Evening star., 1919-10-06
REDS LEAD HAS NOT CAUSED
WHITE SOX TO LOSE COURAGE
Chicago Teams Determination Should
| Make Today Game One of Hardest
: Fought of Series.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

BY DENMAl
CHICAGO. October st is an q
will take the field against the Reds
this afternoon. Off to a most diseoul
games and having their hopes revive
only to have them dashed again by
Saturday. the White Sox will return
spirit that promises to make the conte
No one ever has questioned the
gameness of the team Gleason leads.
Despite the fact that they have but
one victory to show for three regis
tered by the Reds and that to attain
the title they must annex four wins
before their adversaries garner two
more, the Sox can be counted upon
to demonstrate courage of bulldog
caliber and fight right through to
the finish. Should their battle prove
Reds are confident will be the case,
it is not believed there will be any
to assert that their vanquishment
was brought about because Moran's
team possessed more courage or
stouter hearts.
If either team benefited more than
the other by the postponement of
Sundays game, necessitated by bad
weather. it was the Sox. The fact
that they now are two full laps be-
hind the Reds can be attributed pri-
marily to the superiority shown by
the National Leaguers' pitching stan,
the only department in which the So
called experts conceded the Reds ek-
celled prior to the opening of hostili-
ties. Calling off yesterdays game.
which gave Williams an additional
day of rest, is calculated to add to
his effectiveness this afternoon, when
he is expected to make his second
start. James was probability for
Sox slabbing yesterday. but now that
Williams has had three full days for
recuperation there is little doubt
Gleason today will give the left
handler a chance to avenge the defeat
chalked against him in Cincinnati
last Thursday.
Kerr demonstrated that the Reds
ere not formidable against southpaw
pitching. and 1t will be recalled that
1iams. the latter's wildness making
possible victory for the Moran men
in a game in which their boxman,
Sallee, was hammered for ten safeties.
IL Williams can turn in another
game such as his first effort, minus
the fateful passes that caused his
undoing. the Reds will have hard
tussle to finish on the long end of
the score today.
Moran has none of the worries
Gleason has had to contend with In
regard to pitchers. He possesses an
embarrassment OF riches SO far as
hurlers are concerned, his only prob
lem being which of the half dozen
stars in his stable to use. The chief
tain of the Reds is expected to send
''Hod" Eller against the Sox today
for two reasons. One is that it prom
ises to be somewhat cool, condition
usually shows at his best; the other
that Moran believes he is entitled
to chance to win a game in a world
series. Rings work Saturday proved
that il is not southpaws alone who
can pitch effectively against the Sox
ure up to specifications today. that
the Cuban, Adolpho Luque, will be
nominated to start against the Sox
tomorrow. -
Ruether possibly may be sent to
the firing line this afternoon. He
has had no labor to perform since
last Wednesday, when he starred in
such spectacular fashion In the open
ing game. both in pitching and bat
ting; but Moran processes to have
the utmost confidence in his corps
of regular hurlers, from one end to
the other. and. being a man who has
the courage Of his convictions. is ex-
pected today to give E1ler his chance,
notwithstanding that great majority
of managers would play II safe by
using twirler whose mettle already
has been tested in a world series
game and who emerged with the con-
fidence attendant upon Stool VIC
tory.
-
was much in evidence around the
lobby of the hotel where the base ball
men are making their headquarters.
there is no danger of the success the
their heads and initiating against
them in the games remaining to be
played. Il have been very sure from
the start that we would win the Sc
ries, rather easily at that" Moran
said. but have never. allowed the
boys to become overconfident. Our
team has been grossly underrated by
many critics. and / believe they real
frst-class pitchers. and the work Of
the rest OF the team has been right
on a par. The team has played cham
pionship ball in. all the games and
will continue to do so. You can't beat
a combination like that
Gleason made no effort to hide his
disappointrnsnt over the reverse met
nitting that the Reds have played good
ball, contends they must thank luck
for the fact that they now lead in
the series by three games to one, in
stead Of the situation being exactly
reversed. The Reds are the luckiest
team ever saw" said Gleason. They
got all the breaks in the second game
and again Saturday, when Cicotte
pitched one of the best games of his
career, only to lose because he made