The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-10-13
CoveIeskIe Biggest Man Here.

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Everything is coming Ohio's '
CoveIeskie Biggest Man Here.
Stanley Coveleskie. the Pennsyl-
vania coal miner. draws the cur
tain on the series of 1920. The
bulky Pole pitches Cleveland to
its fifth and his own third victory
in the series. The Dodgers score
but two runs out of his pitching
in twenty-seven innings.
He is a big man in this town
tonight.
The scene on the field as the last
Dodger is put out, and as these
lines are written. reminds one OF
a football jubilatiOn.
The twenty-five thousand people
in the stands and bleachers flock
out upon the diamond. They sur
round the Cleveland ball players
and trot along with them toward
the exits.
Iris Kisses His Mother.
Iris Speaker. the manager of the
new world champions. is unable to
move rapidly so thiCkly does the
crowd press around him. He goes
over to a box in the stand back of
the home plate and greets a gray
haired woman. He kisses her.
It is his mother. The crowd
packs in close around the box and
cheers wildly. The other players
can hardly get out of the yard so
close is the press
Coveleskie. the victorious pitcher,
is given cheer after cheer as he
shoves his big body through the
jam. The crowd fingers long after
the players disappear, talking ana
gestiCUlating eXcitedly-
1t is CIeveland's first world series
championship. Everybody is greatly
pleased.
Jim Dunn. owner of the Cleve-
land club, is in a box. and he Is
quickly surrounded. Someone hands
Dunn a program and requests his
autograph The crowd gets an idea.
1t demands autographs of Speaker,
too.
The manager Of the Cleveland
club had a hard time escaping. A
policeman finally escorts Dunn out
Of the yard. the crowd following.
Thousands still Iinger. The Brook
-lyn players disappear early. They
are not bothered by the crowd.
Dodgers Had Little Chance.
W nile NHTlUleS own tTTOT NOlAIl b~
utcd to his defeat. the Dodgers had
little chance to win against the
pitching Of COveleskie.
A few Of the bad breaks of base
ball are against Brooklyn, perhaps,
but it is a baseball axiom that a
club which cannot make a run can
not expect to win a ball game. The
Brooklyn club is unable to get even
very close to a run off the great
Pole this afternoon. Robinson has
no excuses.
He is trying toward the finish.
but it is small wonder. Three hard
games in a series are a big strain
on any pitcher. Any way. Cleve-
land has the championship. No one
can begrudge it the honor.
1t pays to hit home runs in
Cleveland. Before the game a spar
king new automobile wheels up
to the home plate and it is pre-
scented to Elmer Smith. the Cleve-
land right fielder. 1t is the second
auto given away in this series, to
say nothing of diamond pins and
flowers.
Perfect World SERIES Weather.
Score another perfect day for
Cleveland. There has never been
such world series weather. The
sun is out. 1t is very warm. The
bleaCherites sit in their shirt
sleeves. The left-field stand, where
the sun hits, is a blur Of white.
There is very Iittle breeze.
Iris Speaker is called to the plate
and is handed two lOving-cu of
silver. Iris takes off his cap and
shows that his gray hair is get
ting thin on top. Jim Dunn. owner
of the Cleveland club. makes the
presentation: Motion picture men
chase players about, taking reels of
their actions.
1t is certainly warm. Tiny Max
well, the prodigiOus sporting writer
from Philadelphia. displays a fancy
silk shirt which is plastered TO his
torso by perspiration. Ring Lard
ner appears in another trick collar.
The impression grows that Ring
found a fire sale just before COM
ing to the series.
Tree Clustered with Fans.
There are no empty seats in the
yard when the game starts. The
tree behind the left field bleachers
Is so heavily clustered with people
that 1t does not look as if it can
stand the weight. The house-rOofs
beyond right field are packed.
Robinson switches his plan for
this game this morning. Last night
he says he will go with Vanguard,
the wry-necked. This morning he
decides Il stake everything on his
ace. Grimes.
Perhaps Marquard's trouble has
something to do with the change.
1t was thought Speaker might try
Uhle, the corner-lot boy. but Speaker
evidently wants to win the series
as soon as possible. and he let's it
be known early that he will start
COyeleskie.
1t is therefore a meeting of the
two greatest spitballers of their
leagues and time. Grimes is the
king of the National League pitch
ers who used this form Of deliv-
cry. Coveleskie has no equal in the
American.
Nothing happens in the first in
ming.
Fans Cheer KIidun.
Brooklyn players go out, one, two.