The Washington herald., 1920-10-13
DODGERS LOSE
TO COVELESKIE
Cleveland Star Repeats and
Blanks National Leaguers
3 to 0.
by GBANTLAND RICE


the Brooklyn National League team.
by TO Q today, making the world
series Of 1890 FIVE games to two.
When big Ed Konetchy. the
Brooklyn first baseman. batted the
last, ball Of the series. forcing out
Wheat, the jubilant Clevelsnders
poured into the field to nsnhsndle,
affectionately, their own champions.
Cleveland has been waiting this
since 1897, the year when this city
first acquired a big league team.
II is a home city. for the home
team first, last and always. and this
was its great day. The dark shadow
that has been hanging over all pro-
fessional baseball since the series
Of 1919 did not affect them here.
Speaker Looks Up Robby.
Iris Speaker was carried toward
the entrance-to the dressing room
and Jammed there by the surEing
OF the Cleveland fans. He was
Lifted to broad shoulders and passed
back and forth. Smith. CoveIeskie.
Gardner and others were patted by
adoring but vigorous hands. The
prematurely gray manager Of the
Indians finally fought his way to
where Uncle wiIbert Robinson. OF
the Dodgers, was shutting toward
the dressing room.
The broad smile Of Uncle Robby
was gone, and he looked a little
serious. but when he saw Speaker
coming toward him the game oic
veteran O mzay bsssbnlI gruc@
et-iled SEain ana reacaed Cor
spssker's hssSm We, -kis 7FF
asl -
= -~It Wss coming h. you. TrIs ss
ssid. The crowd 91e~sed around
ohen both, AND there ->-~ 81"
Of enee-'as g lac managers went
into the dressing rooms.
His second Failure.
This is the second time that wal
bert Robinson, with a team that
gave the experts the horrors, won
National League pennsnt. but failed
in the fight for a world champion
ship.
There are 40 aIibis," he said.
They couldn't make any runs, and
II takes runs to win s5all games"
Uncle wilbert had planned to
start Richard de Marquis Marqusrd.
the "Rube" OF q long and more or
less cheCkered baseball career, but
the pitcher was read out OF baseball
this morning by John A. Heydler.
president OF the National League.
Narquard had been caught trying TO
scalp world series tickets. and John
Heydlcr. after being convinced that
the "RUbe" had caught the spirit OF
the age and had taken 20 prOhtccr-
ing, declared he could play no more
. baseball.
The decision was arrived at with
considerable precipitation when one
Z considers that it took the National
League several years TO Eet rid Of
Hal Chase. The news was sent TO
Uncle Robhy tNat MarquarI WAS
balished and the banishment WAS 10
take effect Immediately.
Puts q u 10 Grimes
That left BUrleigh Grimes 10 do
the pitching, with Coveleskie. the
splitting Pole who had twice smoth-
.fANA INC AfbN SCI ~ " " n ANH AAAE
Indians II was the hard luck Of
the tow-hesded Brooklyn pitcher to
be the one who lost the game with
a wild throw in the fourth, letting
in the first tUn.
Speaker drove in ons more run n
the fifth. ant a couple Of d9ublex
one by e-SeilI and one by Jameson
in the seventh. brought in another
run But after the pue heave OF
Grimes nothing msttsred. The
world series ended with that There
were times when little chills Of ap-
lprehcnsion ran down the bent backs
of the inmates Of the stands. but
there was no reason for them. The
Dodgers could not hit the splitting
Fole. He had them hypnotized.
was at His Best.
Grimes was at his best at that
His splitter was breaking to his own
satisfaction, yet the Indians were
able to bunch enough hits on him
to hold the game and the series safe
And I can't bat for them
moaned Uncle Robby, who still
hold the worlds record for consecu.
tive hits in 4 baseball game, sever
out OF seven times at bat
1t is doubtful il the presence ot
the outcast. Richard De Marquis
Marquard, would have made any
difference The world series wa.
scheduled to end tCday. u seemed
to be in the air that the Cleveland
Chamber Of Commerce would hNsi
+ TO the world this evening that they
= could show perfect baseball weather
in Octobsr and the world cha m
niouzhin bn sgbslH team
Tough on the Loser.
There must have been something
of a lump in the throat of WiIbpr
Robinson when il ended in TIM
lanti-climax. this patching togethe,
of a baseball team with discarded
. players Of many clubs and NAM
leasues After nearly thirty year
! of baseball. he was within reach
= ing distanSc Of the world cham
= pionship 81 near. and yet so far,
) But it's all in the game. all II
: the game" he said phiiosophicsIly.
! Cleveland has had the reputation
n Of having a hard luck team. ]
r seemed that this tradition voul'
hold this year when their shortstor
Ray Chapman. was killed scciden
: tally at the Polo Grounds in tn
{ thick OF rushing pennsnt rae,
9 But the Indians held together. an
: they won their league pennsn'
/ The personality OF iris Speaker. hi
{ keen baseball knowledge, his ccur