New-York tribune., 1919-09-30

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There was some little talk Of thou
sand dollar bet here last week." OBJ
served Mr.. Leisure, "but just before the
money was put up the friends Of the
guy who wanted to bet on the Reds
had him committed. 1t was a sad case
Hs had family and evcrything"
Tho joke is on the speculative gents
who headed this way in the hope that
the Cincinnatians, maddened with pen
nant enthusiasm after all these years,
would be offering odds on the Reds
There are no odds on anything. be-
cause there is no betting Some Of the
bugs waited for forty-eight hours for
the ticket sale, which opened this
morning and closed about thirty sec
onds after it started
Bulletins on Finger
The glad news that Heine Groh s
sore finger was much better and that
he would play in the opening game
was circulated this morning. For a
couple of days it looked though
Heinie's afflicted digit would pass into
legend with Rollie Zeider's twenty
thousand dollar bunior Bulletins on
the sore finger have been posted on
all the dead walls since the Reds third
baseman was injured. The patient
rested easily last night and was out
for morning practice.
Patrick Moran is preserving the si-
lence of a great Snuth Bay clam as to
who will start for the Reds on We'd
nesday. Those who claim to read Pat
rick's mind predict that Slim Sallee,
the sheriff of Hgginsport, will try to
stop the White Sox drive if the day
is warm. If the day is chilly, Ray
Fisher who escaped from the Yankees
will start Others have it that Pat
will put all OF the pitchers names in a
cap and draw out one when the fatal
day dawns.
The White Sox will arrive in the
morning. There is no debate as to
who will start for them. Edward Ci-
cote will shine them up and put them
over. Edward did not do so we'll in
his final game OF the season, but ne
should be we'll rested by Wednesday,
That first game might mean the Sc
rics, for if Cicotte is overwhelmed in
the opening engagement, Kid Gleason's
plans for the series will be somewhat
disturbed. With the single exception
Of Heine Groh there are no invalids
or near invalids among the athletes.
Geinie declares that the injurly will
not interfere and that it viii not be
used as an alib.
Despite the reports that the Sox
might be met by infuriated inhabitants
ct the depot, it looks as though they
would be able to deck without being
submarined. The National Commission
has not yet mobilized. Garry Herr
mann is intranced in a cellar to dodge
applicants for tickets and Ban John
son is expected to arrive through the
back gates of the city early III the
morning.
Col. Huston on Hand
Colonel Tillinghast LHommedieu
Huston, of the Yankees, was one of the
first of the magnates to arrive, ut
tering shrill cries of defiance until
he learned that Ban Johnson had not
yet arrived. The colonel came with
the New York baseball writer's in a
special car, which was very appro-
prately named Economy in honor Of
several of the writer's
The city is so crowded already that
men who do not speak to one another
are being parked for the evening in
the same rooms. Three to the room is
the min mum allowance.
Redland Field has been expanded so
that it will hold something like $4,000.
There is not a ticket to be had at any
price at the present writing, though
there are rumors that the spectators
will have a few to offer at from fifty
bucks copy up. A lot of the inhabi-
tants will be grouped around the park,
merely listening to the game
The literary baseball PLAYERS and the
baseball writer's VIII be stationed on
the roof Of the park in newly con-
structed seats. 1t looks as though
Garry Hermann. stung by the insnua-
tions that he ought to resign as chair
man Of the National Commission, had
planned to sink the scribes without a
trace. It's a long drop from the roof
to the street.
The Cncinnatiacs. who believe that
the Reds have good chance to win
figure that the White SoX must win at
the jump If they are going TO win.
Sage Phelon's Prophecy
For" observes William A. Phclon
the sage of Cincinnati, the longer it
goes the better it Will be for the Reds
II the White SoX do not get better
than an even break in the first foul
| games" etc
You will observe that William is fig
uring on long series and the posi-
biiity of the thing lasting the full
nlne games which Garry Herman has
managed to bring about. The short
the chief encouragement to the hackers
OF the Reds, but 1t must always be re
membered that the White Sox had
enough pitchers to last the season in
tho American League, and that is some
Job for a pitching staff Many an ex-
pert who has all the figures added and
subtracted to show mat the White SoX
should be invincible are recalling the
Boston Braves, who just crashed THEN
way through a worlds series when the
most sacred dope in the world showed
that they should not.
The Reds might do something OF
this sort if they still possess the heart
that they showed in the historic series
at the Polo Grounds when they stopped
the Giants and practically won the
.pennant then and there.
Red students of the dope, while they
admit that the White SoN have the
batting punch. are consoling them
selves with the records, which show
that the rd-hitting teams have not
always won the series However, they
do not claim that hard hitting is a
positive disadvantage. The batting
averages Of the season. roughly COM
puted. show that the White Sox are
90 points better in the matter OF hit
ting, and that is something of swat
ting margin. The net strength of the
Sox is 29o. while the massed swats of
the Reds run somewhere around an
average Of .275.
The main track is pretty we'll clint