The Washington herald., 1920-10-08
.R0BBIE'S TEAM
.0UTPLAYED FOE
Poor Judgment by Speaker
Shown in Starting Ray
,..- Caldwell.
By FRANK G. MENKE.

By FRANK G. MENKE.
New York, Oct. IA sundry col
lection of the hoi polloi steps forth
tonight to inform the entire civil
lied world, and Brooklyn, too, that
the Dodgers triumph in the third
world series combat came about
through luck of the most radiant
kind.
But it's not so.
The Dodgers smashed the tribes
men of Iris Speaker into defeat be-
cause this afternoon they played
superlativc baseball-because they
played the game like unbeatable
champions; because they never
missed an opportunity TO insure a
win for themselves.
It's true that here and there.
throughout the coVrse of battle.
things broke badly FOR the Indians
and their various attempts at rail-
lies were halted. But It wasn't bad
luck for them-and good luck for
the Dodgers-that is responsible.
The Dodgers won because they out
played the enemy. and in so doing
exhibited a game nothing short Of
miraculous.
Iris showed Bad Judgment.
II wasn't luck that sent Ray
Caldwell to the mound for the In
dians. 1t was Iris Speaker. 1t
proved 10 be bad judgment, very
bad judgment, indeed. to trust the
game to an eccentric veteran when
he had the mighty Duster Mails fit
and ready TO roll back the Brook
lyn horde with various sweeps Of
his left fipper.
Nor was IL bad luck or any other
kind OF luck for Sherrod Smith to
pitch one of the greatest games in
world series history. He should
have had a shut-out. As il was he
allowed the foemen only one tally
and three hits. Games have been
played in world series annals in
which pitchers have held the up-
position to lower totals, but rarely
has any pitcher forced so many
great hitters into death via the
infieId-out route. During the en-
tire course of the afternoon only
seven balls were hit into the out
field. and two of these were balls
that first grounded through the in
field and went safely into the gar
den for hits.
Once Smith was in trouble-the
fifth inning. And then when only
a miraculous double play could save
him and pull him clear OF possible
disaster. his mates rallied behind
him and executed one OF the most
hair-raising two-ply killings Of all
time.
Brace of wells Aids Dodgers.
4 brace Of wells-Sc-weIl and
Cald- d-well-nobly aided and abetted
the Dodgers in cinching the combat
in the very first round. Oddly
enough. those boys wore the In
dian uniform. Nobody slipped any
thing under the pillows the night
before. but il sort OF looked as il
somebody had slipped something
into their coffee.
Caldwell debutted in the combat
by attempting to throw the baseball
nearer to uhc Dodgers dugout than
he did in the general direction of
Olson, the lcad-off swatsman for the
home gang And so Olson rOmped
along to first. He moved on rather
speedily to second when Johnston
died in his behalf, O'Ncill TO John
ston.
And then scwcn came to the
Dodgers aid.
Griffith punched an easy bounder
at the kid shortstop and the kid
shortstop promptly booted il, which
made Olson safe on third and Grif-
fifth ditto at first. The stage being
properly set, Zach Wheat. the
Brooklyn captain and horo, issued
forth and plunkcd the horsehide out
into left field, scoring Olson, and
then old Hy Myers, not to be out
done in the heroing roles, maced
one-baser into right field. which
chased Griffith home with the sec
ond and final DodgCr tally.
Mails Came Too Late.
At this juncture Speaker com
manded Caldwell to get thee hence.
and do II fast like" and then at
tempted to use Mails TO defraud the
Dodgers OF victory. But brilliant as
was Mails work while he remained
in the combat he could not win
simply by defensive tactics. His
mates couldn't bit behind him and
the Dodgers. due to Cald-"ELL
and Se-WELL gained their 2-to-l
triumph.
The Indians lone tally came in the
fourth with Iris Speaker starring,
ably assisted by Zachary Wheat. The
Indians manager cracked one along
the left field foul line which was
good for two bases. Wheat rushed
in 10 field the wizzling bounder, let
it trickle through his pedals the
ball rolled to the blcaChers and
Speaker rolled home with the In
dians' only score.
Olson -Oid Gibraltar"
Once upon 4 time they used to dub
Ivan Olson nothing but ivory. But
nowadays they call him old Gibral-
tar. around Brooklyn parts. For it
was Olson who rolled back two OF
the Indian onsIaughts in the game
and 1t was this same gibraltar who
performed herculeau feats afield this
afternoon and saved the game.
Olson's most spectacular per-
formance was pu; Oh display in the
fifth inning. If it hadn't been for
lightning work on his part, plus
spectacular fielding and throwing
the Indians certainly would have
tied up the struggle, If not won IT.
After Woods had famed, due to
some hissed-at decisions by Hen
merry O'Day. Sewell drew a pass
O'Neill hooked one to right field for
a safety, bringing up Mails with
one out; two on. single needed to
tie, and a longer hit to rush the
Indians into the lead.
Olson Makes Great Toss