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mE DAILY PANTAGRAPIT, TUESDAY MOIEJUfGF, OCTOBER 7, 1919. The Reds, Feeling Victory-Sure, Back On Home Lot Todav THREE NEW TEAMS WILL PLAY BASKETBALL HERE Coach Phillips Books Canton, LaSalle-Peru and Atwood for Indoor Sport This Winter. i 1 1 i Cincinnati Reds, Already Winners in Four Out of Five Games of World's Series Lois E. Bateman, Formerly of Leroy, Dies in Dakota Lois E. Bateman, IS year old, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. S. E. Bateman, of Clyde, N. died Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bishop of Leroy, the child's grandparents, received the news Sunday night. Thebody will bo taken to Leroy for burial. Th funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at the Bishop home.

Besides her parents, Lois leaves two brothers. SOX WHISTLE TO KEEP UP NERVE FOR FINAL STRUGGLE After Winning Fifth Game, 5 to 0, Manager Moran of the Beds Prepares for a Victorious Demonstration In the Home Town Today or Three Strang teams will appear on th Bloomlngton high school floor this winter In regularly scheduled contests. Coach Frank Phillips has completed his Dasketball schedule with the exception of one date which remains open. It Is probable that either Heyworth or Atlanta will mil the opening date, December The three new teams to play here are LnSalle-I'eru township high School, Atwood and fnntnn klnk th fifth Kopf singled, but was forced a moment later by Neale, who himself was caught stealing, while Rarlden filed out to center. In their half, with two out Shalk singled, but Williams whiffed, and again, th Eox failed to threaten.

Ellsr Surprised Himself. Nothing could have appeared less threatening than "Hod" Eller when he cam to the plat at the beginning of the sixth round debacle. As a pitcher, nothing was expected of him, and among those In this frame of mind was Claude alias "Lefty" Williams. Even the organization of Red fanatics, who brought a brass band here, were not looking for what happened, and started out of their seats when Eller connected with one In the schools. The Atwood team won the district honors of the Decatur district last Vear.

flnnlnn ha. Chicago. IU-. Oct. With th Reds rictorlous In four of th flv games, yanager Moran of triumphant Cincinnati club Indicated tonight that he been a strong team in the I'coria district and haa caused mnny upsets In the winter sport dope.

The LsSalle-J'cru township high school ls one of the strongest basketball Institutions Ten years ago when everything was dirt cheap three-fourths of our men's suits sold for from $35 to $10 and up. Today we are lower in price than anything else that enters into the high cost of living. would start Walter Ruether against th Whit Sox In the alxth gam of the series, scheduled for Cincinnati northern part of the state. The 'or Illnnmlnrln groove and It started off duo north. Jackson, whose mind appeared to be puzzling over the Jinx that had settled on his hairpins, was slow In starting for It, and l'elsch, who was sparking on all six cylinders, was too tomorrow.

Ruether pitched th Red to a high schools basketball Bquad for is year are brlirht. A nnml, nr to 1 victory In the opening gam of the men who played lust yenr are I eligible for the indoor hcnr.l umrir tb series and haa been clamoring for rar away. Tlie net result was a double, which surprised none more return engagement against th Chi. caoana. Vanager Oleason' pltohlng aeleO' and within a month will begin their practice.

Tho schedule ns announced by Coach Phillips yesterday follows: im probably will be Dick Kerr, the dimlnutlv left hander, who aoored i ipc. open date. Dec. 13 Pontlac at R. U.

s. Dec. 19 IS. 1 1. 8.

nt Lexington. Dec. -6 lxington at 13. II. S.

Jan. 9 rt. II. s. at Pe.iria Central.

1 Chicago only victory in tne series He Ditched a remarkable game hold- lluiK the neaa to tnree nits ana is Bloomer The Tailor 417 North Main Street I irwdy to fact them again. 'I Moran Says It's Over. jnn. is n. ii.

s. at Springfield. Jan. 17 Decatur at 13. Ii.

H. Jan. 23 It. H. s.

ot Peoria Manual. 'Tt'a aJ1 over hut thji ahoutlnr. Jan, man jcuer. Eller 8cores, The ball was weary of Its roll when Jackson and up to It at the left field fence. Felsch seized It and threw In the general direction of the diamond dimly visible In the distance.

Eller took a chance and landed safely on third. The Sox Infield, scenting trouble, drew In. Rath poled one to short left, which would have been safe no matter where the Infield played, and Eller trotted home with the first run. Rath was advanced to second by Daubort's perfect bunt toward third, altho Dau-bert was out at first. Heine Groh'e patience was rewarded by a pass, at which stag of the proceeding Schalk addreat a peppery collection of remarks to Rlgler to the effect that the umpire was not calling strikes 2 LaSalle-Teru Twp.

at B. II. S. y.anaijer Moran said tonight. 'We ll lin again tomorrow no matter who Jan.

SO Springfield at B. H. Feb. 6 B. II.

S. St Decatur. Feb. 13 Canton at IS. H.

8. Feb. 20 Atwood at B. H. 3.

It worlds championship la already theirs, xne eus nav piayeo. cna.ni-V oDshlp ball all th way and I am Xlnm nA ih A mnn Kn il cJm i aro oeiimg win beat the Chicago White Sox In tho world series. They are, from left to right- Front row: Smith. Luque. Duncan, Kopf.

Mitchell. Schreiber. Center row: Daubert, Lee. Reuther. Manner Pat Moran.

Rarlden' aT u-J irouu to oe ineir uuwuger. 6ox Not Yet Quitters ler. uacit row: wagee, Koush. Rath, Eller, Bailee, Corner, Fisher, Ring and Groh, i Manager Gleason of th Box de clared, mat tne box were not piay- iJiij the brand of baseball that won Slants From Press Box kiiem tn American ieague pennant. THE BOX SCORE The team nasn sbuwn itself to the pennant machine that won the when Williams cut the corners.

It was th forerunner of Schalk expulsion. Rouih's Surprise Hit Roush, who ad but one hit to his credit In the series, declared him merioan League flag" Gleason said. Both Teams Yesterday Suffered Batting Slump Chicago, 111., Oct. 6. Both the Cincinnati and Chicago clubs suffered a slump In their batttrg today as a result of the great pitching duel waged THE FALL LINE OF Borsalino ELLER MAKES WORLD'S SERIES PITCHING RECORD Six Successive Strike-Outs New Mark for Hurlers Williams Shows Improvement.

Everything has been against us. Tne AB. tnemseives wern nsni 10- self In on the onslaught at this Juno Chicago, 111., Oct The teams left at 10 o'clock tonight for Cincinnati, where the sixth and perhaps ilnal game of the series Is scheduled for tomorrow. If a seventh game is necessary It will be played in Cincinnati on Wednesday. k.jy.

Isut mat uoea nut aetract irom Cincinnati- Kth, lib lubert. lb '-I'll, 8t ct. iMinran, If. a rf. llart.jen, a p.

to. 0 11 1 2 0 1 10 0 ture, and recorded his second hit in left center, a triple, and Rath and ueiween ciauue Williams, tho star .8 ..4 .4 Groh counted. The play at the plate was close on Groh and It was here (southpaw, and Hod Eller, Moran's great right-hander. The former held 1 5 that Schalk's Impassioned oommem- tne national League champions to Total! 28 tary led to his banishment. It was said that this was the sec great pilcluiig.

lie deserved victory. The tiox will fight until i last man is out. Altho the oUds against us, we are not quitters. expect to start Kerr tomorrow and pf lies right he'll win." Story of he. Game.

I Chicago, 111., Oct. 6. "Pat" Moran relcgraphed this evening to have the Jig staff in ttedland park at Cin-tinnaui measured for one of the latest CTiTralo A B. I.tehoM rt. The Reds were In a hllarous frame of mind after the game.

They slapt each other on the back, yelling that tomorrow's game would find them baseball champions ot the world. I omnfl, ZB ..,.4 ond time In a world's series that a player was ever expelled. Frank Mayer Makes Poor Showing In Lonely Innings Opponents Applaud 3-Eye Graduate, n. 8 aver, flh Chance, the old Cub leader, was said 27 PO. i 1 I 1 ft 1 I 0 to nave Deen the first.

The Cloring Chapters, It. KelBfh, cf. Ilimill, ll Ki.twrg-, HrhnlK, I Jim, e. UillliiniR, p. Miiriilif Mayer, p.

Lynn took up the work behind the (Italian) SOFT HATS IS HERE The models this season includa all that there can be in style and colors, and Twelvs special trains were required to transport the baseball players, newspaper men and enthusiasts to Cincinnati tonight. Chicago, Oct. (. J-Iod yle' world championship flags, I The Reds today won tha fifin gome plate and Duncan filed to Jackson. ...1 .0 sensational pitching for Cincinnati It was a pretty catch by Jackson, but the world's series, defeating the Totala .80 87 'Called for Willi.

mi In atjbth. hite Box, 6 to 0, In a con si that developed sensational pitch in today's game of the world's scries Manager Gleason still wears his I stood out clearly In the sltchinc cap cn the side of his head, but he I ln ln9 Htuilng wasn't much ln evidence on the I After his two-base hit had coaching line today. Manager Moran, I Paved the way for his team's four Ls, sharu fielding, one sided bats Cincinnati Chicago e.no (104 001 4 ..000 000 000 i insh.p and nearly deprived the box hits, while tho American League representatives gathered onlv three off the offerings of Kller. Tonight the clubs are separated by twenty-three rxitnls with the advantage In favor of the National League club. Cincinnati Is hitting for a club average of .213 comcared to a mark of .190 made by the Chicago club.

Four men ln the Moran aggregation are above the select mark. They are Ruether with bis perfect score of 1,000, Wingo and Flaher with and Eller with .333. On the Sox aggregation four men are hitting In the select crowd, but none has a perfect average. McMul-lin leads the American Leaguers with a mark of .500, while Joe Jackson, the mighty slugger of the Americans, Is batting .316. Schalk has an average of .308, while Weaver Is just under the wire with .300.

The National league club has mnde thirty hits 141 times nt bat, while its rival has gathered twenty-nine ln 153 times at bat. Tho average for the flv games follow I Cincinnati. Tvn-baaa bit Illrr. Tliraa-baaa blta Ilouftl. Wasvn Btnltn base Uouth.

Sacrlflca hit! l'tutart (I), I Rnnrinr. flv Din cn. J.aft on baaes 1'inHnnatl Cbleais, Ilaflaa nn bail! Off Wttllama. 2 (1lth. Gruli I off Uaier.

1 (bunoaii) I Bllai. 1 You Know the Quality There's nothing like them. Stop and look at TotrrseH la one of them. Priced at $9, $10 $12 however, coached his players from the first base line. Eddie Murphy, the Sox pinch hitter, had a chance again today, but fanned.

He Is participating in his fourth world's series and will draw a players' share of the players share for going to the bat twice this series, whatever he may do in the remaining games. his throw to the plate was a little wide. Lynn got the ball, but Roush crost the plate. Williams steadied greatly In the seventh and eighth, retiring the side in rotation. He was taken out In the Sox half of the eighth to allow Murphy to bat and Mayer succeeded him as pitcher.

The final run of the game was made off Mayer, former National League twirler. He sent one to Roush, which the Reds' outfielder tapt toward Eddie Collins. The Chicago captain fumbled the ball and was given a life. Mayer was unsteady and Duncan drew a free ticket to first Kopf came nlong with a perfect bunt toward Weaver and while he was being retired at first Roush reached third. Neale grounded to Rlsberg and on the play to first Roush registered.

Eddie Collins retired the side by throwing Itarklen out nt first. There were two men out the I l.lft'OM Iliu HIT WllUami, 4 In I lnnlnfii off Marar, 0 in 1 inntne. Struck out fly 8 (Piinoan, Nrnlc. Kllerl; t.j Eller. (Oaii.111, TlUberi.

Wllllima (ill, Llebold. Felacb. Col-iliu. Mnrptiy). Tat ball Reliant Iah.b iltrhar ffUHaa Time 1 Ittelar.

behind platal Rrana. at flret lnae; gaigj, a aaoond baaai KaUln, at uird Lata. i tlieir last glimmer of nope. Reds Near to Goal. The National League champions ive won four games, and therefore id but one more to clinch the iming.

Hy the came token, the Sox in annex the major share of the oney only by winning four Ltraight. teams lelt for Cincinnati tonight two games, if that may be rc-iretl. Eller's Day of Revenge. "Hod" Eller, a White Sox castoff four years ago, gratified the dear-t wish of his heait by attaining the tory. He held his former teaming practically helpless thruout.

lie owed mem only three widely sepa-aed hits, gave but one pass and es-blished a record for consecutive r.ke outs in a world's beries game. In the second and third innings, ler fanned six batsmen In a row In the fourth he was going so rung that the first two Sox who ced him dribbled two balls to him. in. i SB. (I 1 When the Pox got two men on bases ln the first with only one out.

Manager Moran sent Luque, the Cuban pitcher, to warm up. Bht Kl-ler came thru with colors flying, pitching record breaking ball. Even his opponents applauded El TB. 4 5 .1711 1 0 nath I Hubert lltuH It ts easy for a man ta manag his wife. All he has to do Is to follow her Instructions.

HCerUmC'a lJzsS runs ln the sixth Inning, he took chances with the Chicago batsmen, but ln the first five sessions ho was his best brand of ihoot, hop and bender on every occasion. Best Work in Five Innings. Of the forty-six strikes which Eller pitdied thirty-dx came In the first five innings and half of that number were accorded In the second ami third when he struck out six successive, batsmen. In the third inning Lelbold was the only Sox player to touch the ball and his best was a high foul Into the upper tier of the for a strike. Threw But Five Balls.

In tho sixth Eller throw onlv five times. One of these efforts was a ball, another was foul and two ensy grounders disposed of the three bat-ti-rs. The big Red twirler missed the plate eighteen Jmes In the fist three innings, but ln the lost six had onlv seven bad ones called. This was largely due to the fact that he was putting practically cvorv ball across the plate and the Chtcaeo men quit trying to wait him out. While Eller's work was unusual, Williams pitched a fine brand of ball and made a creditable record In all departments.

He had forty-three strikes in eight innings and only twenty-eight balls. 4 Pum'iin ..17 1 "i ..13 .17 ninth when Weaver poled a triple to far right. Rath came In and said ler when he returned to the bench after setting a world's series strike out record of six ln a row. .11111 l.lllli) nnn 483 HarHf tl Iillfttli' Klr.i.rir l.uQU Rnt something to Eller, who at this point faoed Jackson, custodian of the hairpins. Jackson swung mightily, but dribbled ons to Groh, who threw him Out at first and the gam was over.

The crowd gave Eller an ovation when he came to bat ln the sixth. He connected for a double that started the Reds to victory. He fanned the next time up. I outs at first and the third man 1 1 Chicago. H.

SI. rack out. He delivered two more On of the Cincinnati rooters, sitting along the first bese line, caught a foul ball In a big megaphone and appropriated It for a souvenir. Palls batted Into the grand stands never come back, the enthusiasts scrambling to get them. CvlllM coiiioi Weai-tr i FeUcli Oan.tll Klsbf rj I'i'ilte .20 .19 ,.13 ,14 1H 4 sea of the same medicine before game was over, a total of nine like cuts for ttie game.

The Fateful Sixth. Claude Williams, who was defeat-1 In the second game of the series Cincinnati, hurled for the Sox and 1 about all that a pitcher could to a. He walked two men and did not low a h.t until the filth Inning. The -ds delivered onlv tnree mora hits 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 .3 ill 1 0 8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 i 0 1 4 iOuu My Work. Eller retired th Sox on five pitched balls in the sixth.

Larry Kopf, the Reds' shortstop, got the first hit of tho gamo for Cincinnati ln the sixth. He singled to right Buck Weaver, the Sea third baseman, staged a batting rally aU by himself In the ninth with two out. His triple was the only long hit the Sox made. not my blessing, MrM'illIn LrMl.terint!! IJpbikl Kerr Murrhy Lynn This Is my work my doom Of all who live I am the on by whom This work can best done ln my own way. his delivery, but tnete, after the fcjrlde series fashion of the Beds, forthcoming the cne Inning aulno, iB.

,...141 a performance which was far ahead of his exhibition at Cincinnati tn the second game of the series. Williams was working the Inside corner constantly and It was a pitch of this speci below his knevs that Ellar lifted between Jackson and Felsch. after waving weakly at two similar offerings. Williams yielded four hits to Eller's three, struck out three to Eller's nine and gave two on balls as compared with Eller's one. Mayer Was Weak.

Mayor, who pitched th ninth for Chicago, exhibited a lack of con PlnrlnsaS Cniraffo wmch they were most needed. In is instance the ava.uncne in tho sixth round. The air wua fainy foggy with hits, tcn3ified by a walk and an error. Th Foe of Knowledge. Anxiety Is th fo of knowledge.

Like unto a veil It falls down before the soul's eyes. Entertain It, and the veil only thicker grows. With the Bowlers The total attendance for the five games was 157,669. The attendance tor th thre Chicago games was 97,868, id when the air cleared the score IF you buy a tire here, another there, you cannot expect uniform tire mileage and service. Making Firestone Gray Side-wall Tires standard for your car means you can forget the tire questioa And after that decision, the renewal question will come up far less frequently.

You can easily prove this by equipping with Firestones now. ard showed that four Red legs had ached the counting elation. It was ough-plus. In the eighth, Williams Cincinnati Pitcher Who Held Sox Scoreless VanWInkl Hensela defeated Dr. Reiberfs Colts ln three straight games last night at the Pastime bowling alleys In th opening game of the second week of the schedule.

The scores of th players of the two teams follow: Pr. Selbart'l Ooltt. I tired to allow Murphy to appear In a role of pinch hitter, but he merely ttened Eller's strike out record, and the ninth Mayor went to the mnd for the Sox. His wildnesn was trol, giving one pass and missing the plate twelve times out ot twenty-one attempts. AH told, the Chicago pitchers threw times.

Eller got thru with 54 throws. Detailed figures on each of the pitchers follow: liltr. Inninn 1JS4TS Th. 1 trtly responsible for the final run th which tlie visitors capped their Klit. 134 U4 TfnaVnff irr-' 01.

StrikM I IleutacJI 7 9 i 8 7 5 1 0 1 187 Ham 025 Schalk Sent to Btnoh. 123 liuo 100 175 178 784 Kay Bchalk. premier catcher of the Totali Crminder 3 6 Foul! 0 1 0 0 1 0 711 127 2Za norican ieoiriie or inv nthar 1aasii VlnWInklt A HenaeL ,.17 17 14 8 12 8 Wllllimi tight Innlnga, 1284887S truing to nis admirers, cam forward as the first player to be chased an umpire during the series. It Innlr.fi lh 184 1111 14 140 140 Nnbta L'uniiny Smith I tummy fas in tne sixth when almost every I naoneneri thnt thU nvnnwl Lena 1S7 11 8 7 KUo 1 i.lroundora 2 1'oul! 0 UanJloa 1 111 it roh had slid to the plate, accumulat-t larg holdinM of bona Una ntai 1 1 4 2 2 0 2 15 Total! 806 tot 5s at on the facade of his anatomy 9-4 Bchalk claimed that touched 1.1 21 11 20 Marar On Innln. Total! Tltla lie.

Grounder! runner before th latter plowed a way to th plate, in his excitement, Jumped np at mplre Rlgler's protector and with flats Jolted the Judicial air there 'pounded. Rirlnr nnlntaA ti lha nnn FaJrbury at El Paso, Jfetrtitry meet El Paso 84 Fair-bury Friday afternoon at I tn tho first basketball gam of season at FaJrbury. Falrbury haa a new team, of which three men ar 1 experienced, having pliyed last rea-l son, Th majority of player werei 001! ftid Bchalk, mumbling things that th oan wehster never encountered lost to the schools dn to grad nation. l-ynn, who caught th remainder of game for th Sox. Bio Crowd Present.

JTh field was In excellent condition spit the rain of yesterday and rrr Ifl persona to witness th Ion. The sun shone brightly and temperature was to the liking of jyens and spectators, "i the first round Rath reached on free tran.portatlon and was 'nriced to second, but neither Groh Roush could dell. er, and he got nher. Jn their half the Sox did belter. Llelwld, the first man waited for four wide ones, took nd on nn Infield out, and reached I on Weaver's slntrle, which was but not captured by Ell'-r.

partisan crowd cried long loud for a run, hut Jackson, de-;" a new got of "lucky" hairpins, out on a pop flv to Groh anil flew ov.t to left. Fart Work. the tteoond and third the crowd trei'ted to a remarkable exhibl- MUSlCi Mortis Reds to Play Pontlac Athletics Tomorrow A ball gam between th MorrU Reds and the Pontiao Athlete will foatur a hom-wmL7ig proprfcm for service men at Pontiao on Wednesday. At the Morris tourney Sunday, September 2'. Ponlao defeated Morris 1 to 0.

Paul Zahnlser, Gus Kel-lorman and Merle Edmunds, of this city, will be ln th Pontiao Athletics' line-up. "Red" Torkeson. of th Clevljd Indians, ts slated to hurl for Morris, with Jacobs, of Jollet, his receiver. Ed HavoUo, of th Waahlnirtnn Americans and the Sox, will pitch for I'ontlaa Th game will be called at o'clock. Basketball Star Wants to Play With Bloomer Team Clarence Outram.

cf long Point, who Is Ilvlnp ln this city at the Y. M. C. and who played a pre.it game with the Fiftieth Infantry te.ira Camp Dix as a forward, will try out with the Ploomers" semi-pro bivsket-ball team if the plans materialize. Outram Is anxious to compete for a Job on the Indoor club and Is certain he will give any opponent a rush for his place.

For a number of years lx-fir Joining the army Outram playe.1 Ptnr game nt Point. He is well known in the community near that place as a rwpable athlete In Indoor work who will caus any tem TIRES Most Miles per Dollar MUSIC ought to occupy a big place hi your thoughts Just now. Long Winter evenings are coming when you can amuse yourself and entertain your friends If you have one ot our PLAYER PIANOS Call and see our newest models and ask us about eaey terms. Jansen Joosten 408 NORTH MAIN TflKET. which Gandil, Rlsberg, Schalk, "ma.

Llebold and Collins struck In. the Reds' half of the second 1 -an and Neale fanned and Kopf i-posed a foul out to Schulk, and third the Reds did a little hct- emng out In rotation on Infield in the fourth, after Paubert 1 Gmh had filed out to l'elsch, was safe on Rlsherg's Juggle ol second, but Duncan loft a ther with a fly to Jacksea, la Horace A. Eller, the "shine hall" pitcher, wag born at Munclfl, July 6, 1834. He began playing baseball with the Champaign, 111, club ln 1913. The next spring he went to Danville, 111., and from there to Molino, 111, where he played two years.

In 1916 he went to Chicago White Sox on trial, but was returned to Moline late, in April. Ha Joined the army on the Mexican border, was reinstated to baseball ln September, and drafted by Cincinnati, This Is hli third year with the Reds, and his best, Ia May he pitched a no-hlt came ualast) tbe Cardinals,.

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