Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-06
FORMER MOLINE TWIRLER'
MOWS DOWN FOE BATTERS|
AND COPS SERIES HONORS:
'Hod" E1er Hangs Up
Record With 6 Strike
outs in 2 Innings.

OOmlSAey TdThs OCts Os-1Ou
Eller, former Moline tWirler,
this afternoon pitched the Gin
cinnati Reds to victory over
the White SOx. in one of the
greatest exhibitions OF slab
work ever seen in a world SER
les game. The American
league champions were shut
out, ) to 0.
Eller famed nine of the Chi
cagO batters. the clubs most
famous Sluggers bowling be-
fore the marvellous pitching Of
the former PlOw city hero. In
the second and third innings
he famed all the men who fac
ed him. establishing u new
worlds record for consecutive
strike-OutS in a series contest.
Not content with his great
defensive work, Eller led the
attack for his teammates in the
sixth. starting the session with
a two bagger to left center. He
scored the first run. which was
followed with three others in
the same inning, sewing the
game up for the Reds.
The attendance at tOday's
game was 34.379. The receipts
exclusive of war tax was S97,-
S39: the players share. S52,-
s83 .06; clubs share, S35,222.04;
commissions share, S9.7S3.90.
The game follows, play by
FIRST INNING.
REDS-Rath up. Ball one.
Strike one. Jackson played near
the leftfeld foul line while Rath
was batting. Ball two. Strike two
Ball three. Rath started the game
by drawing a pass off Williams.
ISAnb bert up. Daubert laid down a
sacrifice, Schalk throwing him out
1t first. Rath easily made second
IN the play. Groh up. Ball one,
Ball two. Groh sent high fly to
Telsch and Rath held second
2ousch up. Ball one. Strike one.
7ousch out, Gandil to Williams, the
ormer going over towards second
getting the ball, while Williams
hurried oyer to first and received
he toss. NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO
SOX-LeiboId up. The crowd
relied encouragement to the batter
Is Leibold came up. Ball one,
Ball two. Strike one. Foul, strike
wo. Ball three. Leibold started
he Sox half by walking to first,
Eller's balls all were low and on
he outside. Eddie Collins up. Ball
me. Ball two. Eller seemed to
laye trouble getting it over and
0aubert came to the box and tried
y. steady him. Strike one. Eddie
Collins was out, Kopf to Daubert
1ut Leibold made second The
1lay at first was very close. Weav-
r I'D. Strike one. Weaver sin
yled. the ball hitting Eller's hands,
,ut recovering too late to handle,
.eibold dashed to third and arrived
;afely. Jackson up. Strike one.
'Ludue started to warm up for
yincinnati). Foul, strike two.
Jackson popped up a high one that
Iroh took care of near third. Lei
,oId held third and Weaver first.
Telsch up. Strike| one. Felsch
;ent a high fly that Duncan cap
.ured. NO RUNS, ONE HIT, NO
errors.
SECOND INNING.
REDS-Duncan up. Strike one,
Strike two. Ball one. Ball two.
famed. taking a very fierce
wing and missing his final strike.
Iopf up. Strike one. Ball one.
-Felsch and Jackson were playing
over toward the left for Kopf)
HouI, strike two, Schalk backed up
md made an easy putout on KOpf's
iigh foul. Neale up. Strike one.
Ball one. Strike two. Neale
aimed. williams had his under
hand ball working fine, keeping
lis shoots about the players knees.
20 RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
SOX-Gandil up. Strike one.
TandiI took a swing at the first
me but missed. Ball one. Strike
wo. Foul. Ball two. Gandil took
.hree healthy swings at the ball
but only connected with atmoS-
here. Risberg up. Ball one. Ball
wo. Strike one. Ball three.
strike two. Risberg s1so famed,
,oing out on a called sta -xe. Schaik
10. Strike one. Ball one. Foul.
,trfke two. Ball two. Schalk
AIMED. Eller had perfect control
# his fast ball and retired the side
" striking out Gandil, Risberg and
schalk. NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO
ERRORS.
THIRD INNING.
REDS-Rariden up. Strike one.
3all one. Gandil took Rariden s
,roundeF in back OF first and beat