New-York tribune., 1920-10-09

lhis is one of those home towns
with q chamber of commerce and
everything. 1t is constantly telling the
world about itself. and it is telling
the world about It's team tonight.
There is nothing half way about it.
8y tomorrow night Cleveland will
either be batty with JOY or the entire
population viii be ready for the leap
INTO Lake Erie.
In the matter of pitchers for to-
morrow II is mere than cinch that
Stanley Coveleskie will start for the
Indians. Stanley is the Pole who
at Ebbets Field. Uncle Wilbert is
planning to start jeff Pfefer or Leon
Cadore
Robbie Expects Quick Finish
From their first experience with
IS far from soft picking, but they do
not think that there is any splitter in
the world who can spatter them twice.
Uncle Wilbert Robinson thinks that
ne Will get an early start at the duck
season. and that when he lets go at
the first one he will be able to extend
10 the bird the consolation that ne
was shot by the manager of the world
champions. NJ
Here, as in Brooklyn, it seems that
the deceitful scalDers we're able to
trick the magnates. You can buy
tickets here at slight increase, some
thing like about five or six hundred
ncr cent The magnates deplore this,
: course. but nevertheless the scalpers
are peddlng the tickets. Scapers are
always taking advantage of the sim
plicity Of the baseball magnates.
The fact. that the Dodgers come
here with two games to the Indians
one seems to have caused some con-
sternation among the inmates, but
thcy are attempting to conceal it. You
changing Of the local password. One
shouts, 'Are we down hearted?" The
answer is NO"
The Indians arrived early this morn
ing and were met at the Union Depot
ny the Chamber of Commerce and
large delegation of the local hugs.
Uncle Wilbert Robinson rolled off an
othor train with the Dodgers little
later in the day. He got about as
cordial a greeting as the first Uhlans
who entered Brussels
Real Booster Town
For this is booster city of the
most pronounced type, a real home
town. There are not many of these
left in the big Leagues. If you do not
boost the place you are an omeny to
the inmates They id not want ball
games here during the regular season
they wanted the pennant. They do
not want ball games now; they want
the worlds championship
IF Uncle WilDert Robinson should
dump four in q row here they viii
pipe him to the station to the tune
Of II 5 n Jolly Good Fellow" But
r he should have the bad taste and
the anti~Clcveland snirit to take three
games in row they will use his
picture to frighten the children here
abouts for yo<es to come
There is no shadow of the Chicago
scandal over the inmates of this city
They are concerned with the series
only, or rather the result of the series
There will be no moody silence in the
bleachers of this park if the Indians
win tomorrow, as there was in
Brooklyn.
That the park will be iilled is, of
coorse. certain. II is believed that they
will be able TO get in something like
twen.v-cight thousand, few thousand
move than Fhbets Field would hold. The
bugs" lined up this afternoon to start
walriH@ through the night for the rusn
TO the blcachers. This is the only town
in the circuit where this would occur
Scandals and general dependency III