The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
Nearly $4,000 Fans See
American Leaguers Over
come National Rivals.
O'NEIL HERO OF DAY
Makes Two Doubles That
Send In Two Runs for
VictOrS.
LOSERS STRONG IN DEFEAT
Speaker Makes Marvellous
Catches, Which Practically
Win the Game.
LOSERS STRONG IN DEFEAT

Brooklyn On. ID ..... - .ooo
Two sharp, overpowering concentra-
tions of the vaunted strength OF the
Cleveland attack-two lethal thrusts
which flashed with the stunning et-
feet OF lightning bolts and left base
ball devastation in their wake-sent
the Brooklyn club down TO defeat yes
terday afternoon in the first game CT
the worlds series at Ebbets Field
The standard bearers of the American
League triumphed by score OF TO l.
The first demonstration Of the bat
ting fury which had swept Cleveland
to a glorious victory in the American
League and the first pennant yet won
by that city was not long in develop
ing. 1t burst forth in the second in
ming, produced two runs, and then
and there spelled death to Brooklyn
hopes. There was lull for an in
ming, but in the fourth the fatal func-
tioning of Cleveland bats pounded an
other run into the Indians total. That
ended Cleveland's effectiveness on the
attack for in the last five innings il
could get neither hit nor run. 1t could
not get a single runner OH base.
The trio of tallies recorded for rhe
opposition may have produced sink
! In hoa rfc nF
sands of Brooklyn adherents in tnat
assemblage OF $4,000 onlookers, and
! left them with only mere shreds OF
! hope for success, but for the Dodgers
It acted as a goad. They sAarled and
! fought back as hard as they could
I fight. They organized two hit rally
in the fourth inning. but it availed
them nothing in the score. Like the
| tongue OF a serpent, three Brooklyn
/ efforts went darting out menacingly in
the sixth. seventh and eighth sessions.
/ But the best the Dodgers could get
was a solitary run in the seventh.
! Indians Are FauItIess.
! In the Cleveland players the Dodgers
! encountered foemen who were alertness
! acknowledgements who refused 10
make q misstep, who declined 10 provide
n single break whereby the home team
might derive an iota OF concrete advan-
/ tage or even mental solace. In short.
| the Indians did not make a single error
of either commission or omission. Brook
/, lyu, on the other hand had just single
| error charged against H. But IL was a
| damaging one--a misplay which came
: in IA of W
Konetchy IN the second round and gave
Cleveland an unearned run
Let ~ be emphasized too that Cleve-
land got the benefit OF some sterling
pitching by Stanley iCoveleske. the right
handler. who hurled a species of spitbah
which figured In no small way in re-
stricting the Dodgers 10 five hits-four
singles and n double. Only IN the fourth,
In which nothing really was accom-
pIished, were the Brooklyns able TO put
two hits together.
Brooklyn used three pitchers-Rube
Marquard. who went SIX innings: Albert
I Mamaux who was IN the box for only
| two sessions and was taken out 10 per-
nit q more formidable batsnen to take
I his turn nnd Leon Cadore. who finished
the game Clevelands total in hits was
I only five--alt off the left handed Mar
| guard. who had been counted on 90 stop
the Cleveland slugccrs Five hits are
not many for game OF nine innings.
hut when they are jammed together as
they were jamnled by the opportunists
from the Fifth City they loom up large
and potent
The Cleveland Heroes.
/ While the achievements OF the Brook
|, 'yn players some OF them noteworthy
indeed at the nor-cnt OF accomplish.
1 ci 81 fptO raj he, rF
drabness OF defeat. many a deed OF
derrin gdo In the field and several feats
with the bat stand out In bold reiief in
Clevelands triumph. coveleskie pitched
q fine game Iris Speaker. manager OF
the Indians. made two catches out in
centre field which came close 10 saving
the game and were fitting subjects FOR
| heroics: Joe Sewell the new shortstop
I OF the Ohio outfit, who last fall was
1 playing college football. broke into the
series with the defensive glory OF an
/ Everett Scott. But the saga OF the DAY
/ must be written about none OF these.
stephen Francis OMEN. that's the way
he wrote r. large and complete. on base-
! balls scroll OF faue---wes the hero
4 the day II was stephen Francis fa-
I niilarly steve, who was the batting
/ Titan OF the Indians. II was Steve
, already famous as one or the greatest
! catchers IN the history OF the national
| gnme-who hammered out most tell
ing and timely double In the big secous
| inning. and who wrecked Brvoklyu's
hopes with another devastating two bag
! ger I'm the fourth.
II was Steve" who drove IN The two
! runs which gave Cleveland its margin of
victory and Inscribed bis name among
a most illustrious company whose
| achievements never have had TO be re-
/ viewed bv any Grand Jury. Q'Nell not
/ oniv batted a great game but de caught