The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-13
Take Four Straight and
Win Worlds Title, Five
Games to Two.
COVELESKIE THE HERO
Crowns His Baseball Career
With Three Trumps in
the Series.
'OvELESKIE THE HERO
FINAL STANDING OF CLUBS.
Played. W. L. PC.
Cleveland CA. LD. 5 ia
Brooklyn IN. L.).. = .2S6
BY DANIEL.

superior FORCE, SleNtldIlu Sloiious
fight for a baseball honor which never
before had come to this city-both
came to an end this afternoon.
With Stanley Coveleskie exercising
that same mastery over the Dodgers
which he had demonstrated so strik-
1ngly In two previous efforts, and the
Cleveland attack working with that
same relentless fury. cunning, power
and resourcefulness which it had at
tanned with the shift of the scene of
battle, Brooklyn fought in vain to
stave OF the inevitable. Cleveland
scored its fourth straight victory, by
3 to o, and won the worlds series with
q record Of Ave triumphs in seven
contests.
Tonight Cleveland is in the throes
of an ecstacy which is utterly new to
Il. Gone Is the shadow Of the memory
of the lamented Ray Chapman. Gone
is the memory of a yesterday and
the thought of tomorrow, for even
tho present seems to be too big for this
Ohio metropolis to grasp as it ssethes
IN Q state which may be described as
baseball hysteria. Cleveland is pinch
ing itself to see II it really is true. Not
since It entered major league COM
pany. In 1879. had It won pennant
And now comes the championship OF
the baseball playing universe. Its an
Uverpowering honor.
Standing against the lurid background
II C1eveland's redfire of celebration Is
The vigorous figure of Coveleskie, the
right handed pitcher with the masterful
epitball who kept the Dodgers at bay
sn all three games in which he started
In the brilliancy which radiates from
Coveleskie's achievement even the scin-
tillating home run Of Elmer Smith and
the glistening unassisted triple play of
William Wambsganss are lost sight of.
The big Pole is the man of the hour.
the hero of the seventeenth modern
worlds series, the idol Of Cleveland.
Three Victories for Coveleskfe.
To Coveleskie this afternoon came a
most enviable honor and most exalted
position In the history Of baseball He
took his place among a company which
is select, small and OF fame immortal.
In winning three games In a worlds Sc
riss Coveleskie performed a feat which
had been recorded by only five other
pitchers since post season classics were
Dinneen OF the Red Sox and Deacon
Phillippi of Pittsburg turned the trick.
In 1909 II wes the sensational Babe
Adams OF the Pirates who thrice discom-
fitted the Detroits. In 1917 Urban Faber
of the White Sox scored triple triumph
over the Giants.
But not since that famous series of
1908. In which the Giants. with the
great Christy Mathewson, won their lone
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letics, had any pitcher come through
with such uniformly excellent exhibit
tions as Coveleskie flashed to the dis
traction of the Dodgers. Not since that
halmy fall fifteen years ago when the
wondrous Matty. then In the prime OF
his remarkable career. pitched three
shutouts against the Philadelphia club
had any man hurled the sphere with
such consistent effect and success as
Coveleskie threw II against the Brooklyn
batsmen.
Coveleskie. 1t will be remembered,
won the first game for Cleveland by a
score OF 3 to !, and then lifted the
Indians out of the doidrums when the
Cleveland part Of the series was started
here last Saturday. He won on that oc-
cssion by TO i. To-day's victory
rounded out a great trio OF games, in
which the Dodgers got a total of only
two runs and averaged n little better
than five hits for each contest. Better
pitching than that may be expected OF
no mortal.
To-day Coveleskie allowed only five
hits. which were scattered over four
innings. for only in the third were the
Brooklyns able to put two safeties to-
gether. And even then they were help
less 20 accomplish anything I'm the way
of scoring. cleveland's defence behind
the pitcher ssgged and three errors
helped the Dodgers get men on thu
bases. But when Brooklyn threatened
the big Polo let out another notch, and
that same old. monotonous zero was
ci1alked up in the Brooklyn score
Pitching Of that sort against team
which stood on q precipice was calcu-
lated TO make insidous inroads on
morale. TO weaken the attack and send
the victims. hurting 10 an inglorious
defeat This II did.
Dodgers show yigor at start.
Brooklyn started out with a show OF
vtgor and lightheartedness II opened as
" II meant 20 hurl back the advancing
enemy and perhaps save the series
But as the Indians kept hammering
away at the delivery OF Burieigh Grimes
and Covelestie declined TO break, Brook
Ign fell back In disorder and dismay
beaten again in It's second world !
series IT was not defeated az badly as
80 was by tho Red Sox in 1919. but TO-
night X has mighty few orumbs out OF
which 10 build itself even n mite OF
solace. consolation ard comfort. other
than the financial.
AS Brooklyn lies in the pit OF defea,
Cleveland stands on a peak OF glory and
shares with Coveleskie n most enviabls
distinction. Only once before IN tho
history of the worlds series had a team
accomplished what tho Indians achieved
when they scored four straight triumphs
The Boston Nationals electrified Ia,
baseball world with feat OF that kind
IN 1914, when they defeated the fam.
ous Athletics. This lighting Cleveland
club turned the trick after II had beer
forced 10 trail by one victory 20 two
There Is glory In winning but greater
glory still IN winning after apparent de.
feat.
Cleveland and Coveleskie scored thei'
all conquering triumph to-day at the cx
,osnsc OF Grimes. the greatest pitcher IL
the National League. Grimes had beaten
The Indians once. but they had bcater
him m his second attempt 20 fool then