Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
CLEVELAND GOT BREAKS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Joe Harris Refuses to Play, but Old
Man Doc Johnston Comes
Across ut First.
JAMESON MAKES GOOD
Ray Chapman's Death Uncovered
Wonder in Scwcil, Who Not Only
Fields Wonderfully, but Hits
Around 400.
by FRANK G. MENkE.


StnN Corrcspondeut Universal Service
NEW YORK. Oct. 2.-Luck of an
almost uncanny kind has favored the
Indians all through the year; 4 kind
Illness OF fortune. which causes many
To believe that theirs Is 4 bail team
destined to reach the pinnacle OF the
baseball world before the 1920 bat
Ting liz done.
The most weird part OF the Indians
good luck this year Is the fac, that
IT has como after staggering blows
have been dealt 20 them: good luck
has come In the moments Of their
greatest need; misfortune has been
blessing In disguise"
Harding back to the training
camp, days: Joe Harris was slated
for the regular frst-basing job. Joe
Harris OF the splendid batting eye,
great heiding skill: the facilc brain
Eoniethiag Of a .bombshell into the
ranks OF the Indians by announcing
mat mat ne wasn', going to PLAY With
me TIL Guy SI ,h,s year And Joe mean, i;
ior hrst-basing duty but the rather
had been regarded az about through"
His legs apparently had gone back
undcrpinning Is n ball player prac-
s si.cally useless. nu, an Initial guar.
better than none at ali. 4ad 10
Johnston went back 10 first basing.
J"hnnton Played Great HniI.
man played more mar Hei ba as bH
During the first three months he hit
ct iey wieSS clip Of II, THs sh the sSS
Econ that won at least half Il dozen
games for the Indians. Ills great
hclding saved innumc.able others.
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tasks required OF them without
seeming misfortune. was disguised
blessing.
Graney., one of the Indians, out
neld!ng stars: was hurt carly In the
year, o ,ho I, locked iike m Tad bio low
no emergency outnclder EXCEPT
youngster named Jameson. He had
Prom the s .GF the c.nne & 5sf
had discarded Jameson because ~
But Speaker stuck him In. Where
upon Jameson walked 70 the plate.
proceeded TO hit around .33o-nnd has
neHor stopped batting since then.
HIS oludseon work has been one OF
Tho teams greatest assets. His fcats
ancld have caused many to call him
Speakers understudy:"'
Chapman Killed.
Indians In New York when Ray
Chapman was killed by pitched
ball Not only did death remove i
for time It wrecked the morale OF!
the team. And at that very moment
the Waite sox We're. whirling along
In such majestic fashion that It
looked as II they would cinch the
nag In another two weeks.
But Fortune willed otherwise at
slump could beat the .Sox and give
the Indians another chance. Those
SoS lumped-woeiuliy. Before 1t
manding leadership 10 third place
once again fortune had smiled upon
those Indians.
West. smashed the Indians and
romped on to Chicago. Lair!y secure
annexed the series with tho White
6ox they probably would hive won
the alag. The only way they could
be checked and give IN: Indians an
other chance was for The sox to ac-
complish the seemingly Impossible
trick OF whipping them three
straight.
The White sos did TINT very hing.
defeats, houndercd and Numbered.
and In a few more days were OUT Of
the race. And so the stretch ba,,!.
s!nmcrcd down 10 the Son and In
lIans.
But even as the Yankees were
eliminated the Indians suffered new
peril; Ths'T nd pisshns stat, 'erTsiy
by. Coveleskie. Caldwell and Inc
others couldn't go the route. The
strain told. Unless speaker could
get. a miracle pitcher" at once. the
Andians were whipped.
Mails To Rescue.
And then once more fortune favor
ed the Indians, for she sent them from
cut of the West lone other than Wal
ter tDuster'D Mails. OF the southpaw
arm. Malls was 10 help the In
IT was to perform the miracle OF win
ming practically every game he pitch
ed until the pennant was cinched.
And Mails won seven combats in 4
row-the miracle was wrought
Meanwhile. another misfortune had
come to Cleveland. y new blessing
u disguise. Lunte, who had stepped
by horse" an dhad to go TO the
Ysnch. And there was nothing for
spsaRSsT t2 3 do e Yt, 10 send in Sswe d,;
went in, and what Sewell did after
ward is one Of the interesting chap
teE ssS S he the tx H peR nt close sh 10
nearly 200 points beyond Lun,c and
something like so better better than
Chapman's splendid mark. seweil
combination of hair raising plays
aheld and fiendish work with the bat.
he lSres Won P pSs single HANDED
which he figured.
White Sox Indicted.
And as a climax to- the amazing
streak of Clevcland's luck all thorugh
the year came the expose of base
ball gambling, and the indictment of
six White Sox regulars. The wreck
ing OF the SoX came at a time when
they were only half-game back
OF the Indians; came at 4 critical
race--in favor OF Cleveland.
II you believe In luck as 4 mighty
factor in the outcome of the worlds
win. For theirs. through 1920 has
been luck OF weird and almost be.
wildcring kind; good luck unlike any
thing i'll base ball history.
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