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Pfeffer or Cadore to Pitch Against Cleveland Team in Fourth Game This Afternoon
Robinson Expects His Dodgers
To Win Title on Rival Field
Brooklyn Manager Looks for Sweep, While
Speaker Is Just as Confident His Boys Will
Come Back With Four Straight Victoria*
By W. O. McGeehan
CLEVELAND, Oct. 8.?The eve of the fourth game between tho
Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians in the current world's aeries
finds the inmates of this thriving city with ?11 the shingles in the cupolas
loose and rattling. The whistles of the numerous factories hereabouts
were ordered tooted at noon to-day by the Mayor, as a welcome to the
Cleveland baseball team. It is Cleveland's first world's series, and the
place is rill "net up" over it.
This is one of those home towns
wtth a chamber of commerce and
everything. It is constantly telling tho
world about itself, and it is telling
the world about its team tonight.
re '??? nothing half way about it.
By tomorrow night Cleveland will
eith? tty with joy or the entire
popu ?: ie ready for the leap
? Lake Erl?.
In p ? r of pitchers for to
more than a cinch that
?"tanlej Coveleskie will start for the
? . Stanley is the Pole who
blocked the Dodgers in the first game
at 1 '? ts Field. Uncle Wilbert is
. t?) start JctT Pfeffer or Loon
Cad
Robbie Expects Quick Finish
Fr pi their first experience with
the Dodgers know that he
far from soft picking, hut they do
not thii k that there is any spitter in
the world who cnn spatter them twice.
c?e Wilbert Robinson thinks that
? will get an early start at the duck
id that when he lets go at
the first one he will be able to extend
I the consolation that ne
,v? hot b; the manager of the world
hampions. ^ *'i
? in Brooklyn, it seems that
v -.{?..[ scalpers '.ire able to
n ... nat? s. You can buy
re at a slight increase, some?
t?- six hundred
? cent. The magnates deplore this,
it n? verthel? ss tin scalpers
:. p ... the 1 ick? ... Scalpers are
i dvi ntage of I he sim
baseball magnates.
fac?, that the Dodgors come
games to the Indians'
ei ms to have caused some con
nati? n among the inmates, but
pting to conceal it. You
? \ tell the local bugs by their ex
?hanging of the local password. One
"Ai we down hearted?" The
Indians arrived early this morn
? - ' the Union Depot
Chamber of ' i imerce and a
of the If cal bug i.
L'ncl '-. rt Robinson rolled off an
ith-.r trail with th? Dodgers a little
day. Ho got about as
? ? as the first Uhlans
?.vhu er.ti p ,.l Brass?. Is
R< al Booster Town
For this is bo? ster :it ,' of the
peed type, a real home
: . There are not many of these
? big '. rgues. If you do not
st the place you arc an emeny to
??? . They i.id not want ball
games here during the regular season,
? : ' d the pennant. They do
tot v. ames now; they want
? ? ". oi Id's chi tipionship.
? ' Wi berl Robinson should
hu F ? in a to v.- here they will
? ? : ? the ? : on to the tun?
': n J? !!?/ Goo ! Fellow." But
. ? : i ie bad taste and
?: d spi rit to ta he three
r? .v th ?y will use hi ;
? ? - ! ch ildren here
? ? y : to come.
T i re :-; no shadow of the Chicago
-. over the inmates of this city.
They : re concerned with the series
I er tl " re mit <~y the series.
no moody silence in the
?her; of his pa rk if : ho Indians
to-morrow, as there was in
Tl ? th? park will be filled is, of
is believed that they
? - . : in something like
?fti'.v-i nd, a few thousnnd
? than Ebbets 1 iold woul ; I old. The
m to start
? ' ' '* ' r 7 I . . ? ; i
T is the cr'. !y t awn
i the cii re this woul '. occur.
Is and general despondency in
Probable Line-Up
BROOKLYN CLEVELAND
Olson, ss. Jamieson, If.
J. Johnston, 3b. . Wambsganss, 2b.
Griffith, rf. Speaker, cf.
Wheat. If. W. Johnston, lb.
Mvers, cf. Gardner. 3b. ?
Konetchy, lb. Smith, rf.
Kildnff, 2b. Se well, ss.
Krueger, c. O'Neill, c
Pfeffer or Coveleskie, p.
('adore, p.
TO-DAY'S GAME
At Cleveland.
STANDING OF TEAMS
W. L. Pc.
Rrooklvn (N. L.). 2 1 .667
Cleveland (A. L.). 1 2 .333
baseball do not suppress the Cleveland
"bur:?"
According to those who claim to
know about the betting, the Dodgers
ariived here, fnvoritcs by 7 to 5 to win
the tories, but the inmates are finding
comfort in the fact that the Indians,
with Coveleskie in the box, are 0 to 5
favorites to win to-morrow's game.
The loss of to-morrow's game might
dump the Indians right out of it, for
Coveleskie is their one best bpt.
To-day's Game "Croocial"
In some ways to-morrow's game
might be classed as extremely
"croocial." Bagby did not look as ef- :
fective against the Dodgers as he
looked against tho best teams of the :
American League, where he has all the
weaknesses of the. batters tabulated.
"Duster" Mails the Dodgers regard
with some levity, despite the showing
he made when Ray Caldwell dropped
out of the first game.
Right now is where Robinson's .
pitchers have tin? chance to prove that.
fitch'ng will win the war. Uncle \V;1- I
ii"r: has six pitchers all ready and lit I
for the woik. Speaker, it seems, has?
only three, and one of them is a left-;
bander, with all of the left-handed ec- '
centricities and tendencies to explode!
with a loud detonation.
Certainly Uncle Wilbert is full of.
food and confidence to-night.
"it is about all over," he announced.!
"The series should be ended right here
in this city. I do not think the boys
v. ill lose another game. I don't see
how they can. I think they will take !
Mr. Coveleskie."
Tris Speaker consoled the anxious i
gathering at the l.'nion Depot when :
the Indians pulled in with tho an- j
nouncement that he expected the In-'
dians to win four straight and take the
series right here.
Speaker's Mother Present
Tris Speaker's mother arrived from !
Ifubbard, Tex., where young Tristam
first played baseball. She will be one;
of the spectators at the game to-mor?
row. It seems that Tris is one of ?
eight children and has about enough :
young nephews to make up a couple of
baseball teams.
The Huston special from New York j
pulled in with the various literary i
ginks who are chasing the series, a
few actors and others. Specials came
in from all parts of Ohio, carried po
tential Presidents and first ladies for
the first world's series game in this
particular section of Ohio.
"t he hotels are jammed and the pro
c: ni ot understand the ec
? ??cities of non-residents who ob?
jected to being parked three in a bed.
They do not see why these foreign
baseball fans cannot be more clubby.
Composite Score of First Three Games
CLEVELAND (American League)
Bat. Field.
nb. r. h. 2b.3b.hr. sh. sb. bb. so. ave. po. a. e. ave.
Eva no if . 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .0(10 3 0 0 1.000
.If . 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 2 0 0 1.000
Waml ???..-, ? ?. 2b. !? 0 O 0 0 0 10 11 .000 5 4 0 1.000
Lunte 2h .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00!) 0 0 0 .000
!?r cf .II 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .27.", S 0 0 1.000
H urn .' lb. B 1 I 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 21 1 0 1.000
?Smith, rf. 5 0 ? 0 0 O 0 0 0 1 .000 3 0 0 1.000
; .10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 2 5 0 1.000
. 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 5 0 0 1.000
, V. lohnston lb ... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 :t 1 0 1-000
... . 9 0 1 0 0 o 0 0 1 1 .111 6 8 1 .933
O'Neill, <? .10 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 12 4 0 1.000
; veleykie, p. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0110 2 2 0 1.000
. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 1 .750
. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000
trhio, p. . ooooo ooooo .000 0 1 0 1.000
(?Nunamaker, c. 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 .000
t ,i.'.<?!! p . 0 () 0 (I 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000
Mails, p. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 .000 1 3 0 1.000
.91 4 15 6 0 0 1 0 8 11 .165 75 33 2 .982
BROOKLYN (National League)
Bat. Field.
ab. r. h. 2b.3b.hr. sh. sb. bb. so. ave. po. a. e. ave.
(H . 9 2 I 0 0 0 0 0 :i 1 .444 3 11 0 1.000
III 1 10 0 0 2 1 0 2 .100 1 8 0 1.000
Griffith, rl. 9 1 .1 I 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 6 0 0 1.0,70
. , i l . .10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000
\\ i. If.11 I 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .455 8 0 1 .889
.II 0 3 0 ') 0 0 0 0 0 .273 4 0 0 1.000
K?netchv, lb .10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 39 4 1 .077
Kilduff. 2b. 7 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 .000 5 12 0 1.000
Kruogtr, c. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 1 0 1.000
i Miller, <?. J 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 5 1 0 1.000
I Marquard, p. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000
f.Lamar. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000
Mumaux, p. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 10 1.000
g Mitchell. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000
Cadore, p. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 1.000
Grimes, p. :>, \ i o 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 l 4 0 1,000
S. Smith, p. 3 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 2 2 0 1.000
Totals .86 6 18 3 0 0 1 1 7 8 .209 81 45 2 .981
a Batted for Wambsganss in second game.
b Batted for Burns in iirst K?me.
? Batted for Wood in iirst game.
d Batted for Bagby in second gamo.
e Batted for Uhle in second game and for Mails i;* t it I ??.:..
.lud ft>r .Marquard in first game.
g Batted for Mamaux in first game.
I. Ran for Mitchell in iirst game.
i l?an for O'Neill in tiiird game.
Left on bases?Cleveland, 15; Brooklyn, 10. Double plays?Cleveland,
3 (Gardner, O'Neill, \\. Johnston and O'Neill; Mails and Burns; Wambs?
ganss, Sewell and Burns): Brooklyn, 3 (Konetchy, Knicker and J. Johns
ion; Olson, KilduiT ami Konetchy; .1. Johnston. Kilduff and Ktfnetcbv).
Bas?.n balls?Off Marquard, " (Evans, Wood) ; off Covcleskie, 1 (Olson);
oil Crimes, i (Jamieson, Burns, Speaker, Gardner) ; off Bagby, 1 (Wheat):
off Caldwell, 1 (Olson); off Mails, 1 (.Miller, Konetchy, Olson, Kilduff) ; off
>. Smith, 2 (Wambsganss, Sewell). Struck out?By Marquard, I (Speaker,
Wambsganss, Burns, Wood); by Mamaux, 3 (Sewell. O'Neill, Coveleskie);
? Coveleskie, .? (J. Johnston, Kilduff, Konetchy) ; bv Grimes, 2 (E. Smith,
.?: bj Uhle, 3 (Dis,,.., Griffith, Miller); by Mails, 2 (J. Johnston, s!
Smith); ??*? S. Smith, ;: (Wood, Burns). Hits and runs?rirr Marquard. 5
hits, ? runs Im o inning*;; - :"i Mamaux, 0 hit, 0 run in 2 innings; off Cadore,
i.' h?, 0 mid in I inning; off Covcleskie, 5 hits, 1 run in !< innings; off
. 7 hit-, " runs in r, innings; < if Crimes, 7 bits, 0 run in 9 innings;
off 1 ?le, i oil. 0 tun in .: innings; o!T Caldwell, 2 bits. 2 runs in 1-3 inni,_.-;
oil Mails, ?'> hits, 0 run in 6 2-3 innings. Winning pitchers?Coveleskie
ime); Grimes (second game): S. Smith (third game). Losing pitchers
?Marquard (first game); l-'agby (second name); Caldwell (third gamei.
Umpires?Klem and O'Day (National League); Connolly and Dinneen
i Vmerican League).
And Then He Took Up Golf : : : : : bybriggs
Substitute Noble
Outboxes Murray
In 15-Rouiid Bout
The crowd that filled Madison Square
Garden last night must have been as
hungry for boxing as Terence Mac
Swiney, Mayor of Cork, is for a square
meal. That is the only thing that will
explain why seme 10,000 men and a;
fair sprinkling of fair women turned
out to see some bouts of only moderate
quality at Rickard's club.
Tommy Noble, trie English feather-1
weight, defeated Johnny Murray, of
this city, on points in the main bout I
of fifteen rounds. It was a fast fight,;
with Noble earning seven rounds, Mur?
ray three and live even. In the last
three rounds Murray came strong and
had his man very weak in the final
session, but tiiis was not sufficient to
overcome Tommy's lead and the deci?
sion of Judges Joe Ruddy and Marty
McCue was a fair one.
Noble had been substituted for Andy
Chaney, of Baltimore, who was unable
to appear on account of a death in his
family.
In the early rounds Murray's short
punches had more of a kick than the
Englishman's swings, but Tommy was
always forcing matters and gained the
favor of the crowd by his clean fight?
ing. Oner in the sixth, when Murray
slipped to the door partly from one of
Tommy's rights to the jaw, Noble ex?
tended his hand to help his opponent
up, but Murray disdained the olfer to
the accompaniment of "boos."
In the first bout the veteran Johnny
Clinton fought six rounds to a hard?
hitting draw with Dave Medar. The
hoys are featherweights. Clinton had i
the better of three out of the first four
rounds and one was even, but Medar
closed so strongly in the last two ses-i
sions that he appeared to have earned:
a draw, and so Joe Ruddy and Marty i
McCue, the judges, decided.
In the next bout, a ten-round skit,!
Danny Frush, of Baltimore and M.crrie
England, gave Artie O'Leary, o? ?sew
York, a sound beating in every round, i
A dark cloud descended over the -
Garden at the start of the next bout
when George Robinson, of Boston, and ?
Panama Joe Gans stepped between the:
ropes. They were rather light on the
scales, 159V_ and I6IV2 pounds respec?
tively, but very heavy on the color,
George is brown, but Joe is black. It
was announced that the men would
battle twelve rounds or less for the ?
"cullud" championship of the world.
(inns had all the belter of the mill-,
ing in almost every round. Joe ear- i
rii.nl the heavier artillery in his mitt
and hail Robinson not beeen a glutton
for punishment he would not have
heard the bell at the end of the I
twelfth round.
Four 3iore Clubs Gel
Licenses for Boxing
Four new boxing clubs were officially
recognized yesterday when the State
Boxing Commission issued licenses to
the Fast New York Athletic Associa?
tion, Inc., Brooklyn; the Gletta Realty
Company. Inc., Freeport, L. I., and two
upstate organizations.
Including the above, 145 permits
wore distributed, as follows: eighty;
boxers, twenty-three managers, twenty
one seconds, four physicians, four!
judges, six timers and three trainers. ;
Among these who received certificates
is J3attling Levinsky, who tights ?
Georges Carpentier next Tuesday ev m
ing. and James J. Corbett, the' latter
being named as a judge.
Bacharachs to Flay Here
Rube Foster's famous Bacharach
Cir.nts, of Chicago, rated one of the :
best colored teams in the country, will
meet the Bacharach Giants, of Atlantic
1 P. in ,i double header at Ebbets
Field to-morrow. The Chicago team
fii the Western semi-pro champion?
ship last Sunday, when they defeated
the Detroit Giants in Chicago before
a crowd of 22,000 fans.
Murphv Quits Hospital
SYRACUSE, Oct. 8.?Tommy Murphy,
veteran grand circuit driver, left St.
Joseph's Hospital to-night. He left i
for Lexington, Ky., to attend the grand '
circuit stewards' session and race
meeting. Physicians tried in vain to
convince him that he must stay in the
hospital for at least another month.
Harvard Pick* A. A. Members
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 8.?LeW
McCagg, of Ne-w York, of the varsity ?
crew; Captain Bob Emmons, leader of
the nine, and Dennis O'Connell, track
captain, to-day were appointed under?
graduate members of the Harvard
Athletic Committee.
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
The Return
The news /?a-s come to Campiisville that Bull Smith is returning.
So a brainstorm epidemic is noir raging down the beat;
And all along the students' roiu the beacon lights are burning
Where a signboard painted WELCOME has been nailed across th*
street.
Is H?ll a star at Latin or a leader in astronomy?
An expert at the angle or the fan gent and the sine?
The mustenj of history? Political economy?
Not that I ever heard about?but how he, hits a line!
The news has conic to Campiisville that Bull has thought it over
And decided that he needs at least another year of work;
And where the gloom stvung heavy they are note back in the clover
Of a great collegiate season that has come back with a jerk.
You ask me if lie Mttds the way to learned Aristotle,
An ever bending worshiper before the classic shrine?
A follower of Horace's?the Poet of the Buttle?
Not that I ever heard about?but hoio he hits a line!
Onside Kicks
First nominations for the inevitable All-American?Oss, of Minne?
sota; McMillin, of Centre; Way, of Penn. State; Roynton, of Williams;
Wray, of Penn.; Aldrich, of Yale; Lourie, of Princeton. (No, the nomina?
tions are not yet closed.)
For the first time since IS98 the Bulldog has his hide removed by
both Princeton and Harvard last fall. But it is going to take a lot of
expert hide removing to duplicate this performance through 1920. If
you don't believe it and are inclined to doubt our word, ask Tad Jones.
"Winning Football," Bill Roper's contribution to gridiron lore, takes
its pjace around the top. The Princeton coach can hit with either hand,
which is to say that he can both coach and write. And do both after a
most excellent fashion.
Building for Baseball
It took a combination earthquake and dynamite explosion to arouse
those in charge of baseball's future, but we believe the miracle has at last
been wrought.
The demand for a non-partisan court that shall control the game is
growing. John Heydler has asked for it, and Ban Johnson, through his
own lack of initiative, has prove? that su -h a court is needed.
But the court will not, comprise the entire set of changes.
Club owners and ballplayers can realize at last just how near the
precipice baseball was pushed while they were asleep. If they don't
realize it now they never will. And the next move will be to get a new
set of club owners and a new set of i allplayers.
For the game is above both?and the game isn't going to decay. There
are surely enough capable, hone l owners and players, once aroused, to
handle their share of the game's future protection, with the control and
assistance of an unprejudiced court or commission.
The Winner
There is more than one at blocking who's a wonder or a wiz;
Put Old Calculus has something on the very liest there is.
Add book titles that might appeal to certain White Sox ballplayers:
"Yellow Men and Gold."
Add "Life's Little Ironies''
Of all baseball crowds who were steeped in loyalty and who never
wavered in support of the home club, the South Side rooters of Chicago
led the world.
It is another of life's little ironies that this should be the crowd to
suddenly find tita: i:> tip- main it was cheering for shattered idols.
This was the last blow. For South Side fans to be double-crossed was
i nly added proof of the unbelievable depravity and rottenness of those who
: o'd out.
For they not only sold tur thomselves and their game--they also
sold out the most ?ova! brood of fans that: ever stood by a ball club in vic?
tory or defeat.
"What sporting event would collect the largest crowd?" queries an
exchange. Our pick is "Babe" Ruth riding Man o' War down Fifth
Avenue, paced by Jack Dempsey and George C'arpentier doing a bit of
load work.
Man o' War would like to get in touch with the author of a certain
ancient slogan known as "The race is not always to the swift." Me lias some
information of interest to impart.
. L. R. S.?The two best base runners in the two major leagues are
Sam Rice, of Washington, and Max Carey, of Pittsburgh. And in a pinch
there are few better than Collins or George Burns.
Man o' War Takes
First Trial Spin?
As Does Sir Barloe
WINDSOR, Ont., Oct. 8. ?Man o'
War and Sir Barton, who will run a
mile and a quarter over the Kenil
! worth Jockey Club track next Tuesday
for a $75,000 purse and the thorough?
bred championship of America, in
- dulged in their iirst workouts over the
' course to-day. Between races on the
program of the meeting at Kenilworth
the great horses took the track for
exercise.
Trainers of both horses said they
?were satisfied with the condition of
i their charges. Man o' War arrived in
I a special car from Belmont Park late
: yesterday. Sir Barton came from
| Laurel. Each was immediately as
i signed to pah.tin! quarters, built es
; pecially for their accommodation.
Reconstruction work at Kenilworth
in anticipation of a record attendance
next Tuesday is under way. The seat
in.; capacity of the plant will be en?
larged to accommodate 25,000 and
; preparations are being made to care
I for an overflow of 20,000 in the course
i infield.
-,-.-_
| Foreign Olympic
Champions Likelv
To Compete Here
It was learned last night that the
Millrosc A. A. is endeavorin-g to ar
rnnge for the appearance here of
Frigerio, the Italian who won the 3,000
and 10,000 meter walks al Antwerp,
and A. G. Hill, of England, who de?
feated our own Earl Eby for first
place in tho half-mile run at the re
, cent Olympic games.
The Millrose games will be held
; next January at Madison Square Gar?
den, and it is expected that Eby will
be one of the American athletes to
oppose the English marvel, while Dick
Ri mer and Willie Pl>?? will be among
those to too the mark with the famous
Italian champion.
The A. A. U. yesterday granted twen?
ty-seven sanctions for boxing tourna?
ments to be held hereabout during the
next few months. The New York A. C.
and Crescent A. '?'. received most of the
permits.
The cross-country committee of the
P. S. A. L. has received entries from
sixteen schools for the various tri?
angular runs to be held the coming
season. rhe 1'. S. A !.. also decided
that each school would be allowed to
enter ten boys for the champii
run, eight to run end five to score.
Harry N'ewcombe, of the Long .
A. ('.. is busy planning for an active
seas n ov< r the :. a nd dales of
Brooklyn. Willie Kramer, former
ci ampion, will coach the Cherry X ath?
lete?.'
; Giants at Byckman Oval
To-day and To-morrow
Th? se fans who plugged for the
Giant to win the National League pen?
nant and were then disappointed be?
cause the National Leaguer's could not
niay a post-season series with the
Yankees^ will have another opportui ty
: o? watching their favorites in action
when t;T i ? . t team is thrown
against the Lin ?? In < ants and Ji ff
, Tes?eau's Bears, at Dyckman Oval, near
thi Dyckman Street subway station
this afternoon and to-morrow.
To-day the G v ... ? game,
and on Sunday two against the Bears.
P ; Perr * and U Barnes
the twir! ng : . the Giants and Fri nk
Snyder 'will '??? tl ? catchine. Hier
Gec-rj Ketty and i arry Doy] and
Davy Bancn :'? w i be in the nl
: .ine-up, with Vi ur.g, Sp mcer an ! Burns
doing duty in the outfield.
Navy Expects Hard Ftpiit
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 8. The Naval
Academy is in fair shape for to-mor?
row's game against Lafayette, but is
?expecting a hard fight. Left end and
one back field position are in doubt.
Either Parr, Taylor or Manes will be
the end, while Folwell will che >se
Ko. hier, Noyes or Tucker for the back
field.
Yale Freshmen to Piav
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. Yale's
freshman footba : ? q lad will play its
first game this season against Hotch
kiss to-morrow at Lakeville. Other
scheduled dates are: October 16, Exe?
ter in New Haven; 23, at Andover; 30,
at Princeton; November 6, Dean a*.
New Haven; 13, Harvard at Cambridge.;
Indians Relv
st
On Coveleskie
To Tie Series
Cleveland Fans Loyal to
Idols, Despite 2 Straight
Defeats in Brooklyn
By
Grantland Rice
CLEVELAND, Oct. 8. - The subdued
and pensive atmosphere that hovered
over Brooklyn in the first two (tames
j of the world's serios is missing in this
: throbbing VVcstern citadel that has
'come upon pennant glory for tbe first
time in its major league history, 42
? years, tu be exact.
Brooklyn may have been a trifle Bom?
ber over baseball on opening ?lay last
? Tuesday, but Cleveland is not. The
! overpowering stench fr?>m the game's
i greatest scandal, plus two straight de?
feats by the hustling Dodgers, have
failed to suppress the fanatical ard'ir
! in Ohio's metropolis, where they aro
j all looking for Speaker's slugging sons
! of swat to take three out of four and
start back for Brooklyn in the lead.
Here you are in the nome of the fan
at heart,' the old-fashioned fan who
is rampant and roistering, stooped in
the old fashioned faith that once be?
longed only to the South Side rooters
of Chicago before the eight crooks
and traitors sold them out. It is re?
freshing to step from the fog of scan?
dal into this buoyant exuberance of a
people who through their idolatry of
Speaker and his men still believe in
the game.
It is worth this loyal backing and
support that the Indians will make
i their drive upon home grounds against
' the finest pitching they have faced
j this year.
Both Sides Confident
"Back home with old Covey ready to
, give us another start," is the slogan
' of the town. Faith may move moun
j tains but will it be sufficient to move
I Crimes, Smith, Mamaux, Pfeffer and
, Marquaru from the road? You know
, Cleveland's answer, but your Uncle
i Wilbert Robinson, of Brooklyn ex?
pects to leave here Tuesday night with
the series either won or but one more
| victory needed to close out the spec?
tacle.
Brooklyn doesn't expect Coveleskie
to repeat, while Brooklyn is ?till con?
fident that Mamaux or Pfeffer will pick
up where Grimes and Smith left oiT.
"They have earned but one run from
our staff in the last twenty three inn?
ings." remarked Robbie to-night, "and
we still have three stars in Mamaux,
Pfeffer and Cadore who have hardly
warmed up. We can keep feeding
good pitching through every game, and
you know what this means in any
world's series."
The Indians admit they were stopped
a trifle abruptly by Grimes and Smith
in the last two games, but back home,
where they have done their hardest
hitting, they expect to unfurl the Old
Blooie once more and start another
sonorous chorus of resounding blows.
Not only that, they expect Coveleskie,
Bagby and Mails to hold the Dodgers
in check, where, the more confident of
the clan are predicting four straight.
Brooklyn Defense Stouter
Who knows? We don't. All we
know is that so far, out of three games
played, Brooklyn has put on a stouter,
more consistent defense, and there
seems to be no reason in sight for
this defense to crack. Any club that
can bat ..U_ through the year, as Cleve?
land did, may break out in a slug?
ging rash at any moment, a rash of
the most virulent type, but this rash
is not likely to last beyond a game
with the pitching it must overcome.
And don't forget this -outside of the
pitching the Dodgers have shown un?
usual defensive strength in both their
infield and their outfield play. They
have shown al the strength of a well
trained, well developed machine that
knows its business. They have, m
fact, shown enough strength to make
them favorites and to give them the
edge,
Cleveland's defensive power isn't
quite up to the Brooklyn standard, wit h
the pitching taker, in, so it takes no
expert vision to suggest that unless
Cleveland can do far better than earn
one run every twenty-three innings
she hasn't a chance. This slump isn't
likely to last, of course.
No set of pitchers are going to hold
such men as Speaker, O'Neill, Gardner,
etc.. spelbound for eternity. But a
slight improvement in the Indian as
sault isn't going to help.
Brooklyn now is much more confi?
dent than she was at the start, and if
Brooklyn can only break even in the
four games here she is a practical
cinch to win. Speaker's big assign?
ment now is to take three out of four
if the American League is to float the
nexl world series flag.
When Coveleskie steps out against
Mamaux or Pfeffer, the pitching Pole
should win. But with Covey out of
the way, ami with Smith and Grimes
ready to tackle Bagby and Mails, the
odds are a bit the other way.
Leonard Stops Sheppard ;
MeCormick I* Winner
"'"??? Leonard, lightweight cham?
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technical knock-out over Johnny Shep?
pard, of England, in the Oth Regiment
Armory, ri Paterson. The bout, which
was scheduled to go twelve rounds,
was stopped by the referee in the
third. Leonard outfought 'eis opponent
in the first two rounds, and was about
? finish him ,s the *' :r,i when the
contest ?'? ? ?'??"' ed.
Boyo ?ici ormick, the Irish light
heavyweight, had the better of every
< ne ? ' ?' e ten rounds in his contest
with "Silent" Martin, of Brooklvn.
Adams, Conch of Italy's
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Platt Adams, former New York A. C.
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?ven a difficult assign
mi i 7 when he v. ! to ?lev,''op
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