The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-05
coveiesssie Was Too Much for Brook
Iyn Robins Who Lose
Today's Game
8 to 1.
WAS PITCHERS BATTLE
RUDE Vanguard, Veteran OF Five World
Series, on Mound for Brooklyn,
But Fates Against
Him

t5.-Clevelands battling Indians drew
hrst blood in the 1920 worlds series
today by defeating the Brooklyn Ma
tionA leaguers by score Of to / il
tight pitchers battle.
Cleveland's victory is told in on<
word-Coveleskie.
The big Polish spit baller let down
the hopes OF F1atbush with Eve scat
I tered hits and held the game in the
hollow of his hand from start to finish
Against the Indian twirler was Rube
Marquard, veteran of i've world series.
The Rnbe acquitted himself like the
experienced and capable twirler he is
and suffered very little in comparison
to his victorious rivals. A pop, fly
that was played with by prankish
wind at the start Of the second inning
paved the way for his downfall Honey
lost 1t in the gale and upon recover
ing it threw wild to second in an effort
to nip it's perpetrator Burns.
Burns scored and before Marquard
had steadied from his i'll fortune, a,
walk to Wood and ringing hits off the
bats of Sewell and O'Neill had sent
a second run across the plate and the
game was won.
Every seat in Ebbets field was pack.
ed for the big game, 1884 fans watch
ing the past time. They had little to
be discouraged over because of the
showing Of the Robins and they left
the park confident that the first game
in the world series does not spell
final victory.
The game in spite of the chilling
wind that swept the field, was as tight
as drum from fielding standpoint.
error in the second
round, which, from an analytical stand
point, may have lost the game, was
the only misplay Of the entire nine in
nings.
Sparkling fielding stunts abuunded
A catch by Griffith in the fifth in
ming, when the Brooklynite leaped
against the right field wall to pull
down a drive from the bat Of iris
Speaker, was the high water mark of
the game from fielding angle 1t
was one Of the prettiest catches that
ever starred a worlds series. iris
Speaker made good his top heavy
reputation as the greatest out6elder
N the game by turning in two bril-
liant catches that nipped threatened
Brooklyn rallies in the bud.
Young Sewell at short in the place
If lamented Ray Chapman, played a
Taliant game when one considers the
ension under which he must have
abored in the circumstances. He was
! trif1e unsteady with his throws and |
hree times made Burns at first stretch |,
o snare the ball. However, he acquit- |
ed himself in first class fashion from !
. fielding standpoint, and delivered a |
lit in the second inning that helped |
Cleveland to acquire the runs to win.
Cleveland's first runs which came |
n the. second inning resulted from
ldney's misjudgment of Burns fly,
Woods walk, single by Sewell and
double by O'Neill The Indians
bird run was cashed in the fourth,
yhen Wood doubled and scored on
mother two Dagger by Steve O'Neill.
The Robins only tally came in the
eventh when Zach Wheat doubled,
rent to third while Sewell was
out Myers and scored on
n infield out by Honey. Bagby was
egarded as Cleveland's most likely
itching selection for tonorrow's {
-olic. For Brooklyn the choice ]
eemed to lie between Sherry Smith {
nd Grimes. \