Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
White Sox Launch Delayed
attack, Pull Contest Out
of Fire and Aid Wee
! Southpd,U to Victory
"A GAME EXHIBITION
BY GRANTLANu RICE
Cincinnati. o.. O,t.

decades in a closing jubilee Of triumph
Why not? The Reds were leading 4
W O; Dutch Ruether was swinging
along at a championship clip; the SoX,
breaking and cracking in every depart
ment, were reelng and fioundering and
detonating like disorganizcd set Of up
kempt bushers the worst looking ball
club that ever batted for title; Hap
.Felsch was skidding all over center
field. using every thing but his head and
hands; Swer Risberg was splitting
apart at short in an orgy Of errors and
sven Eddie Collins. hero of five cham
lpjonships. couldn't hit the size of his
collar.
And while all this furore was under
way. the Reds. with gay abandon were
Gearing into Dick Kerr as they seam
Sered merrily from bag to bag.
Cause for JOY
Who could blame the Red tan for his
soaring jubilee as he saw the long
awaited title. "WORLD'S CHAM
PIONS," written at last upon the
scroll of fate?
And then it happened
Sinking into the old morass for the
last time the Sox emerged for final
breath and saw the light. For twenty
six innings they had floundered YEARLY
on their way along the runless trail.
But Just ut the raw rim of disaster,
Just as they were fading into the mists.
the old platoon got together. formed
for one last counter attack. and before
the astonished multitude knew what
was happening the Sox had blasted
Dutch Ruether from the mound, tied up
the score and with the big barrier at
last broken down, We're on their wa, 10
40 extra inning triumph.
The old attack and the spirit that
carried them safely through the Ameri
can League flag race had returned just
In the nick of time. For as their re-
turned attack tore into Ruether and
Ring and earned four runs i'll thte fifth
and sixth innings, lit:le Dick Kerr
samely settled down to the big job and
safely plugged the Red tide with the
pitching palm of his left hand
Kerr to Rescue
So it happens that where the great
Cicotte and the great Williams had
fallen twice on the field, Kerr, the out
slider, has turned in his two victories
and by his fine pitching has not only
.ucIu HAS LII tnc nSuL Dul HAS Dt
come the star of the series to date. The
Sox revolt in the sixth was a stunning
blow to the Reds who already had salted
away the winners end of the fancy
purse.
For in place of an easy triumph they
not only had lost but had seen their
two star pitchers beaten to earth with
Chicago hopes revived again. No bali
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switched form as suddenly as the Sox
did yesterday. For four innings they
looked to be joke outfit, collection
hf beaten misfits. weary and anxious
to have the agony over Both infield
and outtields had blown into countless
fragments.
And then, in a sudden flash, the old
machine struck its summer speed and
began to choke the Reds to death with
a cloud of dust.
AS the big shadow lifted from their
batting eyes. the old spirit returned
again to the now confident machine and
neither Ruether nor Ring could hold
back the rushing driving attack Up
TO the fifth inning of this battle the Sox
had batted less than .1T5. but in the
closing moments of the day they rose
again above 800 and in the last five
innings earned exactly five times as
many runs as they had earned in the five
previous games.
Slusging Quartet
The bulk Of the credit for this start.
ling rejuvenation belongs in the main to
four men. And those four are Buck
Weaver, Ray Schalk, Dick Kerr and
Chick Gandil. They formed the quartet
that organized the revolt against the
Reds and fate and led the big charge
against forlorn hope where the rest
of their mates had tossed in the sponge
and fadded
For five innings the ball game was
weird beyond belief. Physical misplays
were followed by enough bones to make
Marblehead, Mass. a metropolis. The
Sox not only were fioundering in the
field, but when their chance arrived
upon attack there were even more
futile. But after they once turned the
corner and swung back upon the broad
trail they looked to be different bail
club.
The Reds started after Kerr early,
but he managed to stem the tide for two
rounds. Then in the third Daubert
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with two out Duncan lashed a double
to center. scoring both men.
This lusty blow started the Red
chorus in full blast 1t rose TO even
greater heights in the fourth when
''Shano" Collins misplayed Neale 5
single and turned into into three
base hit Ruethers double down the
line contributed to the growing racket.
Rath tapped one to Risberg who
promptly soaked Ruether in the back
while trying for a play third and as
the ball bounded away Ruether rompcd
home with the fourth rup of the game.
Kuethor Weakens
Up to this moment Ruether had sup
pressed the Sox with two iabby hits.
Leading, 4 to 0, he had an easy road to
travel when he suddenly lost control in
the fifth and passed both Risberg and
Schalk in turn. When Kerr followed
with an inteld hit, what might be
termed boding hush settled upon the
multitude. The bases were full, with
NO one out, and Shane Collins up
But Shane failed on an easy fly, and
this brought Eddie Collins to bat for his
big chance to retrieve week of hitless
woe. Eddie lifted long fly to Roush,
scoring Risberg, but in the excitement
OF the moment Kerr raced on to second
! as Ray Schalk still maintained posses
sion OF the bag.