Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-10-11

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particularly pleased him and lif-ed II
into the rignf fieid stand. rte hal FEsii-
Ing tar Unuef the SEALS while all three
runners tror1ed in snrrsuEisu acraEs
rne hnme plate
This hit furnishes another strange
cnincadHnre n cpunec1lpn with wnral
series haseisEll for never in fns memo
rle< af oldest followers Of the game
nzrs the first seven runs or a game
OF THIS class been scored nv nome
runs.
In the czsenaIe Of Inng hits and
feature plays mRuv other fncidHu1s
and elfurtE were lost sight az which
might have brought rounds of ap-
plause during a less Sensational
game
Catcher o'Eefil had TWO such feafs
10 ms e-cefif when IN the FIRST inning
he threw MS body full length hack OF
the plate and blocked . wild pitch by
Bagnr. which had il passed, would
have permitted Olson TO score with
TWO out Wheaf.s following hy To
ief1 killed BronkIyn's chances 70
score IN that inning. thanks ID
0Neiiiis quick thinking. Again n
the second inning. O.Neiil teuk lam
ieson's perfect throw from deep left
field and checked konefchy.s rush N
snare from third, where has triple
had placed him a moment earlier.
The contest was peculiar N other
respects for while BROOKLYN scored
g hits OFF BaEby 70 the 1s arcuxuu-
lated by the Indians. the Robins were
uuat1it- 20 scare their SOLITARY run un-
til the final inning, and then only
konefEhv.
Kheat opened the Anal session
with a single along the first base line
tuEr But of the reach of Johnston.
Myers slapped another into center
and then knnetcnv punched the hail
with what appeared to ne an un-
usual amount of cut The sphere
hoped and nigga gEea toward John
sfun in such a manner that the lat
Ter could MT ger fully in front Of If.
nj matter how he shifted. Finally,
the ball made an afTorf 10 Dass the
Indian Businessman which would
have done credit to an insane squir-
rel. Johnston threw ont his hand.
whether tn csTrh ar 70 avoid the bail
striking him IN r.le face the fans viii
newer know The hall struck his
wrist and running an MS arm leap
I'd rom his shoulder INTO right field
and Wheat came home with the -Iln
that saved Brooklyn from shrf ont
II was weird ending To what WIS
undoubtedly rtIe srrangesf and most
sensational game ever staged during
q world series.
II must have been that the base
bail enthusiasts Of the middle west
by some strange freak Of collective
mental teiepafily were informed n
advance that d whole sheaf al
diamond history WIS 70 ne made in
the fifth contest beTween the Cleye-
land clan ana the Flsttush Robins.
Certain il IS that the attendance ex
ceered any previ-us gathering Of
fans during the present series, for
the game was witnessed ny capR-
city crowd. the official attendance be
Ing announced as 2b.6S4. and the gate
recelpfs Sk2.0 Il appeared as
though all Cleveland and the sec
ton Tor miles around had descended
uppn the ball DARK an Tnasse- The
streets for miles apau1 the hume Of
the Indians was packed solid on
both sizes. with automobiles of every
make and description. Hundreds Of
parties from neighDaring cities and
lest and such tiekeIs as could be Sc
cured rom speculafors brought TAB
uious prices.
The TfIronEs of fans were even
noisier tfIan Yesterday norwithstand-
ing the heat which made coats and
vests superfiuous and gave the cpld
drink vendors an opportunity to dc
business on summer scale
Flags and remnants bearing the In
dams head ernniem OF the cleveland
club. were Haunted N manner
familiar al a nag football wt1ilF
mega phones. rattles and autompbilt
horns supplied an upr-uar of dis
cordant sounds which SURPASSED any
previous demonstration either in
Cleveland or Brooklyn.
Viewed from a technical stand
point the pitching records indicate
that Bagbvs superior control and
ability 10 keep the BROOKLYN battert
hitting the ball IN the air where the
fieidef-s had a better cfruncH was the
mig facfpr N the Cleveland hurlers
SUCCESS for IN other respects there
WIS little 70 chpose hetween the
WORK Of the opposing box men