The sun., 1919-08-01
Local Pitcher Lasts 8 Innings
Collins With 4 Hits Leads
Attack-Score, z to 2
~ FREDERICK C. LIEB.

The Yanlkee-white sox series started
with much more eclat than It finished
After the Yanlcs captured the first two
games Of the set many Of our good citi-
Gems thought IL would take only about q
week more for the Yanis 70 pare down
the rest Of the Sox lead
But It may take longer than some op-
timistie lads had figured Yesterday on
the Polo Grounds the former worlds
champs decisively took the last game Of
the series by a score Of to q That
gnve the Sox an even break on the four
games and left the Yankees lust as far
from the lead as when the series started.
The Yanks played slovenly. stupid
baseball yesterday. They acted as
though Ban Johnson's action in suspend
ing Carl Mays had taken all the wind
out OF their sails. Diclzie Kerr. the left
hprded pitching midget, was on the hurl-
ing hill for Chicago and In seven IN
hings the first Yank up reached base
and in only one he scored That hap
pened in the first, when Baker snote a
homer into the right field stand after
Peck had opened the Yankee attack
with a single
Pratt Caught on Third.
Kerr gave his four bases on balls to
start innings. yet the Yanks refused to
take advantage of these gratuities In
the fourth Dsl Pratt led on with a hefty
Smash to right for two bases and when
Jackson's throw in went wild the Ala
banan reached third. On the very first
pitch TO Fewster Del made a blum TO
score and Ray SchRlk neatly picked him
of the bag.
1t made the fans groan Pratt evil
IDENTIFY thought n squeeze was on, though
lhey must have kept II a secret from
Fewster. Fewster never took his bat
on his shoulder and let perfect strike
go by.
Yet it isnx fair to take any credit
from tiny Kerr. He is about the same
size rs Little Memo Liebold. and when
but he's awfully tough That is tough
in fibre, not In his ways. He IL a warm
favorite with the Sex.
Once upon a time Ernie Shore used To
pitch his greatest games against Chi
cage, but that was NJ q time when the
Yankee Colonels-Ruppert and Huston
thought Bay johnson was the greatest
baseball executive. Whenever the Red
and White Sox met Boston managers
used TO save Ernie for the first game.
The former Ensign gave a wretched
exhibition yesterday. The fans yelled
for his head Yong before Higgins yanked
WI lAC AOGA l4A ~ Audol Dc III
mitted that the boys In the stand had o
better line on Shore than Hug" Had
Miller taken him out after the first the
game might have been closer and the
Yanks might have employed different
tactics after getting runners on base
Shore Il Hit Hard.
Shore was taken out with none out II
the fourth after Kerr and Liebolt
smashed out hits Up TO this time Ernie
had been bumped for seven hits anc
dished out four passes.
Two OF these gifts were Intentionally
bestowed on Joe jackson Starting VIII
the tenth inning OF last Wednesday
second game, jackson was Intentionally
passed four times in succession That N
believed TO be a record
When Walter Smallwood let jackson
hit In the seventh, he knocked out {
triple. When jackson landed here las
Tuesday he was In one Of the wors
slumps OF his life. He went TO ba
| twenty-four times without getting 1
blow, but stopped his I'll luck in hi
| fourth try against ThormahleIi- Sfnc'
Joe broke the ice he has been tolerabl!
busy. He has obtained q triple. 1
double. four singles. a sacrifice and SIT
bases on balls in the last hfteen time
he has opposed a Yank pitcher.
Eddie Collins also was quite bus!
| boy yesterday. He bagged four hits il
| i've times UP.
Gleason Opposed TO Gifts.
. Kid Gleason evidently doesn't thinl
much OF these Intentional passes Wit
| Shore on second base In the seconi
| SchaIk stepped aside and Kerr pitches
two wide balls TO Peck Gleason emergeI
angrily from the Sox dueout "Cut GU