The sun., 1919-10-08
Game Keeps Operators Busy.


The game was so full of action that
the machine never stopped dotting and
flashing from the opening inning Until
the fateful tenth, and Lewis and Larner
who manipulated the score board. were
hopping about like dancing masters
| teaching a new step.
"Ruether must have jump on the
| ball to-day" said q fan after trio Of
| Sox sluggers had hit up flies.
A fair sample of the procedure OF the
crowd was shown in the third, when
Fiery Ray Schalk walked and Kerr sac
! rificed.
| cheering by the crowd. Then the board
| detailed the fact that the Collins family
II. and E.-had popped flies.
That's what l cali tough luck for
i'Dieiie Kerr" declared fan.
| More hard luck for Kerr came over
| the wire in the Reds half of the third.
when a single was put up for Daubert
! and the distressing news came that
| Roush was hit by pitched ball Then
| Pat Duncan, who has been playing bet
| ter ball than some $4,000 stars, was re-
ported as banging out double and
bringing in two runs.
There goes the old ball game,
howled a National League ian. and of
course 1t suits me, as / won a neat
roll on the result But will say that
Diekie Kerr deserved better luck"
More misfortune was ticked on for
Kerr in the fourth when the board re-
| pcrted that Greasy Neale had tripled
and that Dutch Ruether, keeping up his
reputation as a hitter, had doubled.
Also that when Risberg made q wild
throw of Raths grounder. Ruether
scored The Red fans cut loose with q
wild yell
Although there seemed to be nothing
left of the series except the final guffaws
OF the winners. the big crowd still stuck
to its ground, curious to see II Kerr
would not have a change OF luck.
| sox Scoring HaIts Traffic.
They did not have long to walt for
the Sox, according to the reliable tele-
graph wire. got three men on bases in
the fifth, as a result Of passes to Ris-
berg and Schalk and an infield hit by
Kerr. At this point the big crowd
howled for nearly a minute and all
traffic on Broadway near Chambers
street seemed to stop.
Then came the news that Eddie COL
lins. really had done something In the
series. Something consisted of a long
fly on which Risberg had scored. Owing
TO sharp fielding that was all the Sox
got that inning, but In the sixth came
an upheaval that started the spectators
screeching like madmen. The first tick.
tick, tick OF the telegraph instrument
said that Weaver doubled on the first
ball pitched and jackson followed with
single on which Weaver scored.
Felsch. happy for the FIRST time during
the series, doubled and Jackson scored.
Then tho instrument ceased ticking for
few seconds and the crowd began to
wonder what was the matter.
Once again 1t clicked and then the
board said ''Ruether benched Ring
pitching" This stunned the crowd and
few seconds later another wild yell
was cut loose when Felsch, after getting
to third on an out At first. scored on
Sohalk's single and tied the score.
The seventh, eighth ana ninth innings
were watched with breathless interest
by the crowd and when the Sox went
In for their half OF the tenth ana the
wire reported that Weaver had perpe-
trated a double and that Gandil's single
had brought him home with what proved
TO be the winning run there was another
great outburst.
The police arrangements were splen-
did.