The Washington herald., 1920-10-12
.INDIANSD DEFEAT
BROOKLYN 10,
In SIXTH GAME
Battle of Left-Handers Won
By Youngster Of Cleve-
land.
HELD TO THREE HITS
Inability to Score Again Fa-
tai to National
Deaguers.
By GRANTLAND RICE
Especial 90 Washington BerAld-l

Especial 90 wasknEton BeraId.l
Cleveland. Ohio. Oct 1.-The su-
thentic statistics in the case seem
to be that unless the disappearing
Dodgers can trim Stanley Coveles-
kB in the seventh game, the series
Will conclude abruptly around s:45
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon. When
"Duster" Mails upset Sherrod Smith
in today's battle by the score OF
IL to 0. the big southpaw crowded
Brooklyn out on the end Of a dead
limb that is now cracking in iva
spots.
The eminent side-wheelers were
locked together like a pair OF griE-
zlies. but Mails, holding Brooklyn
to three fabby hits. deserved TO win.
Smith fought back gamely in front
Of fancy support, but the lights
blew out in the sixth when Speaker
, singled with two gone, and Burns
drove the brilliant Texan over with
long double TO left
Unable to Score Runs
1t was at precisely this moment
that Brooklyu's chance to win the
= series began to assume a moth
I eaten aspect. With Mails stopping
l each Dudger in his tracks there
was nothing else to it, and the vic
= torious uproar that came from the
2 4 big crowd was TO all intents and
purposes a championship pasan, thu
exultant howl Of the tribe denot-
= ing the big kill The Dodgers
: dropped their third battle in q row
upon Cleveland soil for the same
I old reason-inability to score. In
4 their three Cleveland games thcy
5 have contributed exactly two tal-
: lies to the cause Of Brooklyn hu-
msnity.
c CoveIeskie held them TO one run
o on Saturday, and while they tapped
% Jim BaEby for fourteen hits on
: Sunday the best they could do from
O this salvo OF swats was another
. Raunt tally. In their third one
they fell to three hits and nothing
like a run. so, with Coveleskie and
IhIs Polish splitter waiting in the
ofhnE on Tuesday afternoon you can
hgurr Tor yourself Just what the
! outlook is. The story is simple
enough. The Dodger attack has
gon, TO seed. Their batting has
1 been entirely too light and their
, base-rUnning has been joke. They
have never been able to start a
concentrated drive and keep 1t go
ing for even a round. In the six
II games played they have scored but
u eight runs, hardly more than a
I, run to a battle Their defensive
n play has been exceptionally good,
with KildUff and Olson starring ana
e with the entire outfeld on the job
= but you don't collect runs through
i any fancy fielding
4 smith Never Had a Chance.
n Sherrod Smith fell heir 10 hope
n less enterprise in his second start
o II he had shut the Indians out for
L. dozen innings the best he would
e have drawn was a tie. He never
had a chance to win with Mails
II Lr, king mp the Brooklyn attack
X as il it was made out Of dry cedar.
70 once in a while Mails gave indica-
tions Of impending wildness, but
the Dodgers refused TO wait him
out.
In the fourth, for one notable eE-
r ample. Myers singled with one out
/ and Honey walked on four pitched
balls. Here, IL at all, was the spot
for Mails to blow, but KilduT in
his eaEerness to start something
couldn't wait He went after two
: bad balls well away from the plate
e and the Cleveland southpaw then
had time to get bearings and settle
= down. From that point on the big
u lefthander who saved Cleveland's
fading pennsnt hopes with six
o Straight victories was unbeatable.
Is In the last FIVE frames he allowed
but one hit, making his speed
10 curves and control into a death pc-
e tion for Brooklyn's championship
: desire.
Burns Is Big Factor.
/ Outside Of Mails the big factor in
,r Cleveland's success was the great
a work Of George Burns. The first
tbaSeman not only scored Speaker
=: with a winning double but his play
. around the bag was jam up all
/, through the afternoon.
!; Smith spent most Of the afternoon
" in a peevish humor. Through the
innings he complained bitterly OF
Umpire ConnoIlys judgment on balls
and strikes, and on still another
occasion he hurled his bat back to
" the dugout after Connolly had called
| him out But this apparently. didn't
affect his pitching, which ordinarily
~ would have been sound enough to
"a win. The greatest pitcher in the
Z world can't win without runs
is Want -Four Straight at Home.7
r One Of the greatest crowds OF the
E series Stormed the ball PARK again.
~ and after every square inch Of space
Of had been filled with human flesh
r thousands still stood in line outside
in the vain hope Of easing through.
:" Through the hszy Indian summer
" afternoon you could see hundreds
2. perched upon the tops Of nearby
5" roofs or clinging to the swaying
+ limbs OF Ohio naples. The slogan
,e here had been -Four straight at
n home" and every fan in the com
4 munity wanted to see the third reel
m properly completed.
As a result Of her light hitting
and lighter scoring, Brooklyn's case
today is desperate. Cleveland needs
but one more game and Coyeleskie
IL is ready after a two days rest to
N pick up where he left Of on Sstur-
day. Brooklyn, on the other hand
Of must win three in a row by beating
l. Coveleskie. Bagby and Mails. the
l. trio who have held her TO a brace
l. of underfed runs in the three games
Cast on Gets Sweet Revenge.
I'd In the meanwhile Mails revenge
a. is complete. In 1917 the Dodgers
III cast him aside as one unworthy OF
p their select pitching society. Back
Of in Brooklyn after Ray Caldwell had
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