New-York tribune., 1920-10-12

tomorrow afternoon. When "Dust,
days battle by the score of to @,
Brooklyn out on the end Of dead i
Tho eminent side -wheelers were
locked together like pair of grizzlies
but Msils. holding Brooklyn to three
fabby hits, deserved to win Smith
fought back gamely in front of fancy
support, but the lights blew out in the
sixth when Speaker singled with two
gone and Burns drove the brilliant
Texan over with long doube to left.
1t WAS at precisely this moment that
Brooklyn's chance to win the series
began to assume motheaten aspect.
With Mails stopping each Dodger in
lis tracks there was nothing else to It;
and the victorious uproar that came
from The big crowd was to all intents
end purposes a championship pRan, the
exultant howl of the tribe denoting the
big kill.
Offensive Lacks Power
The Dodgers dropped their third
battle in q row upon Cleveland soil for
In their three Cleveland games they
have contributed exactly two tallies to
the cause of Brooklyn humanity.
Coveleskie held them to one run on
Saturday, and while they tapped Jim
Bagby for fourteen hits yesterday the
lest they could do from this salvo Of
swats was another gaunt tally. In
their third effort they fell to three hits
and nothing like run. So with Cove
leskie and his Polish splitter waiting in
the offing tomorrow you can figure for
bo
The story is simple enough. The
Dodger attack has gone to seed. Their
batting has been entirely too light and
their base running has been q joke.
They never have been able to start
concentrated drive and keep it going
for even an inning. In the six games
played they have scored but eight runs,
hardly more than q run to battle.
Their defensive play has been excep-
tionally good, with both KilduF and
Olson starring and with the entire out
field on the job. but you don't collect
runs through any fancy fielding.
Sherrod Smith fell heir to hopeless
enterprise in his second start If he
had shut out the Indians for a dozen
innings the best he would have drawn
was tie. He never had chance to
win with Mails breaking up the Brook
lyn attack as if it was made of dry
cedar. Once in while Mails gave in
dications OF impending wildness, but
the Dodgers refused to wait him out.
Dodgers Miss Chance
In the fourth, for one notable sx-
ample, Myers singled with one out and
Honey walked on four pitched balls.
Here, il at all, WAS the spot for Mails
to blow. But Kildutf, in his eagerness
10 start something, couldn't wait. He
t,,l IL
from the plate, and the Cleveland south
paw then had time to got his bearings
and settle down.
From that point on the big left
hanaer who saved Cleveland's fading
pennant hopes, with six straight vic
tories, was unbeatable. In the last
five innings he allowed but one hit,
making his speed, curves and control
into death potion for Brooklyn's
championship desire.
Outside Of Mails the big factor in
Cleveland's success was the great work
OF George Burns. The first baseman
ming double, but his play around the
bag was jam up all through the after
noon.
Sherrod Smith spent most OF The
afternoon in peevish humor. Through
inning after inning he complained bit
terly Of Empire Connolly's judgment
on balls and strikes, and on still an
other occasion he hurled his bat back
to the dugout after Connolly had
called him out But this apparently
didn't affect his pitching, which ordi-
narily would have been sound enough
to win. The greatest pitcher in the
world can't win without runs.
Crowds Storm Park
One of the greatest crowds Of the
series stormed the ball park again,
and after every square inch Of space
had been filled with human flesh thou
sends still stood in line outside in the
vain hope of easing in. Through the
hazy Indian summer afternoon you
could see hundreds perched upon the
swaying limbs OF Ohio naples. The
slogan here had been "four straight at
home and every fan in the commu-
nifty wanted to SEQ the third reel prop4
erly completed.
AS result OF her light hitting and
lighter scoring, Brooklyns case tonight
is desperate. Cleveland needs but one
more game and Coveleskie is ready,
after two days rest, to pick up where
he left Off on Saturday. Brooklyn,
on the other hand, must win three In
row by beating Coveleskie, Bagby
and Mails. the trio who have held her
to brace Of underfed runs in the
three games here.
In the meanwhile Mails revenge is
complete. In 1917 the Dodgers cast
him aside as one unworthy Of their
select pitching society. Back in Brook
lyn last week, after Ray Caldwell had
been hammered out Mails held the
Dodgers scorcless for seven innings