The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-11
Indians and Robins Slow About Getting
Around the Bases This Afternoon in
World Series Clash.
MAILS AND SMITH 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.-cieveland defeate,
brooklyn in the sixth Game Of tn,
world series this afternoon by :
score OF one to nothing in THRILLING
pitching duel between Waiter Mails
ana Sherrod Smith and sent the oam.
count OF the series to four to two in
FAVOR OF the American lespuers.
II was 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 Sc!
he Robins down witt, three scattered
hits and kept them away from the
plate without a sign Of trouble When
ne retired kiiduff for the final out in
the ninth inning he had pitched six
teen consecutive scoreiess innings.
FOR I've innings, the two south.
paws bsttied 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 well and had sent
Evans and Wamby back to the dug
out When another scoreiess innjso
seemed certain, the indian attack
broke loose and Speaker bIazed
long single 70 left. George Burns
rose TO the occasion and placed him.
self in Cieveiand's hall Of baseball
fame along with the heroes of YES
terdsys game by shifting a trenen-
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 seweIr and
Gardner following a hit by Honey
diied the bars, and in the eichtl
wren 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
q brace Of very pretty stcps at short,
but his throwing was sadly of color
and Burns saved him from a couple
Of errors.
peculiar play came Up in the
Robins half Of the ninth and nearly
caused wraneIe. Myers swina at
a curve rolled dinky grounder to
Mails, which he threw 10 first. I'm
pire ODsy, 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
was given another turn at bat.
The Cleveland infieId, in startling
contrast to the sterling fielding of
the series TO date, performed poorly
at times today, and its mistsk es,
coupled With any other pitching than
the variety produced by Mails, Nigh.
have been fatal. Little Seyveii was
guilty Of two boots, and even the vet
Gran Larry Gardner unused up an
easy chance that put Mails in hot
water. The entire infieId kept Burns
pIunoing 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 a position as even their
most rabid supporters could desire
They need only one more game to
nail the worlds championship banner
to their HsepoIe.
Stanley Coveieskie, who held the
Robins helpless in two winning games
earlier in the series, is ready 10 work
again. The general opinion seems TO
be that coveIeskie can beat the Rob-
ms any time he starts. Some of Speak
ers intimates, however, are Of the
opinion that the indian manager will
give one Of his other twiriers chance
10 work against the Robins tomorrow
Ray Caldwell is ciamborin9 for
chance TO redeem himself, while UhIe's
acceptable work in the two games in
which he appeared IS relief pitcher
has earned him chance in opinion of
many Cleveland fans. Vanguard or