New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Sox Veteran Makes Wild
Throw. Then Intcrfercs
With Throw to Plate,
Winning Run Resulting
Bv w. O. Mcclellan

CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-The nervous
ness of Eddie Cicotte, veteran, and
the coolness of Jimmy Ring, a kid
(from Flatbush, at that, gave the
Cincinnati Reds the fourth game of
the worlds series to-day. and per-
haps the series itself. James Joseph
Ring. of Brooklyn, New York, shut
out the White Sox to 0, and made
them once more take on that sem
blance to the White Rabbits. Only
one real hit was scored off James.
The others had auras Of horseshoes
all around them.
Cicotte pitched wonderful baseball,
but he threw and paved the game away
in the fifth inning. He tossed tap by
Duncan TO the edge of the stand AMI
put Patrick on second. Then he aim
lessly paved al n throw by Jackson TO
the plate, permitting the first run TO
score. That meant the ball game.
II Kid Gleason had not accumulated
so much caution as the burrows grew
on his brow the Sox might have crashed
through in the second, but the cautious
Kid Is one of the most insistent advo-
Gates Of the sacrifice -any-cost STRAIT
egy Of the American League.
Apparently he has taken all Of the
heart out Of Felsch, who was the most
formidable slugger IN a pinch in the
league, by constantly demanding that
he bunt.
Giaason Too Cautious
The wriikled Kid exceeded even the
limits Of American League caution in
the second With Jackson on second.
through the luckicst kind of q Texas
league double. Gleason signalled for
the sacrifice. There was every chance
that Felsch might have pounded through
a run at this point-and one lone run
would have looked like million. But
the Kid stuck to his strategy, the
strategy that has made the playing OF
the White Sox look cut and dried in
the series to date.
One might rice 10 remark right here
that the White Sox will continue to look
like white rabbits while this sort OF
strategy continues. Trench tghtlng
gains no ground and wins no. wars,
either in baseball or Flanders. But
Kid Gleason is playing that American
League strategy to finish. l. seems
that as the burrows on the brow in
crease caution grows. Kid Gleason's
caution in this series is already over
grown.
OF course the White Sox might never
have broken through that pitching ring
of Ring. The Flatbush boy, who IS
accused Of using liquid soap and other
foreign substances on his fast ones,
rivalled the feat OF Kerr on the day
before.
Cicotte. the sinner, was far better
pitcher to-day than he was in his first
start of the series. but his nerve
seemed 70 crack 1t always will be
a mystery why the nerve Of pitcner
like Cicotte. who has been through TINS
thing so often before, should crack
under the strain of the baliyhoo tnat
goes with the worlds series, while
comnarative infants like Ruether and
Ring 20 into the thing as though 1t
were lust ball game-and that is all
II is. after oil.
The Magic of Moran
There is some soothing magic in the
blarrey OF Pat Moran that sends these
Youngsters almost rollicking through
all Of this excitement They tel me
that the burden of Patricks hitting
lullaby TO the youngsters IS: ITS only
ball game, kid, just little Ola pan
s,,fs o.1l n
over it. You just go in and pitch your
game and there amt none oil 'hem
that can hit you"
And il seems that the children listen
20 this and take it for the Gospel truth.
Consequently the attack OF the Sox,
heralded as invincible. does not even
annoy them. By the way. ~ over
whelming offensive Of the Sox has not
been in evidence TO any great extent
to date.
II wa. in the fifth inning that
Cicotte lost his head and the ball game
-C;cotte, winner Of twenty-eight game :
IN the regular season: Cicotte, who had
been held as one of the coolest pitch
ers in a pinch in his league.
With Roush out, Duncan shot the
ball at him. Cicotte Knocked il down.
then picked IL up and turned toward
first 20 make the throw. He flung the
ball far out Of Gandil's reach and Dun
can continued 20 second. He might
have gone cvern further II Ray Schalk
had not dashed down 20 back up Gandil.
Sclalks throw stopped Duncan at
second
Larry Kopf hoisted III out 70 left.
Joe Jackson stopped II and threw tow