Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-11
Bat Grimes
Out of Box
In Fourth
Wamhsganss' Triple Play l.
Twelfth in History of Big
League Base Ball
Play Today.


Cleveland, o., Oct. 10.--ln base
ball game erupting sensational,
unique and thrilling plays far beyond
the widest dreams OF an imagina-
tive fiction or scenario writer, the
Cleveland Americans defeated the
Brooklyn Nationals, s to y, in the
fifth contest of the worlds series
here this afternoon. An unassisted
triple play by William Wambsganss,
native. son of Cleveland. and home
runs by Elmer Smith and Jim Bag
by, were a trio of individual feats
which formed flashlight photographs
on the brains of the fans which no
future diamond battle can erase.
The victory broke the existing tie
between the pennant winners OF the
two major leagues, and tonight
Cleveland is confident that the first
American league pennant ever won
by this city will be overshadowed
by the great glory of the worlds
series banner to be flung to the
breeze next spring.
Triple Play a Record.
The Brooklyn Robins, crushed by
the two terrible catastrophcs of Sat
urday. and today, are clinging des-
perately to the hope that Sherrod
Smith may be able to check the say
age batting onslaught of the Indians,
but the home team and fans declare
that nothing can stop the rush OF the
Clevelnders, now that they have
solved the mystery OF the Flatbush
hurting staff. The caliber of the
play may be gathered from the fact
that two worlds records were es
tablished during the hour and 40
minutes in which the tribe or
Speaker tore great handfuls Of plum
age from the stunned and helpless
Robins. Never before i'll the history
of the world series had triple play
been made by one player.
A home run with the bases full IS
also an innovation in the modern
history of the super-series, vet beth
these records were made TODAY with
second home run, four double pals
and a score OF other fielding and
batting features which would have
been acclaimed as thrilling during
the course OF a normal world series
conflict.
Twelfth Triple Play in Ball.
There was something uncannily
local about Wambsganss' triple. The
Indians second baseman was bern
in Cleveland in 1894, and after learn
ing the fundamentals of the national
game at Concordia college, entered
the professional base ball ranks.
After a comparatively short period
of minor league experience with the
Cedar Rapids club >of the Central
association, he came to the local
team in 1914, and has since been
fixture with the Indians. That
native born ball player of Cleveland
should have made such an unusual
play, is coincidence, but that PFC
vious similar play should have been
made in the same park II years ago,
savors of something beyond coin
cidence.
But II times III the records OK the
American pastime has an unassisted
triple been accomplished. OF the
feats, but two were previously
scored in the major leagues.
1t was Neal Ball of Cleveland
club OF 1909, who swept three op-
posing players out on a similar
handling of the ball. During the
game between Boston Red .Sox, and
the Indians, played on July 10, .Stahl
was on first and Wagner on second
and Mcconnell at bat when Ball
accomplished the play.
Makes Grandstand Catch.
Today the stage setting was much
the same. Both kilduff and Miller
had singled to center in turn at tic
beginning of the fifth and were
perched on second and first. re-
sepctively, when Pitcher Mitchell
came to bat. The Brooklyn hurler,
who had previously relieved Grimes
in the box, drove a hot liner nigh
and to the left of second base.
Wambsganss lesped into the air and
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