Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-12
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Cleveland, ohio, oct. 1.-THE
Cleveland Indians came within
reaching distance Of the baseball
championship of Championships
when they shut ont the Brooklyn
Nationals. / to o, this afternoon in
vs. the sixth game Of the world series.
& Another victory tomorrow will
~ complete the inter-league affray
and permit the local club to fly two
So banners in the breeze next spring
san epoch making event in the his
u tory of the Cleveland team. with
- the score four to two in favor of
&&Speaker's players it is conceded by
sS$& oven the most loyal of Brooklyn
N fans that nothing but n most re-
M md"kahle reversal of form on the
Kart of the Robins car prolong t,.e
= ~ Use les more than a game on two.
3sSSN While the play today lacked
an much of the sensational features Of
Sundays thrilling battle, it was
( SSSsSs well played from technical baae-
$ So ball standpoint, resolving itself
early into = pitching duel between
Walter Mails and Sherrod Smith,
s&s@S,two Of the leading southpaws of the
tJidJOA lfdButS
49, Mails OutShincS Rival
'S&SA Mails had decidedly the better
81 of the contest, the batters from the
I, least being held TO three scattered
~ shifts while the locals found Smiths
ENe range for seven safeties.
ssssssSA. The winning of the game can be
traced to this additional edge in
batting on the part of the Indians
. SSstor the difference in the hitting
Il power OF the two contenders today
-. eventually spelled the difference
M gl,etween the solitary run of Cleye-
$3.50 land and the string of Ciphers
which recorded Brooklyn's efforts
so connect with "Duster" Mails
wide sweeps and sharp breaking
W., lenders.
The Indians team batting aver
age in tho sixth was the same "a
OF Sunday. .247, but the result
WAS one run instead of tho eight
accumulated Yesterday. Brooklyn,
TnA on the other hand slumped before
the battling delivery from Mails
q from $40 to PA.
Fielding Helps cluster
y The credit for the victory can
Ao6i not. however, be accorded entirely
TO Mails superiority over Smith.
for the Cleveland pitcher was back
ca by a better blend of team de
b. fense than that behind the Ma
tional league boXman. Seven Brook /
lyns were left stranded with poten- /
tiel runs in the making while hu;
fqur Indians remained on the sacks /
afte~ the third out.
Although Cleveland had the bases !
filled at one tyne during the sec
, -a.qa ,i.Y.pai.p.s.s..sgsf was not until the
sixth session that the run which |
gave the home team the victory was |
pushed across. The making OF the |
winning tally was neither startling |
nor unorthodox but stood out like
. lighthouse on stormy night. ,
After Evans had flied out to Kon |
etchy. his only shitlesS appearance
al the plate during the contest,
Wamby was sent to the bench, .
Olson to Konetchy. Speaker shot
single TO right. With two down, /
tho stage did not appear to be set
for run making with Smith Santing
them over with plenty OF speed and
curve.
Burns Hits In Pinch
George Burns proved to he the !
batter who was to deliver the blow (
that wrecked the Robins hopes Of
again tying up the series. He
caught one of Smiths sweeps on !
the. very tip of his bat and lifted |
ne Dali GltdT W lIlP ttllNeT l''ll /
heachers. the ball hitting tho low |
rail and cvadinG both the hands of
Wheat and those of several men
and who tried to clutch it, being !
finally retrieved by Myers, far too
late to prevent Speaker from SCor /
q ing. Olson protested, claiming in
" reference with the ball but tn" !
H. rnpires refused to consider the
claim.
Wrought up to n f"y,r nilch ~
e. enthusiasm H. tn" H"lSt'i 'r1l plH'-.
- Of SUNDAY. thjs city ami sJr~pnll-
ea. ing sections t""r"1 rn .,N,''l,r
trpmendovs cat!r"3No o. ,'.. 'o 'r,.
After the las. tr~sstilc rhrsr ",l
been made II VIZ anUo"u""d t''''
N. the PAID adr1isei"ns a&yo"n'".l -
W ss2.969. which win be dirid"d 10
M per cent tO jhn National commits
q rsion and tho balance equally no
~ tween the owners of the two con
6re tending clubs and the treasures oE
the major leagues.
a Dodgers Threaten.
Although Mails pitched Il TO
markable steady game, Brooklyn
Ia several times had mon within scor-
ing distance, the Dodgers best
chance to get mon around the
I" paths coming in the second when j.;
NJ Single and two errors filled the (
ta l.ases After two were out kon-
, etoby slashed a line single to right.
Kiiduff rolled one to Sewell but the +
msl little shortstop fum0led just long II
VII enough TO lose his chance to get
either Konetchy at second or Xii
duff at first Milers groundcr
- gave Gardner an easy chance for
play at any base but he also FUN
M bIed filling the bases for Smith.
With two balls called. the Brooklvn
pitcher caught a slow curve near
she end of his bat for a short fly
back to second. Speaker dashed in
~ and caught. it for the third out il