The sun., 1919-10-08
SOX DRIVING
POWER COMES
TO THE FRONT
Despite Much Bungling
Chicago Fights an Up
hill Battle.
KERR AGAIN TO RESCUE
Loses Some of Effectiveness Of
Last Friday, but Displays
Gameness.
KERR AGAIN TO RESCUE

a general let down by both sides. The
White Sox actually did most OF the
bungling, but to their credit II must be
said that they never gave UP and kept
lighting and plugging even when 1t
looked as II they would end the series
the Jokes Of the baseball world.
-Four runs behind when they went to
bat In the nth, with all Redland al
ready giving them the horse laugh. the
Sox showed ths first signs of their old
driving power and fought up to tie-
Then they won the first overtime game
pf the 1919 series In ten innings by to 4.
- To little Dickie Kerr, the tiny White
Eox left handler, must be given the lions
share Of the credit for keeping Chicago
in the SERIES He wasn't as effective as
he was In Chicago last Friday. and he
was handicapped by poor support ana
some bad breaks early In the game With
the exception of one fine play. he helded
his position poorly, but he clung on 10 II
through all. and was rewarded by
sensational uphill victory.
Similar to 1917 Game.
The game was greatly similar to tho
nth game Of the 1917 series between
the White Sox and Giants. played In Chi
caEo The clubs were tied with two VIC
tories apiece and the Sox wabbled badly
behind Cicotte in the early innings.
Sallee had a lead Of to as late as
the sixth inning. when he began to fal-
ter and the Giants cracked behind him.
The Sox then did some timely slugging,
and pulled out the game by score OF
2 to s.
With the kind Of pitching that was
dished out earlier in the series. the Reds
would have walked in, but the game was
quite a breaker OF worlds series repu-
tations. Dutch Ruether. the hero of the
opening Red victory, was wild and fnef-
feotive. Only a great catch by Duncan
and some John Anderson base running
by Kerr kept Ruether In the game as
long as the sixth. And Pat Moran was
tempting fate In permitting him to start
that inning The left handler was lifted
after three Sox had hit with none out
and the tieing run stood on second pase
Jimmy Ring, who pitched the brilliant
three hit shutout last Saturday was the
rescuer, and he didn't deceive the Sox
the way he did in his first start against
them He was an Improvement over
Ruether. but his control also was on.
and only a catch by Roush. which the
writer regards as the best OF the Sc
ries, prevented the Sox from winning
in the eighth inning.
This has been such a jumbled series
that 1t has been hard to pick the hero.
The first day II was Ruether. ana his
individual feat that day beat anything
ever done by worlds series pitcher.
Then came the three hit games by Kerr.
Ring and Eller, one more brilliant than
the other, with Hod's performance OF
last Monday, when he famed nine men,
.ix of them in succession topping the
list.
Kerr the Hero OF Series.
Yet for the real hero of the seriee
Kerr to-day perhaps comes closer 10 II
than any other. This Is the nrst series
in which two of a teams pitching aces
have lost twice and its black horse has
won twice.
This pitching mite. said to be the
tiniest twirler who ever has appeared
in a major league uniform, alone mas
stood between the White Sox and ami.
hilation Ring. Ruether and Eller hac
been breezing along with CLUB tha
had been winning, while Kerr had K
Mitch with the knowledge that II h'
failed all would be off, On the left arm
~ This major league freshman restet
the entire hopes of Comiskey's famous
Eleven hits were recorded asains
Kerr to-day, against only three In hi
first start of the Reds. yet his suppor
got him into much trouble. A feV
at the start everything went agains
Kerr. However, what hitting was dom
nv the Reds was widely scattered II
no inning did Cincinnati get more thai
two hits, while the White Sox bunche'
seven of their ten hits in two big In
nings.
One or more Redlegs got on base II
every inning but the tenth, and witt
the winning run in little Dickie was i'm
Inn
the dagerous trio Roush. Duncan ant
Groh in order.
Kerr Lucky I'm sixth.
eeyeral times Kerr looked as thougl
he was on the verge OF blowout, and II
one inning particularly II looked a
though he was up in the clouds. In tn
sixth inning Neaie bounced a single OF
his glove, and Kerr had no chance 70
play at first. But he threw anyway
and the throw was the widest thin
ever seen In ball park.
II went lust about half way betwee
first base and the home plate and woul
have rolled to the stands had not Schai
luckily been standing just where Ker
happened to throw Il That was on
Iuxky break for Chicago.
Iolckie also pulled one OF the wors
bones on the bases ever seen In a world
series In the fifth he almost broke tn
hearts OF the Sox rooters present whe
he spiked one OF the most promisin
rallies Chicago had had in the serie
Up TO that time.
Ruether was in the hole continual
IN the early innings. but after gettin
three balls on batters he would pull him
self together and up to the fifth h
escaped with only one base on BALL
Rut his control went bad in the fiftf
when he walked Risberg and Schall
and Kerr beat out a slow hopper {
Kopt all with none out.
with the top OF the Sox batting orde
up, II looked like a batch OF runs, bu
John Collins, who hasn't made a HI
since he opened the series with a singl,
sent a short fly TO Roush. Eddie Co
Inns next sent sacrifice ny to Rousl
on which Risberg scored the first CHI
cago run In three games
Kerr Pulls n John Anderson.
Despite the fact that Schaik made n
EFFORT TO leave second base, Kerr ra
all the way down TO the bag before h
realized that Schalk still was encampe
there. Groh. who had taken Roush
throw In. ran over to tag him. but Ks,
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