Evening star., 1919-10-05
REDS DEFEAT SOX,
2Q,FOR THIRD WIN
IN FOUR GAMES
Ring Bests Cicotte, Whose
Two Errors Aid victors to
Both Runs in Fifth.
ONLY THREE SAFETIES
OFF WINNING PITCHER
Passes Trio, Hits Chicago
Twirler Yields Five Safe
Blows, Walks None.

world series games tomorrow du-
bfous.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
CHICAGO. October 4-White Sox
hopes for a world championship re-
ceived body blow today when the
Reds humbled Eddie Cicotte for the
second time in the series and, adding
sterling support to a masterful pitch
ing exhibition by Jimmy Ring. hung
up their third victory in four games.
The score was 20.
Although Cicotte and Williams fail
ed in their efforts to stop the Reds in
Cincinnati. the shutout Kerr inflicted
upon Moran's men in the initial game
here yesterday revived the spirits Of
Chicago fandom. who figured that the
stars of the Sox staff would show q
reversal in form on their second ap-
pearance and, with Kerr repeating
and Bill James expected to bear his
share of the hurting burden. the Glea-
sonites would overcome the handicap
of the two games spotted by their ad-.
versaries and sweep on to ultimate
triumph.
However. Cicotte again proved un-
equal to the task of holding the Reds
in subsection. and the situation that
faces the Sox now is that Of stagger-
ing along with one proved winner
Kerr-two defeated slabrnen N Ci-
cote and Williams and an unknown
quantity-Bnl James.
Reds Advantage Great.
To pitsagainst this rather despsrsfS
Sox p4tchine situation thu Rsae.hexo
three victors in Ruether. SaiIeS -
Ring: star performer IN ElIsr. wf6
has vet tossses duty, and stiH aposAe
high-grade moundsman in Luque,
whose seasons record is far better
than that Of any Of Gleason.s second-
string slabmen. This without takine
into consideration Ray Fisher. who IL
charged with the only defeat regfs-
tered against the Reds.
James may be able to turn the trick
tomorrow, and for the sake of areu-
ment 1t will be assumed that both
Kerr and Williams achieve a victory.
Should this come to pass, the, Sox
would jump into the lead by four
games to three, but, in addition to Il
being very unlikely. the Reds stil1
would be better fortified with frstz
class pitchers. and it probably wouId
only postpone what even the stanoh.
est supporters Of the Sox now are re-
luctantly forced to admit appears in.
evitable-a Cincinnati triumph.
cicotte held the Reds to five hits
and issued no passes. Two of thoss
hits came in the fifth inning. and he
himself in that inning punched tive
errors which proved costly.
The regular order Of things brought
Jim Ring into the pitchers box for the
Reds. but the fact that he allowed but
three hits. which were as scattered az
soda fountains In the Sahara, was
somewhat marred by the fact that he
passed three Sox batsmen and hit two
others. F
#. Only Himself to Blame.
Cicotte has no one but himself to
blame for the trouncing. BY failing
to properly execute two fielding plays
he put his opponents in a position to {
score and then was unequal to the
task Of preventing the deadly basa
hits that marked his downfall. Aside
from the fifth, Cicotte's work hardly
could have been improved upon. Where's
as. in his initial effort, he was wild
and hammered hard, today he issued
not single pass. but the faulty work
he crowded into his lone bad mining
set at naught the splendid
performance he gave in the other
eight stanzas.
The fifth session opened with
Raush being retired by Schalk on q
swinging bunt in front of the plate.
Duncan then hit smartly to Cicotte,
the ball caroming on the glove of the
pitcher. He recovered in time to flag
Duncan. but his throw was in the
dirt and bounded past Gandil, Duncan
making second. Kopf. the American
League cast-off. who is living up to
his recently acquired reputation as q
pinch hitter, then singled to left.
Duncan pulled up at third. having no
chance to score. but when Cicotte. in i
an effort to cut on Jackson's precau-
tionary peg to the plate. boxed the
ball with his gloved hand and sent
it rolling to the grandstand, Duncan
sprfnted safely home and Kopf con-
tinued on to second. Neale then lifted
a long fly to left that passed far
over the head Of Joe Jackson. who
was playing in close, where Greasy
is supposed to pop them. without the
strong wind. which was blowing In
toward the plate. jackson never
would have been able to get near the,
ball. AS 1t was, he sprinted out and
almost reached the spot to which the,
gale caused the ball to fall. but the
wind made 1t hard to Judge its hight
and the sphere dropped untouched 9
to the ground. Kopf scored and Meals
made second. Neale moved up -
notch on Wingo's retirement by Eddis
Collins, but was left when thar
worthy also mitted Rings roller.
This was the only frame In which
CONTINUED from Twenty-eighth Pase