The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-06
Pitcher Grimes Too Much for Indians Who
Drop Game Played on Ebbets Field
Before Great Crowd.
FINAL SCORE TODAY'S GAME IS 8 TO 0
Bagby, Cleveland Pitching Ace, Falls Before
the Assaults of the Brooklyn Robins and
is Replaced by Uhle.
EBBETs FIELD, BROOK

EBBETS FIELD, BROOK.
LYN, Oct. 6.-The National
league champions took the Sec
ond game Of the world series
today, winning by the score of
3 to 0. Grimes, the Brooklyn
pitching ace was pitted against
Bagby, Speakers best bet, and
was decidedly the better of the
two hurlers. Bagby was re-
placed by Uhle in the seventh.
Cleveland made a great bid to
score in their half of the eighth
with three men on bases. The
series is even now.
by Henry L. Farrell, United Press
Staff Correspondent
EBBETS FIELD, BROOKLYN, N.
Y, Oct. 6.-No ball club ever won a,
world series after dropping the first
two games. Therefore, the Brooklyn
Robins were faced with the necessity
of evening the count when they met
the Indians in the second game of the
1920 classic here today or adding that
jinx to the obstacles they must over
come.
Marquard having failed yesterday,
Robby considered abandoning his
southpaw theory against the Indians
in favor of right handler. He was
slow N giving a tip on his pitching
selection but opinion leaned toward
Burley Grimes, the real ace of the
staff and a valuable man at the bat.
Speaker, just as anxious to increase
his advantage, indicated Sergeant Jim
Bagby, king pin OF the American
league moundsmen would be sent in
to show the F1atbushers some more
pitching "a la Coveleskie."
The stands felt less like refriger-
ator than yesterday
The bleachers loaded rapidly.
The Robins were again early birds
on the field. They emerged from their
dugout behind the tubby Robinson, a
little after 1890 o'clock.
The Indians took the field for bat
ting practice at ITO.
The ground keepers busted off the
plate at 1857 o'clock, smeared another
coat of whitewash across the plate
and dragged the rough spots off the in
field. The Brooklyn club trotted to
their places, while the umpires got
ready to start.
First Inning.
Decentralization up. Strike one
called. 1t was curve that cut the
corner of the plate. Connolly looked
at the ball and threw it out to a
souvenir hunter in the Cleveland
dugout and substituted another. Ball
one. Jameson out, Honey to Grimes,
who covered first. II was a spark
ling play and the decision was close
Wamby up. Ball one. Strike one
called Ball two. Foul strike two
Foul. Ball three. Wamby out, J. John
ston to Honey, on an easy pop down
third
Speaker was given big hand
when he came to the plate.
Speaker up. Strike one called
Speaker singled through J. Johnston
1t was his first hit of the series.
E. Smith up. Strike one Ball one
Foul strike two. Ball two. E. Smith
famed.
No runs one hit, no errors.
Grimes showed bewildering speed
in the opening round. He worked
painfully, slowly, and took lots OF
time between every delivery.
He used splitter on Smith for the
. third strike.
Brooklyn-Olson up. Olson popped
to Wamby. He hit the first ball and
sent UP an easy fly.
J. Johnston up. Strike one called
Johnston singled. 1t was a slow hit
ball to short, which he beat out