Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-11
ELMER SMITH HITS
A HOME RUN WITH
ALL BASES FILLED.
Bill Wambsganss Makes
Great Triple Play
Unassisted.
BAGBY GETS CIRCUIT cLoUT
AND PITCHES FINE GAME
Grimes Fails to Hold Hard
Hitting Sp eaker Men.
Mitchell Relieves Hurler.
CLEVELAND WILD WITH JOY
Two Worlds Records Made During
Fifth Game Of 1920 Pennant
Series.
BAGBY GETS CIRCUIT CLOUT
AND PITCHES FINE GAME
CLEVELAND WILD WITH JOY
Two Worlds Records Made During
Fifth Game Of 1920 Pennant
Series.
(Ry Associated Press.I

CLEVELAND. OHIO. Oct 10.-In a
baseball game erupting Sensational.
unique and thrilling plays. far beyond
the widest dreams of an imaglna-
tive fiction or scenario writer, the
Cleveland Americans defeated the
Brooklyn Nationals. 8 to I, In the
fifth contest of the worlds series here
this afternoon. An unassisted triple
play by William wambsganss, a ma
tive-born son OF Cleveland. and home
runs by Elmer Smith and Jim Bacby,
were trio Of individual feats which
formed fashiight photographs ON
the brains of the fans which no future
diamond battle can erase.
The victory broke the tie existing
between the pennant winners Of the
two major leagues. and tonight Clevo-
land is confident that the first Amer.
lean League pennant ever won By
this city Will be overshadowed by tho
great glory, OF the worlds series bans
ner- to be .nung to the brseze- nost
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The Brooklyn Robins, crushed BIZ
the two terrible catastrophes of Sat-
urday and today, are clinging desper-
ately to the hope that Sherrod Smith
may BIO able to check tho savage
batting onslaught OF the Indians, but
the home team and fans declare that
nothing can stop the rush OF the
clevelanders. now that they have
solved ,he mystery OF tho Flatbush
hurting stnff.
Made Two worlds Records.
The caliber of the play may be
gathered from the fact that two
worlds records were established dur
a hnD
minutes in which the tribe OF Spenkar
tore great handfnls of plumago from
the stunned and helpless Robins
Never before in the history OF the
worlds series had triple play heen
made by one player, and SO seldom
has this baseball feat been accom-
plished in the history of either major
or minor leagues that each and evcrv
such play Is familiar to thousands OF
fans.
A homo run with the bases full IA
also an Innovation in the modern his
tory OF the super-series, yet both
these records were made ut League
Park here this afternoon, with a
second home run. four double plays
ana "a score OF other fielding and bat
ting features which would have been
acclaimed az thrilling during tho
course OF n normal worlds series con-
fiict.
There was something uncannily To-
cal about Wambsganss' triple play.
The Indians second baseman was
porn In Cleveland in 1894, and after
learning the fundamentals of the ma
tional game Mt Concordia College. en-
tered the professional baseball ranks.
After a comparatively short period OF
minor league experience with the
Cedar Rapids club. OF the Central AS
sociation. he came to the local team
In 1914. and has since been a ,xture
with the Indians. That a native born
ball player OF Cleveland should have
madc such an unusual and infreouen.
play Is coincidence, but that a
previous similar play should have
been made in the same park eleven
years ago savors OF something beyona
coincidence.
Ball Did 1t In 1000.
Only eleven times in the records OF
the American pastime has an un-
assisted triple play been accom-
plished. IL the annals of baseball can
be relied on. or these feats, onlvtwo
were previously scored In the major
leagues.
IL was Neal Ball. OF tho Cleveland
club of 1909. who swept three op.
posing players out on similar
handling OF the ball. In that year
during the game between the Boston
Red sox and the Indians, played on
July 10. Stahl was on first and Wae-
ner on second. with Mcconnell at ba,
when Ball accomplished the play
which is the dream OF every fielder
in tho game.
Today the stage setting was much
tho same. Both Kildun and Miller
had singled to center In turn at the
beginning Of the NTH inning and
were perched ON second and hssf, re-
spectively. when Pitcher Mitrheu
came TO bat. The Brooklyn hurIer.
who had previously relieved Grimes
in the box. drove a hot iIner high
and to the left Of second base.
Wambsganss feaped into tho air and
eame down with the ball clutchsd In
the gloved hand. For the fraction OF
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