The Washington herald., 1919-10-04
Little Southpaw Of
Sox Sets Gin
z:f
cinnati Down With
Three Scattered Hits
In Third Battle of

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beague. was started by Moran
Fisher was supposed to have lost
his effectiveness when he was re-
-1eased by the Yanks some time
ago. but he has pitched some good
games for the Reds. He is a spit
great trouble with his delivery this
afternoon.
"a bad throw by the school teacher
,contributed to his own defeat
Kerr Always Cool.
Kerr pitched with surprising COOL
1ess.. He fires the ball with a quick
sidewise jerk OF his left arm. and
1T shoots over the plate with ter
.rifc speed. He also has a great
curve. It was his curve which both
cred the left-handed hitters of the
Reds more than anything else.
Little Dick comes from st. Louis
and when he was a kid he had prize
ring aspirations. He turned boxer
but AZ the same time he also turned
t. playing baseball on the sandlots
He became a better ball player than
Srom Milwaukee of the American As
ssociation. and this is his first year
sas a big league regular.
Gleason Was Desperate.
Had any of GIeason's old staff CONS
Through. it Is doubtful IL Kerr would
have had much Of a chance this sea.
Son Until the disaster to the SoS
an Cincinnati. few expected him tC
Start in the world series. But Glea.
son was in desperate straits. with
Efcotte and Williams beaten. and he
had to call on what he had
: One of those almost-fights between
the ball players enlivened the game
today. The Reds did not relish the
4icking that was being administered
10 them and began snarling from
their bench-not a bad mood for a
ball club in a big series. at that.
It finally wound up in an open jan
between Eddie Collins, of the Sox
and Jimmy Smith. Of the Reds. but
hostilities ended almost as soon as
they began.
Chicago Confident.
So far es Chicago is concerned ths
series began today. The game wa.
splashed high with all the viviC
color of an opening session
OF course. the local fans had heard
of the happenings at Cincinnati. but
Judging from their enthusiasm. they
didn't credit the news Thousands
of them were lined up at the bal
had been there all night. according
to the statements of veracious wit
nesses. The hotel lobbies wer,
jammed this morning.
There were still a lot of empt,
seats. especially in the right anC
left field stands. at 2 o'clock wheI
the one-armed announcer roared tn,
batteries and the lineup change:
at the crowd. and Rath faced little
Dick Kerr. Tiny Leibold was In
right field for the Sox because {
right-hander was pitching agains
them Liebold is supposed to b'
better against right-handers thar
John Collins.
kid" Gleason was never in doubt
as to his pitching choice. He was
starting Kerr because he had no ono
else to start
Kerr Always Good.
The tiny fellow did not seem al
all nervous as he breezed through hi:
first inning Of a worlds series game
When he famed Heine Groh for the
third out. the crowd let loose a ter,
rife whoop- An auto horn back oi
third base added to the din.
Larry Kopf cracked a hot grounder
at Risberg as Duncan cut loose from
first The Sox short fielder had a
double play in front of him, bu
fumbled the ball long enough fol
Duncan to reach second in safety
although Risberg managed to throw
out Kopf at first Eddie Collins took
care OF Neale's grounder.
Jackson starts Il.
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson, the nrst
man up in the Sox side of the sec.
ond. smashed a single to left. 10,
seemed to be favoring one leg as HI
Hmped to first.
Fefsch then crouched low over thu
white square. his bat clutched clost
to his breast. made a sudden pusf
at the ball, and knocked it directly
at Fisher. The pitcher quickly
gathered it up and turned to throw
TO Rath waiting at second as Bis
jackson swung into the bag.
A good throw would have haC
-Shoeless joe" but the ball flew
wide OF Rath's fingers. Jackson
scrambled up and started for third
but fell again in a heap as Felscf
went tearing down from first. Tine