Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
CLEVELAND HAS
PENNANT AFTER
FORTY-ONE YEARS
Great Demonstration After
Shutting Out Dodgers in
Seventh Game.
ALL BREAKS OF GAME ARE
AGAINST BURLElGH GRIMES
Coveleskie Reaches Pinnacle of
Pitchers Achievements by
Winning Three Games
ny ALEXANDER =. JONES.
nj a

- countcd--and Il worlds championship
x ball club.
II n straw vote should be taken
IL Cleveland while this town is still
*immcring n its worlds series heat.
the bal club would probably win. for,
as might be vaguely imasIned. after
the happenings of the last few days.
Ills the Cleveland ball club that holds
afternoon, when stanis!aus. Coveies-
kie., spitball pitcher by trade, turned
third time in his worlds series ca
-rcer, and the Indians took the dcoid-
lMg game by, score OF to o.
4' cleveland is naturally cuckoo
Now Have Pcnnnnt.
After unceasing cndcavor for for
r one years. they now have an
american League pennant: n worlds
@shamp!onsh!p; a second baseman. who
--'n member OF the Smith family. who
Fl, has risen from the thousands and
Ing home run with the bases FULL
The town has heen lifted to tho
Ing the last three months. blurred
leah q Ray CHAPMAN; and now is
The JOY OF real victory. won in spite
OF tragic losses and handicaps
Streamed into the ball park Tuesday.
for ,wha, every fan in town ng1rcI
would be the final game Of the Sc
---ries.
Wonder Man IIurls.
Two games had been dropped to the
: I,oagerS back in Brooklyn. but they
had fallen for three straight on the
sic field The fans. and iris
mound was The latest worlds series
nero. Stantslaus Covcleskio. With the
.as. hs.F wi l.,
W. raineS, he turned the BROOKLYN bat
ters BACK. and placed his name along
nies nose stars of the pas, who have
annual !nterlcague struggle.
Wien sewell. Indian shorts,op.
Iafficd over and grabbed konetchys
!ourr IN tho ninth inning and threw
3 10 Wambsganss. last out In the ran,"
thereby assuring Clevcland's triiimph'
10 be smitten en- masse with bascbaii's
most deadly virus-the CHAMPIONSHIP
MANAGER Speaker attempted TO race
from the center field TO the hox occu-
Piled by his mother before the fans
S ,,o,,. io, catch him, He didn't. They
d%rId1'Fi oosc Slapped him on the bach;
whooped their happiness in roars az
worship. Va
Speaker Embraces Mother.
speaker got TO his mothers side
imany' TOOK her in his arms and
The crowd OF 10000 rurple- taced
ians on the field cheercd this tab
!e3MT for ten minutes
~ While Covcleskic was ;riumnh;nr
'n equally famous spitbau pitcher
, Mas iosiing hard game, Rurleish
Rr rnmt lahorsd to avert disaster for
three innings. Then his own err0r
gave the Indians their first run.
on iirst t II ,ns hiSst wIi,f Jameson
Tr!s Speaker matte Il the end Of >,
RI per dny-tor Clevcl and-by smash
, ,nS VICIOUS drive TO center for a
the second run VIZ"
In the seventh o'Nein and Jameson
~ nus mo.stcst s!an;s ana the ,hir5 ana
E al run was scored OF his delivery.
G Gil, who hurled well enough 10
nara r 'n InSL any bali game, pitched in
seemed against him go
Loser Fades Away.
Bnt the lose: fades into oblivion
o of = ,b Hf ths wtnner-and the hero
was inv!nctblc throughout. Not n n
:" itro2k!y,n player reached third base
WI, WIiit nc, ne Worried like \ man with
every ball ; though the cnt!r, s.rics
depended on H. SCI 'es
c, In The se9veHth HaEby wen, to tho
~ was thought .or a moment That he
role was tiring. II he was, ONLY hin
'tIt f.t" the secret.
Grimes retired in m. soyo,.L
MamauX TOOK up the Flatbush bn M.
denIa ihank!ess task. our
me game started under perfoc,
sleeve day and the NOS il, S"i ~ T.
bleachers looked like great snn ,,
6 Of hi. With h T and there spiotch
hlled with happy crowd jrtant Z" ai u
heipihs the Indians with their yoci.
ferrous Cheering. 49,
A
9 Ieskle 10 set EN- down" as ~.
I1odsers starred the icstlvitics. III
(, f dta, Only ,hyo Griaiih reaching ,hrst and
a. peat him 10 the bag on puny ~
fort in front OF the plate.
Grimes Does Wei.
-, rms, INES started as brilliantly. III!
top of the Cleveland batting orJ5
popped inglor!ous flIcs TO The in
The second inning passed wi,ho,
"A sign or run, as did the thfrd
81 Cleveland fourth. u )" 'h
& Elmer Smith, probably thinking o
z a. shiny new auto he had been nr.
- sentcd with few minutes h.foro
3, rolled absent indedly 20 Konctcbv
~ But Larry Gardner. who has beel
SHARPLY TO left. II was a clean driy,
with no feathers on It, Doe John
ston, who had 7-yaar OLD son watch
y to fail, also singled 10 j"t,
- sending Gardner TO third
~ Sewell the kid shor,stop, was n
and the crowd pleaded with him TO
"a hit that would score tho needle
5Y rim. He tried hard but Crime.
crafty pitching made him pop a Il
,ist,l O'Neill the terror Of tho frs
- game. followed him. Grimes and hi
catcher conferred and decided I
~ pitch 10 him. Johnston started I
" steal second and Grimes whlrlcd an
threw low and wild 10 second Gard
f&ener scored.
wild Demonsfrnt don
49, There followed one OF the wiIdcs
h, demonstrations that baseball ha
t{rffver seen. With Coveleskin workin
az like n clock. that one run seemed al
That was needed. II was
Another OF those vital happening
n shat the master minds call the .brcaI
siT3f the game. came In the clevelan
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