The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11
three double plays. was tough luck OF

three double plays. was tough luck of
The toughest sort.
1t couldn't be otherwise for Brooklyn,
with thirteen hits, which ought to be
fourteen, and three double plays and one
triple as the chief materials in a rock
ribbed defence, Bagby's support prob
ably saved him from a battering to the
bench yet, with that big and reassuring
lead which his team, including himself,
had established for him. he didn't have
to pitch all the time to the limit of his
ability. The game as it unfolded gave
him chance to conserve.
Speaker, 1t turned out, although he
has been free with his boasts of what
his men would do to the Brooklyn pitch
ers the second time they faced them, was
not making idle talk. The Indians made
dozen hits themselves, nine off Grimes,
whom they knocked out of the box in
the fourth inning. The hardest pound
ing thus far of the series was given to
Brooklyn's spit ball specialist. 1t began
in the opening inning, in which the In
dams made one of those ferocious rushes
they became more or less noted for in
the American League.
1t appears that the loser in this series
cannot make more than one run. That
is the maximum so far for the beaten
team. 1t was by all odds the best bat
ting game of the series, with q grand
total of twenty-four hits.
The Brooklyn infield was weakeDed
appreciably by the absence of Jimmy
Johnston from third base. An injury
suffered while sliding in Saturdays game
resulted in stiff leg. so that playing
was impossible. Young Sheehan. the lad
who entered Brooklyn by way Of At
lanta, did fairly well. however. He
dn't make a botch OF his days work
! by good deal. though he made a wild
| throw which was responsible for a run.
One run more or less at that time
didn't matter. Robinson had Neis and
Myers practising at third before he
decided on Sheehan.
1t wasn't that Cleveland's fielding
was unusual as to brillancy. but that it
was extraordinarily apt and to the point.
Five times in the game the first Brook
Ignite at bat reached first base Thirteen
Brooklyn men in all reached first, and of
these thirteen wayfarers nine were
suuelched in plays In which some men,
Der OF the inner circle of defence was the
ultimate consumer that is. made the put
out. It was just one rebuff after another
for the Dodgers. Twenty Cleveland hit
ters reached first base, a thriving num-
Der.
Five hits. one of which cut no figure
in the drive, were made off Grimes in
the first inning. Olson for Brooklyn had
opened with a single and had been left,
but the Indians didn't do their toma-
hawking piecemeal. Jameson banged a
hot one through Honey, and Wamby. the
hero of the game. with Bagby and Smith
showing their honors, singled to left.
Home Run with Three ON.
1t was Speakers part to bunt and ne
did. Grimes slipped as he was fielding
the ball, or he would have had Speaker.
He threw from his launches. Facing
Smith, a right field hitter and who has
cleared many a fence. Grimes famed
the first two over for strikes. Then
ball. and then--the deluge, the fireworks
and madness generally. Smith hit it
over the right field screen. and a cara
van Of Indians footed home while the
rest OF Cleveland went daft Speaker
waited at the plate to tell Smltty what
a grand fellow he was.
Doc Johnston made the fifth hit of
the inning, but went out with Sewell In
double play. All the way they we're
Coming hard for the Dodgers. Honey
II the second inning with one out, made
his fret hit, of the series It was a
three Dagger to the left field fence,
badly played by both Jameson and
speaker. Both ran to the fence and
the ball bounded back between them.
kilduff lined hard to left. Jameson
made a nice catch and then really
fine play by throwing Honey out at the
rlate.
The Indians made no hits in the sec
end. In the third Smith. whose bat
was loaded for bear and Dodgers. tripled
With two out. The Dodgers third
yielded three hits and no runs. Miller