The Washington times., 1920-10-05
IHRONGS SEE
IOPEN|NCGAME
3arquard Selected to Pitch
|. Initial Battle for Robinson's
H. Brooklyn Clan.
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Olson singled to center. 1t was a
Texas Lacquer and the rrst hit on
i, Covelskie. j. Johnston up: Strike
q. foul; Olson out. forced, Wamby TO
Sewell, on Johnston's grounder. Grif-
nth up: He singled to center. John
saon stopping at second. WheAt'up;
Wheat out on a ny to Evans. 1t was
b high fiy back OF second. Myers up:
Ball 1; Myers out on fly TO Wood.
Go runs, bits, no rerors. two left.
IA FIFTH INNING.
j. CLEVELAND - Evans nied TO
Wheat. wamby up: Strike !. called.
ball 1; ball 2 wide; strike 2. foul;
\ Atrike 3, missed. Wamby famed.
Speaker up: Ball /; strike 1. missed; !;
strike g, foul; Speaker out on ny to
Grifrith. who made q wonderful one
J handed stop against the right nold
wall No runs. no hits. no errors.
, Aone left.
BROOKLYN-Konetc up. Honey
tout on fly to Speaker. Kildun up.
Strike /, called. Kildun out on ny TO
Wood. Kruger up. Ball 1. Kruger
out, Gardner to Burns. No runs. no
.ghjts, no errors, none left.
INTEREST UNDIMIsHED.
Interest In the series reached the
usual heights here today despite the
nnsavory reflection cast upon the na-
tional pastime by the 1919 worlds
series scandal.
None of the members OF the
Dodgers or Indians has ever been
within the shadow Of suspicion and
xhe baseball public is satisfied that
The big blue ribbon event of the au-
tumn will be played strictly on Its
merits.
The Indians came to New York
6ingin
There isn't anything overly impor-
kant about the fact that baseball
club entered a city singing. Baseball
players are prone to break out in an
epidemic Of barbershop minors al
most any time. But these songs
meant something. They were the
ffrst songs heard from the Clevelano
Indians since the night before Ray
Chapman was killed in New York by
. pitched ball
STRAIN OF CHAPMAN'S DEATH.
All during September the Indians
have been under a very heavy mental
strain--much heavier than is evident
from the fact that they won a pen
nant by inches. Therefore, when
they overflowed with song last night
on the train bound for New York
from Cleveland it meant something.
Iris Speaker, manager Of the club
and it's chief offensive player. con-
tended that the songsters mean vic
tory. for they have tossed off the
combining, strained feeling that per-
vaded the club in the last month of
the season. Speaker believes they
will start against Brooklyn with the
cocky confidence that marked the
Indians playing before "Chappie'
passed out of the lineup. The very
fact that they have won despite this
blow, he insisted, will make them
feel even more sure than previously.
The players reached New York thir-
ty-fve minutes late. They passed
through a thin line of travellers in the
Grand Central Station. practically un-
recognized. Manager Speaker and
President James c. Dunn left the sta
tion by side entrance, while the re-
maining players took taxicabs and
went to the Pennsylvania Hotel. Mrs.
Dunn accompanied the president of
the club, while Mrs. Steve O'Neill was
fhe only other woman to make the
"trip. She brought one of the O'Neill
Family of youngsters with her.
I'VE didn't come to New York yes
ferday because we wanted to go to
Cleveland after finishing the season
said Manager Speaker. "One days
work at Ebbetts Field pprobably
would have meant very little to us.
"A good ball club ought to be able to
win on any field If it's good at all