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Show Little Things the Fans Saw, or More Likely Thought They Saw CHICAGO, Oct. 3. The game was played in 1:30 the shortest of the series. The fans roared with laughter j with Joe Jackson, the Sox slugger, who swung himself off his feet trying to J hit the first ball pitched in the sixth. ! Fisher threw the next one at Joe's head and they jawed freely at each other, Jackson finally dropped a Texas leaguer tn left field. When he tried to steal. Kopf caught the throw in the crook of his elbow and fell over the runner, but Umpire Rigier ruled Jackson out. Roush, the sensational outfielder with the Reds, did not have an opportunity to thrill the crowd with marvelous catches today. Only one ball was caught in the outfield, the putout going to Neale. Major General Leonard Wood, commander com-mander of the central department of the army, and officers of his staff, occupied a box. The park was gaily decorated with flags and bunting. The Reds were held to three hits by the diminutive Kerr. Duncan, Kopf and Fisher were the Reds who connected safely. Loyal rooters of the Cincinnati club, coming to Chicngo five hundred strong, fcrgot to get tickets for their band. Consequently Con-sequently the musicians gave a concert outside the park and sorrowfully watched the fans file through the gates. Cincinnati rooters yelled for runs when Groh came up in the fourth. This inning in-ning has been Cincinnati's particularly "lucky" inning. Kerr issued his only pass of the game and the Cincinnatians roared. For the first time during the series, however, how-ever, the Reds failed to score in the fourth, for, as Roush sacrificed, Duncan hit into a double play. Gandil and I.taubert played a remarkable remark-able fielding game at first. They accepted ac-cepted a total of thirty-one chances without with-out p,n error. John Markling nnd his wife of Clinton, Ohio, came to Chicago in an airplane to see the game. Federal Judge Landis, who witnessed the Reds' first two victories in Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, adjourned court to witness today's came. The one-armed announcer from Washington Wash-ington came with the national baseball commission and exhibited his lung power pow-er to the Chicago fans. ' The weather was all that could be de-siied de-siied for the game. The fans were coat-less. coat-less. The temperature was 82 at 3 p. m. Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight chain - pion, and his manager, Jack Kearns, were among the celebrities attending the game. |