Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
THE BASEBALL
BEAT
BY BURToN HAWKINS


It was October, 1919, the last
time the White Sox played In
the World Series. Mary Pick
ford was starring In o Aim at
the Rialto. Nora Bayes was at
the Shubert- Belasco. Douglas
Fairbanks was showing at the
Knickerbocker and Tom Mix
was at the Metropolitan.
An Oakland roadster could
be purchased for SLOTS. Max
well dealers were imploring the
public TO compare with any
car under $780," Also avail
able were such cars as the
Essex, Stutz. Kissel, Scripps-
Booth. Mitchell, Chalmers,
Marmon, Overland. Hupmobile,
Westcott. Saxon and Paige.
And The Star reported. the
day the World Series opened,
Sidney Gottlieb of Chicago,
the man who gave Miller Hug
gins, manager Of the Yankees,
his first professional baseball
Job with st. Paul, Is understood
to have placed q wager that Ed
Cicotte Is beaten In the first
game the famous shine- ball
artist pitches"
Mr.. Gottlieb never made q
better bet. for Cicotte, along
with several other White Sox
players. had agreed to throw
the series. After Cincinnati won
the first game, The Stars re-
porter wrote, "The White Soz
looked bad against the Reds
yesterday - much worse thar
they are. Cicotte declared he
was completely unnerved when
he hit Rath, the first man ur
in the game yesterday, and lost
all control Of the ball in thu
fourth inning"
/ y
Afer the second game, also
thrown for the benefit Of gam
blers, 1t could be read that
chicago fandom today is sur
prised. chagrined, astounded
They ind 1t hard to conceive
that a team they regarded al
one Of the greatest ever put
together should be soundly
drubbed twice in succession BY
q club which often has beer
described as an aggregation Of
insists, q collection Of veterans
land castoffs. They are in 4
dazed. bewildered state. They
are firm in the belief that the
Sox are the class Of the base.
ball world"
In that second game it wa
reported, weaver looked bar
in the fourth, when he raj
home from third on Gandili
rap to Daubert. Rariden has
the ball before Weaver wa
within 10 feet Of the platter
yet Buck made no effort Il
avoid being tagged. His pla,
was to turn back, give Gandi
a chance to reach second"
And Of that game, innocen
Manager Kid Gleason Of thu
White Sox said, THE Reds vic,
tory was almost given to then
on q silver platter"
When gamblers failed to keey
their financial agreement witt
the players, involved White So,
tried to win the third gam,
and did, 20. But then Cicott,
Host again. . committing twt
costly errors. and 1t was re,
ported. "Cicotte had no one but
himself to blame for the trounc.
ling"
THAT certainly was a tough
game for Cicotte to lose" Glea.
son said. HE was so set or
winning that he was q bundle
of nerves. The Reds are tn,
Quickest team I ever saw. CT.
cote pitched one Of the best
games Of his career only to loss
because he made q couple Of
lerrors that he would not make
again In q full season."
Gleason was puzzled at thai
point. The White Sox arr
the best team that ever wen
into a World Series" he said
but it isn't playing the base
ball that won the league pen
lnant."
/ When the White Sox los
again. Gleason said. Il dom
know what's the matter, but
lido know something is wronI
with my team. The team I hat
lighting in August for the pen,
|nant would have trimmed tn,
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