New-York tribune., 1919-10-03
Reds Again
Defeat SOX
By 4 to ?
Williams Is Wild and
Chicago Wallops Go
for Naught; Cleanup
Comes in the Fourth
By Crantland Rice

CINCINNATI, Oct 2.-The Red tide
rose another notch to-day. leaving the
White Sox immersed uR- -to thsir. ssamy3 Any,
necks, gasping for air. Unless they
brace up within range of the fragrant
odor of home cooking upon the South
Side tomorrow afternoon the Sox will
be floundering beyond their depth with
out life preserver in sight.
In the second battle the American
League champions produced ten solid
blows while the Reds were thankful to
collect four, and yet the latter predom-
mated by the conservative margin Of
4 to 2, taking gift victory from the
lavish left hand of Claude Williams,
the eminent southpaw.
Williams was wilder day than Tar
zan Of the Apes roaming the African
jungle from limb to limb. AS we re-
call the sordid details, it was Shake
speare who first remarked that you
can't keep your cake and also give it
away. Williams tried out both sys-
tens the same afternoon and found the
great Avonian was entirely correct.
Claude issued six passes to the Reds,
and when he presented three of these
in the fourth inning it was all over
but the clouting Three passes in this
round. a single by Nealc and a long
triple by Kopf-and the Sox were on
their way back home with another
large blue welt just under the left ear.
The two decisive factors to-day were
the wildness of Williams and the calm,
deliberate steadiness of "Slim" Sallee
y y, hr,1 c<o%o ly
sheriff Of Higginsport, Ohio, permitted
ten blows. but not a run was earned
from his ancient left arm, which still
maintains it's primordial cunning.
The stately sheriff had something
more than cunning and support, for
fate also stepped up to his aid and
directed more than one savage, whis-
Ting blow from White Sox bats on q
low line to some member Of the sup
porting cast waiting directly in the
path Of the blow The Sox struggled
hard in spots, but could not overcome
the combination Of Williams's wild
ness, Sallce's great steadiness and the
handicap of an unfriendly Fate.
AS McMullen passed out in the ninth
this afternoon with Two Sox stranded
ending the battle, the Red carnival
broke in all it's fury. No wonder. Once
again the big crowd had seen the slug
gjng American League champions held
without an earned run.
The two lone tallies that developed
were the result Of Neale's peg to
second from the right field line in q
vain effort to head off Ray Schalk. The
bali bounded away from the bag anc
rolled on to the stands, sending over
two unearned talies. And these two
runs were all that Collins, Weaver
jackson, Felsch, etc. could produce, fol
whenever they attempted to open new
rally Sallec either frightened his
primeva grip or Eddie Roush ran bacl
TO some fence and pulled the ball away
from the top plank.
The remarkable Roush has run dowr
thirteen fly balls up to date and some
Of them have taken him almost out o.
the county. Here is one prime sample
With Buck Weaver on second in the
sixth inning. Hap Felsch rose lightly
upon both toes and soaked one two
| kilometres into centre field. The drive
swung out far above the Red stars
dome Of thought and spun on toward!
( the tall green fence in deep centre
/ three base hit beyond a doubt. ~
Roush, whiring back with remarkable
burst Of speed, judged the long drly'
to the fraction Of a loot ana hha!l.
hauled it down with his finger TIP
before it struck the board.
This was the star fielding feature o
the day, and when Eddie came saunter
ing in to the bench he was AWARDED
enough CHEEKY TO last lifetime
The battle between Williams and Sal
lee turned into fight between brilllan
unstcadncss and stcadincss that mad
no claim to any fash. The latter, a
usual, won out in IA romp. While Wii'
iams was dishing out passes TO tn
first man up, or constantly getting int
trouble with the count Mt three an
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