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OCTOBER
1920
IN THE NEWS:
In their first game following the indictment,
the White Sox lose to St. Louis 8-6, while the
Indians split with Detroit. Chicago trails by 2 with
2 to play.
| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 1, 1920 | | Chicago Cubs
3, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Wrigley Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
4, New York Giants
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | New York Giants
4, Brooklyn Dodgers
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | Detroit Tigers
5, Cleveland Indians
4 at Tiger Stadium | | | Cleveland Indians
10, Detroit Tigers
3 at Tiger Stadium | | | Washington Senators
13, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Shibe Park | | | St. Louis Browns
8, Chicago White Sox
6 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Dickie Kerr beats the St. Louis Browns 10-7,
but Cleveland wins 10-1 to clinch the pennant.
The Pirates and Reds, battling for 3rd place,
play a tripleheader in Pittsburgh. The Reds win the
first two 13-4 and 73, and the Pirates
the finale 6-0. It's the only "tribill"
played this century.
Shaken by the possible effects of the scandal
surrounding baseball, club owners begin a series of
meetings to reform the game. Albert D. Lasker, a Chicago
advertising man and minority stockholder, of the Cubs,
proposes a 3-man board of nonbaseball men, with the
chairman to be paid $25,000 year. Among the names
mentioned: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, former president
William Howard Taft, General George Pershing, Senator
Hiram Johnson, General Leonard Wood, and ex-treasury
secretary William McAdoo.
| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 2, 1920 | | Boston Braves
8, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Braves Field | | | Philadelphia Phillies
4, Boston Braves
2 at Braves Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
4, Chicago Cubs
1 at Wrigley Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
4, New York Giants
2 at Polo Grounds V | | | Cincinnati Reds
13, Pittsburgh Pirates
4 at Forbes Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
7, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Forbes Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
6, Cincinnati Reds
0 at Forbes Field | | | Cleveland Indians
10, Detroit Tigers
1 at Tiger Stadium | | | Washington Senators
7, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Shibe Park | | | Washington Senators
4, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Shibe Park | | | Chicago White Sox
10, St. Louis Browns
7 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
In the Browns' 16-7 win over Chicago, George
Sisler gets his 257th hit of the season to set a ML
record. He also hurls a scoreless 9th inning in relief.
Cincinnati P Dazzy Swartz makes his big-league
debut. He hurls a 12-inning complete game, taking
the loss. He never plays another game in the ML.
| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 3, 1920 | | Brooklyn Dodgers
5, Boston Braves
4 at Ebbets Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
4, Chicago Cubs
3 at Wrigley Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Cincinnati Reds
3 at Crosley Field | | | Philadelphia Phillies
4, New York Giants
1 at Polo Grounds V | | | Detroit Tigers
6, Cleveland Indians
5 at Tiger Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
16, Chicago White Sox
7 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Philadelphia Athletics
8, Washington Senators
6 at Griffith Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
The tradition of low-scoring WS games continues
when the Indians manage to collect only 5 hits off
Brooklyn's Rube Marquard (10-7) and 2 relievers. Stan
Coveleski's (24-14) 5-hitter gives the Indians a 3-1
opening win.
IN THE NEWS:
When Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits for Cleveland in
the 9th inning of game 2, his brother Jimmy is playing
3B for Brooklyn. They become the first brothers
to take opposite sides in a WS. Spitballer Burleigh
Grimes (23-11) strands 10 Indians while the Robins
chip away at Jim Bagby (31-12) for 3 single tallies
and a 3-0 Series evener.
IN THE NEWS:
Two Brooklyn runs in the first lead to a quick
exit for Cleveland starter Ray Caldwell (20-10). John
"Duster" Mails and George Uhle shut down the Robins,
but southpaw Sherry Smith (11-9) gives up 3 hits;
the visitors' only run results from an error by Zack
Wheat on Tris Speaker's double. It's a 2-1 win,
and 2-1 Series lead for Brooklyn.
IN THE NEWS:
For their first WS game on the lakefront, 25,734
Indians fans watch their home team. score 2 in the
first and 2 in the 3rd off Leon Cadore (15-14)
and Al Mamaux. Cleveland wins game 4, 5-1.
IN THE NEWS:
In the bottom of the first of an event-laden
game, Grimes gives up hits to Charlie Jamieson, Bill
Wambsganss, and Speaker. OF Elmer Smith then hits
the first grand slam in WS history. In the 3rd,
P Jim Bagby comes up with 2 on and crashes another
Grimes delivery for a 3-run HR, the first ever
by a pitcher in WS play. Bagby is roughed for 13 hits,
but he gets out of jams with the aid of 3 DPs and
an unassisted triple play. In the 5th with Pete Kilduff
on 2B and Otto Miller on 1B, relief pitcher Clarence
Mitchell hits a line drive at SS Wambsganss, who steps
on 2B and tags the off-and-running Miller before he
can retreat. Cleveland dominates 8-1.
IN THE NEWS:
In game 6, Brooklyn's P Sherry Smith gives up a
6th-inning single to Tris Speaker and double to George
Burns. That's all the scoring for the day, as Duster
Mails yields 3 hits for a 1-0 win and 42
lead for Cleveland in the best-of-9 series.
IN THE NEWS:
Stan Coveleski wins his 3rd game of the Series,
and the Indians wrap it up, as Dodger bats are silent
again. Burleigh Grimes is nicked for single scores
in the 4th, 5th, and 7th, for a 3-0 loss. Utility
IF Jack Sheehan plays 3B for Brooklyn and gets his
2nd hit of the Series, the same number of hits he
had during the season. These 4 are his only ML hits.
IN THE NEWS:
A WS victory celebration in Wade Park brings out
more than 50,000 Clevelanders, whose enthusiasm tears
up chairs and stages, dunks some people in the park
lake, and blocks downtown streets most of the night.
IN THE NEWS:
NL directors meet in New York, joined by Jacob Ruppert,
Cap Huston, Charles Comiskey, and Harry Frazee of
the AL. They name a committee to draw up an agreement
along the lines of Albert Lasker's proposal, and give
the 5 AL clubs still backing Ban Johnson an ultimatum:
come in by November 1st or the Yankees, White Sox,
and Red Sox will pull out of the AL and join a 12-team
NL (with a team in Detroit to complete the roster).
The AL 5 turns it down, and bluff and counterbluff
blow through the autumn air.
IN THE NEWS:
The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names
of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal
Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the WS scandal.
Confessions, later repudiated, are signed by Ed Cicotte,
Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams, and Happy Felsch.
IN THE NEWS:
The Yankees sign Red Sox manager Ed Barrow as business
manager, completing the front office team that
will build the game's most successful record. Hugh
Duffy replaces Barrow in Boston.
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