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Show Monday World Series Contest Remarkable For Technique Display CLEVKLAND. . Oct 11. The Cleveland Indians came within reaqh-, reaqh-, ing distance of the baseball champion-1 snip of championships when they shut lout the BrOdklvn Nationals 1 to 0 this I afternoon in the slxtli gam" of the 'wori.i series toother rlctory tomorrow tomor-row win complete the lnier-b ague af- fra; alio peinul the local flub to fll two banners in the breeze n : spring, an epoch making eent in the hlaiora of the Cleveland team With I li s olo tour to I n m I I 1 i or of S. eik ers players l Is conceded by even the most lovul of Brooklyn fans lha; noth :lng but a most remarkable reversal oi rorm on the part of tin- WOblns ' prolong the series moi than a gam-- or two. W hile the play tqdaj lacked much of the sensmonoj features of Sundaj s thrilling bailie, it tvas"Well played from a iechillcal base., all sla lldpoli.: . resOlvlng Itself early into a pltcniitg duel between Walter Mails and Shcrrj ;Smith, two of the leading outhaws( of th m ijoj leagues. 1 Mails bad decidedly the better of the contest, the batters "from the cast beV t.ng held to thre,- scattered hits while (the locals found Smith's, range for I seven safeties, vi HiN(. OR HH1 RS Th- winning of the game ran be traced to this additional edge in batting bat-ting on the part of the Indiuns for the .jifference 111 the hitting power of th 'two contenders today evenluallj spelled spell-ed the difference between the soidi-jlary soidi-jlary run of Cleveland and the string of ciphers which rewarded Brooklyn I effors to connect with-"Duster," Malls' wide sweeps and sharp breaking i benderb The Indians' team batting average lr t b sixth game was the same as I !;., if Siimlav. 247 hut the result Wa. one run instead of th.' olght acctiml-lated acctiml-lated vesterday. Brooklyn on the otio-i hand slumped before the baffling delivery de-livery of Mails from .240 to 1H. The credit for the victory can not, however, he accorded entirely to Malls superiority over Shersy Smith for the1 Cleveland pit. her was backed by a. better blend of team defense than that behind the National League boxrnan. Seven Brooklyn wr- left strapded with potential runs in the niaklnc. While hut four Indiana remained on (Ihe sacks after the third out. BASI S I II I ED Although Cleveland had the bases tilled at one time during the second inning. It was not until the sixth session ses-sion ihat the run which gave the home team the victory was pushed aerOSS. The making of the winning tally was neither startling or unorthodox but stood out like a lighthouse on a siorim night' After ESvans had tiled out to Konetchy'hls onlv hlttleSS appearunc- I at the plate during the contest Warn by i was sent to the bench, i lson to Konet-chy, Konet-chy, Speaker shot a single to right. IWltb two down the s'age did not appear ap-pear to be set for run making with ! Smith slanting them over with plenty of speed and curve. George Burns proved to be the batter who w.. to deliver the blow that wrecked tiv Rob-ln's Rob-ln's hopes of again tying up the scr-i scr-i lea He caught one of Smith's sweeps On the very tip. Of his lal and lltteii, the ball clear to the .enter field! bleachers, ihe ball hittln" the low rail' and evading both the hands of Wheat and those of several men and bovs who trud to clutch it. being tlnally retrieved by Sly era, far too lat to pre-Venl pre-Venl Speaker from scoring, t.ilson pro-( tested, claiming Interference with the: ball but the umpires refused to con- aider the claim. Burns Is a native son1 !' i Ihlo, having been born in Niles. MUCH KN TIM si xm Wrought up tma fever pilch of en-i thuslastn bv the sensational plays of! IBuodey this city and surrounding see-! Illona turned out another tremendoua gathering of fans today. "After lhe( last turnstile eheck had been nade It was announced by the National com-nilsslon com-nilsslon 'hat the paid ad missions 'o- tailed ST.1 94 Ihe largest In the series lo date The gate receipts amounted to $82,9C9, which will 1k divided ten per cent to the National commission,! and the balam-e equally between the two contending clubs and th- treasuries treas-uries of the major (eagUC Weather conditions were unlike those prevailing at any of h preceding preced-ing games The Skj was overcast and stiff breese blew across th outfield causing the fielders considerable trouble in Judging the course of high hit balls The atmosphere, however was saturated with a damp heat. A rew ui'n drops fell In the sixth inning but at no time did it appear that it would !" isaly o call the onlest Notwithstanding Q humidity there Was no cessation o! rooting, in fact Concerted fforts to help the Indians win vvre more conspicuous than in any of the preceding contests. Appsr-entlv Appsr-entlv the entire crowd was determined lhal Cleveland should conquer its op-ponenls op-ponenls For. the first time in the series ser-ies ther.- was evidence of attempts to rattle the opposing players. Buttles, auto horns and sustained yelling and Stamping continued steadily through the strikeout in the second Inning and Pitcher Smith came In for similar disapproval dis-approval In the fifth There were plenty of opportunities to cheer both the home plawr.s and the invaders however Nothwithsta nd Ing that the score was the snialles' ni tin- series and the game the shortest, short-est, several brilliant fielding features I stood out and by a strange conlnci-idence. conlnci-idence. two were made b Shortstop SO well who also was charged with two errors both of which placed Brook-lvn Brook-lvn runners on the sat ks. SENSATION l PLA1 l. In the sixth inning Sevs-ell assisted In the second and third outs with two great 'ops and throws to first of hard hit balls from 'he bats of Wheat and .Myers In ihe same session Catcher O'Neill snapped a fast throw to Burns ....... V - l.. I. ., .....II,.., ... l..... .....I BUI I lpi.i o.io viiii. o u ll.' anu j cuught the runner several feet off the bag despite his desperate effort to re-K;iln re-K;iln the bag Pitcher Smith engineered engineer-ed a somewhat similar pla in the' eighth when he flashed the ball across the diamond to Konetchy and caught Bvahf off the base after the latter had gained the first station as the result .of a clean single to center Although Malls pitched a remark -abU rteady game. Brooklyn several) linos had men within scoring distance, the I lodgers' best chance to got men around the paths COmln in the second when a single and two errors filled the bases. After two were out Konet-, ehy dashed a line single to right Kilduff rolled one to Sewell but the Utile shortstop fumbled Just long enough to lose his chance to gel either IConetchy at second or Kilduff at first. Miller's grounder gave Gardner an' .i hance for a play at any base but he also fumbled, filling the base.-) for Smith. With two balls called the Brooklyn pitcher caught a slow curve near the end of his bat for a short fly back of second. Speaker dashed In and caught it for the third out. Brooklyn never got a man to third af-1 ter that inning. In the fourth Myers singled after, one was out and Konetehe walked but' Malls forced Kilduff to hit a short fly, to Wood and ESvans took Millers long liner. OA1 OUT OFF I I Re 1 I Nels walked In the sixth but was caught off first with one out on a' quick throw from O'Neill and in the eighjh olson drove 8 double to left wit i one ont He never passed second, however, for Sheehan popped out anJ Krpger batting for Nels, forced Olsonj (at third. I Brooklyn made a final effort to score in the ninth- Myers was safe at, first with one out, when Sewell threw i i high and Konetchy forced Brooklyn; .outfielder at second With McCabel running for Konetchy. Kilduff lifted la long fly to Evans and the game was over. I Analysis of the pitching records show that Mails and Smith were work ' Ini on the batters in much the earns I fashion. The Cleveland hurler's super- j . lority lay entirely in the fact that he1 allowed fewer hits end scattered them I Mails threw the ball to the batters i nintv -nlne times while Smith's efforts! totalled l3 In eight innniKs The local lo-cal lad shot over 35 strikes, S foul strikes -'i called balls, 2 fouls force. I 13 men to go out on flies and 12 on grounders. He allowed three hits in a man; innings. Smith twirled 88 strikes, seven foul strikes. 2 called balls, three fouls, retired re-tired eight batters on flies and 1 J on rollers. He allowed seven hits, however, how-ever, but only in one, the sixth, when Speaker's single and Burn's double-scored double-scored Cleveland's run, could the Indians In-dians gel more than one safe hit to the- inning STILL FIGHTING The Robins are still full of fight to-nlght to-nlght regardless of their three straight defeats. 'Beat'.' I should say we are not.'' fumed Manager Bobinson "W'e have not been hitting ami mats the soie trouble We're going cnit there tomorrow tomor-row and smash those Indians so hard they will wish they d never seen a world series and when we get them back to Brooklyn, Cleveland won't have a chance. I'll pitch either Mar uuard or Grimes tomorrow and expect to slop Cleveland's winning streak ' Zack Wheat field captain of the Dodgers strode back and forth and In l,,,-itie terms explained how Brookly n would take three straight ' W'e will bit from now on," he said "If Covelskle pitches tomorrow we will drive him out of the box despite his two victories." Sherrod Smith, the southpaw who lost today's battl with Mails, seemed madder than any one. I shot over a fast one to Burns and he happened to catch it seiuarely," he1 said, explaining the hit that won the game, "but Just let me pilch to that fellow again.'' |
