South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-10
DECIDING CAME
GOES To REDS
Sand Lot Ball Feature of Chi
CagO'S Last Chance at the
National Title.

baseball championship pennant for
1919 will fly from Redland field,
Cincinnati. next season.
Pat Moran's athletes invaded hos
tile territory Thursday and annexed
the eighth and deciding game
against the Chicago White Sox by
score OF 10 20 8.
AS expert baseball IL was as funny
as a sack race. Nearly everything
possible happened, including a comic
four run rally by the athletics in
the pale hosiery. u never would
have happened just as it did If the
sun had not entered the lists and
blinded the visiting felders 1t was
all the funuier for the reason that
the Sox were nine runs behind at
the time.
Reds Determined
The Reds. after dropping two
games on their own grounds on the
hanks Of the Ohio, permitting the
Sox TO get in the running for the
big emblem, started after the de-
Gliding game at the onset They
decended on Claude williams
LETT handed offerings with a deter
mination which sent him into Sc
ClusiOn before the third man was out
and Bill James. who hurls from the
other side. was trotted out.
Three runs were scored off Will
liams and one of James. II was
the iatter's first appearance in the
series and he led a terrible life un-
til the sixth. when with two men
a.
koning finger by Manager Gleason
and Roy Wilkinson. also a right
handler. came forth to remain
throughout the holocaust. The in
vaders continued their onslaught and
sent three runs across the rubber.
James Wild
In the seventh the rangy hurler
was somewhat wild and walked two
men, but no runs were scored by the
leg weary champion-to-be. In the
eighth they annexed another and
let IL so at hat. Their position was
so secure that they appeared indif-
ferent even bored, at the SOx rally
which had the effect. largely, of
merely stretching the contest out in
10 the longest OF the series, namely.
The remarkable good weather Of
the series was again In evidence
and 32,C3O persons paid 10 see the
massacre OF the local idols. The at
tendance for the series was 236.92S
and the receipts, exclusive Of war
tax. S722.414. OF this the players
receive S26O.349.7O of the amount
taken in during the first FIVE games.
The winners share Is $117.157.66,
which viii give S5,207.O1 10 the par
ticipating athletes. This Is more
than the salaries of most of them,
st is said. The Sox players Will dis
tribute "a shares OF S3.254.36 each.
Rath started the first inning for
the Reds By popping 20 Risberg.
Daubert took a grim swing at the
spheroid and singled 20 center. tt
was the beginning OF the end. GrOh
picked another aflable, Offering and
sent il into the right garden. Dau-
bert swinging around 70 third.
The mighty ROush declared himself
in or the onslaught with a double
10 right. scoring Daubert with the
first run OF the game. GrOh on the
throw to the plate went TO third
Duncan. observing that left field
had been Disseminated against in
TIE matter Of drives. singled in that
direction. scoring Groh and Roush.
This series OF gargantuan wallops
er struck out. Rariden sent a single
league pitcher for the season He
retired 10 the bench and the tower
ing James strobe into the fray He
was wild and Kopf walked on four
bad ones James steadied when he
faced Neale and the Red right field
singled 10 left and went 20 third on
20 center. sending Duncan home
E,ller was the final out on a fly 10
Felsch in right.
Sox Confident
The Sox started out as If they had
solved Ener's delivery and intended
10 do what they did in Cincinnati
the other day, overcoming a four
run lead for a victory. The hope
was short-lved however Liebold
single TO left and went 20 third on
Eddie Collins double TO left center.
Weaver struck at two and missed
and was informed by the umpire
that he also should have struck at
the third The runners on second
and third looked weary when Wea-
yer was called out. but perked up
when Jackson grasped his bat and
faced Eller The best the slugger
could do on this occasion was a pop
up 10 short Felsch was even less
able. for he struck ont and those
who had ran 50 often i'm this series
saw the Sox die on bases FOR lack
- hits AZ fha RIGHT time
The Reds started the second with
n Whit by Rath. Daubert sent hy
10 Jackson GroL started trouble
by beating out a grounder 10 Gan1il
and scored on Roush's double 90
center Roush over-ran second and
was run down between bases.
SChalk Singles.
In their half Gaudu lined 90 Dau-
bert and Risbcrg strolIed Barideu
dropped SchaIk's foul and for "a mo-
ment IL appeared ass II that might
mark "a change In the game FOR on
ms next swing Schalk singled TO
left. Risberg going 90 second. James.
however. fouled to Groh and Lie
bold famed. and aeain Jhare were
no runs for the locals.