New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Speaker Tribe
Hits Mogridge
For so Victory
a.
Visitors Gain Winning Mar
gin i'll thc First Inning;
Ruth to Play To- day
BY w. O. Mcclellan

Polish relief drives are not making
any hit with the owners of the Yankees
these days. They want somebody to
furnish them relief from the Poles, or,
rather, one particular Pole-namely
Stanislaus Coveleskie. He shut the
Yanks out yesterday by a to 0 score,
series a $3.50 affair, each having won
two games.
1t was partly tough luck, but mostly
Coveleskie. When the Yanks did hit
him there always was fielder some
where in the way, and the possible hit
would burst right in that felder's
fac; Coveleskie is a licensed splitter,
but he did not have to waste much
saliva on the ball Yesterday. He seems
TO he weaving himself of the habit of
moiStening the pill and he is doing
very nicely without it,
George Mogridge. who has had moth
ing but tough luck since the season
broke, was plastered eleven times. The
Yankee tielders. unlike the Indians, al
ways happened to be where the ball
was not. Once or twice it looked very
much as though the Yankees might
crash through, but just as they were
coming over the top their feet slipped.
hoN the Indians went wild with hit
thing thoroughly decisive.
Fewstcr Ready to Report
TO dispc the gloom the Yanks an
rounced a little good news. Babe
Ruth. whose loose knee has been tight
orcd up. Will come back to work against
Ste Louis to-day. Chick Fewster, who
is now said to be thoroughly recovered
from the injuries received on the
from spring trip, will report back for
duty. 1t is hardly probable that he
Will be in the regular lineup for some
The Indians fell upon southpaw
Mogridge in the very first inning
Chapman cracked double to right and
Speaker sent a double to left, which
gave Coveioskie & one-run lead. and
going right, AS matter of fact, it
was all that he needed yesterday, but
The Indians are collecting runs with
avdity this season.
In the fifth O>Nel drove triple to
left center He scored a little later
when Aaron Ward made a bad throw
to Pipp. 1t was an easy chance that
Chapman raped to him, but Ward
threw it wide and wild.
The Indians put the final emphasis
on their pennant claims in the ninth.
Johnston, the league batting leader,
started lrtle procession with a triple
to left O'Neill singled to right. scor-
ing Johnston. Coveleskie drove one
Just beyond the reach of Pipp. Graney
singled over short and scored O'Neill
Speaker lifted long fly to Bodie and
CoVeleskie scored.
New York Rallies Checked
The Yanks got men as far as third
in the sixth end seventh, but they
were anchored right there. When any
thing like run impended Coeleske
became elusive again, and every fleder,
out or in, on the Cleveland team began
10 steal Speakers stuff and some Of
them would happen to be where the
hit was to break
The multitude was about six thou
sand short of the last week days at
tendance due to the prospective alb
sence of Babe Ruth and his wandering
knee. 1t would seem that about that
percentage of the Yankee fans turn out
fer the sole purpose of waiting until
the Babe shoots one into the stands
or takes his last swing at the third one.
Whom the Babe is not scheduled to play
Babe Ruth society attends to it's busi-
ness
The fact that the Yankees split the
series with the Indians is taken as q
sign that the team is about ready to
SWING INTO dcton, Tor the experts ana
ineXperts are unanimous in the conclu-
sion that the Cleveland team is the
team that must be beaten by anybody
with pennant aspirations. After lead
ing life of shame at the start of the
season and being plastered even by
the Apathetics, the Yanks have managed
to stand Off the leaders.
There was some particularly impress
sive fielding on both sides mixed with
sQMe bad retrieving yesterday. Gard
lner knocked down line drive by Lewis
when it looked like a double in the sec
oad. The ball came so hard that it
knocked Gardner kicking, but he re-
covered in time to make the putout
@Ping Bodie, whose footwork usually
iSs like unto that of young hippo
potamus, made a fine running catch of
n a9ong one by Graney and Young Sammy
Nack stopped a possible triple by
Chapman by fast footwork
asIhc score:
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