Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-07
Baseball in Brooklyn Is
an Intimate Affair.
Know All Players.
GRIMES is THE TOWN HERO
UNTIL FANS UNMAKE HIM
Wombsgauss, Regular, Is
Withdrawn TO Allow Burns
10 Bat for Him.
ny DAMON RCNlON.
Universal Service stan
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game OF the worlds series Tht
prc is 10 o.
The defeated Cleveland baliplayere
.hc!r new steel gray uniforms with
ok trimmings, are crowded II
( oi The little hatchway that leads
re dTess'n n ,E90ins n,sfc lone and ph i;
uses ii jam. Ballplaycrs, defcated
81 victorious. are always anxious TO
Gu!, the neld after game: ,
The Brooklyn players arc coming
in from their positions. They are Al
smiling broadly. The crowd is spill :.
ing out OF the lower grandstand and
hleaCher seats and rushing eNcitcdly
across the field.
Small boys lead the rush. They are
followed by less agile men in Flap
ping overCoats. Some OF these men
ere doubtless sta!d business men OF
tbs. borough OF Brooklyn. forgetting
;hs!r business cares ior an nate; atterno .,i.
EIooklyn lef; fielder. and several
Other players and slap them on their
b..cks, and yell in their care.
Brooklyn baseball Intimate.
Baseball is n very intimate affair
Z. small town. The Brooklyn fans
know" the BROOKLYN players person.
them generally. The Brooklyn fan
,s'ieen:s IL his privilege 20 dcridc MS
make mistakes bu, the Broo"lyn fan
bitterly !csents an outsider saying
tUytn."s about them.
The Vanguard of the rush across
Grimes He is the Brooklyn pitcher
hose art:ul work today - the chief
contribution 20 Brook!yn's triumph.
Grimes is stopped by the jam at
the hatchway y specia! policeman
luthlcsSly shoves small boys and men
alike back and the pitcher gets
through.
Grimes is town hero just now
These baseball series make and un-
make heroes Of baseball kind very
RAPIDLY. The people Jus, now are
anxious to snake his hand and tell
INN he is 4 great pitcher.
PITCHER Cnn't Win Alone.
ot course, a pitcher, however great,
cannot alone and una!ded win a nase-
bal. game. Yet without a good pitch
rr bah club can rarely win II is
the combination OF effort That makes
success IN baseball, as in nearly
Wheat. Missourian, with Indian
blood in his. veins. and Tom Griili;hs
runs behind Grimes pitching today.
They. too, are town heroes.
They beat James Bagby, the Cleve-
land pitcher. and a star in the Amer
tell you
Crimes is bulky fellow. no; tall
lis opponent today. BaShy, is long
anL sincwy. like an Indian runner
Crimes has big thick legs like q
lie is sp!,ba!l pitcher. Nc mos-
!iver!nE II. or at least he always
puts the ball - h!s mouth, shielding
II with his glovcd hand Baseball
people say he hides II thus To keel
The batter from knowing whether he
is wc;tng The ball or not.
Grimes SpltbniIrr.
nnri;ign Crimes is;.one OF; the ex-
many games for Wilhert Robinson
and the Brooklyn club. this season
baseball men say his reputation is
plishments this afternoon
Tommy Connolly the American
League umpire, goes behind The plate
chin and the straps c-!ss-crossed his
hack like adhesive tape. Hank ODay
tho National League umpire. is sta.
toned al i!rst: Klein, tho shrill voiced
nj third. and D!neen, big and silent
back OF second.
The game starts.
Grimes is Swaggery fellow in the
gucn;ly and swings his arms wide as
he pitches Nothing OF !mpor;anc,
happens in the Cleveland side O: tho
first inning. The Brooklyn club nov
inning i IN" story Of the game Sc
!ar as the final result is concerned.
Ivan olson is first. From high W
IN the stand back OF third base come:
Ign fans: III, i'm on the nose. IVY
Olson nm Easy Ont.
olson - an easy out on a non Nv
Jimmy Johnston, whose brother
Wheeler, Is playing FIRST base toda,
for Cleveland. hits SHARP grounde
4; yourrs Sewen, the Alabama Col
lcs!an, and gets to first base aheat
o! Sewe!l's throw.
II is not q good throw. and pull
Whcricr Johnston of the bag bu
,inmy is there ahead OF il. anyway
Griffith, and has "a coun, OF ~,
strikes and two balls on him whc,
Jimmy Johnston suddenly steal. sec
ond. II is the first stolen base OF u
Griffith HIS. the ball 70 whoelc
Johnston. and BaEby. the pitchc,
rush"s up behind Wheeler and take
his throw for a put out. Jimmy John
stOn goes on TO third
Whee!er Johnston gets Grim;h's hi
we'll hack OF first, and a faster ma
than Tom would lie safe.
Then Bagby pitches over the plat
Johnston. scores and the crowd get
81 very jub!iant. Speaker retrievcs N
ball, and shoots IL In to second has
as he sees wheat rounding FIRST m,
tilt. Young Stwe!l covers inc h.,
and catches the ball, but whea
8 crafty slides around him ana
safe.
a more experienced PLAYER TIA
~ sstweU Wouin nave an easy on
E ! Wheat is left there. however. :.
& Gardner throws out Myers.
One Run Enough.
This one run Is su:iiclen. 20 wi
1.-The game. One by one the Clcvclan
" players thereafter 20 up 10 the plA,
only to find themselves helpless J..
fore the pitching OF Grimes.
In the eighth. he seems 10 fal,er
{. trif,e.. He passes Jameson. Gcore
Burns Is sent UP 10 bat by SPEAK,
81 in place Of Wsmbsgansa. the sccon
q baseman, an unusual move in SON
= respects. WaEnhsGanss Is 4 rcgula
S Burns more or less of Utility ma
Burns la right-handeJ hitter. an
~ hns TO hit against q righthande
X pitcher.
4 This Is considered disadvaa.ag
n but Speaker is taking every chauc
Va Burns also draws base on ban
bringing up the dreaded Speake
IA Little Pete Kndun makes n M.
play getting Speakers smash, a,
fbrowing out the Cleveland manar,
tcAatz,isd On Eleventh PaEe.)