The Washington times., 1920-02-05
BROOKLYN WON ITS
BANNER IN OLD CIRCUIT
Bx FREDEIRCK q. LEE.

Fat Moran selected his great pltch-
Ing ace. Grover Cleveland Alexander,
to win the game and clinch the PEN
ant for Philadelphia. Robinson PIN
ned his faith on that southpaw OF ups
and downs, Rube Marquerd. If Rubo
failed, all would be lost!
The Phillics. cncky over their pre-
vlous success, again started in with
a rush, Paskert clipped a sharp single
to center, and then Bill KLEIN called
baIk on Marquard. The Brooklyn
fans Eroaned. The Dodgers clustered
around Bill, and insisted. no balk had
been made, but the umpire was firm.
Bancroft sacrificed Paskert to
third, but the Philadelphia shortstop.
who had wrenched some muscles in
game, was forced to limp out OF their
game. Paskert scored on Stocks
rolled to Cutshaw. and Whitted fol-
lowed with double Cravath also
grounded to Cutshaw.
After this inning, however, Mar
guard was invincible. Only two more
Philadelphians reached base on him
during the rest of the game. and one
OF them got on base on Cutshaw S
error. Inning after inning the Rube
turned back the Quaker sluggers with
clocklike regularity.
Alexander L. Pounded.
The great Alexander. however, was
Dodgers. playing like a team gone
wild, had no respect for his reputa-
ton or his famed delivery. Eleven
hits were knocked out Of the Nebras-
kan in seven innings. and the Dodg-
1,1 fN, 90 nff
Kantlehner. who pitched the eighth
inning. Not a single player was
famed by the Quaker pitching prince.
Casey Stengel. the Brooklyn out
fielder. and one OF the hardest work
ers on that team, led in the onslaught
Of "Aleck." Stengers hitting was one
Of the high spots OF the game. He
knocked out home run and two sin
giles, and scored three runs Mike
Mowrey also cuffed out three hits.
In fact, all Of the Dodgers got in on
the hitting but Chief Meyers.
1t was Stengel who tied the score
for Brooklyn in the first inning. with
two out he singled and took third
when Wheat also knocked out 3 one
bagger. When stock dropped Kille-
fer's throw on Wheat's steal, Stengel
scored,
Though a drove OF Dodgers reach
ed ast in the next few innings, Alex
snder held in tho pinches until the
NTH, when Stengel drove over the
right field wall for a home run Mar
guards triple and HI Myers single
scored another Brooklyn run in the
sixth, and after that 1t became a
Dodger procession.
Led ny Two Points.
when the game ended Brooklyn
had regained the lead by two points,
the teams finishing the series as fol.
lows:
Brooklyn .,...,.. 81 80 60T
Philadelphia ...,.. 50 5s sos
The clubs finished the season on
the following week. The Dodgers had
on, moro serie- with the Giants. who
had their great winning streak stop
ped BY Boston on the same afternoon
that Brooklyn regained the. lead from
Philadelphia. The Phillies returned
home 10 close the season with the
Bostons
The Giants suffered a severe rcac.
action after their "twenty-slx
straight" streak was stopped, andd
proved easy picking for Brooklyn.
The series, however, left a rather un-
savory taste in bsseball's mouth, in
rsmuch as Manager McGraw left his
club in a hun on the second day, says
Ing he would not be a party to such
play.
Philadelphia. severely crippled by
Bancroft and also feeling q reaction
after the strain OF the Brooklyn &C.
ries, was badly worsted in it's closlng &
series with Boston.
Though losing six out Of its last
seven games to its nearest rival,
Brooklyn won the championship by 4
margin OF fifteen points But ~ was
! the grest comeback of the Dodgers