The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-13

out of the box. To-day Grimes was not
forced to retreat under fire. but he was
not treated with any great consideration.
File FASTENED along his downfall when
he allowed two hits In the fourth inning
and then threw in wild throw to put the
first Cleveland run over the plate. He
was In trouble nearly all the way after
the second inning. Al Mamaux took
his place in the eighth after Bill Lamar
had batted for Grimes.
There were feats of fielding in this
game which sent Cleveland into q
frenzy, and there were great deeds with
the bat Iris Speaker hit three base
blow in the fifth inning and O'Neill and
Jameson got terrific doubles in the
seventh. There were moments OF tense
ness and there were more moments OF
citation. But the greatest moments of
them all came after Cleveland had re-
tired the last Brooklyn batsman and
the worlds championship banner had
perched on this city.
No sooner had Konetchy forced Myers
at second to end the series than the
crowd came swarming on the field like
SO many thousands of rushing, seethins
flies. The indians tried to escape from
the Joyous fans, but to no avail. Speaker,
the man who had led Cleveland TO its
first pennant and had dealt many
great blow in it's fight for the flag, of
course was the main object OF atten-
ton and adulatlon.
Mother Greets Speaker.
First a hundred persons crowded
! around him, men and boys and women
too. Then they trailed him as he
worked his way toward box, where
sat his mother, off third base. On his
way he was stopped by Thomas Con-
molly, the umpire, who almost en-
braced him.
Soon the fans began TO pick buttons
off Speakers uniform. These We're
souvenirs to be priced highly and TO be
handed down as heirlooms. When the
supply of buttons was exhausted and
Speaker began to face n somewhat pre-
carious situation. the crowd drew back
and permitted him TO rush to his mother.
She stood there with arms outstretched,
as he dashed to her.
Perhaps apashed before the thou
sands who turned from everything and
everybody else to witness this touching
note in the days sweet song. Speaker
| held out his hands as IL 20 shake his
( mothers. But this kindly old lady, with
! hair that was white. gathered him In
} her arms and planted kiss on his
rather generous mouth.
"a great day, my boy. / am proud
/ of you. Cleveland is proud OF you and
! Texas is proud OF you" was all she
\ could say.
! Then as the tensity OF the moment
! broke she laughed and iris laughed.
\ The crowd broke into thunder OF
cheering The roar rose higher and
/ higher growing with every wave. This
was indeed q browning moment for
ball players achievement.
II thank you all. and my mother
! thanks you" Speaker replied as he ran
for the clubhouse. Perhaps his wife
would have thanked them, too. But
the fact IL. Speaker has no wife. He is
/ a bachelor, and they say down in Hub
bard City. Tex, a confirmed one.
The cheers of the crowd were not
the only presents which came TO
| Speaker. He was the central figure In
a veritable epidemic Of presentations
which preceded the game. Nearly all
| the players got something or other
! Speaker got two loving cups. Elmer
| Smith was given an automobile and
| George Burns got "A gold watch from
l the fans OF his native Niles, Ohio
other players got gifts from fans. gifts
from haberdashers and gifts from ad-
| n,irers In general