The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-09
Ernbattled Basehslle-s Back in Chi
enaao Today for Crucial Game
Of the Norio
Series
SoX ARE HITTING AGAIN
Reds In Fighting Mood After Suffer
ina Defeat from cicotte
on Their Home
Grounds.
lRy Henry l. Farrell. United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENT

CHICAGO, Oct s.-The embattled
ltass5allers are back In Chicago to-day
and the worlds series has been rails
ed from the slough OF despond to
which it was forced by the Reds early
assault to the dignity OF real sUug-
gle for the title.
The Sox enjoyed different sort of
home coming today Last week they
came back from the initial invasion
Of Redland twice beaten. their spirit
near the breaking point and N dis
grace. II was a different crew that
unloaded itself this morning The
fighting edge had been renewed and
the Sox were ready for the death
struggle that impends. The old
punch that carried them through the
American league season had been
ressurrected, Eddie Cicotte had come
back and the boys were hitting again.
The Reds, TOO, were in fighting
mood Three days ago. Moran ana
his men, with three days to go, fgur.
ed themselves champions. They f1g-
ured the first defeat on their return
10 Cincinnati Tuesday philosophically.
They still had two game lead and
plenty of pitching strength in reserve
They played bali In Tuesdays game
but they did not fight.
Yesterday when the So1 attack In
the first inning registered the first
run, they apparently recognized for
the first time this week that they still
have battle on their hands and they
fought like marines throughout the
game They tawed the umpires and
they rode the Sox- And on occas-
ion flung sharp comment at their
mates. Today their oyer-confidence
has melted away, They are ready to
night it out. instead of coasting into
the championship on the momentum
of their first smashing rush
All indications pointed TO Hoo Eller
as the likely Red moundsman for the
eighth game
Eller completely baffled the Sox on
his first attempt, and after his long
rest, Moran believes ne is prmed for
another victory.
White Sox fandom aptly is not ter
|rified by the Eller spectre. Manager
Gleason pointed out that the Sox al
ready have routed Ruether and Sal
lee who beat them on their first start
and that Jim king failed when he re-
Iieved Ruetiier Tuesday, though he
had been unhittable in the game he
started. If Ruether. Sallee and Ring
failed why should the So1 fear Eller
on a second start, Gleason question
ed
Gleason was expected to risk the
Sox hopes on the clever left arm OF
Claude williams. The little southpaw
has been beaten twice by the Reds
but argue the Sox, so was Cicotte and
he came back on his third trial.
In any event there Is going to be
battle when the teams go into the
eighth game. Two thousand dollars
| or so represents the difference be-
tween the winners and losers lndtvid-
nal cuts in this series and both CLUBS
now have chance. Some few, money
players" regulations seemed sure to
| be made or broken before the last out
lis made in the game scheduled for
Comiskey park today.
Joe Jackson modestly wore hero's
crown when he returned to Ch1cagos
lsoutb side today. The big southerner
Yesterday gave the lie to the critics
who said he could not deliver in
pinch in big series and his two
corking drives, sent home the first
1.-TWO Sox runs.
John Collins, credited with three
hits Felsch with two and Cicotte, be-
cause of his long delayed victory, also
were laurei-decked today.
II is hard 10 find a hero among the
Reds. who cracked under the strain
Yesterday for the first time. Moran
has been criticized freely for leaving
ISallee in the box as long as he did.
BIZ was evident from the start that
slim was in for hard day and Moran
had royal chance to use a pinch
hitter for him in the third round after
Wingo walked. Even had a pinch hit
ter failed to deliver, had another twirl-
er stopped further scoring by the
Sox the Reds might have used success.
fully another sort of attack instead
of being compelled to attempt to slug
their way over the four run handicap
the Sox ran up by bombardfng Sallee.