The Washington herald., 1920-10-06
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TOUR clean drives that SeWell ana
! Speaker turned from base hits into
outs. Proving again that age and
J youth can battle together.
I But it might be mentioned in
passing that Speaker. Coveleskie
and Sewelf were not TN only mem
bers Of the winning tribe. Steve
o'Neill contributed brace OF timely
doubles that proved to be of vast
assistance. And then there was a
| man named Wood. Exactly eight
years ago, this same Wood was the
! main hero in spicy world series
affair wherein the Boston Red SoN
trimmed the New York Giants.
Smokeball Joe was the feature OF
( that engagement But Smokeball
Joe lost the hop to his fast one,
| faded out of the picture and sppar-
entity was forever through. The
! old right wing that once carried
such terrific speed might as well
have been hanging on the wall with
his glove. But Wood refused to
be checked out.
scores Two Runs.
! He switched his career from
I pitching to outheldinE, signed up
with his old pal, Speaker, and to-
day, back in the thick of another
world series, il was Joe Wood who
scored two Of the three Cleveland
runs, crossing the plate each time
with smile as wide as the span
Of a hand.
! While Coveleskie was toying with
Brooklyn batsmen the tail and
willowly form OF RUbe MarqUsrd
was back at its old trade. Rube
began his world series career back
in 1911 by unluckily tossing a fast
ball in reach OF Frank Bakers bat.
He worked against the Athletics in
! 1911 and 1913 and against the Red
SoN in 1912 and 1916. So yesterday
he stepped out into his NTH post
season conflict.
/ The eminent Rube bumped into a
tough break in the second reel. He
had a hoCk OF stun at his disposal
in the frst inning but in the second
weird and unlucky incident
steered him into the bosky dell.
Burns opened with a high inheld
fly. The ball SCARED high above the
field in the direction Of second base.
Pete kilduff first took up the puT-
suit as the wind began to swing the
ball toward FIRST. The gallant Pete
at the last moment abandoned what
looked to be a futile chase and as
big Honey stepped forward the ball
took a final whirl and dropped to
earth just beyond his reach. In the
meanwhile Burns. after rounding
first hustled on q second. Koney
grabbed the ball, pegged it over
second base out Of Olson's reach and
so Burns continued his mad spring
over the plate.
Rube Jared Loose,
No wonder the dismayed Rube be
gan To hop around in circles To
have an infeld fly develop into an
unaided run was quite enough to
jar him loose from his muorinEs
Before he came back to earth Wood
walked. SewelI singled, O'Neill
rammed out double TO left and
another tally was over the plate
wit with Coy cGyeIeskte fidi"s on top Of
Those two runs. backed up by
,Cleveland's fast and fiawless de-
feRse. were quite enough to hold
BROOKLYN in check. despite her game
efforts to break through. Fer whils
there was no master mind CuUtrO.-
ling this series from the betting
ring. there was master arm out
in the box stopping the Dodgers
at every turn. 1t was not until
Zach Wheat emptied a double in
the seventh that Brooklyn finally
deposited her first run.
The battle IN the main was de-
void of any dramatic moments. II
was merely ball game. The loyal
fanatic is a hard bird to suppress.
but the triple combination OF cold
weather, the home team not hit
ting, and the shadow of basebalIs
greatest scandal from the series OF
a year ago seemed to remove some
of the ancient zest. There was moth
ing funereal about the occasion, but
a portion of the old hip-hip was
missing This will change quickly,
however, before a balmy sun with
Brooklyn pastiRE the offerings OF
Jim Bsgby, provided the sun or
the pasting arrives.
Near-ErrorIess Contest.
Outside of Konetchy's wild peg
in the second inning. the contest
was errorless on both sides. While
MarQuard was peppered in spots,
Mamaux and Cadore brought back
renewed hope by holding Cleveland
hitless in the closing rounds. Ma
mauX struck out three men during
his opening inning, using the old
combination of curves and speed
with telling effect. He whitfield
SeweH, O'Neill and Coveleskie in
order, and as he stalked out OF
the box the massed attendance pre-
sented him with all the mixed-mets-
Il phorical earmarks of an ovation.
The harmony king had proved that
good right-hander could hold his
own against the slugging Indians
and their seasons batting average
of .3OS.
Cadore was almost as effective
and now with Grimes. Pferer and
Sherrod Smith still IefC the Dodge
ers refuse to cencede anything eX-
cept the first game.
Brooklyn's chance in this series
was considered to be over the long
route where her large supply OF
pitchers gave her the advantage
Few teams In the business would
have stopped COveleskie yesterday,
supported as he was by the ertire
cast. But it is no certainty that
Bagby and Mails can hold this pace
while Brooklyn can hook for even
better pitching than MaTquard Of
fered from Grimes. Pfeffer and
Smith. These three were supposed
to comprise Rebby's aces through
the bulk of the series. But IL any
one fslters Msmsux and Cadore
stand ready to plug the sap, whereas
Speaker has no such ready aide at
hand If Bagey and Mails bump iAte
trouble.
From the 0|~Selsnd viewpoint IL