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Show CHICAGO WINS GREAT SHUTOUT VICTORY IN THIRD GAME; LITTLE DICK KERR, whose brilliant pitching In the third game of the 1919 world's series game gave the White Sox a shutout victory. It was lus first world's series experience. He had the Kods completely at his mercy. AM- I i I . J -pZ s - . - DICK KERR ALLOWS BUI Gleason's Young Lefthander Left-hander . Pitches Remarkable Re-markable Game; Reds Are Held Helpless. j Ray Fisher Contributes 1 to His Own Defeat With Wild Throwing 1 and Slow Fielding, j Cincinnati 0 Chicago 3 CHICAGO. Oct. 3. The Chicago White Sox today served emphatic notice that they were stiil in the world's championship champion-ship contest by defeating Cincinnati, 3 to 0. The s cries now stands: Cincinnati, 2 ; Chicago. . .Six moro games are possible, possi-ble, unless one of the contestants should annex five victories without going the limit. Dick Kerr.- who in his younger days was something of a boxer as we'l as a bali player in St. Louis, and who came to rhe Sox from Milwaukee, pitched unheal- j able ball, allowing but three scattered hits and but one pass to first. Kerr's homo is at Paris, Texas, ond he first "played professional baseball at Para-gould. Para-gould. Ark. , He made everybody sit up and look at him today, for his left wing contained more mysteries than a sphinx. Duncan, Fisher, the Cincinnati pitcher, who also - hurled a good game, and Kopf were the only Reds to obtain bingles off the Texan, while h;s sole complimentary passage to first was granted to Groh. None of these athletes ever reached t'.v.rd. BAND OF CINCINNATI ROOTERS SEE CONTEST. Twenty-nine thousand persons, which included a band of rooters from Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, saw the game, which was played beneath a bright sun in a temperature which was ideal. There was scarcely breeze enough to straighten the flags which floated from innumerable staffs. After the trouncing which the American Ameri-can leaguers received at Cincinnati, -Manager Gleason felt particularly gratified grati-fied that his team was the first to score a shutout. There were a few vacant seats in the left-field bleachers, probably prob-ably due to the belief on the part of many that obtaining seats would entail too great a struggle. Ground rules were unnecessary and the playing field everywhere every-where was clear, save just off the first ' and third -base foul lines. Fisher, .who was Moran's choice for today, to-day, was the first right-hander offered by the Reds, the first two games hav- .ing been won by Rcuther and Saliee. both southpaws. Fisher's hurling was as good as .that of either of his teammates, team-mates, but one run at least is necessary to win a game, and little Kerr had none to spare today. Fisher allowed, seven hits and issue two passes. Two of the Sox runs, however, how-ever, were .'argely chargeable to the Red . pitcher, for it was while his wild heave to catch a runner at second was b(eing retrieved that the first two Sox v.-ere put in a position- to score, and Gandll drove l hem across the rubber a moment later. Lei bold waB back in his regular posi-rion posi-rion in right field and at the top of the' Sox batting list when the game started, i ' Despite the- inauspicious opening at ! Cincinnati, the local enthusiasts were confident that on the home grounds the j Sox would exhibit the kind of ball that 1 won them the leadership of their league. There was confidence, too, in the atti- 1 tude of the players themselves, but no i more than that displayed by the Reds, : wp acted And felt like men of destiny! FIRST FEW BATTERS ; RETIRED SPEEDILY. The first Inning gave evidence of the airtight struggle that was to come. Rath, the first man up, contributed a grounder and was put out like a shot to Gandll. Daubert cracked a hard one to Felsch' Kerr planted his feet firmly and, with beautiful control, struck out Groh. The local crowd breathed easier to note how easily the mighty sluggers of the first two games were disposed of. but their own side was as quickly disposed of. L&lbold sent a liner to Xeale, who caught the ball off his shoetops. Kddie Collins Col-lins was retired, shortstop to first, and "Weaver popped out to DaubeVt. With Roush down In the second, there was a Uttle gasp of affright among the Chieagoans and cheers from the visiting visit-ing enthusiasts when Duncan singled cleanly over second. Kerr, however, re-inahffd re-inahffd steady. He put an extra twist m on the ball and Kopf retired, though not until Sox partisans had missed a heartbeat, heart-beat, for Itisberg juggled the ball around until it was too lato to keep Duncan from second, and he narrowly missed (Continued on Pace Fourteen.) DICK KERR ALLOIVS BUT THREE HITS' (Continued From Page One.) ! getting Kopf at first. The best ZS'eale could deliver was a slow roller to Col- , Una, who threw him out at first. Kerr was cheered as he left the field. The home crowd found inspiration In a i view of the broad shoulders of Joe Jackson Jack-son and rooted for a hit. The outfielder swung like a cyclone at two and then hit i cleanly to left. Happy Felsch, the next1 man up, contemplated the usual sacrificial offering, but the fates had decreed that ' he was to circle the bases after a brief, pause on second. It was here, that J Fisher lost his own game. Felsch's lit- j tie bunt percolated toward the Red pitcher, pitch-er, who grabbed it and turned quickly to catch Jackson at second. Fisher was off his balance and his heave rolled out into the center garden. Jackson, who had slid, tumbled as he dug his toes in to renew his running, but scrambled to his I feet in time to make thid. On the throw to tliird, Felsch made second. With men on second and third and none out, the i stands went wild yelling for victory. Chick Gandil, the Sox first baseman, came to bat at this thrilling moment. He swung at the first ball pitched and it landed safely in right, Jackson and Felsch both crossing the plate. It looked from the stands as if Rariden had the throw from right in time to have touched Felsch, but the lattep swung awkwardly around him arid was safe. There was no aviator over the grounds today as there was at Cincinnati yesterday, yester-day, but if there had been he would have found that Fisher, despite this reversal, had his feet still firmly planted on the ground. Gand il bad attained second on the play at the plate, and Risberg was up. Risberg Walks. With two strikes and three balls, Fisher Fish-er walked the Sox shortstop, but dealt sterner stuff to Schalk and Kerr. Schalk tapped a light one in the direction of third, which Fisher fielded prettily and tossed Gandil out at third. Risberg reached second and Schalk was safe at first. The play was repeated a moment iJator, when Fisher again fielded Kerr's' little roller and threw to Groh for a force out of Risberg. In the third. Fisher for the Reds and Weaver and Collins for the Sox delivered deliv-ered hits, but nothing came of them. In the fourth, however, Risberg delievred the one long hit of the. day and it resulted re-sulted in the third and last run. The shortstop's wallop went to far right and before the ball was returned to its base he was perched on third as a pandemonium of noise in his ears testified testi-fied to the joy of the crowd. There was but one down, and the fans began calling for another run. Schalk came to bat in the emergency and hit one which came so erratically to Fisher that he was unable to place his hand on it. Risberg scored. Schalk wpent out stealing and Kerr was retired on an infield play. In tiie next four Innings Fisher and his teammates ' played brilliantly, bril-liantly, and the Sox were successively retired in rotation. The Sox played the game no less intently. in-tently. In the fifth Kopf singled and was forced at second by Neale. Neale reached second on Rand-en s infield out, but Fisher Fish-er was unable to drive him home. Schalk walked to the mound and spoke steadying steady-ing words to Kerr, and the latter, delivering de-livering a tantilizing bender, fooled Fisher Fish-er into a dribbling grounder on which he was out, third to first. In the remaining remain-ing innings the Reds were retired one-two-three with clocklike precision. Two games remain to be played here, tomorrow and Sunday. Sunday night the teams, with their loyal followers, return to Cincinnati for two games more. The intensity of the rivalry between the two teams produced a spat between Smith, Cincinnati utility infielder, and Eddie Collins. Players and umpires crowded between the two men and they separated, muttering. |