The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-05

Evers glanced At MAthewson. and
Evers SHOOT his head. No word
passed between them, but there was
. world OF meaning in the gesture
Better than any others In all that great
crowd perhaps, they knew the feel
ings Of Eddie Cteotte, the veteran
pitcher Of the White sox. AZ he left
Inc nesd. leaving tho glory OF victory
10 Jimmy Ring. the newest star.
They knew something, too. OF the
feelings Of young Jimmy Ring. fresh
from his triumph of ; to D over tho oad
pitcher and the White Sox. They. too,
pnce lived the same hours.
Cicotta's own mishaps cAuaAd hAs de-
toat this Afternoon In the fourth game
uf the sAries. In which the Reds have
won three gamee. He made two. bad
throws in ono inning. both probably
ane TO over-anxiety a. much ~ any
thing else. II was tough luck" II
vas . happening ~ unfortVnate as has
ever befallen pitcher IA = world
psrteA
They wore writing Cscotte's baseball
spitaph after the fourth inning Of the
dret game over In Cincinnati, and his
spitaph was al through"
Caeette Pitched Master nan.
Yet C1eotte today pitched mastery
ball He pitched with all his old
time cunning and skin. Then came
that almost wicked twist Of luck In his
own hand which brought about his de-
.tAa4
Between Innings this Afternoon. .
p.tsrnAl little scene was being enact.
I'd over on the Rcd bench. Tho red
faced. gray-hatred Pat Moran, leader
Of the Reds. was constantly talking
10 young Jimmy Ring - father
might talk to = son. The voice OF
- Cincinnati manager could be heard
OF almost every ball pitched by the
lad. who was \ Brooklyn school boy
4 couple of years back.
1t was always the voice Of encour-
Aeem11t Moran has raised Ring. 30
70 speak. to one of his best pitchers
this year after Jimmy had started on
what looked ~ X II might be that in
tcrmtnable round OF the leagues that
n often the portion Of basebalfs young.
Uncle Wilbert Robinson found him
IN BROOKLYN and Hrst took him south
with the club from that city Then
the New York Yankees had Ring for
q time. Next came a period in the
minor leagues, but fnaliy Jimmy fell
into the fatherly hands Of Moran,
Even Moran was displeased to send
him back to the bushes for further
eAasoninr. last spring. but Il was
found that certain clubs would not
waive on him.
so jimmy remained with the Reds
and Pat Moran became his teacher. He
taught him. first OF all, the secret OF
control. That was Rings greatest
tsret during the closing stages Of the
National league race where he began
achieving some fame as hard-iuck
pitcher because of the tight game in
which he often came out on the losing
end.
&# StranGcness Of baseball
4 Here liz another Of those strange
.eaprices OF baseball. Tho hard-luck
pitcher suddenly becomes the good
lncx pitcher Of the world series, for
barring slight margin in hits, Ring
was not greatly superior to his veteran
npponent this afternoon.
He had forgotten Moran's .essons OF
control. He hit' two batsrnen ana
walked couple. His delivery was hit
hard enough by the Sox. but only three
klows went safe. Yet even when he
4somed very unsteady, the voice Of
Moran carried TO his ear soothingly Ahd
AncouraEingiy-
Behind him the Reds played mas.
nincensiy. Far and wide BANGED Neale
- Duncan after Whist seAmad oSrfaln
ktta. VIII. the& inflAld held t59htlV
gaanse exsEy asnan1t lt w1ll " a1ia