The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-09
BASEBALL CROWD
FILLS CLEVELAND
ast
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Greater Enthusiasm Prevails
There Than Before Opening
of Series in Brooklyn.
TEAM LOYALTY UPHELD
Pair Of Tickets for Four Games
Are Offered. 1t Is Said,
for $3.50.
TEAM LOYALTY UPHELD
WORLDS SERIES STANDING.
q. W. L.. Pc.
Brooklyn On. Id. & = .667
Cleveland CA. Id. ; = .333
by WILLIAM Is. HANNA.

gCIEVELAND, Oct. S,--Out here IN
Cleveland, where the worlds series
baseball tussling will be resumed to-
morrow. there is no outward drop In
confidence in the ability OF the Indians
10 win the series but there isn't any
on the Brooklyn side. either In fact.
notwithstanding that the home folks are
putting on g bold front and talk OF
winning three or four from the Dodgers
right here without even going back to
Brooklyn the Dodgers in their -hote
this afternoon We're a more carefree
looking lot than the American I.eaguers
The Indians arrived from New York
this morning and the Brooklyns later
in the day. Both put in a part Of the
day at the ball park warming up for
Tomorrow. There was no lack OF pep
per in the Cleveland practice, and one
thing is sure, they are not beaten
team by a long shot. The Dodgers fol-
lowed the home team to the field, and
to most of them it was, with it's deep
left field and narrow right field. new
battle-ground.
Zach Wheat and Tom Griffith and
others who can slam the ball to right
looked at the short fence in that di-
rection and visualized home run or
two sailing over that barricade 1T
Babe Ruth and Elmer Smith and Walter
Pip do it frequently, why SO can we"
they unused
CovelesiSie the Choice.
That Speaker will start Coveleskie to-
morrow there is little doubt but the
talk in the Brooklyn camp is that
Manager Robinson will give the Indians
something different in the box to gaze
upon and worry over. Robbie can shoot
70 many different pitchers against the
Indians that they hardly know who TO
figure on. Jeff Pfeffer or Al Mamaux
are the ones he is likely to choose for
to-morrow's game.
Speaker declares his team always does
better against pitcher the second time
* faces him, though his outfit never has
got the hang of hitting Bob Shawkey
We'll rap Grimes and Smith the next
time, Speaker vows. and Just for that
Robinson says the Dodgers will crown
Coveys spitball the next time Il comes
their way
The Cleveland players were received
with as much enthusiasm when they ar
rived this morning as If they had won
two out of three in Brooklyn instead of
losing them. The loyalty with which
the town has stood behind the club all
year was no less intense to-day when
a good stiff obstacle doomed between
them and the worlds series laurels
1.-THE Dodgers" said Speaker on ar
Is the oldest and --LATEST ailbi in the
world You hear talk about tie will
TO win mental attitude" and similar
high sounding phrases, so that in the
midst Of ii the homely words OF Rowdy
Elliott. the Brooklyn catcher arc re-
freshing. Never mind that psychology
stuff" advises Elliott, "all we got to do
Is to hit the ball on the nose" And
there's a good deal in that.
More Enthusiasm Prevails.
There is much more baseball talk here
than there was in New York on the eve
OF the series there. There's more base
ball in the air here. Enthusiasm and
interest run pretty high New York Is
SO much bigger than Cleveland and so
much more metropolitan that interest in
any one thing is more or less submerged
in interest in many things, especially
when IL is Brooklyn and not one Of the
Manhattan teams involved.
The hotels here are filed uncomfort-
ably, so some of those who have been
damned two 70 n room In n single bed
will testify. and worlds series prices
are prevailing. However. hotels uro not
the only ones that charge steep prices
st worlds series. The contending ball
clubs do t. Exorbitant rates may drop
ut worlds series when magnates quit
shouting about reform and actually do
something For the moment the high
cost OF rooms and worlds series goes on.
About $1,000 persons can be accom-
\ nodated at the local ball field. and there
will he n capacity crowd on hand to-
morrow. Railroads. hotels and restau-
rants all are doing a tremendous bust
ness, and lot Of the common people
will be mighty glad when the series is
over.
Spectators are active here. and the
Federal authorities are on their trail
Three dollar seats are bringing from
$40 TO s25 ticket in the Spectator
market A good many tickets have found
their way into spectators hands, ac-
cording 70 report though the Cleveland
club is trying It's best to suppress the
nuisance. An employee OF a local club
was said to be Offering block OF two
Tickets for the four games for $3.50
Dodgers Fnvorites I'm betting.
The Dodgers are favorites to win the
series. The odds on the Indians Mt the
start have shifted and are now TO 5
on Brooklyn, though the betting Is 10
that the Clevelands win tomorrow
with Coveleske on the rubber The
Brooklyn staff on the whole Is rated too
strong for the Clevelands TO be favorites
for the series The Brooklyn staff has
SHOWN its quality and the dsintercsted
observer Doesn't see why II shouldn't 90
on showing IL. Nevertheless, n tho In
dfans win tomorrow the talk will be
Just as strongly their way as Brooke
1yn's
Rube Marquard declares the Dodgers
would have won three straight but for
that wind blown fly In the first game.
Manager Robby Is showing the rule book
as proof that Umpire Connolly was
wrong when he allowed O'Ncil 20 block
Griffith off the plate IN the second
game Rule 81. section 5. says
"The base runner shall be entitled
without liability to be put out, TO adj
vance base In the following cases II
he be prevented from making base by
the obstruction OF fielder. unless the
latter shall have the ball in his hand
repdy to touch the base runner
"O'Neill didn't have tho ball wher
crinHth tried TO slide, F00by says
"and o'Neill prevented Griffith from
sliding"
JIMMY O'NEIiL Ill.
81 rCr,ANTON, IA, oct S--Iinmy O'Neill
hrofher OF Sieve. Clovclnndo catcher, ant
rs,raelf n member OF tho Washington Ameri
..,,n fraut a. critically III Of preu