New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Crantland Rice Tells How
Fishers o mi y Blum
der Breaks Cincinnati's
c h.a in of Victories
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motion and began to stand the Red,
upon their closely cropped heads. OF
the thirty Reds who faced him. no loss
than twenty-six took q vain whack at
the ball and then sat down moodily
upon the visiting bench to announce
that "The Kid never had thing"
They never have when YOU can't hit
EN-. Nothing at all!
All that Kerr had was keen speed p
cracking curve and control that carried
both where he decided to plant them
He looked, too, as much master of the
field as Christy Mathewson looked
fourteen years ago to the hour, when
he shut out the slugging Athletics in
his first championship game But whore
Mathewson was then an experienced
veteran, six feet tall and carrying 200
pounds of Drawn, young Kerr is only
| tive feet seven above the sod, weighing
hardly 100 pounds. The big feature of
his first championship was the rare
GOODNESS that he showed at every turn
and the unending grip that he kept
upon his nervous system until the last
Red faded out
The young star. who had divided
most of his baseball experience be-
tween Texas and the Kerry Patch of
st. Louis, has undoubtedly put new
heart into the Six and has greatly
discouraged the Red dream of any care
free, romping conquest.
Fisher Tosses Off Game.
AS Kerr's left arm rolled back the
Reds, it was the vast power concealed
in Ray Fishers right wing that tossed
the White SoX out in front. The Yer
mont schoolmaster in the main moved
steadily along, but it was his own mis-
play IN the second inning that put the
skids under his mates and broke up
the battle.
Joe Jackson had just opened this inn
ing with the first SoX hit. Felsch
followed with sharp bunt that came
directly to Fishers waiting hands. 1t
SO happened that Just before tracking
one at Felsch, Fisher had anointed the
ball with a saliva dressing and as a
certain soothsayer Of rcnown once re-
marked, "The' evil that men do lives
after them.'
Fisher must have nabbed the ball
upon the slippery sector, for with an
easy double play in sight, he pegged
the ball far and high above Rath's
quverlng reach and the untamed at
tempt sailed far into centre field. The
tHio Ndn SOOu i've lceJ DPNOnO
Rath's reach and when Roush had re-
covered the bounding ball jackson was
resting on third with Felsh smiling at
second. In place Of empty bases and
two out there were runners on second
and third with no one retired. Which, as
Ludendorff remarked to Hindcnburg
lust Il year ago, is quite a difference.
With that throw wont the ball game It
was precisely the same as if Fisher had
taken the pastime IN his hands and
tossed il overheard to the fish Gandil's
timely single scored both men, and with
Kerr. Of the Kerry Patch and the West
ern plains. sitting on the job the rest
of it was merely the finish of cnch.
A flukc triple by Rislerg and bad
bound from Schalk'a bat, in carrying
through the squeeze. added Il third run
IN the next inning, but the can of beans
had already been turned over and seat
tered around the field.
Inc SoN were IN an entirely different
frame of mind when they drifted back
again to the familiar breeze that giides
from the stockyards to their
battlefield. Buoyed up by this Ncented
zephyr from the lair of the slaughtered
steer and the riven pig. they fell in
back OF kerr's rare pitching with most
OF their oldtime pep intact. Risberg.
especially. presented an exhibition of
wonderful work at short. where time
and again he raced down tricky i,-
neld bounders to nail his man at first
The Swede had a big day. for more than
away into trouble.
SoS Attacks Yet to Develop
And yet, through it all the famed Sox
attack hasn't yet come to light. In
their twenty-siX innings of hard swing
earned run, and this was more a gift
from fate than any robust batting. Ris-
berg's triple in the third inning was
merely single that took a false hop
to the right beyond Neale's glove. and
the bunt that scored Risberg was
another tricky bounder that struck
Fisher just above the pulse when he
stopped to pick it up. They picked up
seven hits all told but were never able
to keep rally going, which since early
May has been their mainstay on the
field You can credit this offensive
slump to fine Red pitching or to a sud
den weakness around SoX batting eyes.
but the fact remains that one earned
run through three long afternoons is
a decided change fran the attacking
power that carried Chicago to the top
and finally broke up the race All /
through this series SoX stars have been
crossed tlmc and again. but 1t lS only |
IA question of time before their sup
pressed attack will break through.
Red Attack Has Been Stopped
The Reds, held to four hits on
Thursday, found the going even rough
er in Fridays mill. They have scored
only half as many hits in their last
two starts as they piled up back of
Dutch Ruether, and they may find Ed
die Cicottc in an entirely different
frame of mind tomorrow. The big
shift in SoX play now indicates long.
nard series where, if Gleason can only
get we'll pitched game from his Il
right handed star, he has at least an
even chance.
The Reds continued their strong plav
IN defence with Heinie Groh and Jake |
)aubert leading the roster. Groh gave
| spectacular exhibition at third. kill
ing at least two clean hits by his dar-
ing dives for the ball as it whistled
Dast. With two games left in Chicago
before they move again to Redland. the
>ox now carry high hopes of a clean
lome sweep. as they are confident not
'nly that Cicotte and Williams can re-
rcve their two disasters, but that the |
oud and noisy boom of the old base |
nit is about due to break forth in its |
inspiring chorus and sound the re
luicm of Red hopes.
NAVY Has Green Te.,,,