The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-05
ny WILLIAM Is. HANNA.

"These two teams spake Uncle
Robby oracularly yesterday. as he
gazed out on the teeTning city from
his magnificent suite in the Hotel
Soandso, ''these two teams are evenly
matched
Having dropped which words of wis
dom and bold prophecy, the manager
of the live wire Dodgers. National
League champions, who to-day will
engage the Cleveland Indians, Ameri-
can League pennant winners. at Eb-
bets Field in the first game Of the 1920
worlds baseball series. lapsed into
weighty (there's 200 pounds OF Robby)
silence.
That's as near as anybody comes TO
knowing who will win the series. but
everybody knows. or ought to know,
that the battling begins at o'clock
this afternoon.
Presently Manager Robinson spoke
again: "Our teams as At for a worlds
series as a team possibly could be.
have no excuses IL we lose. That We
don't expect to do. The boys are conf
dent they have the skill and fight to
put 1t over, and they're not overanx-
ious. state OF mind which usually has
a bad effect"
The Dodgers devoted the morning 70
their last tuning UP for the clash. II
was a routine worl1out--thats the only
III Ill t. L.. 10. ,Han 49, ri
fielding and pitching and no secret ST. q.
fans who wanted TO come in and look
them over were welcome TO do so.
The Clevelands kicked the stuffing out
OF tradition by putting in the day before
In their home town, and won't arrive
until this morning. Random couldn't
quite grasp this move, end wondered
that Manager Speaker put In the last
night on a sleeper instead OF IN n hotel
However, the Indians were under drive
to the finish, whereas the strain has
been of the Brooklyns for n week. and
maybe Speaker thought day OF relaxa-
ton would be best for his men. and that
by not making any extra effort they
would avoid placing too much stress or
what was before them. One thing Is
sure. they are confident and expect &c
win
How does your team go against spit.
ball pitchers7" Robby was asked.
Pretty good Doak OF the Cardinal,
pitches a good deal Nike Coveleskie, and
we've beaten him a number OF times
The scores were close and runs hard L
get. but we beat him"
Robinson gave his men a talk afte'
the practice. and Impressed on them tn,
need OF keeping everlastingly at Il. II,
laid emphasis on the fact that the Cleve
lands ars hustlers and that Speaker ha.
his men all schooled TO run out every
thing and take lead around first base
The Indians. he said. made many al
additional base that way
The sale OF 81 and 80 tickets sam
beirg the bleachers. began at the parl
windows yesterday and went ahead will
no undue conrr1otion. The fans wer
much less fused about II than fou'
years ago The lines formed quietl,
and never became very long. Nor al,
they become very short. so that the SAL
went forward steadily. There weren
any lines reaching around the block. nnt
nobody spent the night leaning NJ
against the fence in order 20 be the frs
Mt the window when Il opened. Tn,
sale Of bleacher tickets was quite a So
date ceremony. on the whole.
Nevertheless n capacity crowd IL OK
pected to-day. Every reserved sea
had been disposed OF yesterday. Inter
est outside OF the city may be judged b,
the demand for press tickets. More thar
400 requests for these were received
which II abont a hundred more than fou
years ago. when Brooklyn and the Re-
Sox battled.
The sale OF unreserved seats began n
10 o'clock yesterday morning. The frs
person In line was woman fan
t,aI ~ - ftft
ing for one game or four. privilege no
extended 20 purchasers OF reserved seat.
With them II was four games or none
Judging from the sale an attendance O
about $4,000 Is expected to-day.
IN such small and scattering bettin
az has been done the Cievelands were m
vorites at TO 5. American Leagu
teams nearly always are favortea 10
this post-season fixture. The Clcveian
PLAYERS with the exception Of Isat
Gardner, iris Speaker, Joe Wood an
Doc Johnston, win go on Ebbets Fiel
without ever having played on II be
fore, which probably will not bottle
them at all
The most striking. " not the mos
illuminating. fact disclosed BY the rec
crds OF the leading 1--WE batters in eac
r-arue Is found in the runs score
column. Note these totals of rur
rcored: American LeagUe--Sisler. 137
jacobson. % Speaker. 1877: Ruth. 1888
T. Collins. 116. total, 6fI. Nations
r.eague.--Hornsby 9e Young. ~
Poush So; wheat. So Williams. SO
total, 427. jackson ranked second
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world. Series. Ebbc,s. Field today.
I'M Adm. Field stand 49, Pavilion q
plus war Tar. B'way Brighton, Subway
krospsct Pm. tnterborv Franklin Avv-'-Ad'