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wi,. wry; -(.avv TfiE SUN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1919. 22 iRuefW, Hero o Fte Game of World's Series, Is Shelled From Mound by White Sox Attack in Sixth Contest) 1 c KERR AGAIN TO RESCUE Loses Some of Effectiveness of Last Friday, but Displays Gamcncss. Br FREDERICK G. IiTISD. Cincinnati, Oct 7. Both of the world's series contenders began to show signs of the strain to-day, and there was a general let down by both sides. The "White Sox actually did most of the bungling, but to their credit It must be Kald that they never cave up and kept lighting and plugging even when It looked as If they would end the series the Jokes of the baseball world. Four runs behind when they went to bat In the fifth, with all Itedland al ready giving them the horse laugh, the Box showed the first signs of their old driving power and fought up to a tie. (Then they won the first overtime game pf the 1919 series In ten innings ay 6 to i. To little Dickie Kerr, the tiny White Sox left hander, must be given the lion's nliare of the credit for keeping Chicago in the series. He wasn't as effective as he was In Chicago last Friday, and he was handicapped by poor support and Borne bad breaks early In the game. With the exception of one fine play, he fielded his position poorly, but he clung on to it through all, and was rewarded by a sensational uphill victory. Similar to 1017 Game. The game was greatly similar to tho fifth game of the 1917 aeries between the White Sox and Giants, played In Chi cago. The clubs were tied with two vic tories apiece, and the Sox wabbled badly behind Clcotte In the early Innings. Bailee had a lead of 5 to 3 as late as the sixth Inning, when he began to fal ter and the Giants cracked behind him. The Sox then did some timely slugging, and pulled out the game by- a score of 1 to 5. With the kind of pitching that was dished out earllor In the series, the Reds would have walked In, but the game was quite a breaker of world's series repu tations, nutch Ruether. the hero of tho opening Red victory, was wild and inef fective. Only a great catch by Duncan and some John Anderson base running by Kerr kept Ruether in the game as long as the sixth. And Pat Moran was tempting fate In permitting him to start that inning. The left hander was lifted after three Sox had hit with none out nd the tletnir run stood on second base. Jimmy Ring, who pitched the brilliant three hit shutout last Saturday was the rescuer, and he dldn t deceive the box the way he did In his first start against them. He was an Improvement over Ruether, but his control also was off, find only a catch by Roush, which the writer regards as the best of the se ries, prevented the Sox from winning in the eighth Inning. This has been such a Jumbled series that It has been hard to pick the hero. The first day It was Ruether, and his Individual feat that day beat anything ever done by a world's series pitcher. Then came the three hit games by Kerr, Ring and EUer, one more brilliant than the other, with Hod's performance of last Monday, when he fanned nine men, six of them In succession topping the list Kerr the Hero of Series. Tot for the real hero of the series Kerr to-day perhaps comes closer to it than any other. This is the first aeries In which two of a team's pitching aces have lost twice and Its black horse has won twice, m,i. Tiltchlnir mite, said to be the i tiniest twlrler who ever has appeared ' in a major league uniform, nione na stood between the White Sox and annl- JiUatlon Ring. Ruether and Eller had been breezing nlong with a club that Iiad been winning, while Kerr had to pitch with the knowledge that If he failed all would be off. On the left arm of this major league freshman rested the entire hopes of Comlskey's famous sluggers. . Eleven hits were recorded against Kerr to-day, against only -three In his first start of the Reds, yet his support got him Into much trouble. A few breaks favored the Sox at the end, but at the start everything went against Kerr. However, what hitting wns done by the Reds was widely scattered. In ro inning did Cincinnati get more than two hits, while the White Sox bunched seven of their ten hits In two big In nlngs. One or more Redlegs got on base In orery Inning but the tenth, and with the winning run In little Dickie was Im mense In that final Inning. He retired the dagerous trio Roush, Duncan and Groh In order. Kerr Iorly in Sixth. Several times Kerr looked as though he woe on tho verge of a blowout, and In one Inning particularly It looked as though he was up In tho clouds. In the sixth Inning Neale bounced a single off his glove, and Kerr had no chance for a nlav at first. Rut he threw anyway. and the throw was tho wildest thing ever seen In a ball park. It went Just, about half way between first bsse and the homo'p'ate and would have rolled lo the stands had not Schalk luckily been standing Just where Kerr happened to throw It That was one lusky break for Chicago. Dickie also pulled one of the worst bones on the Aases ever seen In a world's eerles. In the fifth he almost broke the hearts of the Sox rooters present when he spiked one of the most promising rallies Chicago had had In the series . . i . . i . . . V..-ih.V -. in .h. iiM. ,niii . R.,h".r .J." ,h ,nnt!"."! III Ulu rniij m br wm n..Mia three balls on batters he would pull him self together and up to the fifth he escaped with only one base on balls. Rut his control went bid In the fifth. when he walked Rlsberg and Schalk, and SOX DRIVING P0WER.C01ES TO THE FRONT Despite Much Bungling -Chicago Figlits an Up hill Batlc. Kerr beat out a slow hopper toilnge qult9 a batting carnage after Kopf all with none out With the top of the Sox batting order up, It looked like a batch of runs, but John Collins, who hnBn't made a hit since he opened the series with a single, sent a short fly to Roush. Eddie -Collins next sent a sacrifice fly to Roush, on which RKberg scord the first Chi cago run In three games. Kerr Pulls n John Anderson. Despite tho fart that Schalk made no effort to leave second base, Kerr ran all thc way down to the bag before he reallied that Schalk still was encamped there. Qroh. who had tnW.n n throw In, ran over to tag him, but Kerr CHICAGO'S made no effort to escape. He stuck out his hand fn the ball and walked to the pitching .box. Just then Dickie wasn't much of a hero, and the Cincinnati fans laughed themselves hoarse. Urban Faber, one of Kerr's pitching mates. made almost a similar play In the world's series two years ago. He stole third when that sack was occupied, but Uko Kerr he was forgiven when he won his game. But Kerr went up In the air, yet he regained his calmness shortly after and again was firmly planted cn terra flrma, shooting those twisting curves at the Reds with everything that he had on every pitch. And let It be known that the little fellow wriggled out of some mighty ugly situations. Sirtlng out those two Innings In which the Reds scored blocks of two runs, moro wide awake support would have held the Reds to one run. Had Collins been 'a little more alert on a steal at second base by Daubert the Reds would not have scored In the third Inning. With one out in the third inning Daubert whacked a single to right, his first hit since the opening game. Kerr curved a third strike over on Groh for the second out Daubert went down to second on the first pitch to Roush, and Schalk, who has been sensing all Cin cinnati steals, called for a pltchout Ray's throw was low, but Collins got It In time to retire Daubert Jake slid by him, but the force of his slide car ried him well beyond second base.' Eddie was on the ground claiming he retired Daubert, taking It for granted Jake had paused at the bag: Too late he saw Jake crawling back to second He made a fresh lunge at him. but attain Nallln decided against Eddie, bringing out more conversation from the Whitt Sox captain. However, had Collins been watching Daubert Instead of the um pire, he would have had no trouble In retiring Jake for the third out Kerr then plunked Roush In the ribs and Duncan, one of the stars of the game, smashed out a hot double to right centre, sending In a pair of runs. It looxea nice the usual b r Red round but this time it wasn't big enough to noia tuetner. Luck In Reds' nans In Fourth. There was also an element of luck In the two Cincinnati runs In the fourth. Neale opened with a warm slam to right centre which John Collins did well to get a hand on it But he couldn't ston it and it went for a trinle. Rarlden rolled to Collins, holding Neale on third. Kuetner, the terrible blffer, got a double over third base. ,It was one of those hits where a few Inches difference made It fair or fouL Even the players were In doubt and thought that RIgler, tne third base umpire, called It a foul, The double scored Neale. Rath hit n Rlsberg, who threw to third to cut off Ruether, but he hit the runner and Ruether scored. Rath going to second. Weaver claimed Ruether stuck out his arm at this throw, but RIgler paid no attention to it. Rath then stole third. Weaver cuffing Schalka rather low throw. It looked as .though the Sox were started on the worse route' of any world's series team in years when Jack son helped pull them together. After catching Deubert's sacrifice fly, he made a splendid peg home and doubled Rath at the plate. With one exception luck helped the Sox little In their batting. That was when Weaver opened the sixth Inning with a fly which Duncan and Kopf per mitted to fall safely between them for a double. But the Reds atoned for this omission by sterling catches all through the game. It was the Cincinnati pitch ing that snapped under the strain rather than the Red fielding. Dnnrnn Shows Skill. Schalk was on second with two out In the third when Eddie Collins came up. Ruether gave a splendid exhibition of Inside baseball by placing Duncan In left field. He wanted Pat to go out deeper and further over toward left fiold. Duncan at first didn't seem to want to Outfielders of Both Teams Are Forced to Run Themselves Dizzy It was quits a day for outfield as sists. Roush. the Red centre fielder, has handled more chances In this series than any other Cincinnati player outside of Daubert Never has a world's eerles outfielder snatched up chances like Ed die. Felsch also has been getting a great number, but In the last two days Roush has made htm look like a Ping Bodle contrasted to a Speaker. Oscar horribly misjudged another fly to-day, a whack by Duncan In the sixth. He around In circles under It and He walkeo then let It slip. It was Dcored as a three base muff. The play came with two out, and did the Sox no harm, as Kopf, the next batter, grounded to short Felsch, however, got his batting eye making one hit In the previous five games. Hap's double was the crack which knocked out Ruether. It scored Jackson from first and Felsoh later scored the tying run on Scbalk's single off Ring. Gcndll, who fell down badly several times In the pinch, came through with the single which won' tho game In the tenth inning. It also was a single by Chick which sent In Chicago's winning run in the third game of the series, also won by Kerr. Both Weaver and Greasy Neale lashed out three hits and took the lead among their teammalts In batting. Weaver la the first regular player on either team I WINNING COMBINATION j COM N PHOTO i ; Weaver, after hitting double to safe bunt and scared run that beat centre. "Sox Have Hit Their Winning Stride'Gleason CHICAGO, Oct 7. "The Sox fcavn hit their winning itrJde, and although tremendous odds are against us we are far from out of the race," said Manager Gleason to day. "The p'.ayera have begun to hit nnd It will be a different story from now on. They slammed every thing Ruether and Ring had to-day and will do the same thing to Bailee If he pitches to-morrow. "Despite the fact that the breaks went against us, we played a better brand of ball than the Reds. We should have cinched the game In the eighth only for Roush's lucky catch of RJcberg's liner. It would have gone for a double sure and we would have scored two runs. I am proud of Kerr's pitching. He possessed ex traordinary 'pitching skill and re markable sameness. "1 have every confidence t that Cl cotte can beat Cincinnati and may start him to-morrow If I 'think he la right" obey, but later discovered that Ruether had planted him Just right Collins drove a terrific smash to deep left centre. From his former position Duncan couldn't have come near It, but by a great cross-country run and a side lunge he grasped the ball as It was going by htm. Duncan also made a great' catch on Weaver to start the fourth, another terrific liner. Those liners showed Ruether wasn't right even though he was then getting by. In the eighth Inning Roush, who haa been the fielding star of the series, made a catch which was even more meri torious than hla great grab on Felsch In the second game, which until to-day was the outfield classic of the series. Ring's control had -been very shaky In the eighth. He walked Jackson, get ting over only one strike on him, but got rid of Felsch on a fly to right He then walked Gandll on four straight pitched balls. He also had three balls and two strikes on Rlsberg and the men on base got Into 'motion on his next pitch. The Swede sent a line crash to centre with the momentum of a rifle bullet It never reached a greater height than about ten feet and had started to come down as Roush raced In for It There AtAnt BAAm a dli.nM All- him trt (7 f the ball on the fly, but he never gave up. Tearing In at top speed he caught the ball less than a loot from the ground. He didn't make any fancy dive, either, which Is customary In such cases, but promptly straightened up and threw to Rath, doubling Jackson oft second base. to get nine hits. Neale's hitting to-day was most surprising, as he has been easy for the White Sox left banders hereto-, fore. Nenle Repents Three Hit Stunt. This Is the second time In the series that Neale has collected three hits. He certainly has been making some of the rl - I ... . ....,. Ll-k 1 1.1 ilea iBSUiura ruieu uibii boutb mm iuuk bad. Greasy has eight hits, against four tor Roush, two of them tainted, ana two for Groh. Little Heinle made his sec - ond hlf'of the series to-day. f or tne nrst time in tne series Pat Moran's managerial strategy was open to criticism. It became evident early In the game that Ruether was far from being In the form he displayed when he opened against the Sox here last Wednesday. He was constantly In trouble with batsmen, and only great outfield catches were saving him. With a three run lead It looked as though It would have been wiser to have sent In Ring at the start of the sixth In ning, rather than to have waited until Weaver, Jackson and Felsch had cracked outhlta. Of course Moran was actuated by sentiment. Ruether had been such a1 star In the opener that he wanted to save the young lefthander the Ignominy of taking htm out Resides the Sox were irflnsr so .bad tin in that Mm that l tnnWri -rfnln rlnrlnnifl iU ,. -- .,... ' : . -uiu ici another bunch of runs later In the game. It also looked as though It would left, advanced to third on Jackson's Reds in tenth on Gandil's single to) nw, - -fn m. V VUth p, ?Ch-"it.er-J" Z ' direct y at Kerr, who put up his hands In self-defence and held the ball, but It hurt one of his fingers and'for several minutes It was uncertain whether Kerr would continue. Gleason had sent I sv v t wasu a'Ufcr ikv; a o Dimii iiitvi James out to warm up In tho event that another pitcher might be needed. It .was obvious that Kerr's hand pained him quite severely. For a few moments he was upset Neale lined a single to left and Rarlden bounced an other off Kerr's glove. As Fisher was warmed up. It would have been a good move to have sent In a pinch hitter, either Ivy Wlngo or Sherry Magee. Ring Is a Joke batsman. But Pat let Jimmy hit and the Brooklyn boy quickly forced Rarlden at second. A lot of people around here to-night think that the Sox bruisers finally have started and that their wrecking crew now Is likely to make a lot of trouble before the series Is over. To-morrow I Bailee Is to try his hand against Eddlo Clcotte again. It may be recalled that they met twice In 1S17. Eddie won the first game, 2 to 1, but In the second, Faber, who finished, was given credit for the victory. Clcotte showed a splendid game when he pitched against the Reds In Chicago last Saturday, and with any kind of hitting behind him he should win. It doesn't seem probable that a pitcher of Clcctte's ability, capable of winning twenty-nino games against the tough op position In tho American League, would lose three world's series carats. In the writers opinion a lot of loose baseball may be played In the next few days. And In rough and tumble, hit or miss baseball the Sox should come out best The 1906 series between the White Sox and Cubs, started with (our low hit pitchers' battles and then cloeed with two free for all hitting frolics. In which the Sox belabored all of Chance's star hurlers. KERR STEADIER THAN HIS RIVALS Serves SO Balls to Reds, While Opponents Pitch 65. Cincinnati, Oct. 7. Dick Kerr, midget southpaw pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, again to-nliht was the hero of the White Sox rooters after having pitched his team to another victory here n ...... H -1 . V. - 11 1 1 . . ... lo ui "u Q IctleB games. Although Cincinnati knocked eleven hits off of Kerr, while Ruether and Ring were touched for only ten hits, an analysis of to-day's pitch ing record shows that Kerr pitched a steadier gams. The little twlrler walked only two men and struck out two. Ruether and Ring gave a total of six bases on balls and only two strikeouts. Ruether and Ring each gave three passes, while the two strikeouts were credited to Ring. Kerr gave a total of only fifty halls, while the Cincinnati pitchers threw sixty-five wild ones. The White Sox ttar put pver twenty-seven strikes and his opponents twenty-el;ht Ruether iir.d Ring were touched for thirty-four hits, of which ten were safe. Cincinnati got tMrtv-nvA clout at the hall, eleven nf which were safe. Twenty-four fouls nltchers and only sixteen off of Kerr. .... were knocked off of the Cincinnati .The dope sncel snows mat not once 1 did Ruether strike thn same easy stride which won his first game for him. Rlnir ' irot wild In the eighth, walked two men Rnd waa hit for the winning run In the tenth. Following la the Inning record of to day"a hurlers: KEUlt. Inninrs: 1 3 I I Ball .0)4 Strikes 1 1 5 J 10 4 0 Co 3- 27 0 011 3 3-31 0 1 II Flies 10 3 3 Grounders 3 4 3 3 3 0 Fouls 3 Totals ,17 II IB 11 U II 14 13 11 t-llt nrnmiEn. Balls 3 I S 3 11 3-31 Strikes 5 0 3 3 3 3 14 Flies 3 3 3 1 3 3 It Grounders 1113 117 Fouls I I 1 I ( Ml Totals M 13 li 7 U- it RINO. Ball t 3 11 I 4-31 Strikes 3 3 3 4 3 It Ktirs 113 13-7 3 3 0 1 33 3 0 1 ft 3- T OrOUnrteTS VnulS Totals , , u 3 17 II 13- 17 i CHICAGO-DEFEATS CINCINNATI, 5 TO 4 Continued from First Page. Weaver was first at bat In the tenth. If a hero there was In this game It was Weaver, who had hit safely In the first, had launched the great rally with a two base hit In the sixth and now was. presented with another bl-j oppor tunity for service to the Chicago cause. And Weaver did not fall the Sox In their moment of supreme need. He poled a double to left field and men who know the signs started to leave tho stands. Jackson sent a, stow bunt rolling not ten feet from the box nnd Rnrlden moved toward the ball as If he had been doubled up' by a sudden attack of rheu matism. Before Rarlden could relay the sphere to first Jackson got there safely for a hit while Weaver roosted on third base, ready for a long Oy to send htm In with the winning run. FvUrlt Falls In Pinch. To Felsch wan delegated the task of sending up this fly, but he failed. Ring' mustered his every ounce of power and cunning and succeeded in striking Felsch out, but It was only a lull. GandlL who all through the series had been unable to hit with men on bases, suddenly found himself and hit Ring's fast ball. He sent It Just beyond Kopfs reach for a hit while Weaver came rncln-j across with tho all-conquering tally. The gamo had been won, The Reds still had their batting day, but tho feeling was that the result would stand. And It did. Rlsberg followed Gandll with a liner to Kopf, who Jumped high In the air and with a quick throw doubled Jackson at second. Though they were defeated the Clnclnnatls outhlt their rivals by eleven to ten, and while the White Box were charged with three errors of com mission the Reds had nary an official misplay chalked up against them. The White Sox outdid the Reds not only In errors that appear In the score but In all sorts of dumb plays and bush league developments which hardly did credit to a former world's champion club fighting for another title. The Sox committed some of the most Inexcusable and most ludicrous mlsplays seen In a world's series game In all the years of that classic's history. They may talk of Heinle Zimmerman's chase after Eddie Collins In the 1917 series, but some of the stuff called base ball which was committed by the Sox to-day put the Zimmerman affair In the shade. Tho difference was that Zim merman's chase counted In the result, while the Sox, In spite of their misdeeds, were the winners. I Iteda Alau Have Their Heroes. Even In defeat the Reds had their heroes. There was Earle Neale, who got a three base hit and two singles and was tho leader of tho big assault which gave the Reds two runs In the fourth. There was Lew la Duncan, whom they call Pat whose two base hit was responsible for !two run the third, and who con- f tbuted two of the finest catches yet seen 'ua f t E(Hla hou8h fio t only one h ft smgIe , the flr(lt whlch dId not d0 particular damage, but j-jj ?.aTi, la thc outee!d wa. ef ,hc finest variotv. Timo and nt-nin h mm through with catches which' converted two base hits Into outs. He was an ever dependable bulwark out there In the most Important defences and nothing 'could get by him. His fielding thus far has been the btst flashed by any man In a world s series. Roush's catch of Rlsberg"s low liner In the eighth Inning was the sensation of the series. Jackson and Gandil, who had been passed, wtre on the bases and Ills berg smashed what looked like a sure scoring agent Into short centre. The ball travelled low and with the speed of a bullet, and li looked as If there was not one chance In 11 hundred for Roush to get It But starting with the crack of the bat against the ball, Roush came careening toward the spot where It appeared luo ball would fall safely. Roush Just did get the ball at his shoe tops and quick as a flash he doubled Jackson at second base. Duncan Makes Stnr Catch. Duncan made almost ns difficult i catch off Eddie Collins in the fourth In nlng. Part of the credit should go to Ruether. When Collins came to bat Ruether motioned for Duncan to move over toward the centre field. No sooner had Duncan done as he had been told than Collins slashed a terrific drive Into left centre. Duncan came tearing in made the catch which recorded the third out and prevented Schalk from scoring from second. In tho fourth inning Duncan per formed almost as hard a feat at the expense of Weaver. While the game was not a polished bit of baseball, It was not without the tensest of moments and uncerttirity. The Reds got away to a two run lead In the third, and when they added two more In the fourth it was thought that the series had been ended. It was not believed that th White Sox. who were playing the poor est kind of a game In the Held, could gather themselves for anything even resembling an effective rally. They nibbled away, making all sorts of fool plays until the fifth, when they put one run over the plate. A pass to Rls berg a pass to Schalk and Kerr a single turned the trick. Then came the astounding sixth. It opened with a dumb play In the Red outfield. Weaver sent one to short cen tre. Duncan and Kopf both ran foi: the ball and either could have made the catch. But they stood dumbly by while the pellet hit .the ground and the scorers chalked up a two base hit for the Chi cago third baseman. That was the break In the game. The Sox had been playing that sort of baseball for a num her of Innings and It looked as If the attack was contagious. It was the first real break In the Cincinnati defence. Wenver Falls to Touch Plate. Jsckson then I'ntn to tn'ralch with long single, which scored Weaver, I Weaver never touched the plate, but I Rarlde itariaen am not notice tne omission 1 No play was made on him. Felsch tiouuiea to leu centre, scoring jacitson. ' Had Felsch been on his toes he would I 1 J .Ul I t. n... TO- U I nave maun uuiu wiiii wiw5. iJ u l r oibijii did not have his thinking cap on to- day. He finally found his batting eye. but his brain and hla legs suffered In consequence. With the White Sox only one run to the bad, the situation was not a par- Game a Heartbreaker to Lose, Says Moran CHICAGO, Oct 7. 'To-day's game was a heartbreaker for the Reds to kvse- said Man ager Moran to-night "We should have won it half a dozen times. But the strain of the world's series Is be ginning to tell on my players and thoy were a bit unnerved. But they will regain themselves to-morrow and wind It up. "Kerr demonstrated his gameness when he pitched himself out of a couple of tight places and got some erratic support. It Is possible that I st-all start Sallee against the Sox tomorrow." Financial Standing (SIXTH GAME 1916. Official paid attendance St.008 uiuciBi receipts ri i uuiii tax) flOt.70S.00 Chicago rlub's share 2S,84.80 Cincinnati club's share 2,'JH2 Tool for other 14 clubs 45,i!?-?2 Each of the 14 dubs' share. S.309.1B National Commission's share. 10,170.(10 FIRST SIX GAMES 1910. Official paid attendance 190,075 Official receipts (excluding tax) 583,s.T.oO Contesting players' share.... 196.26J.t5 Purse for winning team (14 .... men) 117.157.3J tune for losing team V1 men! 71,104.80 4.M1.M 3.254.X7 80.03t.45 Z8.034.00 800.00 Each winning player,,.. Each losing playe 1'urse for second nil Purse for third place teams.. Each second place man (about) ... Each third (about) . . . place SJ0.09 100,667.53 100,667.53 45.763.60 3,269.19 S8.333.70 Chicago club's share Cincinnati club's share...., Pool for other 14 clubs Each of the other 14 clubs., National Commission's share. SIXTH GAME IN OTHER TEARS. 1017. 1918. Attendance 83.960 . J5:" Receipts ., 878,348.00 $19,705.00 Two clubs 38.006.60 8.007.7S Commission .... 7,834.80 1,979.50 FIRST SIX GAMES IN OTHER YEARS 1017. 1618. Attendance 186,815 12MJ3 Receipt 8426,300.50 8179,619 00 riar'rs(4gamee) 163,068.46 ;.H2 Two Clubs 115,353.77 37,150.9.1 Commission .... 43,030.00 17.961.00 ticularly happy one for Cincinnati, and without any consultation Ruether was sent to tho Bhowers. Ring, who had been warming up for several Innings, took the left hander's place. Gandll popped to Oaubert, and there wno a bit of a sigh of relief. When Rlaberr was thrown out by Kopf there was a more enthusiastic reception of tho event But when Schalk singled to lert scoring Felsch and tletng the game Into a knot Cincinnati was not tho Cincin nati of other days In the recent past Schalk stole eecond, but Kerr was an Infield out Kerr Splits Finger. Kerr was not In anything like his form of last Frldav and he was lucky to m the routs. It Is nosslble that If Gleason had another dependable hurlcr he would have removed Kerr just as Moran removed Ruether. For Kerr was n bad nlaces from tho start Tho little southpaw was game and fought back ovory Inch of the way. He refused to retire even after a hot drive from Kopfs bat In the eighth Inning had split a fin ger, Kerr got the ball on ms bare hand. But he kept right on pitching, nnd got better as he went along. It was a ding dong battle irom tne start. No sooner had the game neen started than It was seen that Ruether was not In form. He had poor control and there was something lacking In his general attitude. Perhaps ho knew that ho was not Just right, but dared not Impart his lack of confidence to l-ai Moran. And Kerr was no wonaer either. Groh got a two base hit in the first and Roush followed with a single, bu,t this went for naught Four men reached first on him In the second, and Ideal Indian Summer Day Frames Setting for Sixth Game of World's Series Once more the' weather man outdid himself and maintained his record of having provided the greatest world's se ries weather In the history of the classic. It had been thought that the Ideal had been attained In Chicago yesterday, but this afternoon conditions were even bet ter. There was no wind to speaK 01. nui even the vaguest suspicion of a cloud showed In the deep blue dome that cov exed the arena. There was a bit of that Indian summer languor In the air. Here and there In the background a laxy wisp of smoke wafted Itself leisurely toward the heavens. Not all of Cincinnati was at tne game , i for onte the bleacherltes held the. ad vantage. They basked in the warm sun. Most of them pat In their shirtsleeves as the White Sox took the field for their final practice. Tho band struck up Pi.au. Oo 'Way nnd Let .Me sieep ; thn Rnr qt nnpfl and went right out to disprove the musical chargo that they rested in a state 01 Kiniuuitum- ...w Kerr warmed up alone for the White Rnv while Ruether was the only Red pitcher doing preliminary work. The series 01 victories iuvuh u.reru t, On. Cltv ud to the highest pitch of enthusiasm yet attained here there wero few seats vacant wnen tne oruer w pinv hall" was given. At least one- th'lrd of those in the grand stand were women, waver Deiure nau eu nmn.. the fair sex been present at a worm series contest. In fact the lemaie at tendance at all the games here has been ui.usually big. It was a gathrlng flushed with victory and magnanimous as the men went through their worKouis. oome few fans tried to "rag" Schalk for his n.ir iLsssult on Umpire RIgler yesterday In Chicago, but this effort was discour aged and soon subsided. neds Are Well Supported. The usual sprinkling of Red hats on female heads was seen In tho granu stana, and there was the usual waving of Cin cinnati banners. Redland Is supporting its nine Just as a cued college supports tin football team particularly If it hmvn that it cannot be beaten. Tho fans howled and cheered for their favorites to the very last. Not until Kopf had been retired for the final out in the tenth Inning did they glv up hope of addlns: this game too to me uincin natl list. And even then they were not disconsolate. It was rather a phllo annhle crowd which filed out of the field. not begrudging the White Sox their vic tory after four setbacks and confident In the ability of the Reds to end Uie battle hero to-morrow. Immediately after the game there was a ceneral rush to countermand railroad resevatlons for Chicago and tho cast. It had been expected that the Whlto Sot would fall once more before the Reds but the Chicago Club upset every tbinir. Quite a number of baseball enthus iasts who came In this morning from Chicago and did not think that they would need any hotel accommodations I to-night are wandering all over the city, looxing in vain ior a piace to rcai their heads. Men are sleeving In the . . .. .1... .. .. I. I nl .J t canquei na.uo ui m ...iiwuo iiuivia w night and even billiard tables are at a premium. It s a wna time ana even the hotel men are praying that It will be over soon. Real Football ScrlmuiMHa. This morning the National Commla sion announced that If the Rods did not win this afternoon the seat sale for the game to-morrow would be started at the Slnton at 6 o'clock. Promptly at that hour there was the finest scrimmage any football follower would want to see. The battle still Is on and strong men are faltering. Kid Gleason wns the most Jubilant man In Cincinnati to-night. He fairly exuded optimism. "We have them on the run now and we will beat them turely again to-morrow. Then look for this series to be tied up. They cannot beat Clcotte and Williams again and maybe we have an ace wo have not sprung yet," declared tho manager of the White Sox. In the camp of the Reds there was only small visible change In the general ton. The men were sorry not so muchjie leg was broken. then came the third Inning, which gave tho neds two runs. To open the third. Rath was an In field out. Daubert singled to right- his first hit since the first game, Groh struck out and Daubert stole. He had hlo foot off tho bag and Collins should have' had him, but Uddle'was a bit off. Kerr then lilt Roush. Duncan smashed the second pitch for a two base drive to right ientre and Daubert nnd Roush came home. The Red legions howled In glee. Kopf lifted one to Felsch and he had to go some to make the catch. Two runs had come In. The Reds seemingly were on the road to another triumph. Two More for Iteils In Fonrth. The fourth Inning saw the Reds add their second brace of runs to their to tal. Neale smashed the ball to centre, where Felsch played the bill badiy and enabled the Red outfielder to convert a one bagger Into a triple. The White Sox were mighty shaky about Kerr and Collins called a lltUo confabulation. But the decision was to let Kerr remain In tho box. Rarlden was thrown out by Collins. At this Juncture Gandll came over to tell Kerr what to throw to Rue ther. Kerr threw It Ruether drove a two base hit down the left field foul line, scoring Neale. Roth spanked the ball at Rlsberg, who threw wildly to get Ruether at third, whereupon Ruether scored. Rath made second. The White Sox were floating In the ethereal places far above this mun dane sphere. If ever a ball club showed that It was up In the air the Sox did It In that inning. Rath stole third nnd tho ball got awnv from Wenver. Ho had Joined the aviators, too. Daubert filed to Jackson, I who doubled Rath at the plate. The , worst bonehead play of the day of such j contributions was that by Kerr, which ended the fifth Inning rally of tho White Sox, a threat which' scored the first run for Chicago. Rlsberg opened tho round with a walk and Ring was ordered to warm up. Schalk walked, too, and Kerr slammed a scratch single through Groh. The bases were full, none out nnd the top of the Chicago batting Order on deck. Ruether's task was not a pleasant one. White Sox Too Cautious. Groh could have got nisbtrg com ing to third, but for some reason best known to himself he failed to do so, add ing another bono to the total. Jonn t-oi-llns lifted a fly to Roush, but Rlsberg was held at third. Either the White Sox had left their baseball heads at their ho tels or Gleason had ordered the most cau tious kind of caution. Eddie Collins finally did something, and lifted a sacrifice fly to Roush, scor ing Rlpberg. Roush relayed the ball to Rt th. Schalk already was on second, but Kerr kept running for that bag. rivalling tho famous John Anderson, who once performed the rare feat of stealing second with the bases full. As Kerr stood near second In a stupor Rath walked up to him In a gentlemanly sort of way and tagged him out. The rally was over. Kerr was up in the air and the rest were keeping him company. But to the credit of the White Sox It must be said that they came down to earth soon enough, and, what was more, important, too, pulled the ball game out of the grasp of the Reds. because they had lost the game but that Ruether had been forced to leave the box after his wonderful exhibition In the first game. . "It was nothing but what might have been expected." said Moran. "Certainly we did not expect to win In six games. The White Sox will not t?ke' another game. I expect to start Sallee again to-morrow." Betting on the series was neglected altogether to-night Even money was offered on the game to-morrow, when It Is expected that Clcotte will make his j third effort for the White Sox. as tne nignt moves towaru tne wee sma' hours there la no Red fire In Red lar.d. But there Is balm aplenty In Cllead. And all records for attendance at Redland Field are sure to go to morrow afternoon. By DANIEL, SERIES RECEIPTS SHATTER RECORD Crowd of 32,006 Persons Pays 101,708 to See Sixth Game in Cincinnati. Garry Herrmanns after the war prices for baseball caused a crowd of 33,006 persons at Cincinnati yesterday to contribute to the club coffers $101,- 708, a sum never before equalled In baseball. Each contesting club was en riched S22.SS4.30, making the total profit for each owner 1103,667. 62 for the six games. If the Chicago club should win to day's game and make the eighth neces Bary. each club s share would etceed the record purses of 1117,571.70 that the New Tork and Boston managements received In 1912. this In spite of the fact that 45 per cent, of the receipts of every game after the fifth goes Into a pool for the other fdurteen major league clubs, which was not the case in 191Z. The pool for the outside clubs amounted to 145,768.60 to-day, each of the fourteen owners earning 13.269.19. Fewer people will witness this series. even though It should go eight games. man paia to see the Red Sox In 1912. If to-day's prices had been charged the 252,087 people that saw those eight games It would be difficult for" the pres ent sorles to break the finance figures. A capalcity crowd In Bravej Field, at Cincinnati-Chicago prices, would make the total receipts close to $150,000. a sum for which the entire National league could have been bought forty years ago. JACK WARH0P TO PITCH. One Time Ynokee In riay With Fletcher Nine. The best attraction playd at Dexter Park, near the Cypress Hills "I.." this season Is staged for this Sunday, whoii the Fletchers of Jersey, a team that tins few equals among the semi-pros within a radius of 300 miles of this city, will tackle the Bushwlcks, champions of Brooklyn. In a double header. The Fletcher team Is composed entirely of former major and minor learner. Th j ICelleher brothers will divide in pitching no nisi gum? nun jncH warnop rortner Yankee Idol, will pitch the t-econd Tommy Taguer will be In the Fletcher lineup. SEES GAME; BREAKS LEG. Youth Falls From Telephone Pole In Cincinnati, Cincinnati. Oct 7 Trying to M-n the game for nothing was costly to Samtlel Lowry. a Cincinnati youth. Lowry was astride a telephone pole Just outside the nark vlewtnir the contest n-h.n ha lnt V. h.lnn.. nnif Pill In I V. a ...... .ti. HUGGINS SURPRISE! BY SOX SH01W Thinks Yankees "Would liar Given Itcds Belter Hattle in Scries. ffpeciol DupattK to Tmt Srs. Cincinnati, Oct 7 Miller Hugrta arrived here this morning after havtni motored all the wny from New Tori with his sister. Hugglns saw the gam and would not admit that ho had sen much. He wns surprised by Chlcago'i showing. Hugglns believes, as do thoa. sands of others here, that the Yanktei would havo given the Reds a far bttUr battle all the way. The band had a lot of fun all lu own during tho practice of the two teams. When the Whlto Sox appeared the mo. slclans struck up "Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep." For the especial bneat of the thousands In the bleachers: "Hill, Hall, the Gang's All Here," and 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game," were placed at that stand, and thousands of the tun gods sang the words with great guitu. It was Just Uko a regular picnic, with every one having a good tlmu Tho White Sox aren't Ilk;: most lottn In ono way willing to Hdmlt that the hostile pitcher has anything but lud They freely praised Ring and Eller while several of Gleason's men went 10 far as to say that Walter Johnson, soj. posed to be the king of pitchers, wunl In It with the Reds' right handers. Thtr' say they never had to hit at such terri ble) speed as that of Ring, while Eller hud speed and an unhlttable curve com bined. According to the Reds and thn ought to know Clcotte did not use b!i shine ball, supposed to be his one best bet in either game against the con querors. The players all say that thej studied the ball closely, examined man) after Clcotte pitched them,and nowhen was there any evidence thit Clmtte hid polished up tho ball as Eller does. Hendricks Surprised at Sut. "What disgusted me with the Soi," said Jack Hendricks beforo the gtrnv "was their absolute failure to chanp their hitting tactics. They never altered their main system of attack. When It was easy to see that the Rede were wise, and that the stereotyped stuff iru falling, why didn't they switch to font other method? Not once did they swltc Just kept right on, playing Into th Reds s hands as much as If they nil given out their whole signal code b printed bills before the game. Before the conflict started a band raraded all over the lot distribute i.ovel serenades In lavish manner. After each verso or chorus of popular sonn the bandsmen would shout the namt of a Red player and then render more music In his honor. This stunt made i tig hit with the early comers. Thousands of fans unable to gain admittance to the park swarmed around newspaper bulletin boards down town and cheered whenever the Reds made a hit or scored a run. There were groans from the crowd when the Whlto Soi were flashed as the winner. "ICId" Gleason's Comment; What a change a few hours can make I Harken to this statement 's;uel to newspaper men by Manager Gleason only a few hours beforo the Sox beat the Reds: "I am sick nt heart over the way ray men' have played In the series. I don't know what's the matter, but I do kno that something Is wrong with my team. The team I had fighting In August for the pennant would have trimmed tit Reds without a struggle. The buncn I have now couldn't beat a high school team. We hit something over .250 for the season In the American pennant race. Now that's the best hitting any bd club ever did In the history of baeeball The way those .280 hitters acted agalr.it Eller they couldn't make a place on high school team. "I am convinced that I have the belt ball club that ever was put together. I certainly have been disappointed In It ! mis series, it nasi i piajou In a single game. There Is only a bare chance to win now. "You know it doesn't seem posNon that this team that worked so wonder fully for me all summer could fall dors like this. I tell you I am absolute!! sick at heart I thought all of then were my boys. I felt like a school teacher might feel townrd his pupils. ' loved those boys for the y tiff fought for me this summer." Clarence Rowland, whom Gleason ex ceeded as manager of the Sox, occupW a seat In- the press box and rooted for Sox victory. When Gandll came to Ml In the tenth Rowland made the predic tion that he would hit safely and breu up the game. Star Ilntsmrn Full to Hit. This series has been consistent (n tjh" many stars hove refused to -tune vk unknowns have broken Into strongno.o" In the limelight A gllmp.se at 'he ting averages of the scrio w " this quite conclusively. Eddie coji." Is pelUng ihe pill for a grar.i of .091. while Greasy Nea'e leads ser w regulars with a mark of 3S1 And New hatted about seventh in the Iteils ore- during the season. Joe Jackson. Burk Weate- R, Schalk, with batting marks of 3. and .833 respectively, uie i; o lar payers who hao l.ned up to t"J past reputations. Weaver a ' ' are the heart and soul of ' s ' , tack, It the Chicago team may be s4'" to have one. Schalk too. with five hits times at bat. for an average doing much better than lie the American Leaguo feai hits have not been ns valu.u ' team as have those of Weaver. fi'teen - -1 is ,-lunrf i . nil t tM ,n ar.J Tho sung yesterday was one In which the batters complete sway over iiie i' teams Improved their iath' ting figures, which had s .1 1 in the bitter pltrhing duf -been waged. The Sox yetcr J five earned runa-rjust many as they had made In ' five games. e on!f p ht'i , Mi c V'f ,i ' ,,nreJ a " -pvloU rw . . s-.W T.,.h P Colin ilia failure uj vjiuii twu.-" . Felsch ami Rlsbcig with 'ho " been most distressing to the'r manee- Smallwood, another of ' nltchers. has Joined the b ' Tans' ,.mTI he ee" , .h 0.1 I team of All-Leaguers, who I in action In a double he . Lincoln Giants next Sui. ! pic Field, 136th street u' nue. Small wood will i game and Mogrldge wi i nnH Kmallwnr.tl IaIcps i u ri al e- prtt . .. oi itlf.lt. IT..... will I, iinftt' 10 P' with th 'Leaguers. ;