Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-09
Title Contest of 1919 De
cided by Slugfest on
Chicago Lot.

Comiskey Park. Chicago, Oct q
The Cincinnati Reds are the win.
ners Of the worlds series as a re-
suit of their fifth victory over the
Chicago White SOx here today.
TOdRy's victory by the Reds elim-
mates the necessity oi playing the
ninth game to decide the champion
ship, and the winning streak en-
ioyed By the ChicagOans after the
Cincinnati club had taken four of
the first five played in the series,
was for naught.
Going wild from the moment the
umpire called ''play ball. the Reds
laced the ball ont in machine gun
fashion in their half OF the first
frame for four runs. Williams,
who opened on tine mound for Chi
cRg0. vas batted ont OF the
box and James was called In to fin
lsh the first half. of the first inning.
The Reds came back In the second
and added another run, all the
time holding the SoX TO blank.
through the ChicagOans gsrneTcd
several hits. The S0x got man
around the bases finally in the
third. and the Reds came back In
~HOd~ ElleF opened the ,siuggiDE
for the Reds with a single, every
Cincinnati player had made at least
one hit. James was taken ont af
the, box and Wilkinson went on the
mound for Chicago. and the slaugh-
ter continued. the Reds running In
three more scores
FIRST INNING.
REDS - Rath Up. STRIKE one
Strike two Foul Rath opened the
contest with a pop tiy that Risberg
got in short left. Daubert up
= Strike one. Dsubert singled TO
center. Groh up. Strike one. Groh
fouled. Ball one Foul. strike two
Groh fouIed the third ball into ths
left field pavilion. GToh singled to
right Daubert held second. Rousch
M Ball one. Strike one ROusCh
doubled past first base to the right
field pavilion fence. scoring Dau-
bert and putting Groh on third
Duncan up. Foul. strike one Ball
one. Duncan doubled to left 7cld.
scoring Groh and Rousch. This was
enough for Williams and Big Bill"
James went to the box for Glea-
sons team. Kopf NJ. Ball one
Ball two Strike one Ball three
James couId not locate the plate
properly ard walked KOpf. Dur
csu rats ned second Neale up.
Strike one Strike two. Ball one.
Neale famed G1rideu up. Eall
one. Rz~idcu Iofted Texas
. Lacquer hit over first base. scoring
Duncan ami putting Eopf or third.
EIler up The crowd gave Eller {
haud-clap ovation when he went
ln{o the batter's box Foul, strike
one. Ball one Rarideu stole sec
Dad. Ball two. EIler ended he
inning by fvinE ont % Felsch.
FOUR RUNS. FIVE HITS, no Err
RORS
son Leibold up, Strike one.
Leibold started for the Sox with
clean single. z. Collins up. Strike
1ne. Ball one. + Collins doubled
20 left LeIbold stayed at third
Weaver up. Ball one. Strike one,
Strike two ring was warming
~ for Ctncinnaj) Weaver fan
ned. Eler got his first victim
when he slipped the third strike
over on Weaver. Jackson up
Jackson lifted a puuv dy that kops
eaptured In back Of thirn. i.eiboit
holding third and Z Collins sec
md. Felsch up. Foul. strike oue.
Strike two. Foul Ball one. Foul
Ball Two. FelzCJ famed No
RIMS. TWO HITS. 40 ERRORS
SECOND INNING.
REDS -Rath up. Strike oua.
Strike two. Ball one. Bail two
Bali three. Rath famed James
cot Rath IN the three-and-two hole
and slipped the third strike over on
nim. Daubert up. Bail one. Dau-
bert fled to Jackson. Groh I'D.
Strike one. Groh called for the
nsll and examined it, but the UNI
pire ruled 1t was o. X. Foul,
strike two. Bail two Ball three,
Iroh singled Rousch up Ball
i, me Bail two. Rousch doubled 20
left field. scoring Groh on the hit,
but Rousch was caught between
second and third. ONE RUN, TWO
HITS. NO ERRORS.
SOX-GandiI up. Bal one.
Strike one Gandil line flied tn
Daubert Risberg up. Ban one.
Ball two. Bail three. Strike one.
Eller walked RisberE. Schalk up.
Ball one. Strike one. Strike two.
Foul. Foul Ball two. Schalk sin
zled to left. Risberg reaching sec
,nd. James up. James hit a higa
'oul to Groh and neither base run