New-York tribune., 1920-10-08

Nationals Take Lead in
Series by Winning, 2 to I
$1OO Infeld Backs Up
Smith, While Caldwell
Is Knocked Out

the Indians in the race. Once he was
member of the Brooklyn Dodgers,
but he was thought to have even more
cccentricities than eft-handed
pitcher could be allowed ard Charles
II. Ebbets gave him tho same advice
that Horace Greeley passed out.
Speakers ivory hunters brought him
back from the Pacific Coast.
1t is rumored that once the "Duster"
painted the fence ct Ebbets Field and
that there was some dispute between
the good old Squire and the "Duster''
as to the remuneration. The "Duster"
was very bitter about it ard he is
alleged to have said as he strobe into
the box, esquire Ebbcts. once | painted
your fence. Now | will paint your bail
team out of the picture" And the
"Duster" did his left-handed best.
There were no more Dodger runs that
afternoon.
With the scoring of those two runs
the bugs began to thaw out to the
series. 1t began to look like game
two days gave way to a strained sus-
pense. Could the Dodgers hold that
lead? Suspense makes drama, and it
certainly made a drapa out of that
ball game yesterday.
UCUu ~ brh Ill icti
In the second inning, with Gardner
ont, Joe Wood cracked one out to right
field. That looked like the breaking
through Of tho Indians right then and
there, but Tommy Griffith dashed after
i . and got it just as it grazcd the out
field. He rolled over twice, bat he held
the ball
In the third inning the Hundred
Dollar Infeld executed a play that
had the fans screaming with delight.
Little PeterAin KilduG, barred from
the Giants because Of an evident short
age in stature and alleged shortage in
baseball knowledge, was the playar
who put this one over.
Steve O'Noili, one of the most dan
gerous hatters in the Indian lineup,
cracked a hard one down to Konetchy,
who reached the bail with the tips OF
just about to announce, for nobody had
noticed the chunky little figure that
was darting around from the left It
was little Peterkin. and he had come
to back up Konetchy just in the nick
Of time.
Little Patcrkin speared the ball on
the bound, and Sherrod Smith was
where a good pitcher should be, cover
ing first base. Peterkin made the pass
to the sergeant and O'Nei vas out.
When the multitude realized what had
happened some OF The old sYontaneous
enthusiasm Was turned loose. II is all
right to feel that one ought to he blas6
but when that kind Of baseball is
staged in a worlds series anybody who
ever was fan has to respond.
Wheat's Error Gives Indians Run
In the fourth inning, with one out
the grizzled Tris Speaker came to bat
with Wambsganss out and tie Indian
spirit considerably depressed. Speaker
cracked hit along the left field line
and was on second base as Zack Wheat
reached for 1T The ball rolled to the
lett field corner Of the park and Speak
er came all the way home. That error
by Wheat cost Sherrod Smith shus-
out
That one run tiehtoned the suspense.
One more to tic and two moro t. win.
Could the Dodgers hold them?
The race went into the fifth. with
the Dodgers still holding a lead of one
run, difficult place, nervous posi-
tlon with pounding club like the IN
dians hanging on. Sewel got a base
on balls. Steve O'Neill drove single
to center. 1t looked like trouble here.
The same bugs who looked on so
ioii uiNiy az tlic IlISt IWO games were
craningN forward in their chairs.
"Duster' Mails smashed one with
all the bitterness born OF the recol-
lections of what Squire Ebbets did to
him in the matter Of fence painting.
It looked like hard one, but Ivan
Olson scooped it W and threw to Xii
duff. blocking O'Noil at second. Lit
tie Peterkin vas thrown off his balalce
and spiked painfully.
But li.tle Peterkin is one chunky 1T
tie bundle Of gameness. lie limpsd one
step and made the throw TO Konetchy
just as Mails was dashing for first. 1t
was not the best kind of a throw, for
when you are bumped and scraped by
flying spikes and have only a second to
make throw you cannot take very
careful aim.
Big Ed Konetchy keeping one toe on
the bag, sprawled at full length to get
the ball-and he got it, At the same
time he kept one toe dug into that can