The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07

sf The ball came from the hand of "Hod' Il.er. a thick-set young hurler of the Cincinnati Reds. bulked out there on the pitching mound.
 lie seemed no different from any other pitcher, as he drew back his right arm and lashed the ball toward the batters with all the stereotyped motions of the moundsman approved by years of base ball But the ball as it went whistling across the breasts of some of the great est hitters in the American league, twisted and turned and dipped, and dropped in uncanny fashion and the throaty voice of Umpire Charley Rigler came to the ears of the startled batters, slowly intoning the strikes.
 IT WAS SHINE BALL"
 It was the shine" ball, which carried the White Sox home to a couple of Amer ican league championships, coming home to roost, for they say Eller rubs the magic of his pitching into the baseball along the seam of his trousers, after the manner of Eddie Cicotte of the Sox.
 Today the young hurling Aladdin of the. Reds held the Chicago club to three hits. and shut them out to in the ftth game of the worlds series of 19l9 One more victory and the Cincinnatians are champions of the baseball world. The funeral is tomorrow" baUled an excited fan from the banks of the Ohio at the disconsolate crowd filing out on the held late this afternoon. NO flowers" he added.
 Filler struck out nine of the White Sox. Six of them went down before the strange spell of his delivery in succession. The :t O00 people banked around the held sat breathlessly silent as they watched to Gf1al l1xr to their feet in a tremendous ovation. Like Eddie Roush, Eller Is a White Sox cast-off He had a brief trial with the Chicago club some years ago They sent him away as lacking in ability, ex- perience and about everything else that q baseball pitcher is supposed to have. Somewhere in his subsequent wanderines Filler learned the secret of the "shine hall" Tonight he is the young master of that particular mystery of the pitch ing craft. as Eddie Cicotte, the veteran who first found it, sinks into world s series oblivion.
 FILLER HIT, TOO
 two bagger by Eller himself started +he Reds on their seemingly inevitable round rush to victory. That was in the sixth inning. A couple of errors bv the Sox helped the Cincinnati men ouite a lot. but in the main the White
 
 Williams pitched a great game against Filler. He allowed but five hits. How ever a club which cannot score run never deserved to win. All the eN' cuses in the world and all the breaks in the luck against club cannot cover up a failure to produce tally
 Barring the first inning Filler held tht Sox in the dent of his battered glove He was going at such a tremendous rate in the first few innings that many peo' rIe did not believe it possible for nm in last the entire game. Eller is very powerful youngster. however, and h' closed just as strong as he started
 Ali ,nanner of world series records were broken in the game today, especially II the pitching line. The fnancial recoro' of other years have been beaten long ago. Old Pat Morans men will recelFt ia pretty sweet reward for their elIor.s if they win tomorrow in Cincinnati. Ihi' was the last game in when the plaSer' have share Under the conditions O other years the Reds would now p' champions.
 SCHALK PEEVED
 Ray schalk, the great little catcher o inc White Sox. was put out of the game today by Umpire Rigler for disputint decision at the plate with too muci fever in the heated sixth. The So2 were keyed way up at the start or th game, and Schalks outburst agains Rigler will be an indication of the ten sion. Fred Merlxle and John McGraV were heavily fined in the worlds serie of 1911. but no one can recall anotne expulsion of a player and especiahy star such as Schalk The futlity their batting against Eller probably na, inc Sox pretty well steamed up bai ol,,hs pet that way Their heavies sluggers were striking out. popping ur or dribbling weak groupders to the in field Out on the mound the puri youngster grinped at them derisiveiy' ah'