South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-09
SECRETARY BAKER SAYS
REPUBLICANS FOLLOW
GERMAN LEADERS VIEW
CLEVELAND FANS
SHOW SPIRIT IN
WELCOME TO TEAM
Fourth Game of Series Starts
on Cleveland Grounds
Today.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, oct. s.
Safely encamped upon their own res
ervation the Cleveland Indians. win
ners of the American league pennant
will renew their battle for worlds
series baseball honors here today.
The Brooklyn Nationals, conquerers
of the Speaker tribe i'm two out of
three OF the eastern games, are likely
to find their rivals a far different
combination from that which fell
twice before the attacks of the
Robins at Ebbets field.
Fans Confident
Cleveland fans fairly radiates con-
hdence and the Indians cannot fail
to be inspired to greater baseball
play by the calm assurance and back
ing which refuses to concede fur
ther defeat for the home team. Every
atom of world series atmosphere SO
utterly lacking during the first three
contests in Brooklyn, has reappeared
at the western end of the circuit.
Cleveland and its citizens are pre-
pared 10 show the baseball world
what home backing and roofing will
do toward Uplifting the players
morale and putting a winning punch
into the attack of the Indians.
Swamp Hotels
This city has concentrated her
mind upon winning and for fear that
the &C Community mind may not bear
overwhelmingly on Uncle Robbie and
his eastern upstairs. the entire Greai
Lakes and Middle western section is
rushing to its assistance. Al least that
portion of the male population is
which believes or hopes IL has an out
side chance of hotel accommodation
or fOothold inside the Indians ball
park. Hotels are swamped by the
rush of fans from other cities and
ticket spectators take their lives
in their hands every time they show
the corner of a seat coupon peeping
from their pocket.
Spectators Busy
Although the baseball amphithea-
atre, wherein Will be sJaked tomOr-
row the fourth game OF the 1920
world series. holds less than 10000
spectators, fully half that number OF
out of town fans are here tonight
IlaIllOI lllB AOI J. 4GttS 10 Slttp anu a
chance to buy a ticket at any price
Rooms are unobtainable except N
private houses, for every hotel is
qUartering twice its normal quota
Tickets can still be had but at a
cost which would stagger the base
ball fan Of midsummer Single seats
for Saturdays game were offered for
sale at from fifteen 70 thirty-hve dol
lars, according 10 location.
COvcicskic 10 Start
Speaker is expected 10 start Covel-
eskie who turned back the National
leaguers in their first rush for the
championship. The latter has had
three days rest and is reported 10 be
eager to repeat his initial victory
The Brooklyn batJers stated en-
phatically on the way west that they
would surely be at him the second
time out, but Cleveland players are
thought TO be about ready for a bat
ting rampage themselves. Thus IL
may be that thu first Of the games
here will be a free hitting contest,
To hold in check any such tendency
on the part Of the Indians. Manager
Robins viii probably select either
JEFF Pfeffer or Al MamauX and the
result of the fourth game Of the
series may prove the turning poin,
Of the entire conflict