New-York tribune., 1920-10-08

OF course, we don't mean that allt
the kindly words used by Mr.. Robinson
are exactly the same as those assigned
to the little child in the books and the
plays. Moreover, his smile is not ex-
actly what you would call gentle. 1t is
broader than that. 1t might be de-
scribed as 4 carrying smile. Wilbert
Robinson does not look like good. old
Auntie Sue in one of Mr.. Harold Bell
Wughts novels or even talk like her,
Svt his methods are the same iii
theory and in principle. He has cast
his bread upon the waters and ball
games are beginning TO drift in.
Plays Like a Tinker
The stanchest man in Brooklyns
exceptionally brilliant inheld yesterday
was Ivan Olson. Olson is thirty-six
years old and the Cleveland club had
natl Reds before he came to Brooklyn
five years ago There have been times
during those five years when the
Brooklyn fans have expressed them
selves as feeling that they, too, had
enough Of Ivan. or Ivory Olson as he
Is popularity called. He is not fashy
Ni.cider and not a very steady one,
either, bat he played the game for
Robbie yesterday as if he stood in the
shoes Of Tinker or of Bancroft. In
fact If the fate Of the game must be
narrowed down to one play, Olson
saved it m the fourth inning
"arbsCanss, the first man up in the
fourth hit cieaniy and viciously we'll
to the right Of Olson. The shortstop
reached the bail on the run and as he
picked 1t up he stumbled, but, without
waiting to get two feet on the ground.
ne threw fast and true to Konetchy and
hn
with & two-bAse hit. which Whcat's cr-
ror made good for the circuit If Oh
son had failed to make his fine stop
and marvellous throw Wambspanss
would have scored on Speakers hit
along with his manager and the count
would have been two for Cleveland
and two for Brooklyn.
Inspired by Robbie
Olson did not fail because he knew
that it would make Wilbert Robinson
feel badly. He knew that he could do
1t, because Robinson had told him he
was great shortstop. In fact, Rob-
lnson had impressed it upon him to
such an extent that this one idea had
tie isn't great shortstop, but the dis
tinction is Aonly academic as long as
Olson continues to act like one.
Robinson has made the triumphs of
Svengai seem trivial. The Brooklyn
manager has put no less than twenty
five Trilbys under his spell. Little Pete
hlldrI wasn't good enough for McGraw
or the Cubs, but in the third inning
he scurried behind Konetchy and picked
up partially blocked ball for a play
as brilliant as any worlds series has
ever seen. And Konetchv, for that mat
ter, ceased years ago to be the desired
prize Of managers. The Cardinals, the
Pirates and the Braves all passed him
on, but it was Konetchy who prevented
run in the fifth inning when he took
KilduH's low throw for double play
by the difficult process Of leaving one
foot on the bag and throwing himself
face downward to make a pickup.
Of course, neither Svengali nor even
Wilbert Robinson can prevent breaks
in the hypnotic current, and it was
Konetchy who lost the first game by
an atrocious error. Fifteen out of SIX
teen blg league managers would have
said sosnething derooatory about Pol
ish ancestry when the player came
in TO the bench at the end OF the in
ming, but according to renOrt Robinson
remarked Hard luck" and let it go at
that ard Konetchy has had no hard
luck since
Sympathies for Veterans
When it comes to authors and play
wrights and sdchhke, we are eager to
find praise for young ones, but our
sympathies in baseball are entirely
with the old players. 1t is little dis
concerting to hear of men of twenty
nine and thirty who have seen their
best days and must go back to the
minors. The graySeards were the best
on the field yesterday.
Ivy Olson, thirty-six. made half a
dozen brilliant plays. Speaker, thirty
four, was the star Of the Indians, and
even Sherrod Smith, the winning pitch
er, is getting along, according to base
ball standards, as he was born way
back in 1890.
On the other hand, the error which
probably cost Cleveland the game was
charged against Joseph Sewell, who will
cast his first vote this year. 1t will
probably be for Cox, but that can be
hardly scored as an error under the
circumstances, as Sewell lives in Ala
bama.
Most of the fans about US were
anxious to give him one in the eighth
when Wheat hit bounder directly at