Evening journal., 1919-10-02

Guns ny ScOft OF y 10 l.
Every series develops a new idol for
| the fans, and Walter Rcuther, who
pitched the Reds 20 victory, was the
unanimous choice last night. lie not
only held the White Sox 60 six scattered
hits and really deserved a shut out but
rolled up a batting average OF 1000 for
himself.
II there was anything I'm the game
that was better than his hurling IL was
his work with the stick. Two OF his
three hits were mighty triples. He
drove In two runs, scored one himself
and was the nstigatOr OF the mad
rOmping of red legs around the bases In
the fateful fourth. The SOX were in
| the fight up 20 that time, but when he
propelled the ball into No Mans Land In
left center and romped around 20 third
while two scored ahead of him, the
heart seemed 10 90 out OF the American
LeaguerS.
FIRST INNING-CmCAGO-J Collins
took his place in the batting box and n
hush fell over the field as Reuther
poised on the mound. BALL 4. The first
pitch was wide and outside. Ball =
Strike I called. 7. Collins singled 10
center for the first hit OF the series.
4. Collins up. Ball 1. Strike called.
4. Collins forced =. Collins at second,
Reuther 10 kopf on an attempted sacri-
fee hunt, 4. Collins taking FIRST
Weaver up. Ball T. 4. Collins out
stealing. WingO 10 Rath. Weaver flied
TO Raush in deep center.
ROush made a One-handed catch al
most 10 the fence.
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up. Strike I. Rath was hit by a pitched
ball.
Daubert up. Strike called. Daubert
singled 10 center, Raih going To third
GrOh up. Bali I. Ball .. GrOh flied TO
jackson and Rath scored after the
catch, Daubert remaining on first base.
The crowd went crazy with excite
ment when Rath cashed In the first
run.
Roush up. Ball 1. Ball ?. Strike I,
called. Daubert was out stealing,
schalk 10 Risberg.
Roush still up. Ball 3. Ball 4. Roush
walked.
Duncan up. Ball 1. Ball .. Roush stole
second. The throw was too low for
T.. Collins 20 handle
Duncan out, RIsberg 10 Gandil. One
run, one hit, no errors.
Cieotte was a trine wild and the
Reds were laying the bat on the ball
hard.
SECOND HCAGo-Jackson
lup. Strike 4 called. Ball 1. jackson
was safe az first on Kopfs wide throw
TO Daubert and went 10 second. kOpf
was qiven an error. Felsch up. Felseh
sacrificed. Reuther 10 Daubert. Gandil
up. Strike 1, called. Ball 1. Gandil sin
gled TO center, scoring jackson. The
ball was iust over the infleld and kOpl
should have had Il. ROush reached Il
with his nngertipS. Risberg up. Strike
1. Ball 4. Strike .. Gandil out steal
ing, WingO 10 Rath. WingO's throw beat
the runner six feet. Foul strike. Ball
l3. Risberg walked Scbalk mp. Ball I.
STRIKE 1 called. Schalk flied 20 Rousl.
One run. one hit, one error.
Kopf was guilty Of had baseball when
Roush raced in for Gandil's pop ily.
I SECOND INNING-CINCINNAI
up. Foul, strike I. Foul, strike ?. kopf
famed. Neale up. strike I called. Ball
I. Neale out, 4. Collins 10 Gandil. IL
was a grass clipper driven hard at the
SON captain, and he flelded IL fast for a
close decision al first. WingO up Ball
I. Ball . Bah 3. Wingo flied 20 Felsch.
No runs no hits, no errors.
CicOtte showed great improvement i'm
this inning. lie was breaking a fast
curve over the corners and had the Reds
chOpping at the ball. kOpf missed his
third strike. a curve over the inside cor
ner by six inches.
Il THIRD INNING-CWCAGO - Cieotte
up. strike 1, called. Strike ., called.
Strike ?, CicOtte famed. Reuther served
the last one over the heart Of the plate
and CieOtie stood with ais bat on his
shoulder and watched Il 90 by. \. Col
lins up. Ball I. Strike I. !. Collins flied
20 ROush. n was n high arching chance
and Eddie took the ball without NOV
ina out of lhis tracks T.. Collins up.
Ball I. Strike 1, called Ball >. Ball 3.
strike ., called. Z. Collins out. kops TO
Daubcrt. No runs. no hits, no errors.
Reuther was showing Ane, form on
TIE mound. He was bending a dazzling
curve around the knees Of the SOX bat
iers and was working cody and conf
dcntly.
THIRD INNING-0NCINNATI - Reu-
tner up. Ball I. Foul, strike I. Ball
, Ball 3. Ball Z. Reuther walks. Rath
up. Rath sacrificed. CicOtte 10 Gandil.
Reuther going to second. Rath's ef-
fort was a neat hunt down the first
base line. Daubert up. Ball I. Daubert
flied TO jackson, Reuther was held at
second. It was an easy fly in short
left. Groh up. Ball T. Strike !, called.
Rail- .. Foul. strike . Groh flied 60
jackson. No runs. no hits, no errors.
Cicotte was mixing them on the Reds
and forcing them TO pop up the ball.
lie was working easily and seemed TO
be improving in every inning.
FOURTH INNING-CHICAGO-N
up. Ball I. Weaver out, Groh 10 Dau-
bert. He hunted down the third base
line and Heine made a neat pickup and
throw. II was a close play. jackson
up. Ball l. Strike 1, swung. jackson
out Kopf 10 Daubert. II was another
close play at first, hut jackson was
beaten by fast fielding. Felsch up.
Strike 1 called. Fclsch out, kopf 10
Daubert. No runs. no hits, no errors.
Fe,sch hit the ball hard but II was
an easy out The Reds defense was fine
in this inning and the left side OF
Moran's inne'd worked like clock.
REDS SCORE ) RUNS.
FOURTH INNING - CINCINNATI
Roush up. Roush flied 10 FelSch in left
center. Happy showed his hack To the
stands and raced half way 10 the
stands for pretty catch. Duncan up.
/ Ball I. Duncan singled to right CEN
| Ter. II was a hard hit drive and the
Red rookie was gyen big hand for
/ his first hit Of the series. kopm up.