Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-06
DODGERS PLACE
ALL HOPES IN
HURLING STAFF
Robins Believe Their Quantity
Twirling Is Sue to Bring
Victory.
FEAR COyELEsKIE ONLY
By SID MERCER.

International Stan Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-NO team ever
lost less prestige by kicking off the first
game of a worlds series than the Brook
Ign National League Club did when
Stanley Coveleskie tied them into score
less knots with his four-pronged splitter
yesterday.
The reputation Of the Dodgers as
game, hustling team did not suffer in
the least by this setback. To be sure,
it was disheartening to see Uncle Robby' s
boys Keeling back from one bad break"
after another, but Brooklyn supporters
do not think the luck will run one way
all through the series.
Instead of being downcast over their
showing against Coveleskie, the Dodgers
are more confident than ever. They
figure they have given Speakers pitch
ing ''ace" a battle that will keep him on
the sidelines until after the fourth game,
and they do not believe Spoke has an
other pitcher anywhere near as good as
the big Pole.
RUBE STRONG
WHEN REMOVED.
In the meanwhile Brooklyn's reserve
pitcher strength has hardly been
touched Any one of the three hurlers
who worked yesterday could go in again
tomorrow Mamaux and Galore could
work today, as they made only brief
appearances on the slab. Marquard,
when he was removed for pinch hit
ter, was going strong.
Manager Robinson matched three
pitchers against Speakers one best, and
the Indians did not make any more hits
OF the trio than the Dodgers combed
from the delivery of Coyeleskie, rated
as the best spitball pitcher in the
American League. And don't forget that
"Covey'' had rested up several days for
this effort, while Jim Bagby and "Dus-
ter" Mails, who are the next two Cleye-
land pitchers in line, were pressed hard
and somewhat oyerworked in the closing
days of the American League race when
the White Sox were making threatening
gestures.
that Speaker was ready more than once
to lift CoVeleskie. One good smashing
hit at one of two or three stages or the
opening game would have blasted tne
Pole from his pedestal.
Each team made five hits, but Cleye-
lands bingles were more timely than
Brooklyn's, and one base on balls yield
ed by Marquard developed into a ca
game He had some of the Dodgers
breaking their backs to guage the
ssbreaks" on the ball. No other Cleye-
land pitcher is likely to duplicate this
UNCANNY FIELDING
BY IRIS SPEAKER.
Another factor that weighed heavily
against the Dodgers yesterday was the
fielding of Speaker, Sewen and Evans.
Speaker in particular gave his pitcher
amazing support. The veterans judg-
ment of wind blown flies was something
uneanny. There were a couple of short
flies he could not reach, but he caught
one that Evans missed and Evans re-
turned the favor some few rounds later
nv crossing in front of his manager
and pIucking a base hit out of he air.
In the final analysis, Speakers field
ing stands out as a factor fully as I'M
portant as COveleskie's pitching. His
shoestring catch off Kruger in the eighth
inning was life-saver for the Cleveland
pitcher Had il gone safe Kruger would
have owned a double or possibly triple.
Mitchell followed with a single and OIL
son pass so that the damage that
might have resulted if Speaker had not
retired Kruger may be estimated. The
Dodgers think this play prevented them
from tying the score or possibly driving
CoveIeskie from the box and winning In
that late inning.
SeweIPs part in holding up Coveleskle
can not be undervaIued. The rookie
shortstop who came from the minors
only a few weeks ago was not bit dis
concerted by the hostile crowd. Most OF
his seven fielding chances were difficult
ones. He took grOunders on half bounds
speared liners and in general conducted
himself like a seasoned veteran,