The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04

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s"Won't weigh 90 pounds, sopping
wet" an astute scout once reported to
his employer after n look at Dick. "Tco
small for pitcher, especially left
hnnd pitcher; toe small for much of
anything, except perhaps watch
CHARM
Most Of the baseball astute said much
ID the same effect about Kerr but this
afternoon little Dick proved too big tor
the Cincinnati Reds. He grew, in front
of them, to the proportions OF base
BAH Goliath and stopped the rush of
the Ohioans toward the worlds cham
pionship with a sudden shock.
They were shut out in the third
game, which was the first game played
III Chicago. BY a score of to o, after
takine the two games in Cincinnati in
a manner which caused the most ardent
supporters of the sox to dolefully wag
their heads, Chicago is back in the
fight The littest of the family is the
biggest man on the shores of Lake
Michigan tonight.
He pitched one of the classiest games
ever seen in a world series. Behind
this sort of pitching and on their home
grounds before nearly 10000 of their
home people the White Sox were not
the White Sox who played before the
hostile Cincinnatians, They were again
the White Sox who rushed through the
American league last summer to
pennant with dash that sent them
into this series overwhelming favorites
over their National league opponents
PROFESSOR FISHER GOES
They were opposed this afternoon by
the first right handler they have
seen in the series. Ray Fisher, the
school teacher from old Vermont, who
pitched for years for the New York
Yankees of the American league, was
started by Moran. Fisher was supposed
to have lost his effectiveness when he
WAS released by the Yanks some time
ago, but ne has pitched some good
games for the Reds. He is spitball
pitcher and the Sox had no great
trouble with his delivery this after
noon a bad throw by the school
teacher contributed to his own defeat.
Kerr pitched with surprising GOODNESS.
He fires the ball with a quick side
ways jerk of his left arm and it shoots
over the plate with terrific speed. He
also has a great curve. 1t was his
curve which bothered the left handed
hitters of the Reds more than any
thing else.
one of those almost-fights between
the ball players enlivened the game to-
day The Reds did not relish the lick
ing that was being administered to
them and began snarling from their
bench-not a bad mood for ball club
in a big series at that 1t finally
wound up in an open jam between Ed
die Collins, OF the Sox and Jimmy
Smith. of the Reds, but hostilities end
ed almost as soon as they began.
So far as Chicago is concerned the
series began today. The game was
splashed high will all the vivid color
of an opening session. OF course, the
local fans had heard tf the happenings
at Cincinnati, but judging from their
enthusiasm. they didn't credit the
news
Several thousand Cincinnati fans ar
rived on special trains from the Queen
City this morning and FASTENED out to
the ball yard to start roofing for their
beloved Reds. One thing about Gin
cinnatian---he is intensely in favor OF
Cincinnati at all times.
The weather made the Ohio delega-
ton feel right at home. A st. Louis
visitor would have been right In ms
baseball element. 1t was good ane
hot The lake breezes, which are part
of Chicaso's stock in trade rippled
around now and then. moving some OF
the used up hot air of the park. but
moving a fresh installment of hot all
right back in again
DEMPSEY ON HAND
Jack Dempsey. the heavyweight
champion and his manager, Jacf
Kearns occupied a box in the uppel
stand and yelled Hello" at the mob in
the press stand.
There were still lot of empty seats
especially in the right and left fieie
stands, at o'clock when the one
armed announcer roared the batterie:
and the lineup changes at the GROVE
and Rath faced little Dick Kerr. Tiny
Memo Lebold was in right field fol
the Sox, because a right handler wa:
pitching against them. Liebold is sur
posed to be better against right hand
ers than John Collins.
Pat Moran stood beside Ray Fisher
when the Vermont school teacher was
warming up, watching the pitchers de
livery The red faced manager of tht
Reds was undecided between Fisher an1
Jimmy Ring, the Brooklyn school boy
this morning, but finally picked Fisher
kid" Gleason was never in doubt as tc
his pitching choice. He was starting
Kerr because he had no one else to sta
The tiny fellow did not seem at all nerV-
Gus as he breezed through his first in
ming of worlds series game. When he
mad Heine Grol1 for the third ont the