The sun., 1919-10-09
'SOX TRIUMPH OYER
REDS BY 4 TO |


through the frst five games Their base
ball was fiat They did not seem to
be OH their toes Their eyes were
dimmed and their muscles sagged. They
/, did not run out every opportunity
though precious few they had--to the
very limit. The crowd sensed this fall
ing OF In spirit and efficiency. After
the White Sox had scored four runs in
the FIRST Ave innings the game was sur
rendered.
Sallee. the left handler who had beaten
Claude williams In spite of his having
yielded the greater number of hits.
proved N pitcher who had gone to the
well once too often. From the opening
minute Of hts stay on the mound the
slim hur'er got himself into trouble.
And in q blaze Of trouble he was forced
to leave the scene in the torrid NTH
| inning. That he got himself into a
mess was partly the fault Of Sailee, but
his inield contributed to his downfall
ssllee sheiled From Mound.
After two runs had been scored In the
fifth on two hits and errors by Groh
and Rath, with Fe'sch on first and
Jackson on second and on'y one out,
Pat Moran decided that Sallee had hid
enough. Sallee had given up a run in
the first.
Ray Fisher. who had warmed up for
only few minutes, was sent to the
relief OF the string bean left handler and
he succeeded in retiring the next two
men. But Fisher did not remain in the
game long. In the Reds half OF the
fifth Ruether was sent in to bat for
Fisher. as there appeared to be a chance
for some scoring.
Ruether failed.
In the sixth session the White Sox
were faced by Ado'fo Luque. the Cuban.
Luque came through In ffne style. In
| the four innings in which he pitched he
allowed only one hit. In addition he
struck out Ave men, two In the sixth.
| two more In the seventh and another
in the ninth. Had Moran chosen Luque
| TO start with there might have been
another story Az far as he went he
certainly outdid Cicotte.
| Cincinnatfs attitude toward the Reds
and the series was demonstrated In a
| rather striking way in the tremendous
| falling off In attendance. Whereas yes
terday's game. which had been expected
to end in the engu'fment Of the White
f! Sox, had attracted more than $4,000
fans and had drawn more than 800 900
the contest to-day was witnessed by
only 1928 persona
Reds Supporters Absent.
| Big ugly gaps showed even In the
| b'eachers In the upper tier OF the
gra and stand there were compare lively
| few on'ookers. In the lower tier there
were rows and rows Of vacant seats
| whole sections OF them. Cincinnati had
become chagrined and disappointed. and
besides II hed contributed perhaps all
Of the baseball money that. It was rea-
\ sonab'e to expect OF It. Then again no.
| body except the ball clubs want a ninn
game series The showing to-day proved
I that change a great mistake.
| In the hote, Hobbies. cigar stores and
| other places downtown. where men con-
| gregated this morning false, ugly story
was passed from mouth to mouth. Sale
one unreasoning follower of the game
typical of the rest, who had ATTENDED toe
! three games here. you are not going
to see that ban park half filled for the
fourth game. The fans are not suckers.
you know. you cannot make them believe
| that Kopf and Duncan did not let that
ball fall between them on purpose yes
terday 30 as to make the series last
longer"
I II was to no avail to tell him and
others hike him that the players shared