Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
CoveIeskie Puzzles Dodgers;
Indians Hammer Quartet
of Pitchers.
TRIBE GETS FOUR RUNS
| BEFORE LOSERS SCORE
Put Two Over in First Inning.
Crowd That Jams Park Wit
nesses Game.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,

CLEVELAND, October s-Launching
an attack which combined the saw
age traits of the aborigines after
which they are named, with the ruth
! lessness of an armored tank. the
Cleveland Indians today trampled the
Brooklyn Dodgers in the dust Of a
5-to-1 defeat in the fourth game of
base balls banner event. and pulled
up to even terms at two all in the
struggle for the world championship.
Before monster assemblage of
wildly enthusiastic fans. and under
weather conditions almost ideal the
men of Speaker entered the contest
with the knowledge that another fail
ure added to the two recorded against
| them virtually would expunge their
| chances for ultimate triumph With
their backs against the wall they
| fought with all the fury of a beast
at bay. and through an exhibition of
the courage and gameness which en-
| abled them to conquer hazards of a
| mental as well as physical nature dur
| ing the grueling stretch of the league
season emerged triumphant, prepared
~ ehSii NiStofiOuo uElNc tO-
morrow. with no advantage held by
their adversaries to be surmounted.
Dodgers' Pitchers Fail.
Before the irresistible onslaught Of
the American Leaguers the much
yaunted pitching star of the Robins
crumpled like eggsheIls. and by the
time the last tribal howitxer had
ceased firing the regulations of four
of the visitors most formidable
| moundsmen had been sadly damaged
| Capt. Leon Cadore. a veteran of the
| world war, and Of many a doughty
| battle on the diamond. including
draw that exceeded a score of innings
early this year, was Manager Robin
sons choice to start this crucial con-
test. He was hammered for a pair Of
runs right at the outset. and was
hastily Withdrawn after two Indians
had found his range again in the sec
ond inning before an out had been
recorded.
Al Mamaux. another ght-hander.
who succeeded him, got through this
round without any damage being
done. but met like fate in the third,
whereupon Rube Marquard was called
on. This southpaw. the victim Of the
Tribe in the opening battle of the
series, yielded the blow that scored
the two Indians his predecessor had
put on the bases, and after three in
nings of toll faded from the picture
in order that a stronger batsman
might hit for him.
JEFF Pfeffer, one of the best of the
invaders string of sharpshooters. who
previously had not taken part in the
games and whom many thought would
be given the assignment to start to-
days game. was the last of the quar-
tet of fingers brought into service by
Robinson. This giant in deeds as well
as stature went the way of the others.
an offensive embracing three success
sive hits off his delivery giving the
Indians the final figure in their run
total in the initial period of his ten
ure-the sixth inning. All told. the
Tribe collected an even dozen safeties.
and in clusters, with the exception
of one.
COveIeskie Repeats.
While the Redmen were hammering
and pounding the offerings of the
rival pitchers to all corners of the
inclosure the work on the mound OF
stanley Coyeleskie stood out in bold
relief. This exponent of the moist
delivery. of Polish descent, repeated
his inaugural triumph by again per-
mitting only five hits, one walk and
one run, and surpassed his initial tf-
fort in one respect in that he struck
out four of his opponents as against
three on the other occasion. In only
one inning did he fail effectually to
battle the men who faced him. Then
a double following on the heels of a
single saved the Brooklynites from
the ignominy of a shut-out. At all
other times Coveleskie was absolute
master of the situation, only fifteen
Robins facing him in five of the nine
innings and only four more than the
minimum of twenty seven. which rep
resents the ultimate ineffectiveness
coming to bat.
Coyeleskie did not have to carry
the entire burden of defense on his
own broad shoulders, however. The
men behind him accorded brand OF
support worthy of champions. The
pitcher himself displayed the agility
of a cricket in fielding his position.
while Sewen. Wood and Gardner all
distinguished themselves with smart
and snappy plays. but the fielding
palm for the day must be accorded TO
Bill wambsganss. the second base
man. who is regarded even by the To-
cal followers of the pastime AS the
weakest link in Cleveland's chain. He
played like q Lajoie ana Collins roll
ed into one. in addition to being
most prominent factor in the attack.
Wamby, as he Is best known. covered
his territory with thoroughness
that left nothing to be desired. and
some of the plays he pulled bordered
on the brilliant He was the busiest
athlete In either array, his E,mark-
able exhibition OF snaring nard-hit
and poorly thrown balls n the un-
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