The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-02
Special Despatch to The Sun.

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CINCINNATI Oct. 1.-The minute hands
on the watches were stealing to 2 o'clock
when Umpire Rigler waved his arms
toward the Cincinnati dugout, and the
Reds trotted out onto the diamond amid
wild roar from, bleachers and grand
stand. The blue uniformed umpires
strobe to their stations. Rigler and
Quigley OF the National League behind
homo plate and second base and Evans
and Nallin OF the American League to
first and third bases respectively.
Rigler announced the batteries--Ct-
cote and Schalk for the White Sox and
Ruether and Wingo for the Reds. John
Shane" Collins, Chicago's lead off man,
strolled toward the plate. play ballI'
beloved Rigler. The big game was on!
First Inning-First Half-Ruether's
\ first offering was a ball that shot bit
wide Of the plate. Dutch curved the
next one over, but Collins Strengthened
1t out into clean single to centre.
Eddie Collins also was fed a first ball
and then Ruether cut the plate with a
strike. Eddie's attempted sacrifice went
agley, Ruether fielding the bunt and
pegging to Kopf for force out of
'Shano" at first base.
With Weaver up Eddie Collins coaxed
two throws from Ruether to first base.
As in the case of the two Collinses Rue
| Tiers first offering to Weaver was a
ball. On the hit and run Weaver swung
viciously at the next one and missed
and Eddie Collins, attempting steal
| OF second, was out on Wingos accurate
whip to Rath Roush then thrilled the
| fans with dash in among the police
| men in centre field for a one hand catch
| of Weaver's long drive, retiring the side.
Cicotte Hits Hath.
| Second HaIf-Rath, first Red up. stood
by as Cicotte cut the plate with first
| strike. On the next pitch Cicotte un-
corked a wild one, which struck Rath
| in the middle OF the back AS Maurice
| trotted toward first Eddie ran TO him
| and asked II he was hurt. The Cincin-
NATHAN shook his head and smiled. Dau-
| bert looked over Cicotte's first offering,
which was a strike. On the hit and run
| Jake leaned into the next one and
pasted q clean hit between Risberg and
| Collins. Rath racing to third,
! Cicotte was wild and fed two wide
| ones to Groh, Heine having to duck the
| second one. Ed then shot over a fast
/ one, but Groh met 1t and sent it soaring
to Jackson in left for a long sacrifice
| fly, Rath racing home after the catch
with the first run of the series.
Daubert held first on the throw, but
| after Roush had coaxed three balls
| from Cicotte with strike mixed in
Jake tried out Schalk's arm with dash
| for second. Ray nailed Jake by the pro-
verbal whisker with a rifle bullet throw
| to Risberg. Daubert disputed Quigley's
decision but quickly subsidized. Cicotte's
control was bad and he put the fourth
| ball over on Roush. AS Duncan, the
| rookie outfielder, came up to bat Roush
\ made a pretty steal of second with the
| aid of a throw by Schalk that e. Collins
| had TO stretch. for. With two strikes
on Duncan Pat grounded to Risberg
and was thrown out, leaving Roush
| stranded.
Kopf's Error Causes Groan.
| Second InnIng-First Half-Starting
the second Ruether curved over first
strike on jackson. Joe then grounded
to Kopf. who drew a groan from the
stands with "a high throw over Dauberts
head, jackson taking two bases on the
error. Felsch laid down pretty sacr!-
| fee Ruether to Daubert, jackson reach
| ing third. On Gandils Texas Lacquer
| back of short that Kopf should have cor
raled Roush came in for shoestring
catch but missed. 1t went as scratch
hit and sent Jackson across with the
| tying run.
| Ruethers support was heartbreaking
but wingo helped encourage the south
paw by catching Gandil, who attempted
a steal, standing up, with rifle bullet
peg to Rath. Ruether, however. couldn't
get them over to Risberg, who walked
| The Swede languished when Sohalk lift
ed an easy fly to Roush.
| second HaIf--Kopf led OF in Cincin-
| nati's half of the second by lining two
fouls and then taking vicious third
strike. f. Collins scooped up Neale's
harmless little grounder and tossed to
Gandil for an easy out. After pitching
| three wide ones TO Wingo Cicotte finally
| got one over for a strike. Ivy lined the
next one into Felsch's hands for the
third out.
| Third Inning-First Half-Ruether
! shot over two called strikes on Cicotte
and then a ball. after which ,Cicotte then
| took a third strike and sat down. Roush
got under 'Shano" Collinss easy fly.
Kopf tossed out Eddie Collins.
| Second Half-In Cincinnatrs half of
| the inning Ruether waited out Cicotte
and walked. Dutch raced to second on
Rath's sacrifice, Ciootte to Gandil. Dau-
| bert's long curving fly dropped like
homing pigeon into Jackson's glove and
! then Joe raced over near the foul line
! and pulled down Groh's fly.
CIcOtte's Waterloo.
Fourth Inning-Flrst Half - Groh
| came In on Weavers bunt and threw
Buck out with plenty to spare. Jack
son swung viciously for first strike
and then tapped weakly TO Kopf who
threw him out. Kopf feded Felsch's
hot grounder faultlessly and whipped to
Daubert for the third out.
Second Half-Felsch raced to deep
left centre and pulled down Roush's long
drive on the first ball pitched. Rookie