New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

''I guess the old National league didn't look so bad in those games!" Every one is giving Pat Moran all sorts of credit for his ShreWd manage ment in the two games won by Gin cinnati. He made a wise move in start ing with Ruether, when some of the sharps said it would be foOlhardy to trust a youngster with the opening as- sgnment.
 Then Moran used great judgment in his attack, especially his quick switch es from waiting game to hitting the first ball. So far he has played his cards immensely and made every trick yield it's maximum amount. No wonder you hear the magic words of Pat Moran" on every street corner. Pat is king out here, and he deserves It.
 Men here are asking how 1t is that the fourth inning has been such an important one in the last three worlds series. Almost every game in the 1917 series was decided in the fourth in ming. In 1917 Felsch beat Sallee in the fourth inning of the first game with d home run. The next day the Sox put over five runs in the fourth in ming and beat the Giants, to ?. In the Giant victories in the fourth and
  lucky frame, while last year in the Red SoX-Cub Seriest he magic fourth also figured big throughout the series. Both the games played here have 1 been won in Sma ashing fourth inning drives by the Reds. Of the IS Cincin- natl runs eight have been made in these two fourth innings.
 Various explanations are given for these fourth inning outbursts. The most plausible is that in the fourth inning the punch of the batting order comes up for the second time. In these worlds series games most of the players oppose pitchers against whom they are not accustomed to hit. They spend the first few innings in sizing them up, and by the time they bat around again they have a plan of of fense worked out. That comes as near to explaining these magic fourth in nings as anything we have heard.
 Eddie Collins Disappoints.
 Eddie Collins doesn't look like him. self in this series. In two games he has made only one scratch hit, not much of a record for a man who has hit over 400 in three worlds series. That left handed pitching by Moran's gunners has baffled Eddie. Joe Jack son, however, got his slams yesterday. He connected for three hits.
 Bases on Balls Costly.
 A resume of the pitchers records shows that lack of control by Claude Williams, White SoX pitcher, plus inc homo teams snappy fielding yesterday gave the Reds the second game of the worlds series It was tinCiNnAtI@ ability to smash the ball that ycstcr- day gave them the first victory in the baseball classic.
 Williams yesterday handed out six bases on balls and the Reds made four hits. Ten hits were made off Slim Sal lee who, however, gave only one base on balls, and struck out tWo while Williams retired only one by the strikeOut method.
 Williams gave a total of o3 balls, as compared with Sallcc's total of 3l. The White SOX heaVer put over more strikes. getting 30, while Sallee got only 23. Each pitcher was hit 3S times, including flies and groundcrs resulting in putouts.
 A grand total of 213 balls was pitched during yesterdays game, 92 by Salee in nine innings and l21 by Williams in eight innings The high ! est number of balls thrown in any one l inning was pitched by Williams in the ! fourth. In this inning, in which Gin ! rinati scored it's first three runs, he i was forced to pitch 20 times.
 The lowest number of balls pitched i in any one inning was seven. Williams | pitched only seven in the seventh ln- | ming and in the following inning Sal ! lee cuuallcd this record. Sallcc was | credited with a halk in thc sixth in- ming.
 Following is thefinnjne pitching l record for yesterdays game: