The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-07


one managed to hit the ball, but could
produce nothing that resembled hit.
Dick Kerr will be the final trump
the White Sox will toss on the table
in an effort to prolong the agony and
keep the Hose in the fight,
Ray Schalk, the peppery little catch
er Of the White Sox, became so riled
on a close play on Heine Groh at the
plate in the sixth that he not only
pushed Umpire Charley Rigler, but
threw. his mask at Jimmy Ring. who
rushed up looking for a chance to
any rough house started Schalk was
Immediately banished from the game.
Byrd Lynn, second catcher of the Sox
and Paducah, KY, boy, finished the
game.
When Schalk was banshed, 1t
marked the first time in the history
Of the worlds series that player had
been put out Of the game. 1t is re-
membered that in the 1911 series Man
ager John McGraw and First Baseman
Fred Merkle, of the New York Giants,
were fined, but not elected
The scene shifts and the Reds are
back on the home soil ready to win the
worlds baseball championship before
the homefolk. Two games are sched-
uled for Redland field, but the Reds
are determined to end the series Tues
day.
Walter Reuther, who licked the Hose
in the first game to /, will likely OPP
pose Dickie Kerr in the opener in
Cincy.
ITS not what you used to be, but
White Sox were bears all through the
season. but have completely wilted and
faded away against the great pitching
the Reds have offered.
Ray Fisher, Cincinnati right-hander,
is probably a sore human because he
is the only one Of Pat Moran's pitch
victory However, it wasn't Rays
fault, as the Reds were unable. to get
any runs off Dickie Kerr, And with
out runs few ball games ar@won'
Buck Weaver, third baseman of the
Sox, made a gallant effort to over
throw Hold Eler and almost knocked
Holds hand off with a drive in the
first inning. In the ninth Buckerino
slammed out three Dagger with two
gone, but Joe Jackson was gobbled up
by Groh
If the Reds defeat the Sox Tuesday,
the resounding roar that goes up from
Redand field will make the rest of the
world tremble as II an earthquake had
occurred.
Dick Kerr is the only member of the
entire White SoX ensemble who has
shown anything at all of the class lass
which made the Hose the worst feared
club in the American league during the
1919 campaign. Even the great Eddie
Collins has flivvered day In and day
out, Joe Jackson Is another who has
failed to come up to expectations, al
though be 1t said in Joe's behalf that
he has done more hitting than many Of
his mates. The entire Sox machine has
cracked all over
The victory of the Cincinnati Reds
has produced considerable doubt in the
minds of many bugs as to whether the
American is a faster league than the
National.
Kid Gleason, White Sox manager, is
showing a very poor spirit as his club
is fast fading into oblivion. In a state
ment issued Tuesday Gleason pans his
own club and says they could not make
good on a high school team. He is fig
urng out for himself a busy time next
year LTyIHB 70 Keep u ltuCk VI ulb-
grunted players in line.
Hold Eller got away to bad start in
Mondays game and Manager Moran
sent Luque, the little Cuban, out to
warm up. AS soon as Hold saw Luque
in the bull pen, he started tanning the
White Sox ard didn't stop until he had
whitfield Gardll, Risberg. Schalk, Will
liams, Liebold and Eddie Collins.
Pat Duncan, Birmingham out
fielder, now with the Reds failed to
get a hit Monday, but he delivered q
long sacrifice fly which Melted a counter
for the Reds, Duncan has performed
as well as any Of the Reds during the
series,
The big factor in the victories of the
Reds has not been the great offensive
they have put up, but the great de-
fensive work The pitchers of Pat Mo-
| ran have done more to bring home the
bacon than the fence wreckers of the
Cncinnatians, who have done little to
brag about, Holding the White Sox to
| one earned run in five afternoons Of
pastiming is feat for your whiskers.
Claude Williams and Eddie Cicotte
have each lost two games to the Reds,
Dickie Kerr has won on, his only start.
Manager Gleason has other pitchers In
his stable. but has been afraid to use
| them. They could at least have done
as well as Cicotte and Williams.
It's a tough break for a veteran
pitcher like Eddie Cicotte to breeze
| through the season winning games
against such batters as Ty Cobb. George
Sisler, Iris Speaker and Babe Ruth
and pilng up 20 victories, and then be
unable to come through with even one
| win in the big series. 1t is a most I'M
kind cut of fate at this granddaddy OF
the shine ballers.
The Sox are cornered and have their
backs to the wall Even a coward will
| fight like a wild man when cornered.
Even dead mule still retains his kick,
Tuesday may tell the tale. 1t de-
ponds upon the tiny form Of Dickie Kerr.
Il he can repeat his defeat dose to the
| Reds the series will hang over until
| Wednesday. If Dickie fails to come
/ through and II his mates continue to go
helpless with the mace. the big curtain
will be hauled down on the series when
the sun disappears Tuesday afternoon.
"There'll Be q Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight II the Reds cop the
championship. Red fans will rip the
ancient city wide open.
| The white Sox batters were on a
strike Monday. Nine OF them were re-
tired by the strkeout route.
Get the agony over with, Pat
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