The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-13
STAN. COVALESK|E WINS ANOTHER ONE
 FOR THE V|CTORS
Big Pole Stands Out as Indi- viduaI Star of Series, Turn ing In Three Brilliant
 Victories
By Associated Press

Baseball champions of the world! The Cleveland Ameri- can League Club won that supreme title here this after noon when the Indians de- feated the Brooklyn Nationals in the seventh and deciding game of the 1920 series by score of 3 to o.
 Tonight Cleveland is celebrating in a manner adequately in keeping with the honor and it is doubtful if a gov ernment proclamation announcing ths selection of this city as the future capi tai of the United States would create a ripple of interest among the frenzicd fans.
 The shut-out victory was chiefly en- gineered by Stanley Coveleskie. tha spitban hurler of the local team who has proved to be a pitcher of remark able skill and endurance during the series. Backed by an ir-tight defense on the part of his teammates at the cretcal moments of the game. tho Shamokn. Pa, coal miner let the Robins down with five hits. Only two Brooklyn players reached second base during their nine sessions at bat and but five of the invaders were left on the bases all told.
 Coveleskies feat in winning three of the five games necessary to clinch the championship for Cleveland will go down as one of the outstanding features of worlds series history and one of the most prominent and nots worthy factors in struggle whfsh has furnished more startling incidents than any similar series in ye#rs Tfe Brooklyn batters accumulated onzy twe runs off the moistened slaris 9r "Covey" as he is affectionatel@ ealAaa here. in twenty-seven inniri~ 8t whirt lsa nff'2i7ti N fita a4eline ss 3,.t4 as SseYr
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 s0eA ft g dcubtfri f 6 ina asa set9 axSfhlticA et gitcaing ! ~ besn flashed before the fans in any AAs series since 1905, when Christy Nasbew son, then at the zenith of his vfei}aH career with the New York Giaw hss out the Philadelphia Athletics in three games.
 INDIANS IMPROVED
 Great as must be the credit Ac- corded Covelesl1ie for his remarkable feat in coming back after but two dayr of rest and pitching his best game of the series the general offensive and defensive work of the other members of the Cleveland club cannot be dimmed by the individual glory of their star boxman. The Indians. as team. grew more impressive as the series pro gressed and their feat in winning four etr ipb oft getting away to an indifferent start stamps the club as one deserving Of all the support and enthusiasm which their efforts have evoked in this sec ton.
 In shutting out the Nationals in the final clash this afternoon the Indians. led by Manager Iris Speaker rose to playing heights which bore out the com plete confidence of the club packers and fans in their ability to prove their right to wear the baseball crown of the uni verse. They reached the spitters of Bur leigh Grimes, the National League star deliverer of this type of pitching. for seven solid hits, clinched the game before the halfway mark. as it ultimately proved. and topped the play with several pieces of baseball strategy that demon strated the possession of mental alert ness which marks the difference between keen thinking and q mechanical playing baseball cub.
 That these outstanding features wers appreciated by the Cleveland followers of the club and the middle western section of the country generally has been ap- parent since the day the team returned from Brooklyn. But today the demon str9tian which marked the fiual putout of Myers and einched the championship for the Indians surpassed any similar scene in several seasons. Thousands Of
 ..f tlu bieachers and stands and simply en- g'llfed the victorious players like a hu- man avalanche It was contJ.aous bat tle fer the members of the team in their march tcwsrd the dugout, each step beins taken s'.Niy with scores Q fans en- deavorire to shake their hands or pat them on the back.
 TRIS RUNS TO MOTHER
 Iris Speaker, sensing the coming out burst Cf erthuciasm, made dash for center field toward the grandstand, where his mother and other relatives occupied a lower box. His progress was slow but once he reached the rail he vauIteG over the iron front and into his mothers arms like small sehoolboy. The scene was unusual that for mo inert there was a complete cessation of the cheering. which. however, broke out with renewed vigor when Mrs. speaker hugged patted and kissed her gray- haired son and the latter responded m < manner which indicated that ne re garded his mothers approval and pettlns far above any other rewards that might come to him as a result of the victory of his team in winning the greatest honor that can come to professional baseball player.
 When speaker finally left his mothers side and started for the clubhouse he was fairly besieged with requests ts shake hands and for autographs, pro cranmes and photographs When ne finally disappeared into the passageway of dressing quarters the crowds swept back to the Speaker box. where they cheered and demanded d spech from tns mother of the popular player-manaser Mrs Speaker met the demands by way ing her hands and was soon joined oy the owner of the club. James C. Dunn. who addressed the throng for her. Dur ing the height of the demonstration, Charles Ebbets of the Brooklyn Club crossed the field and congratulated the executive of the winning team. Then the throngs slowly dispersed to discuss at their leisure the successful climax of