El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-12
COUeLeskie Earned Right
To Start The World Series

IT WAS not surprising that Iris
Speaker gave Stanley Coveleskie
the pitching assignment in the
first game OF the worlds series, for
the peerless Pole was Spoke's choice
oftenest during the championship sea
son for the kickoff game OF 6 set and
he did better work starting a series
than anyone else to whom the Job
was entrusted Most Of the defeats
ohargeable against Stanley IN the
first game Of a series were his teams
fault more than his. it being an eI-
ception when the Tribesmen did any
.302 clubbing behind him
The Indians engaged IN something
like Il real series last season "a one
or two game set Is not considered a
series) and they COPIED the opener
IS times. letting it escape on Is oc-
casions and having an average for
drawing first blood Of .6s4.
Won First From Browns.
The man who subdued the Superbas
iu the blow-off game Of the Worid's
classic OF 1890 had the honor Of pitch
ing CieeTland's first championship
game OF the year, turning Ga a win
at the expense Of the Browns. Cove
leskie pitched IS other opening games
Of series. his record for the year along
this line OF endeavor being 10 vic
tories for six defeats.
Disgrace generally was absent
from the half dozen uclzinsu sus-
tanned By the Indians when
series was started with Core1esIzle
on the rubber. The meek and
loWlv Athletics heat him twice
and each time the score was 20
T. Speaker & Co. making four hits
behind him omce and three hits
behind him the other time.
Coveleskie stumbled once against
Chicago. Detroit, New York and
washington when he was Speakers
first choice for a series. and about
every time his foot slipped the reason
IL slipped was because the Indians
failed 70 back up his boEWork with
any offence.
stanley won every game he pitched
against the Browns and was not
called on 10 hurl any inaugurals
against the Red Sox.
Started Against white Sex.
Against the other Sex. Coveleslzie
started three series. He won the first
time out. 8 TO 2, and the second time
out by the same score but on the
Third attempt 10 start the Indians off
on their right foot he was beaten,
to 9, by q man who viii not be in
o. 2. next season Chicago. facing
Coveleskie In only six innings, then
made seven hits in q times at bat
while Cleveland obtained eight wall
lops in 80 trips to the plate off a
southpaW who couldn't resist tempta-
zion.
when he started series ngninat
the Tigers. CoFeleskIe was sue
cesseHful three times, unsucccas-
ful once. His wins were BY scores
OF II 10 4, o to and 10 to Q, HIS
defeat on the basis Of to o. Hu-
bert Leonard was the Poles con
queror, and he allowed seven hits
TO the riEhf-hnndcris five, yet Won
out.
CoTeleslie. when he faced the Tan-
KEGS IN bloW-off games, won twice
and lost once. The. reverse came on
Nay IS. in New York, when Jack
QCinn. in the eighth, with Ping Bodie
on first, deposited the bail in the
right field stand. knocking In the
only tallies Of the game. Quinn yield
ed four blows, SO did the man he
beat
The inauEurals Stanley won when
he had the Yankees as his adversaries
were by scores Of TO 1 and 10 10 4
Stanley OF shamokin started two
series against the AS aand lost ous
each time, once 70 william Bryan
Harris and the other time 10 Edwin
Augustus Rommel, II. How feeble
the Indians attack was behind Cove
leskis I'm these two games has been
told.
Had Good Luck Here.
Coveleskie's luck fin opening games
OF series with the Browns was bet
ter. lie started the season by limit
ing the Burkemen to five hits and
shutting them out and followed this
up by wins on the basis OF II TO 9
and 20 g.
Coveleskie started only one series
against Washington and was beaten
then, 8 10 Q, Courtney being his con-
queror, and Frank Brewer. late Of
Reading, the man who broke up the
game. Brewer knocked in all his
clubs counters
OF the other - uroy-off con-
tests, Caldwell pitched 20. BnEby
eight, Nails three, Morton three
and Myers one when the suln-