Evening star., 1919-10-07


yesterday, by . count of to 0, this
ming for the highest honor in base
Of Pat Moran's team, led by Dick Ke
been able to check their determined
Despite the fact that they will have
the advantage Of working behind a
hHrisr who held the Moran men to
three scattered hits and no runs in
the third game of the set, their
chances are regarded as next door tc
nil With four-fifths of the route tc
the title and the winners end Of the
largest purse ever hung up in tbs
history of the fall classics completed
the rampant Reds, the scent of vic
tory in their nostriis, have taken the
bit in their teeth and may be expect
ed to gallop rough-shod over their
opponents and end the series without
further paFieying.
'.Hod" Eliers signal defeat of the
Sox yesterday, in which he not only
but with an extra-base clout to deep
eenter started the rally in that one
big inning, the sixth, that netted -four
runs and put the contest on ice, just
about put q Quietus on the lingering
hopes Of Chicago fandom that their
come contsnders instead Of dropping
back to a point where also ran"
seems certain to be their portion.
Ellers work surpassed even that OF
Kerr last Friday. Each allowed the
same number of hits (three) and one
pass. and while Chicago runners
twice reached third base yesterday
against the three Reds who were
able to get as far as second on Kerr,
and thirty-one batsmen faced the
Hedleg compared with one less to
Nit against the Gleasonite, EIler bet
tsred by one the midget Sox mark OF
retiring his opponents In order in hye
innings and famed nine Of the Pale
Hose. This is not . record for strike
cuts In s.;n wSrld SsIs ssriss e. @ asi tase sSs
former star of the White Sox, who.
IN the third game of the series in
1906. struck out twelve Cubs and
beat them. -, in q contest in which
Jack PfsisteF whi6ed nine, the mark
Eller equaled yesterday.
Ellers total Of strike-outs yester-
DAY Is not the complete story OF his
achievement however, as they In
cluded Pinch Hitter Murphy in addi-
ton to every regular on the Sox ros.
ter except Weaver and Jackson. and
embraced Q spectacular angle in that
aix Of them came in row. Starting
with Gandil. the Sox were retired by
the tanning route in both the second
and third Innings, Gandil. Risberg.
Schalk, Williams, Leibold and Eddie
Collins being set down in this manner
Ia succession.
with two out in the ninth. and only
two hits charged against him word
circulated among the scribes that Ell
Ter had . record for q low-hit game
ed the yarn By waiioping futile
three-base hit to right center. but the
records show that Eller already had
lost his chance to establish a record,
Ed kuelbaek being crediteo aos VIII .e,.s g
between the Cubs and Sox. This feat
was performed in the second game OF
that year. which the Cubs won by
count Of to o.
However, Eller did enough to win
III the encomiums he stood without
having to purchase new hssdsesr fnd pat
Moran reposes in his corps Of mounds
men. This confidence today is ex-
pected to earn for Ado1pho Luque. his
chance to start . world series game:
TIE Cuban y. no. st.r - .,abmsn she Sn Who % hss
not been given an opportunity to dis
play his mettle In the big show. HIS
record in the National League tniS
season shows he performsdh n;sh IN y. on,y %ny
ton. but he saw much service as q
relief hurler and Moran 1s sanguine
he. will deliver in the enort In Wnfcn
Ruether. sallee. Ring and Eiisr nave
Fsscher has failed. Should Luque be
FOUND wanting and cause the series
to run over until tomorrow Ruetner:
the ace of the Reds staff. then viii
BE- trotted out to put the hnishing
touches on the Sox-
On only two occasions was Eller IN
danger Of being scored on-in the nrst
and last innings. Schaiks sing'e IN
the nth being the only other time
sox player got on the sacks. There
;,fe two down then and he was left
= - Williams famed for the second
fifna Weaver. after he had trfpiea
IN fhe ninth with two down. was LETT
aexlnded. Jackson grounding 10 Aopi.
III the opener Leiboad gave the
efGsa thron9 q chance to enthuse by
0RWing the only walk Elier issued
1519o reached second on the hit and run.
$50 Eddie Collins s bounced @1ot IN 20 . Hps Hery
68Ge pley By Umpire Evans. Weaver 9
1iGioue rap to Eller. that bounced
pitchers glove and gave Buck
-crSdit for q hit, sent Leibold to tniro'
III there he was stranded. Elier COM
both Jackson and Felscn 10
III easy fies.
,a5stake Ieibold, Rath started by work.
sn~ WiIliams for a free ticket and
4as sacrificed to second by Daupert'
: Ehare Groh and Roush iett niHi'
lEXush got q life in the fourth on his,
GIs error, with two down. and
-rsashed second via steal IN CON
nunOtion with a passed ball. Here
nnncan failed to come through IN
-~hH fifth Kopf led OF with q clean MT
- rixfat, the first made by the heos,
',sSsnSv TO be forced by Neale. VINO oieo
m the sixth Moran's. men got gong
nnder \ full head OF steam, and aloeo
~, some sloppy Chicago detensase nv
~ork registered enough runs 70 Win
36nf Of such games % Euer ;.h p..'rr tre-
], 1,sndous swtpe to the barrier IN ieLt
1snter. 1t was a bona hde three -oase
,aSinw. but the hurler pulled up AT SCI
IA and did not attempt to take an
base until he saw Una. Una.
'Esisch's throw-in had bounced pas !,
= "a made the hot corner by sliolne
- romped to the plate with the mrs,
run of the game when Rath sing IeG
of1n right. after the count on MN nao
..rSaohed three and two. hatn has
) Gaade only three hits IN the se.o ~
dste. but two of them have been pro
Ih,cHd With mates reposing on tniru.
.Ra.th was advanced by a most artistic
~Scnt by Daubert, and. after Gron nag
q 80. tailed with Heinie on Roush's ione
:. SlYfye 10 center. This Was sot Gown ps
The ofiicial scorers az tAree-base my
l,ut really was a plain, garden varset,
a error By Felsch. who. although ne naf
70 move fast. got under tne sa os, Ano .cnr ,la.