| Show S u q THREE MORE EARTHLY y BEINGS BEINGS- BECO t r f HALL OF F FAH FA Wildest Dreams Re Realized R in Cleveland's Victory Over I Brooklyn in Fifth Battle I 5 am AC Accomplishes Triple Play Unassisted Elm Elmer r Smith th ith Smashes Out Home Koine With Run Run With Bases Loaded it While Pitcher Pitcher Jim Bagby p Does s a Babe Ruth uth C With T i vo wo Ahead Indians Make It tL Three Out of Five V rit Y J Jt f t VELAND INDIANS 8 8 l w OKLYN ROBINS 1 16 tl J Oct 11 ln In a b sebal 1 in no erupting sensational sen f Dd eri yi rilling plays ir far irI beyond i rat th r i dreams r of an I qi scenario writer the Cleveland j san defeated the Brooklyn Nato Na- Na 11 to 1 In the fifth contest of the thc erie orza-erie ules hero ere yesterday a afternoon B. listed play pay by William Williamr L or I gaila r 8 a native born son of CI Cleve- Cleve vend ve- ve F nd home runs by Elm Emr r Smith an and b 7 were ere a trio of Individual feats I t formed flashlight photographs on oi oni ony of the th fans which no future y i fe ond battle at can erase f LO e victory broke the existing tie be- be r. r the JB pennant winners of the two t lor- lor O leagues ague e-ague and tonight Cleveland i Is ni Ident tr ent that the first American league ant jant ever won by this city will wilt be beN N- N or by the great glory of the b tJ 1 series banner to be fluttering to 1 M MU breeze next spring 11 ho Brooklyn Robins crushed by the f of Saturday l' l are clinging desperately to 1 hope that Sherrod Smith may rosy be rio o check the savage onslaught of ofhA hA lodi lud ans ns n but the homo horno team and fans lare that nothing can stop the rushS rush S ti Cle now that they have J tea fed the mystery of the Flatbush h hurl rl- rl St ff The caliber ll of the Play may he c l feathered r from o the fact t that two r. r U v- v nd dg records were established during ur and nine forty-nine minutes In which tribe trib of 01 f Tris Speaker tore toro great r of plumage from tho the stunned t a- a t-T t lP Robins 0 Never before in the theiry ther gid r iry of the h world series r had a triple p. p ien een made by one ne player r f omo mo run with the bases fun full Is also 11 In the modern history of SI I yet et both these records today with a home f r. r r double plays and a score of p Ui fielding fielding- and batting features which have been acclaimed as thrilling j I 4 tl the course of a a. normal world i ii i- i iW W rR AT t A th t iv was a something uncannily local loca localS c about u triple The Tho Indians Indians' 5 n was born In Cleveland In jl- jl after le learning tho fundamentals 15 t of Mh national game at Concordia colleg col- col 1 leg entered ered tho the lIas baseball rank After ter fter a comparatively short of of f league experience wi win wih 11 tb C a R club of the Central asso as- as so he came to the local team in 1914 and has and has since been a a. fixture with L the Indians Thata That native born bom player of Cleveland should have made such an L unusual play is a coincidence nce but that thata a a previous similar play should have been made fh to the same park eleven years ago agosa sa sal of oI something beyond coincidence nce But ut eleven times in the records of the American pastime has an unassisted ed tr truss truss- play been accomplished Of these t two were previously scored In major leagues s. s S Sr r Jv hi wa watI Neal eal Ball of the Cleveland club who wept n three opposing play play- out ers Of of a a- a similar a-similar similar handling of the ball r r During Duping t th tb game between Boston Doston Red Sox and the he Indians played on July 19 n. S Stahl was on first and Wagner Vagner on second with willi McConnell at bat when Ball accO ac accomplished ac- ac cO I the t play The l stage setting was as much nuch the rte same D Both th Kilduff and Miller had singled to toj center In turn at the beginning e n of f the fifth j a were e perched er h d on second n i and I first r respectively when Pitcher Mitchell 1 came camo to 10 hat The Brooklyn hurler who h had d previously previously- relieved Grimes In the box box drove a J hot ot liner high and to the left of ot second leaped Into the alt air an d came down with the ball clutched in the gloved hand Kor or the of or a second he appeared to hesitate hesi heat tate and U it t looked as though the playS play S would take take- the usual course of a force torce out Thep realized the gold fielding Opportunity that confronted him and be before Core the startled spectators could grasp asp th the play he had sprinted to second second sec see ond and stepping on n the hag bap eliminated Kilduff who w wes w-as well on his way to third Miller was tearing down to to the midway sack under under- the belief that the hit bit was a a. s e one and it was a com corn eaY easy matter for to run up the base line and touching the runner completed the first triple ever made mad by byone one player In a a. world series serles game ANOTHER IR GREAT PLAY Cleveland's 8 offensive opened with another another another an an- other Play which would have uni under r any other other stood out as asa a a. fea fea- fea lure tures With V th the tho bas bases s leaded headed e ded with In In who had singled in succession off of the tho t slants ts of Grimes Right Fielder El mer Iner Smith of Milan Ohio stepped to the plate lat and catching one of the Brooklyn n sharp twirlers breaking spitballs on the very ery ep end etia of his hia bat lifted the sphere up and Ove the towering screens which tops th th tJ i right field fence clearing the bases basea ana aDu and brea breaking the hearts of the opposing opposing op- op posing players with a a. run four-run lead which Ute Robins never even ven threatened to The ball baU was so hard rd hit crashed that h It not Into io ioor or only the front cleared e of r t the a eh house screenS screen e across cr but the street from Crom the ball baU park the roof of b was crowded In lathe Inthe the fourth session session Pitcher Pitcher Jim Bagby Bag 1 by hit another homer Doe opened the Inning by a a. a. a single off Grimes' Grimes shin to Jel left and took second on a passed t baIt balC Sewell put him on third with an infield out and then Grimes fearing the thc heavy bat of Cat Catcher her ONeill O'Neill- walked the latter to first with the Idea of ot getting getting get get- ting Bagby The The- Brooklyn pitchers pitcher's strategy was bad badr mussed upon b his a rival in the box f for ir out a delivery which particularly plea pleased ed hIm im and I ted It Into the right field stand the ball bail rolling far under the seats while all alt three trotted across the th nome Home plate incidence This hit furnished another strange coincidence coincidence co co- co- co In connection with worlds world's baseball for tor never have the first seven runs of a a. game of ot this class been scored by home run hits I ture In the cascade of long hits and an fea faa plays many other incidents and efforts ef efforts ef- ef forts were lost sight i ht of which might S I 1 11 r have brought applause during a 11 lessien ess' game S Catcher ONeill O'Neill had two such feats to I II his credit when In the first inning he Ie i threw his bO body ly full length back of plate and nd blO blocked ked a wild pitch by BY B- B Y which had hadit it passed would hav per per- Olson to score Wh Wheat's 8 Tollow- Tollow Ing fly ly to left killed kl Brooklyn's chances to score Ecore i inning Again Again- In the s ONeill O'Neill took Jamieson's perfect throw from deep left field and checked Konetchy's g c rush h to score from third where his rs triple l lh h had g J placed d l him ghe he contest was peculiar In other re ret for while Brooklyn scored thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen hits hits' oft off Bagby to the the- twelve accumulated acI accumulated ac- ac I cumulated eUI leb by t the Indians n the Robins I I were unable to o score ot their S solitary i run until the final inning and then only due to the antics of a ball hit by Konetchy Vh Wheat at opened the final session with a single along the first base line lust just out of the reach pf pt Johnston Myers slapped d another Into center and then Konetchy punched the tho ball with what appeared to be an unusual amount of cut The ball bali hopped and zigzagged toward Johnston in such a manner that the latter Jatter could not get fUll In front of It it Finally th the bat ban made made made-an an effort to pass the Indian first baseman which would have done credit to an insane squirrel Johnston threw up his hand and the ball struck his is wrt wrist a arid and d running nl up his l arm leaped ilium S. S 55 ma Ier into right nt field eAU and anu Wheat came home with the run which saved Brooklyn from a II shutout shutoutS It was I. I a a. weird ending t to What was undoubtedly the strangest and most sensational cont con- con t tet t ever staged during a II worlds world's series The attendance exceeded any previous gathering o of fans during the tIle present series being officially announced as 2684 26 84 The gate receipts were BAGBY SUPERIOR PITCHING Long before the game started every seat in the reserved stands stand and bleachers bleach bleach- ers was occupied while every point of vantage overlooking the Dark nark from the n outside was crowded I The pitching records indicate that Bagby's Bagby's Bagby's Bag- Bag S bys by's superior control and ability to keep I the Brooklyn batters hitting the ball in itt the air was the big factor In iii the Cleveland Cleve Cleve- 1 land nd hurlers hurler's success for in other respects re ye- ye there was little to choose between the work of the opposing I Bagby threw the ball bail times while Grimes arid ud Mitchell s sent nt It on hits and occasions the g n Brooklyn iro Bagby k y pitchers allowed li e t thirteen twelve rf but the latter threw two fifty fifty called balls to Bagby's thirty Eleven ot Brooklyn's Brook Brook- lyns lyn's fl outs wB were bof grounders of s while i eight were flies Bagby b threw te twenty seven strikes nine foul strikes and six fouls as compared with twenty-nine twenty strikes nine foul Coul strikes and five fouls for the Brooklyn pair Six went out on flies riles and fifteen on grounders Grimes Grimes' record was twenty-eight twenty balls baHs sixteen strikes seven foul strikes four fouls fouls' two batters out on flies files and seven on rollers and nine hits In three and one one- third Innings tunings Mitchell in four and two- two thirds Innings threw twenty-four twenty called balls bails alls thirteen strikes two foul strikes one foul retired four men on flies riles and eight grounded out He allowed three hits Box score At Cleveland Tf I 1 CLEVELAND 8 8 B. BROOKLYN CLEVELAND Olson M ItS 4 0 2 3 6 5 J 4 1 1 2 I 3 2 1 I 3 0 1 1 1 1 Graney i If 1 0 0 0 0 4 I 0 0 0 0 B 6 1 1 2 7 2 I Wheat If 4 1 J 12 2 3 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 Myers cf cC cf 4 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 I 0 ld 1 4 g 0 2 9 2 Oa r 4 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 S 5 6 s t 3 1 2 V 9 1 i Miller Stiller C 0 02 2 2 0 2 0 1 Sewell 83 sa 3 I 0 0 2 1 4 I c 2 0 1 12 2 2 1 ONeill O'Neill c 0 2 1 0 3 3 1 I Grimes Grime p pi 1 0 0 0 1 Thomase 0 0 O. O 0 O. 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 Bagby P. P 1 i 2 0 2 3 Totals 34 It 1 11 2417 Totals 38 S 8 12 for tor Jamieson In the eighth In inning i j BY I INNINGS n Brooklyn Brooklyn- 1 Runs Runs 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 I Hits i t 1 53 12 ll 1201 0 1 1 3 3 iS 13 l Errors 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 a 0 x x- x 1 Cleveland Cleveland- Runs nuns 4 0 00 0 3 1 0 0 0 x x- x 8 Hits lilt 13 50 S 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 12 J 12 Errors Error 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 q 12 12 SUMMARY Triple play unassisted D Double repay plays Olson b Olson to i to to ONeill O'Neill Gardner to ganss gaas Co fo W. W Johnston W. W Johnston to Sewell Sewell Sew- Sew ell to W. W Johnston Wild Sheehan throws Sheehan Fumbled ground ball ball lall Gardner Left Lefton on bases Brooklyn balle-Brooklyn Brooklyn 7 Cleveland 6 6 Bases Dues on balls balls Off Off Grimes 1 ONeill O'Neill off tt Mitchell Itchell 3 ONeill O'Neill Speaker Sewell Struck out out fly By Bagby 3 Griffith Wheat Konet- Konet ehy city by Mitchell 1 J Graney Runs re responsible responsible re- re for tor Coast league method method- method Grimes 7 Bagby 1 J. Seven runs I 9 0 hits bits oC off Grimes 18 at bat In to three and third one-third innings 1 run run 3 hits off Mitchell I 15 at bat In four and t two thirds U I s Innings rne 1 r run 13 I I off Basby ft 34 D at bat in inu nine Innings Winning Win Win- ning Tr pitcher e Bagby Umpires Umpires Umpires-Klem Kf Klem VJ National Na Na- Na I league at plate Connolly Amen Amerl can league at first base ODay National league at second base Dineen American league at third base Time of at hour and 49 minutes game game l 1 |
