The Washington herald., 1920-10-06
SPEAKER And
O'NEILL HEROES
ChangeableWind Aided In
dams in First Victory,
Says Menke.
BY FRANK G. MENkE.

BY FRANK G. MENkE.
New York, Oct. 5.-Indian, 8;
Dodgers, /.
So endeth the INST chapter Of
the world series history, of 1920. p.
1t is a tale of thrills. of spec
tacular stunts sfeld, rather nifty
work here and there at the plate
and the tale of Cleveland luck
Dame Fortune smiled this alter
noon in the general direction OF
the Indians. And the hdlans
romped through to victory in the
inaugural tilt.
A flock of fiukey. twisting zephyrs,
the whanging power of steve oNelll
and miraculous plays afield by IRIS
Speaker are the nutshell causes for
the Indians victory.
Better Club Won.
The better ball club won this
afternoon, aided by swirling ozone
And the breeze gives the Dodgers
a splendid aliti for its defeat. But
even without the aid of atmospheric
influence il is quite likely that the
Indians would have won anyway.
The story of the game starts with
VI INV
ffipper, and Stanley Coveleskie. the
TERRIBLE Pole" combating with
each other as moundsmen. Nothing
of great moment occurred in the
first inning beyond the fact that
both fingers flung in a way that
enthused their respective admirers.
And then came the second.
George Burns. who was first
a
southpaw was operating for the
Dodgers, was the first Indian mace
man to present himself to the naked
eve in that stanza. Eventually
George hooked his bat onto one or
Marquard's whizzers and the ball
sailed upward as If intent on try
ing to give st. Peter a chance to
make a world series put out. Up
ward and upward sailed the ball
and then il started down.
As the horsehide descended
stiff wind, which had been sweeping
the field and the shivering fans,
stiTened instantly. 1t began to roar
and below. and as il did the
descending ball proceeded to do an
Isadora Duncan shimmy. 1t twisted
one way. then another, then back
ward. forward, sidewise and few
other ways.
Konetchy Pegs One wild.
Below awaited a reception COM
mittee, composed OF Edward kon.
etchy. of La Crosse. Wis, assisted
by Richard Marquard and Peter
Kilduff 1t was decided by the trio
that Mr.. Konetchy should do the
real receiving AS the ball nearcd
him he pushed out his hands. And
then, just then. the ball shimmied
it's widest, far away from the
hands of the first sacker.
Meanwhile Burns was scoOting
for second. Konetchy finally
grabbed the horsehide off the land
scape and tossed to second. He
tossed hastily. And the ball went
far. far away from the target at
which Konetchy had aimed and
sailed to the sands in left held.
. Whereupon Mr.. Burns realizinG that
opportunity comes but seldom,
seized said opportunity and raced
all the way home with il, scoring
the first run of the world series in
1920.
But the Dodger troubles had not
ended.
After Gardner had been retired on
an infield bounder. Marquad wob-
bled a bit and passed Wood. Then
up stepped Josephus Sewell. less
than month removed from tic
bushes. Awaiting a breezy mo-
ment. the youthful Sewell swung
his bludgeon and the ball whtrled
and twirled its way to right center.
/ Tor Griffith ran toward it from one
dir re6tion; Hy Myers dittoed from
4 arrived the de =
! scending vicinity at the same mo-
ment.
Wind Carries Ball Safe.
And then, just as Myers grace
fully extended his willowy arms
and lifted his hands in CoaNing en-
treaty. the ball, aided and aoetted
by a whole army of zephyrs, took
a few wild twists and turns and
thud6ed onto the green swaTd OF
Charlie Ebbets' ball park. BY which
time Wood was on third and Sewe!!
snugly ensconced on first.
while a few Cleveland fans were
entreating him to knock 'em cue
koo now" Steve O'Neill pranced to
the plate, picked out a well served
inshoot Of the left-handed variety
and punched It deity along the
third base line for two bases, which
permitted Wood to race home with
the second tally.
The other Indians run was scored
in the fourth. The process was
simple. Wood doubled to left center
and O'Neill doubled to right. Neither
player wore any false whiskers to
deceive Marquard on that occasion
nor did they call any atmosphere
to aid them. 1t was not necessary.
i The game already was presuma bly
safe.
Dodgers show Fight.
But the battling Dodgers, even