The Washington herald., 1920-10-07
WORLD SERIES
. NOW DEADLOCK
Grimes Holds Indians at
Bay, While Brooklyn Bat
tiers Pitcher Bagby.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

who dashed Of this ancient lyric
with all the atmosphere OF truth
"O6 Crimes IS dead, fhOt good old
man;
We He'er shall see him more.
He used to zre0r long black coat
Ill bNffOned up before.
He once had something on the ball,
But nov his arifhered 5ing
Lies underneath the coffin I'D
Beyond ifs final fling"
So old Grimes is dead. is he? Yes,
about at dead as Babe Ruth. Man O.
War, Jack Dempsey and the home
brew kick
In the presence Of $4,000 as
tonished rooters the old corpse
tossed of his winding sheet today
and turned back the powerful
Cleveland attack into a shut-out
Tout.
Page Sir oliver Lodge.
Either some poet has been lying
for a number Of years or the worlds
greatest miracle has developed. In
either case someone should page
Sir Oliver Lodge and verify the
matter at once. Believing that old
Grimes was not only dead, but
buried, no wonder the Cleveland
Indians were startled when he be-
gan to break a series OF fast balls
and bafiing curves over the in
side and outside corner Of the plate.
Who wouldn't be? II you were
batting and a blOke thought to be
dead for thirty-seven years sud
denly began hanging fast ones
around your neck wouldn't you be
startled. too?
With old Grimes safely back on
. this side OF the StyN, the aroused
( Dodgers played like champions.
/ drove Jim BaEby OF the reservation
aud moved up on even terms with
the Indians, who never had
chance.
In only one inning could Cleve-
I land bunch as many as two safe
hits. In the seventh alone. Gardner
, and O'Neill singled but when
Speaker rushed up Graney as
pinch hitter. old Grimes struck him
out. In the eighth Grimes doled out
three passes, but even with these
lavish gifts to work on, the Cleve-
land attack was so powerlcss he
fore his fancy pitching that not
run resulted.
Attack Broken.
When ball club can gather three
! passes in one round and then can't
, drive a run across you may get
some idea of how badly its attack
was broken.
/ On the other side OF the argument
. Brooklyn found Jim BaEby a much
softer proposition than Stanley
Coveleskie had been the day before.
Bagby was good enough TO win
thirty-one ball games through the
year. the only pitcher in either
league who reached the thirty
mark. but he still looked to be a
bit weary after the heavy burden
I he had carried all year. and only a
! pair OF lucky turns saved him from
| bigger rout. Through the first three
innings the Brooklyn attack hit him
. with savage earnestness. but line
I drives were misplaced OF double
plays yanked him out OF greater
! trouble just as he seemed to be
: sinking for the third and hast time
Bagby drew the same brilliant
support from Iris Speaker that
Coveleskie did, but even the Texans
I spectacular catches were not enough
I to save his hide. Speaker. in addi-
tion to killing OF a brace OF
doubles. interpolated a single and
double of his own. probably en-
ragged at the duplicity involved in
the rumOr OF Old Grimes demise.
I But it wasn't enough. For in addi-
| tion to Grimes fine pitching. his
support, led by Tommy Griffith.
. Zach Wheat and Pete Kildun. built
up a wall that was not to be
( broken through. Griffith, in right,
I kept tearing back against the fence
for long blows and on one occasion
I his stocky frame came near bound
! ing back to the infield in the wake
OF running catch.
Grimth's Blows Tell.
And Griffith dld something more
than support sd Grimes He drove
in two Of BrookIyn's three runs
with a double in the third and a
single in the fifth. He was the boy
in the pinch. At the same time it
took the finest play Of the game to
keep him from scoring.
In the second Grimes singled and
Olson was safe on BaEby's low
throw TO second. Johnston fouled
out and Grifith's double scored
\ Grimes. With Olson on third and
| Griffith on second, Wheat was pur-
posely passed Myers then tapped
to third and Olson was forced at
home. O'Heill attempted a double
play at first but the ball struck
Myers under the collar Grifith.
rounding third, saw his chance and
dashed for hons, He arrived there
at top speed two strides ahead OF
tho ball but the brilliant O'Seill
whirled, blocked him OF the plate
and then turned in time to handle
Johnston's throw from first
Only a great catcher could have
completed such a play. for It was
play that called for Drawn. brain
and Eameness. A lighter man
would have been swept from his
feet by Grifhth's rushing onslaught,
whereat ONeiI was cross be-
tween Sir RhodericR Dhu and Henry
J. Gibraltar when the crash took
place.
The Brooklyn club gave fair
warning in the second game that u
has only hap1,n 70 fghf ITncls Will