The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-13
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u I 1870. Ohio. oct. 13.-with
- ~ eity Of the United States,
3 = ~ natter Of population 4ed-'
ss,.av eeeursd Of being the Arst
-. Fl ~ baseball universe fpr'
p - Is months. Cleveland To-
z eoltjed back to enjoy the
,a's cAampionship baseball hon
- hrought here by Jim Dumas.
s.iieaG when they won the ANIMAL
1890 Of the professional diamond
- ~ Brooklyn Dodgers By I'VE
naes 70 two.
0eyslsnd. ~ years . hanser-on
: srofesvional baseball, but nov
sae1t series winner. turned ifs
S1Sehts today to dsvisinG .nsw
- & showing appreciation Of
~ arovess OF the athletes Who
ssaiiy made this city the WORLDS
Iasebail capital. ~ 1
II HIT 'Er Up.
~ Nrst Of q series Of ceiebra-
1sisaa viii be held tonight, and &C.
eoeding to plans, the wildness Of
CIsveIand throughout the past four
lavs over its club will be tame and
dImifIsd compared with the Joy 70
b displayed.
Mayor Fitzgerald has issued a
proclsmation calling on all good
citisens within walking or riding
distance Of this metropolis to b
pressnt tonight at Wade park and
nv odicial homage and tribute to
iii Speaker and his tribe.
An Official dinner for the players
viii the city officials - hosts and
sgsgyune in the Blue Book as guests
i another affair which probably
VIII take place in day or two.
Honecomings Planned.
When the players 90 home they
sfobably will be horored further,
hr ssndusky. Ohio, already is ar
ringing . big homecoming for
Elmer Smith. ~
j stanley Coveleskie pitched him
I ySolf into the worlds series hall Of
khns BY throwing back the Dodgers
trss successive times, and also
] squallsd some Of the greatest pitch
] iag feats In history. Only one man
-CAristy Matthewson - has sur
Dasged the Poles work in the big
sest, game in baseball. MatthewsOu
pitched three shutout victories back
! Ia 1906. Coveleskie pitched three
games, allowed two runs. Is hits,
walked only two men and, what ID
most remarkable Of all, threw the
sDhsre plateward for an average Of
only 81 times each game.
Nationals Outclassed.
Clweland's superiority over the
National leaguers was evident In
~ series, for the American league
champions outhit, outnslded. out
Played and outguessed their senior
circuit rivals. Coming into the
ssnss with . pitching staR con-
sNsfed the best in either league
~ noted for its aces, Brooklyn
went out with . battered group Of
huriers. only two of whom-Grimel
2and 8herrod Smith-were able tc
bitch winning ball. And Grimei
and Smith both got their beAtings
With the bat. Cleveland hung VI
s-team average Of IA to 200 fol
Brooklyn. Fielding figures givs
Brooklyn An advantage Of .s76 Il
NJ However, few will contend
Clsvslands superior defense a
critical moments.
1iler Alone Supreme.
0nly in ono branch Of inside
baseball did Brooklyn show real
superiority. so far a. the spectator
could see. That was In the almost
uncanny ability of Catcher Miller
70 catch the Indians hit-and-run
aad base stealing signals.
The pitching superiority Of Cleve-
liAds trio Of fingers Is indicated
10 tho scores Of the games. Back
ing up Coveleskie's almost unpars
alleled work, Walter Mails came
tif9ush with Is Is shutout in
natl, including q shit game; and
i'm Basby pitched two good con-
tesn. winning one and losing one.
george Uhle, second string hurler,
pHched good ball on his short ap-
eearance. Only Caldwell. who was
Knocked out Of the box in one in
aias, fell down. \
Victers Get Theirs.
smith twirled two fine games foI
Ah Dodgers. but had the bad mis-
iortune to be pitted against Mails
y one and lost it. Grimes turned
N ahutout victory and then twice
- Knocked out Of the box. The
oa9 pitchers were hammered
without hvos.
ne rosld series, despite the one
Iedness Of the results. brought
ou1 some Of the greatest baseball
history. Numerous records oil
lsor importance were broken, but
aeing above all were Wambs-
unassisted triple play and
smiths home run with the
aaas full,
~ Brooklyn club today was on