The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

the third unassisted triple play in the history of major league baseball The other feature, though not so rare, was also startling. In the first inning with the bases full and none out, Outfielder Smith of Cleveland hit home run far over the right wall. thus practically winning tho game in the first inning. INDIANS WIN TITLE
 The Indians won the championship by taking five out of seven games from the National league title-holders. They won the first game played in Cleveland, lost the next two played on the same field and then won four straight at home. It was convincing demonstration of the superior class-+for the time-being-of tha American league.
 Finishing first in five departments Of the game was the noteworthy record of the worlds champions. Indian batsmen compiled the greatest number of dou- bies, 300; accumulated the most triples, a5; amassed most sacrifices, 256; were re- sponsible for registering more mates than any of their opponents, 7S, and had lo men hitting 800 or more at the close of the season. Manager Iris Speaker headed this group of heavy artillerists | and in addition to leading his team to victory over long and hard road, and
 playing his position in center field n | his own matchless manner he was sec- ond in the batting lists of the league
 with the splendid mark of .3sS.
 BABES RECORD
 Baseball records that seemed diff cult of attainment were shattered by | American league players in the recent race. Babe" Ruth of the New York l Yankees has established home run
 mark of 54 circuit wallops, which
 should stand for years to come unless l l. H <rr ord hi self. George Sisler, the versatile star of the St. Louis Browns, excelled the former mark of PAS hits made by Ty Cobb in 1911, by banging out 251 safe drives of all varieties Ray Schalk, Chicago catcher, showed his prowess
 and stamina by catching in 151 con- tests, the eighth consecutive season in
 which he has appeared in more than
 100 games. Steve lO'Neill. the sterlins maskman of the worlds champions.
 also worked in 14s games By grab ping 454 fly balls and making 24 as- sists Rice of Washington gains the dis
 tinction of accepting more chances
 than were ever before taken by ma jor league outfie1der. Besides the conspicuous achieve nients of the above mentioned players, several others in the Johnson circuit displayed ability which has rarely been equalled. Amorg them being Eddie Collins, veteran second sacker of the
 Chicago team; Jacobson. outfieldcr of St. Louis; Hooper, the Boston Red Sox
 star; Ralph Perkins, catcher extrao--
 dinary of the Athletics. and Pitchers Rommeu and keefe of the same team. But Tor the disgraceful conditions un- der which they were forced from the Eoonpany of decent ball players, col umns could be written concerning the achievements of certain of the former White Sox stars.
 ! LIN NATIONAL LEAGUE
 l In the National league the race was also in doubt during most of the season. But gradually. as the weeks wore on. the Brooklyn team, under the able leasl- ership Of Manager Wilbert Robinson, outgamed teams that appeared stronger.
 on paper, and about two weeks before the final garnc their position at the top was cinched
 Brooklyn and Cincinnati were practi- caily the only clubs to make serious
 bid for the rennant Beginning early in June. until the close of the race. the
 Dodgers and Reds were monotonousiy