Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-07
Oce Sheet Gives Indians
Edge In Fight for Pennant

ew York Oct THE envelope of uncertainty that
Rys lends zes and interest to worlds series enshfouos
cas between the Indians and Dodgers
tiewed from the standpoint of a confirmed American
pe booser there will ben othng to it but the lndas
IN the perspective of National League partisah .ne
gers are liable to make it hot for Cleveland ihat
rubber plants at Ebbett's field will melt ana gum
up the park
ut rom tha angle in between the usual cloud of un-
any looms across the horizon, even though the dope
et indicates that of the two teams mas an o"se'
that that team IL Cleveland.
hitting baserunning, fielding and all-around team
TX the Indians take rank over the Dodgers. ANA JUST
ord about that aforesaid teamwork:
rs Speaker, volcano of ginger and Ielow VINO i"'
knack Of handling men, has gathered ABOUT MN ., q
that is perhaps, the most harmonious troupe oI os'i
ers the game has ever known. Wood, Gardner, Ihoh-
and Nunamaker were teammates of Sir Iristrah oe-
they ever got together in Cleveland, and during me
rs he has been with the Cleveland club Speaker mas
popular idol with all OF the players. 1ne very u"S
became manager some two years ago, the lndlahs pe
look up that spirit has never falered In snort
Indians began to look up and that that knows no de-
nm ont said without due thought of the Dodgers anu
respect for Uncle Wilbert Robinson. Like Speaker,
uucie Wilbert has the happy feculty or handilhs
ana getting every of baseball out of each anu
y player, but aside from Zach Wheat he doesn't pos
he KIND of maternal that Speaker has to work wth
ne Larry Gardner, Steve O'Neill or Billy Wamps-
" on the Ebbetts payroll, And after looking both
'o'er carefully and weighing their merits 1mpart
comes to the conclusion that this aforesaid ginger and
hworK is very liable to play more important part
usual in the series this year.
Its Up to the Pitchers.
dill probability the series will be decided largely thru
"ork OF the pitchers In sizing up rival teams we
iouha mat they balance pretty evenly on paper, SO
% 'he iour defensive branches of the game are con-
u mat is, that the Dodgers have stronger pitching
neo est balanced nfeld and that the Indians have
hi se III outreldng and catching But the edge in the
, s strength enjoyed by the Brooklynites is largely
s' ana If one can judge by the way iris Speaker
aued MS staff of Fingers throughout the America:
edsoh is reasonable to expect that he should be
u wUt t Juggling them to cope successfully against
, "noefts more numerous staff.
ISL ISL eiihes is the of the Dodger staff and one
ma s'es' pnchers in the game. Al Mammux, Leon
t anu anu huee Marquard stand behind Grimes tow
rHilg strength. Yet out of this aggregation of
l oo, oul guess that Grimes and Smith will be the
clan. Oousei huiieis asa's' "pe"N
|oaks. -. Two Mainstays
Thev a sepehd on two pitchers to tame the bod
Der nav - oo'h aces-Bagby and CCoveleski- and
fleigh Grimo neureo as having equal chance with
he 1921 grab theh onors as the pitching king
+ make nn s Chie Mails Morton Caldwell and Nei-
fteher IN ~, e lled from which Speaker must select
0est Of the reserves '"eS' al this writing Maiis