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Show H Triple Plays and Two I Homers With Men On fl Feature Sunday Game fc CLEVELAND. Oct. ,10 In a bOSS' Uk ball game erupting sensational. Mj fc niMu- and thrilling pias fsi bs UT y ond the wildest dream of SO lm Um attve fiction or scenario writer, the H Cleveland Americans defeated lirooK- HVV I n Nationals S to 1 in the fifth con- PBC teat of the world series here this af- IRl ternoon. An u fi a-sifted trip! f'lf ' b.v Hfl William Wambnanh, native born H fon of Cleveland, and home runs by Hj Klmn Smitli and .Urn Bagby were a i no of Individual tests which formed E flashlight phOtOgra phs" on the brains n the far- which no future diamond M battle cart erase. v Mt The. victory broke the existing tie between the pennant winner of the two major leagues and tonight Cleveland Cleve-land Is confident that the first Ameri r. league pennant ever won by this city will he overshadowed bj Lh great glory "f the world series banner to be I fluttering to the breeze next spring BRI " IKL1 N Rl SHI Th Brooklyn Hoblns crushed by the two terrible catastrophes of Saturday nd today are f linging desperately to the hope that Bberrod Smith may be able t, check the savage, baiting onslaught on-slaught of the Indians, but the home t'-am and fans declare that nothing can stop the rush of the Clev plunders, now that they have solved the my tery of the Platbuali burling staff. The i altbre of the pla may be gathered from 'he fact thai two world's records were established during the hour and tatty-nine minutes in which the tribe of Speaker tore rreat handfulls of li'.timage from tlj stunned and help-l( help-l( ss Rubins er before in ine hiS-'ry hiS-'ry Of Ihe world erl-s had A triple play been made by one playet FOX K Rl s $4 iikih. A home run with-, the bases full Is nlso an innovntloln in the rrtoderp hi -tory of the super-series, yet both these records were iu::de today with a tec- nd home run, four double plays and a score of other fielding and b ating fafires which would have been ac- claimed as thrilling during the course of a normal world series conflict tfffffffffWr There was nomethlhg uncannily lo- U i ul about yVambaganav1 triple. The H Indians' second baseman was born In Hj lev eland in 1894 and after learning H; Mir- fundamentals of the natioal gam'- Bj at Concordia college enter? d the pro- H i" sslonal baseball ranks. Al ter a com HI poratlvel? sborl period of minor league H experience with the Cedar Rapids club Hj of the Central association, he came to H ihe local team In 1 1 1 4 and has since F been a fixture with the Indians. That H a native born ball player of Cleveland H should have made such nn unusual H play is a coincidence but that a pre- HB ylous similar play should have been I ; made 4n thi same pa r.. u yt i igo H savors of something beyond coinct- H Rut eleven times in the records of R 1 he American pastime has an linasslst- IB d triple play been accomplished d BH these feats but two were previously H scored in the major leagues. IRMEK SENSATION PIHR1 H was Ni al Rail, of Cleveland club ' ' 1909 who swepl thre opponent flBK players out on a similar handling of Hl the ball. During the game between Hfl Boston Red Sox and the Indians, play- BHl ed on July 10, Stahl was on first base Hl nnd Wagner on second with McCnnnHI Hl at bat when- Rail accomplished the 4 pla W Today the stage Betting wai mucli 1 the same Both Kilduff and Miller bH had singled to center to turn at the Ml beginning of the fifth and were Ef perched on second and first respective- Hl l. when Pitcher Mitchell came to but 1 The Brooklyn "hurlcr. who had prc- M lously relieved Grimes in the box V drove a hot liner high and to the left Hl of second. YVumbsganss leaped Into HE the air and tame down with the ball 1 lulched in the gloved hand, For the Hl fraction of a second he appeared to 1 hesitate Mid it looked as though the play would be the usual course of a JL, . force out- Then Wanjbsganss realized wBfmrl ,hc golden fielding opportunity that Hf! confronted him and before the start - K led spectators could grasp the play he UV had sprinted to second arid stepping on Ml - the bag eliminated Kilduff who was BHj1 "ell on his way to third Miller Was mui tearing down in the midway sack un- HiHI dot the belief that the hit was a safe JfPlj "lie and it was a comparatively easy nKlflllj manner for Wambsganas to run up the NHlj base line and touching the runner. KBi completed the firt triple ever rnad'- tttUI' by one player In a world series game i iikr BIG PJLA1 wl? Cleveland's offensive opened with QjM another play which would have under Hf J any other circumstances stood out as a KHlj feature. 'lt h the baace loaded with f Indians who bad singled In succession HR off the slants of Grimes, Rightflddci 8k Elmer Smith of Milan. Ohio, at) ppi 1 lo the plate and catching one of the FJ Brooklyn twirkr's sharp breaking H spit balls, oti the very end of his bat, H lifted it up and over the towering flHnil screen which tops the nghtfleb.i Cen,ce, iHCmrjil clearing the bases and breaking the SBtffH hearts of the opposing playeta vvlth B HHj four-run lead which the Robins now even threatened to overcome. Th- baTl H was so hard hi; thnt It not only cleared Bl the screen, but crashed Into the of a house acrdsa the street from tin- HA ball park, the toof of which was BR, hi, fourth session, Pltchei Jim HJ Rag by lit i anotheV homer. Doc Johus- ton opened the Inning by bouncing a H single off Grimes" shin to left field and HHH took second on a passed nail. Sew el I TTjl but him on thud with an infield out fnd then Grimes, fearing the heavy H bat of Catcher O'Neill purposely Hfll walked the latter to first with the Idea neiung DBoy. j ne DruoKiyn pncn-i I er's etrategv w as badly mussed up I by his rival In the box, for 13agby ' Hjl Picked out a delivery which partlcu-i Jl larlv pleased him and lifted it into the rlghtfleld stand, tin- ball rolling far Hl under the seat, while all three trotted HI cross the home plate. Ril This hit furnished another strand a coincidence m connection with world's Hl baseball, for never have the first bc-v- HP en runs of a game of this class been BtCB scored by home run hits. yBjjl In this cascade of long hits and Jjf feature plays many other Incidents and SI 4 efforts were lost sight of which might have brought applause during a less HBof sensational game CATCHER 18 STAJt. Catcher O'Neill had two such feats H to his credit when in the first inning he threw his body full length back of 'he plate and blocked a wild pitch bj Bagby, which, had it passed, would ML have permitted Olson to score Wheat l;Hl following fly to left, killed Brooklyn's Bl chances to score In that Inning Again VWI lo the second, O'Neill took Jamelson's ''4B perfect throw from deep left field and SLr . checked Konetchy's rush to score from j third, where his triple nau placed him. The contest was peculiar In other respects for w hile Brook ly n scored 13 1 hits off Bagby to the 13 accumulated by the Indian-, the Robins were unable un-able to scorr their solitary run until the final Inning, and then only due to the antics of a ball hit by Konetchy. Wheat opened the final si .ion With a single along the first base line Jus' out of reach of Johnston. Myers algpped another into center "d then' Konetchy punched the ball with what appeal J i . , i , in un usi.a l amount of cut. The ball hopped and zlg-zagged! toward Johnston In such a muiinerl that the latter could not get full In front of ft Kin. illy the ball mad an effort to pas' the Indian fir&t baseman base-man which would have done credll to an insane squirrel. Johnston threw up his hand and the hall struck his, wrist and running up his arm leaped from hi-, shoulder to right field and Wheal e.ime home with the run ft'hlph saved Brooklyn fcom a shutout it was I weird ending to tvhaf was undoubtedly I the strangest and most sensational contest ever -taged during a world's series. Tic- attendance exceeded any previous anthering "f fans during i In present -erieJ. being' officially ail-inouncod ail-inouncod as 26.6M, The gate receipts! were 82,059. UJj SI VLB PIIJSD Long before . the game started every, seat in the rest rvt il stands and bleach-ers bleach-ers was occupied while every point of vantage overlooking lh- park from the ou.'s de was crowded. The pitching n -ords Indicate that j Baby's Superior control and ability to keep the Brooklyn l itters hitting the in the w.'.s the big factdi m the Cleveland hurler's success, for Rj ether respects there was little to chouse between the work of the op-, io.-,nt, box men. Bach threw th ball 1T9 times while Grimes and Mitchell sent M plateward on ii.' occasions Bagh allowed 13 hits and the Brooklyn pitchers 12, but the latter threw fifty-two called bills to Basrbv's ::.v Kiev-, 'en of Brookly n s outs were grounders while eight were flies Bagby threw L'T strike.., nine foul strikes and six fouls, as compared with 89 strikes, nine foul strikes and five fouls for the Brooklyn pair. Six Cleveland s went out on flies and I ". on grouivb is Grimes' reconrt was i8 balls. 16 strikes. 7 foul strikes, four fouls, two batters out on files and several on rollers roll-ers and nine hits in .: l .! Innings. Mitchell, in I I'-.l Innings, threw 24, called balls. 13 strikes. 2 foul strikes, one foul, retired four men on fllns and eight grounded out. He allowed three hits. |