Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-11
Speaker Makes Only Score OF
The Game In Sixth Inning
When Burns Smashe, Out
Double; Cleveland Gets
Seven Hits And Brooklyn
Three.

League Park, Oct. 11.-Cleveland
Indians shut out the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers by d score of to today and
have the worlds series championship
almost within their grasp. 1t was a
pitching duel between two left hand
ers, Duster Mails of the Indians and
Snerrod Smith for the Dodgers. The
tide turned in favor of the home folks
In the sixth inning when Speaker
singled and Burns smashed a double
to the fence, scoring the Indians
manager with the only run of the
game. An analysis Of the official box
score shows how the Indians took t. !.
game
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Need Ono More.
The Brooklyn Dodgers primed to-
day their big gun, Sherrod Smith. one
OF the leading exponents of Southpaw
shooting in the National league, to
check the rushing offense of the
Cleveland: Indians who have started a
batting spree amidst their own tee
series championship the Indians have
garnered three wins and the Dodgers
two. The Indians need only one
victory and the baseball champion
ship Is theirs. .....
''Duster" Mails the Indians south
paw, was all set to take the hurting
hill for the American league cham
pions. The "Duster" held the Dodg-
ers scoreless in the innings he pitch
ed against them in Brooklyn. His
fast ball skipped by the Brooklyn bats
with the speed of a commuter running
for the last train home.
C1eun1an6 ha1iovo. SorjoS nc
good as won and that the playing of
the next game is nothing more thaa a
mere formality. Again scores or
more stood in line all night before the
gates of the unreServed sections wait
ing to secure vantage points in the
stands behind the outfield. Seats in
the reserved stands again brought the
high prices when obtained from scalp
4 ers, but there were few for sale.
The weather was hot and the sun
burned fiercely IL. an unclouded sky.
1t was a real August baseball day.
Umpires e
Connolly (plate), O'Day (firs: base
ptneen tsecond). KLEIN (third base).
Batteries.
Smith and Mii}er for Brooklyn.
Mails and o'Nsill Tor Cleveland.
-.sss First Inning. ah
Olson up. Strike one
Strike two. Olson flied ups to Evans.
g, ,sheehans ;pp. Strike one, Foul. strike
up steike one striae faaneo t@o ss1
one. Ball two. Ball three. Wambs-
f. ganss threw out Neis at first. No
runs; no hits; no errors. -
Cleveland-Evans up. Ball one.
Ball two. Strike one. Foul, strike
two. Evans got hit past Sheehan
for. single Wambsganss up: Foul
strike one. Bail one. Ball two. Ev-
ans out stealing, Miller to Olson. Ball
three. Strike two. Wambsganss
strike one. Strike two. Bali one. Bali
two. Ball three. Foul. Speaker
fouled out to Miller. No runs: one
hit; no errors.
s Second Inning.
Brooklyn-Wheat up. Ball one
Ball two. Strike one. Ball three
Strike two. Wheat famed. HI
claimed that he did not strike at the
third ball for strike. Myers up
Foul, srike one. Myers flied out tt
make the catch. konetchy up
Strike one. konetchy shot single
into right field. Kilduff up. Strike
one. Strike two. Foul. Sewel
: fumbled Kilduff's grounder and tbs
batter was safe at first Konetchy 60
ing to second. Miller up. Strike one
Gardner mussed up Miller's grounde
and the batter reached first. Smith
up. Ball one. Ball two. Smith flee
out to Speaker.
No runs, one hit, two errors.
Cleveland-Burns up. Ball one
Ball two. Strike one. Strike two
Foul. Ball three. Burns walked
Gardner up. Foul, strike one. Strike
two. Gardner forced Burns at sec
ond, Konetchy to Olson. Wood up
Wood got a single into left field ane
Gardner going to third on Wheat