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o' ss,t.d fair Mails in eiohth in.
ss-Ran for o'NeiII in eighth in
Score by innings:
Grand 30 oo1 90 900 !
Brooklyn e O o o o o o OK I
Summary: Two base hit-Speaker.
Sacrifices-J. Johnston. Kilduff. Mill
er. Double plays-Mails to Burns;
: Olson TO Kilduff to Konetchy; VAN
by to Sewell to Burns: Johnston to
Kilduff to Konetchy. Left on bases
Cleveland, 2; Brooklyn l.. Bases
on balls-Off Caldwell. |; off Mails,
4: off Smith. 2. Hits-Of Caldwell
in Is inning; off Mf/is, 8 in s .273
innings; off Uhle, l in inning.
Struck out by Mails. 2; by Smith, 2;
Losing pitcher-Caldwell Times OF
game 1:47. Umpires-O'Day, (Na-
ltional) behind the plate; Dinner,
(American) at first: Klein, INA
at first base; commonly
(American), at third base.
Bbbets Field October, Another
reel of the autumnal worlds series
thriller. emitted Taking The Third
Games" was thrown this afternoon,
on the baseball screen, with BrooK-
vn Dodgers in the leading roles.
Some 10000 or more fans saw the
Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland In :
dams come to grips today, before tax
ing the trial westward tonight u
engage in -four ply affair on the In
dams reservation in Cleveland.
i've got Sherry Smith and jeff
Pleffer ready for the game, said
Manager Robinson Of Brooklyn. 1T
depends on how they warm up which
one will take the mound. The boys
have started to hit; we have looked
over the best pitvhing bet that,
believe. the Cleveland'ss can show,
and ! feel sure that we can win the
series"
Mails For Indians.
The Indians had .Duster" Mails
pinned for polishing off the dogers.
Mails was a Brooklyn rookie some
years ago. The home folks remem-
bered him as the portsider with
wicked curve, but short on speed as
a midnight JOY rider.
.'If Mails gets his favorite Dali
working" he's a speaker today. The
5nooklyns will have the time OF their
lives getting to him. Mails is ready
to pitch when 1 call him." said Man
a.ger Speaker.
The Brooklyn victory yesterday put
the spurs to Local enthusiasm. The
weather was warmer.
Noon found the Dodgers busy with
a long batting practive.
Marouard In Practice.
Marquard furnished the pitching
for Brooklyn's batting practice, ROD
inson figuring Mails would surely be
Speakers selection for Cleveland.
Afterward Miljus, right handler,
went to the hurting hill for Brooklyn,
as there was a possibility that Speak
er might pick the former Yankee, Ray
Caldwell, to take up the pitching bur-
den. Both Sherry Smith and Al Nam
aux took part in Brooklyn's batting
practice.
practice, trying out the ranges OF the
field against Clark. a rlgut Iialucr.
Batteries For Today.
The batteries for today's game
were: Caldwell and O'Neill Tor Cleve-
land: Smith and Miller for Brooklyn.
First inning, Cleveland: Evans up.
Strike one. Smith broke wide curve
over the plate fer the first strike.
Strike two Ball one. Olson threw out
Evans at first Wamby up. Strike one.
Ball one. Ball two. Ball three. Strike
two. Foul ball Wamby walked. Speak
er up. Smith tried to pick Wamby on
first and nearly got him. Bail one.
or at first, Wamby going to second,
1t was hir and run play. Burns up.
Strike one. Strike two. Ball one. Ball
two. Foul hall. Ball three. Olson
threw out Burns at first. No runs, no
hits. no errors.
Two For Brooklyn.
First inning, Brooklyn: Olson up.
Ball one. Ball two. Ball three. Strike
one. Foul, strike two. Olson walked.
CaldwelPs curves breaking wide of
the plate. Johnston up. Foul, strike
one.
Ball one. Caldwell worked very
slowly and deliberately. Johnston sa-
crif1ced O'Neill to Burns. Griffith up.
Strike one. Ball one. Ball two. Foul,
strike two. Ball three. Sewell fumbled
Griffith's grounded and the batter was
safe at first, Olson going to third.
Wheat up. Strike oneS Foul, strike
two. Ball one. Olson scored on Wheat's
single to left field, Griffith going to
second. Myers up. Griffith scored on