The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-11
. ONE RUN N SIXTH INNING
WINS FOR CLEVELAND
Indians and Robins Slow About Getting
Around the Bases This Afternoon in
World Series Clash.
MAILS AND SMITH IN THE BOX
SIN 18th IN THE BOX
Big Crowd of Wild Fans Watch Contest Which
Cleveland Took After Duel of
Pitchers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LEAGUE PARK, CLEVELAND,
Ohio, Oct 11.-cIeveIand defeated
Brooklyn in the sixth game of the
world series this afternoon by
score OF one to nothing in a thrilling
pitching duel between Walter Mails
and Sherrod Smith and sent the game
count Of the series to four to two in
favor Of the American Ieaguers.
It was a thrilling game from every
standpoint
Mails, the recent Indian left hand
er, was at the top of his speed, In
spite of loose fielding by the Indians
inner defense, the big left handler set
the Robins down with three seattle red
hits, and kept them away from the
plate without sign Of trouble When
he retired kilduff for the final out in
the ninth inning he had pitched six
teen consecutive scoreless innings.
For five innings, the two south
paws battled neck and neck with
little advantage on either side. Mails
turned back the Robins in the sixth
Just as he had been doing all after
noon. Smith started the second half
Of the sixth Just as we'll and had sent
Evans and Wamby back to the dug
out. When another scoreIess inning
seemed certain, the Indian attack
broke loose and Speaker biazed a
long single to left. George Burns
rose to the occasion and placed him
self In Cieveland's hall Of baseball
fame along with the heroes of yes
terday's game by shifting tremen-
dous double against the left field
stands on which Speaker tore across
the plate with the only run Of the
game.
Brooklyn threatened only twice-in
the second inning after two were
down when errors by SeweiI and
Gardner following hit by Honey
filled the bags, and in the eighth
when Olson doubled with one down.
But Smith in a pinch put up a fly
which Speaker easily captured.
Speaker and Griffith failed In the
eighth when they could have driven
Olson in. SeweII came through with
a brace Of very pretty steps at short,
but his throwing was sadly off color
and Burns saved him from a couple
Of errors.
A peculiar play came up in the
Robins half OF the ninth and nearly
caused wraneie. Myers swing at
a curve rolled dinky grounder to
Mails, which he threw to first. Un-
pire ODay, at first, called the Robin
out, but when appeal was taken to
Connolly, at the plate, he ruled that
the ball had hit back of the rubber
and rolled into the field, and Myers
YVES given another turn at bat.
The Cleveland infeId, in startling
contrast to the sterling fielding of
the series to date, performed poorly
at times today, and it's mistakes,
coupled with any other pitching than
the variety produced by Mails, might
have been fatal. Little SeweIi was
guilty Of two boots, and even the vet
eran Larry Gardner mussed up an
easy chance that put Mails in hot
water. The entire infieId kept Burns
pluneing from one side of first base
or the other or into the air to head
off throws.
The Indians were hitting in almost
as pretty position as even their
most rabid supporters could desire.
They need only one more game to
nail the worlds championship banner
to their fIaepoIe.
Stanley Coveleskie, who held the
Robins helpless in two winning games
earlier in the series, is ready to work
again. The general opinion seems to
be that CoveIeskie can beat the Rob-
ms any time he starts. Some of Speak
er's intimates, however, are OF the
opinion that the Indian manager will
give one Of his other twirIcrs a chance
to work against the Robins tomorrow.
Ray Caldwell is clamboring for a
chance to redeem himself, while UhIe's
acceptable work in the two games in
which he appeared as relief pitcher
has earned him a chance in opinion of
many Cleveland fans. Vanguard or