Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-07

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two teams making practically II
local engagement before they NOV
beginning Saturday.
While the contenders are on an
even basis so far as results attained
to date are concerned. the preponder-
ance of pitching strength vested IN
the Dodgers gives them more than a
fifty-ffty chance of emerging the
ultimate victor, and the deadlock reach
ed serves to bear out the belief eN-
pressed prior to the opening of the
event that the series would prove a
close, hard-fought affair. with Cleve-
lands success. or lack of it. depend
ing largely upon the form shown by
its pitchers Coveleskie measured up
to specifications in the opener
whereas Bagby fell short.
Big Task for Speaker.
Iris Speaker now is confronted with
,fhe knotty problem of producing
hurler aside from Coveleskie capable
of taking the measure OF the ROBINS
and he has no grounds for assurance
that his spitball star will be able 10
repeat in his next appearance. which
undoubtedly will be in the first game
listed for the Ohio metropolis Satur-
day. The Pole was accorded sensa-
'tional support in the inauguraEand
had to have it to win.
With Bagby eliminated from con-
sideration for the time being, Spoke
now must depend upon either Ray
Caldwell or Walter Mails. Caldwell
is the same type of pitcher as Bagby,
although not nearly so high-grade
performer as the sergeant, who was
bumped yesterday. Like Bagby, he
|, depends largely upon his noodle. with
control and change of pace his most
valuable assets. Bagby's notable
failure would make it appear that
SCaldwelfs prospects for getting away
!. with an assignment on which his pro
'totype failed are not particularly
rosy: ,, a.. .,..,n..,vs 10
- southpaw, and the Dodgers, with
s,cnly two left handed hitters-Wheat
fand GrifIith-in their lineup, and the
Halter liable TO give way to Bernie
lstNeis, an orthodox stieker, just dote
SOn fork handlers, as they repeatedly
demonstrated during the league cam
spaign. Besides, Mails formerly was
/ . member Of the Dodgers himself, and
they claim they are sufficiently well
tacQuainted with his repertoire and
methods to make it interesting Tor
him.
Robinson. on the other hand. still
has available one of his best bets In
.Sherrod Smith. as well as Clarence
Mitchell. also a left-hander. and the
,only spitball HEAVIER of this pursua-
sion extant. In addition, Jef Pfener,
a sterling right handler, has yet to
see service, while both Mamaux and
Galore demonstrated in the short pc
riod they were on view TUESDAY, when
Z they retired the Indians in order. that
b they may be expected to prove STUN
bling-blocks to the Tribe.
show some Enthusiasm.
With weather of more moderate
brand prevailing, a crowd only about
thousand shy Of that of the opener
in attendance the game yesterday had
more the aspect of the usual world
series battle. The Dodgers feat OF
stimulus for the spectators, who threw
OF much of the reserve that charac-
terized their attitude during the first
game and whoeped 'er up whenever
an opportunity was afforded. Need
less to say, this was considerably
oftener from the biased viewpoint of
the loyal Brooklynites than was the
case the daysbefore, when there was
practically nothing to IT but the In
dams from start to finish.
The fielding thrills furnished by the
initial combat were lacking, but. de-
spite the absence Of really sensational
stun. there was sufficient work of a
the fans with the fact that they had
seen a good ball game.
Boiled down. the defeat of the In
dams was due to the fact that Bagby
was outpitched by Grimes. Robby's
prize manipulation of the moist ball.
AS in the opener. the same number of
hits vas recorded on each side, but
in the case of the Brooklynites they
were very effectively punched, while
the Indians were compelled to bow
an opening was afforded them.
Score in the Opener.
Jim Johnston paved the way for the
first run in round 1, when he beat out
roller to Sewel1 He recorded the
first stolen base of the series by OBJ
1her 1g On SaTby wh@ fu to
flag the Robin by delivering the ball
to- him low and wide. He advanced
another notch while Johnston and
Bagby were neatly Erecting the
death of Griffith. with the pitcher TAX
Sag the toss. Then Bagby used poor
Judgment by essaying to pitch to
Wheat, the most formidable slugger
in the Brooklyn arrays and a left
Handed sticker.
Discretion dictated purposely pass
Ing Wheat for the less dangerous
Myers, who hits from the other side
OF the plate and thus far has accom-
plished little with his bat in the Sc
ries- Bagby overestimated his ability.
and the result was a clean hit to CEN
ter. which registered Johnston
Wheat stretched it into a double by
eluding the efforts of Sewell to tag
MIN, AFTER Speaker had returned the
ball, but was left when Myers sent an
easy roller to Gardner.
Grimes started the third inning with
q line single to center and Bagby
again aided the opposition by grab
bling olson's attempted sacrifice and
throwing to Wamby at second in an
effort for force play in such a man
ner that Grimes collided with the
keystone guardian and knocked the
ball out Of his hands. Grimes limped
as result of the collision
jim Johnston's attempt to sacrifice
resulted in pop fly that O'Neill took
Then Griffith rammed a hot one to the
lett Of Wamby which caromed OFF his
knee and Melted two bases. Grimes
scoring. Here Bagby did what he
should have done in the first inning
He Intentionally walked Wheat. fill
ing the bases. Myers raped to
Gardner. whose throw forced Olson
at the plate. O'Neill had an easy
dPuble play in sight. but his peg to
Doc Johnston struck Myers in the
back and dropped dead. Doc bounced