Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-10-14

appreciation of the provinces of her
atheletics
The first OF series of celebrations
will be held Wednesday, and according
to plans, the wildness of Cleveland
throughout the past four days over
its club will be tame and dignified
compared with the JOY to be displayed.
Mayor Fitzgerald has issued proc
lamation calling on all good citizens
to be present at Wade park and pay
official homage and tribute to Iris
Speaker and his tribe. City officials
will explain to the Indians how proud
Cleveland is of them.
An official dinner for the players
as hosts and every one in the Blue
book as guests is another affair which
probably will take place in a day or
two Then there is the matter of pres
ents for all the players and possibly
a prade.
Honors for individuals
When the players 60 home they
probably will be honored further, for
Sandusky, Ohio, already is arranging
big home coming for Elmer Smith.
From the time little Joe Seweli made
his wonderful stop off konetchy's
grounder, ending the series, and iris
Speaker climbed into the stands to kiss
his grayhaired mother, Cleveland has
been in furor. The name of every
player is on the lips Of every fan, but
standing above all are Iris Speaker,
Stanley Covelskie Elmer Smith Bill
Wambsganss, George Burns. Walter
Mails, Jim Bagby and Steve O'Neill, the
men whose individual feats brought the
championship here
CoveIskie's One Rival.
Coveleskie pitched himself into the
world series Hall of Fame by defeating
the Dodgers three times and also equal
led some of the greatest pitching fcats
in history Only one man--Christy
Mathewson-has surpassed the Cleye-
landers work in the biggest games in
baseball. Mathewson pitched three
shut out victories in 1905. Covelskie
pitched three games, allowed two runs,
fifteen hits, walked only two men, and
what is most remarkable Of all. threw
the sphere plateward for an average of
only 81 times each game.
Bill Dineen, Urban Faber. Jack
Coombs. Babe Adams and Joe Wood are
the only other hurlers to win three
games in one world series.
Clevelands superiority over the Ma
tional leaguers was evident in the ser
les. for the American league champions
outht, outfielded, outplayed and out
guessed their senior circuit rivals.
Coming into the series with a pitch
ing staff considered the best in either
league and noted for it's aces, Brooklyn
went out with a battered group of hurl
ers, only two Of whom-Grimes and
Smith-were able to pitch winning ball.
And Grimes and Smith both got their
beatings.
with the bat, Cleveland hung up
team average of PA to 200 for Brook
lyn. Fielding figures give Brooklyn an
advantage of .S76 to .925. However few
will contest Cleveland's superior defense
at critical moments.
In strategy, Brooklyn repeatedly tried
to ambush the Indians, but each time
the tomahawk came back true to tho
mark and added another scalp to the
string collected by the tribe.
Miller Caught Signals.
Only in one branch Of inside baseball
did Brooklyn show real superiority so
far as the spectator could see. That
was in the almost uncanny ability OF
Catcher Miller to catch tue Indians hit
and-run and base stealing signals. Five
times in the four games here the Brook
lyn backstop called the turn by signal
ling for putouts on these plays.
The pitching superiority of Cleveland
star flinging trio is indicated il the
scores Of the games. Backing up Cove1
eskles almost unparalleled work, waiter
Mails came through with 15 1-3 sEutout
innings, including three hit game, and
Jim Bagby scored two good contests,
winning one and losing one.
The world series, despite the one
sidedness Of the result, brought out some
of the greatest baseball in history. Nu-
merous records of minor Importance
were broken, but standing above all were
WamPsganss' unassisted triple play and
Elmer Smiths home run with The buses
full -
Two great pitching battles were in-