicious than "Hod" Filler wheI
he came 20 the plate az the begin