The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-11
INDIANS STAGE
WEIRD VICTORY
Unique and Thrilling Plays Un-
folded Before Helpless Ma
tiOnals in Fifth Game.
TWO HOME RUNS
Smith Clears Full Bases and is
Followed by Bafby, While
Wamby Pulls Triple Play.
(sy Associated. Press.)

Cleveland. Oct. i0.-sa a baseball
game erupting sensational, unique and
thrilling plays far bes end the widest
dreams of an imaginative fiction or
scenario writer, the Cleveland Ameri-
cans defeated the Brooklyn Nationals
8 to in the nth contest OF the worlds
series here this afternoon. An unas-
sisted triple play by William WambS-
ganss, a native born son of Cleveland,
and home runs by Elmer Smith and
Jim Bagby, We're trio Of individual
feats which formed flash light photo
graphs on the brains Of the fans
which no future diamond battle can
erase. The victory broke the tie ex-
listing between the pennant winners Of
the two major leagues and tonight
Cleveland is confident that the first
American league pennant ever won by
this city will be overshadowed by the
great glory of tire worlds series ban
her to be flung to the breeze next
spring.
The Brooklyn Robins, crushed by the
two terrible catastropfiies OF Saturday
and today, are olinging desperately to
the hope that Sherrod Smith may be
able to check the. savage batting on
slaught of the Indians. but the home
team and fans declare that nothing
can stop the rush of the Clevelanders
now that thasz-laa$tos SalNad the mys-
terry of the Flatbush hurting stan.
The calibre of the play may be
gathered from the fact that two
worlds records We're. established dur
ing the hectic hour and 49 minutes in
which the tribe of Speaker tore great
handfuls Of plumage from the stunned
and helpless Robins. Never before in
the history Of the worlds series has
triple play been made by one player
and so seldom has this same baseball
feat been accomplished in the history
of either major or minor leagues that
each and every such play is familiar
to thousands Of fans.
A home run with the bases fun is
also an innovation in the modern his
tory of the super series, yet both these
records We're made at League Park
here this afternoon with a second
home runs four double plays and a
score Of other fielding and batting
features which would have been ac-
claimed as thrilling during the course
of a normal worlds series conflict
There was something uncannily To- |
Indians second baseman was born in !
Cleveland in 1894 and after learning
the fundamentals Of the national game |
TO Concordia college entered the pro- |
'essional baseball ranks. After a COM |
short period Of minor league
experience with the Cedar Rapids club /
IF the Central association he came tS
he local team in 1911 and has sincef
leen a fixtures with the Indians.
Both Kilduff and Miller had singled
o center in turn at the beginning OF
he fifth inning and We're perchcd on
second and first respectively when
pitcher Mitchell came to bat the
hurler who had previously
elieved Grimes in the box. drove a
lot liner high and TO the left Of sec
md base
Wambganss leaped into the air and
ame down with the bali clutched in
he gloved hand. For the fraction of 3
second he appeared 10 hesitate and
! looked as though the play would
AXE the usual course OF a force out
hen Wamby realized the golden field
ng opportunity that confronted him
nd before the Startled spectators
ould grasp the play, he had sprinted
o second and stepping on the canvas
Eliminated Kilduff. who was well on
is way 70 third. Miller was tearing
own to the midway sack under the
elief that the hit was an absolutely
afe one and it was a comparatively
asy matter for Wamby TO run up tho
ase line and touching the on-coming
1nner complete the first triple play
yer made by one player in the long
istory OF the worlds series.
CleveIand's offensive opened with ,
mother play which would have unde-
ny other circumstances stood out as
feature supreme. With the bases
'aded with Indians who had singled
succession of the slants Of Bur
Ugh Grimes. Right Field Elmer Smith
Milan, Ohio. stepped to the platf
nd catching one Of the Brooklyn
virler's fast sharp-brealins spitbals
4 the very end Of his bat lifted thc
Dhere up and over the towering screer
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