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

three in the second. Their efforts
to hit Coveleskie's delivery effect
lively seem pUny. here are short
spells of dead silence in the stands
broken only by the steady clatter
of the telegraph instruments and
the pound of the typewriters in
the press stand.
Pete Kilduff makes a grand play
on Elmer Smiths grOunder in the
second and there is a burst of ap-
plause.- Gardner then hits an easy
bOUnCer at Sheehan, the recruit, at
third. and Sheehan chucks the ball
over KOnetChy's head into the boxes
behind first. The ball rolls into
a little hole under the boxes
1t goes for two bases. Sheehan
draws a base on balls 1t is a
tiCklish situation. Grimes gets two
strikes and two balls on SeweIl, and
then Sewell hits a hard fly. which
Griffith captures over on the right
field base line. and the great O'NeiII
is at bat. He fouls the next. and
the next. Then Kilduff gets his
grOunder for an easy out. 1t is su-
perb work by Grimes.
Otto Miller complains on O'Day.s
Judgment on strike in the third.
Then O'Day calls him ont on strikes,
and Miller again complains. Grimes
lifts a little fly back of the short
field. which Sewell. Speaker and
Jameson chase, but which falls safe
among them.
SeweIl FumbIes One.
Olson. leathery and. determined.
takes two strikes. then slugs a ball
at Sewell, which the youngster
fumbles. sheehan taps a ball at
Wambsganss, which hits Olson run
ming to second, and Olso is auto
matically out
1t looks as if Olson tries to OBJ
scure Wambsganss' view of the ball
and Overdoes it. Grimes runs past
third, and the Cleveland infieIders
have him rounded up before he can
get back to the bag. but there can
be no legal play on him.
He has to go back to second, and
Sheehan stays at first Griffith
raises a nasty fly. Grimes strikes
out COveleskie in the Cleveland slice
Of the inning. Then stops jamie
sons fierce smash and throws the
runner out. Grimes hand is hurt,
and the Brooklyn infieId gathers
about him as he stoops in pain.
The crowd applauds when he re-
sumes pitching A woman in the
upper tier catches a foul from
Wambsganss' bat and the crowd
cheers again. Wambsganss hits a
slow roller to the left of the plate
and beats Grimes throw to first. 1t
is lucky hit. Speaker kicks when
O'Day calls strike on him and then
hits foul fly down the left field
line.
Wheat gets under the ball after
asrun, has both hands on it, and
drops it. Then Kilduff throws
Speaker out at first on a hard
chance.
Wheat Out Stretching Hit.
Zach Wheat hits the right field
barrier, high up with a drive in the
fourth, the ball bounces back into
Smiths hands and he throws it to
second ahead of the slow moving
Wheat.
Disgusting" groans lone
Brooklyn fan in the press stand,
who is hoping against hope.
1t is a good word to fit the situa-
ton. Breaks of this sort are
enough to discourage the most
courageous pitcher.
Kilduff throws out Elmer Smith
as CleveIand's side of the fourth
opens. Gardner gets a hit to Kill
duff. which Pete does well to hold
to one base. Wheeler Johnston fol-
lows with a sharp single to right.
and Gardner moves to third.
Clarence Mitchell begins warming
up in left field. SeweIl lifts a fly
to Wheat. AS O'Neill comes to bat
Grimes and Miller confer. They are
evidently debating the plan of pass
ing O'Neill for the fourth time this
series and filing the bases to take
a chance on Coveleskie.
Olson, the short fielder, joins the
conference and seems to favor the
plan. 1t would appear to be good
baseball to pass O'Nein at this
point. but finally they decide to
pitch to him. The first ball Grimes
delivers is a strike. They're going
to try a double steal" observe half
dozen voices in the press stand at
once, so obvious is Cleveland's next
move.
Double Steal Staged.
Sure enough, as Grimes arm
swings forward Wheeler Johnston
pulls off first Miller guesses the
play correctly, and throws the ball
back to Grimes. instead of to Sec
ond. This holds Gardner to third.
and Grimes wheels and seeing john
ston three feet of second and Kill
duff's hands invitingly open, throws
the ball
II is very bad throw. The ball
hits the ground in front of Kilduff
and bounces away to Center. Myers
coming up fast and stopping it.
Gardner scores easily. but Johnston
is held to second. O'Neill raises a