The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
DODGERS UPSET
BY WIND FROM
NORTHWEST
Burns's Fly in Second Takes
Swift Ride on Brisk
Breeze.
ELUDES TWO FIELDERS
Speaker and Sewell Snare APP
parent Three Baggers With
Annoying Frequency.
ELUDES TWO FIELDERs
ny CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

n Edward ]. Konetchy and Peter J.
Kilduff. who guard first and second has
eoclks Of the diamond for Brooklyn. were
expert sailors in addition to being ex-
cellent ball players the game at Ebbets
Field yesterday would probably have
been tie at to 1 when the ninth in
ming ended. Ignorance on the part OF
those sterling fielders and hitters as to
the vagaries of a strong northwest wind
is what upset the Brooklyn marmalade
and enabled the Indians to canter away
with the opening struggle for the worlds
bunting.
II Kilduff and Honey had been able
to gauge the strength and carrying
power of the wind that swept across Eb
bets Field from left field to right field.
George Burns. the tall first sacker of
the Forest City champions. never would
have been credited with hit in the sec
ond session. and It is questionable II any
runs would have been scored in that In
ming.
Burns was first at bat In the second
frame, and he lifted q high fly that
scared into the air over the space be-
tween Kilduff and Konetchy. AS the ball
climbed upward the breeze caught It
and swirled 1t toward first like a toy
balloon caught In gale. AS soon as
the ball was hit Kilduff began to dance
IN an effort to get under the spheroid,
but the faster Pete two-stepped the
farther the ball raced away from him.
AZ the leather began to descend Kill
duff was dancing around In circles and
Honey was beginning to prance in the
belief that he might have to catch the
ball.
But as Kilduff kept turkey trotting in
an effort to get under the falling horse
hide Honey, holding field etiquette
above his personal inclinations. stood
still.
Honey Too Late.
Suddenly the big first baseman real
lied that the wind had carried the ball
far out of the clutches Of Kilduff, he
started forward and put out his hands.
1t was too late. as the ball hit the dirt
between the fielders, who were about
ten feet apart. The sphere struck the
earth In such a manner as to receive
right English, after the fashion of a
billiard ball, and It shot toward the
right field wall. BY this time Burns was
hoofing toward second with great speed
and Honey, retrieving the ball. hurled it
blindly In the general direction of sec
ond base. Possibly had Olson been COW
ering second he might have intercepted
the throw, but for some reason Olson
was not where he could lay hands on the
ball and Johnston was hurrying to back
UP the catcher.
Therefore, the ball rolled out in the
direction Of Zachary Wheat. and Burns
scampered over the plate with the first
run Of the game. And 1t was the most
important run of the contest.
In the opinion OF the writer that was
the turning point of the game, for not
only did Marquard then become I'M
steady but he was hit for another run
before the inning closed. Had Burns's
fly been caught by Konetchy, and the
wind was blowing the ball right into his
hands, there would have been two out
when Wood came to bat, and the chances
wero ten to one that Marquard would not
then have passed him. With two out the
Rube undoubtedly would have pitched
with more confidence than he did with a
run In through faulty fielding and poor
team work. 1t is altogether likely that
the Indians would have been retired in
the second without run and this would
have put a different complexion on the
game.
Should study the Wind.
In view Of the fact that the northwest
wind gets clean sweep across Ebbets
Field and that the players have had
much experience with 1t there seems to
be no good reason why any Of them
should fail TO understand that when
high fly Is hit and Is caught in the
breeze the ball Is carried toward right
field.
The Misunderstanding OF yesterday
was not the first time the players have
miscalculated on the northwest wind.
Some weeks ago Myers ran nearly to
right field and muffed a ball that was
being blown into the hands Of the right
fielder 1t Is to be hoped II the north
west wind Is doing business at the old
stand to-day the Brooklyn players will
make allowance for It's strength and car
rying force.
1t is true that the Indians earned their
run In the fourth by clean hitting. but
20 also did the Brooklyns earn their run
In the seventh by clean stick work
After the fourth inning the Indians
not only failed to get n hit but not n
man reached first base In the remaining
five innings. Marquard had settled
down after the fourth and was unhit-
table. and Mamaux. who pitched the
seventh and eighth, and Galore, who
hurled the ninth, took care OF the In
dams In fine style.
Not only in the matter of a mixup
over a fly ball did the Dodgers meet
with reverses It cannot be denied that
tho fielding OF Speaker and Seweil was
uncanny in It's effectiveness In prevent
Ing the Dodgers scoring. Seweli was
ubiquitous In the matter Of checking
batting rallies.
Although Marouard was pitching good
ball at the end OF the sixth, Lamar was
sent In to pinch hit for him. Lamar
hit ono toward left on q line that looked
good for single, but Sewell made
backward spring. shot UP his gioved
hand and shared the ball, to the dis
gust OF the batter and the astonishmcnt
of the onlookers. Az Olson followed
with a clean single and Johnston was
beaten by ON eyelash on q Erounder he
hit to the pitcher Il can be readily seen
that but for Sewelrs spectacular catch
the Dodgers would have scored IN the
sixth.
Speaker caught four nies in centre.
left and right fields. and three OF them
had three bag tags on them.
Evans Unceremonious.
the Clevelands are not so polite in
the waiter Of flies ~ the Dodgers, for
m the fourth inning when Wheat hit 4
dangerous one between centre and left,
Evans came over like fire horse and
moi only took the ball out OF his man.
nser's hands but bumped him hard In
the bargain Evans then. apologized. Il
seeming to be the policy of the Cleve.
lands to FIRST catch the ball and then
make apologies II a fellow players feel
inEs or ribs are hurt
The feature OF the game that most
encouraged the Brooklyn rooters was
the splendid work of Mamaux In tho
,irne no was ON the mound. lie struck