New-York tribune., 1919-09-26
Eddie Cicotte
Is " orrying
Chicago Fans
Shine Ball Ariis, Made .
Poor Showing in Las,
Start Against lhe Brown.
BY W. Q. NlcGcehan

With the White eox orioial,u j.. /
American League penrart w.rror- 'oss
1919, Eddie C'cotte the sri,c ~,
artist, viii rest ontu Oc-ohar ps'.s
Gleason 3 pitching hope wa. M
some rough treatment br the e.;
Louis browns Wednesday sIe,. ~.
sent IN to win the fra' rsme -
caused many an ardent Write So, -. ..s
to shiver va 'aa
There is enc ma.ta~ or as.-. ,o..
all exports agree and tha- is that -,
first game Of the ser.es urac+i,ar'
will decide the battle 's''.aiiy -~S
beat Clcotte IN the openlay ss,rrr.-s
at Redlands Park 2 VII be = 80.
KICK for Tie strategy Of KID Gies.S,
VINO has planned to.ase G -atte Wn
iams and Kerr as named Until ~ s,d
OF tHe series. Ials r.-.l c..rsa -
conditional upon Cicotte 1asiac 49,
first game at Cincinnati. ''''
A Valuable "SouDbone"
The turn o. the pcnnan- ba.tie no,
depends upon TIC corr a,.' g-.co..o''
arm or "soupbonc.' Thss piece o. bo,s
and '5lnew therefore IS ID a..,- -.
valuable article thaa e.-ar ,r 49,
limbs of the dancer WHO had mem ,,.
sured for SlOO.OO0 or earo
The TACT that the s. t. Brown.
plastered Cicottc for eleven hi.s in
seven innings during Ills .ast game ~
the season Is lol c.l.trug Id ths
White SoX hackers ID any nercepf,bis
extent. The Browns ASA matter q:
fact punched three rurs across in .bs
first inning. In the worlds series gama
that would mean thar Gic.tte Won
pitch no moro that afre rnoar. not viii
the Reds boring through an taat way
on the old home lot.
While the arithmetic oi tie pas.ims
seems 10 indicate tl4t the ~ aite Sax
should WIN IN s'raigi, games, the ex-
perts are largely non-comlli-tal. Thev
never can forget 1ne nica hat the
Braves gave tne-r dope when thev
crashed through a soas n and series
IN the lace Ct al figures ard all res-
son. Hence the trep.aat.on over tais
late-ln-ine-a aeason uf set
The defeat Of Williams fv tie sans
Browns Yesterday is c-rs nr little
further anXlety Tor tie Il bite Sox ad-
vocates. Should the Cincinnati Reds
beat both Cicotte and Williams at Gin
clrnat hid Gic-so. praaaa.y VII bic
himself and get TIE rable-. W.i.e the
Old Roman. ComisAeY. eml atins the
older Romans, VIII wrap as usad IN
MS toga and tall -pon his SWORD Blu:
this seems 10 be nele toreood.ng
Cicotte VII be rested - 1y Tie irst
No City Series
The project 0f c-v 4s be-ween
the Yankees aad tae Giants was los,
somewhere il the shuttle. TIE Ma
tional Lcaguefs lid ro- l-vor ne idea
There would have been so'ae interest
in such = series. o-f laps s best
that the owners o. the .t,o t-uos ruled
against i; There has bees 100 mach
greed displayed by baseball magra.es
his season -Witness oe extension oi
-he worlds series and -ae raise IN
prices.
While The ely series would hare
drawn some big crowds inere would al
ways be the accusa- -ior t.a, me -ocai
magnates We're stretching tae 0aseoa-
season to make money Ne1raw, who
is about as good : judge g wha- base
ball fans want and as canrv SHOW
man as there is, advised -a.nst the
series. The owners NJ ts+ Y..a KEGS and
tt Giants agreed -ha- f. WAS BEST 10.
70 ''press" their success.
While in this frame Of mind Il migh
be we'll for tne magnafes 10 rule
against those early s1- ng exhibition
games in this neiyhbagAooa. ley de
tract from the aeii apcnlrr o., the sea
son and they usually are poor ex-
hibitions.
The magnatcs will hasa 3 SID TINE
at the coming worla sacies. The Ma
tional Commission nari can hold
successful nee-ln2 Co.,. 3. 3. and halt o.
the magnates do n0l sneak TO She otner
plent Of inside baseball yarns and
Dackstairs o. sa ice oig
theme for d. sce,.f.f. stove
league VIII be tne pgaro. ~ MAJOR
league. This time l. >.... discussed
serious ". -,
One feature that VII be m sing will
be the w l'r.le sfna
son. The baseball .ocrapus probably
Wl.t endure t44 noa 'fl.ei
years He is eett.rg a- s1perieN'
with the high cost Of coaF rsa ION