Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1920 — ALL CLEVELAND HONORS VICTORS [ARTICLE]

ALL CLEVELAND HONORS VICTORS

Mayor Urges Citizens to Cele-< brate Winning of Baseball ’ Championship. . PAY TRIBUTE TO HOME TEAM Parade and Banquet Planned—Play-' era Given Watches, Medals, Auto- J mobiles, Loving Cups and Floral Wreaths. WORLD'S SERIES FIGURES. Seventh Gama Attendance 27,525, Receipts $83,900.00 Clubs’ share 75.510.00 Commission’s share 8,890.00 Total for Seven Games. Attendance 178,857 Receipts $564,788.00 Players' share (five games). 214.876.26 Clubs' share 293,432.94' Commission's share 56,478,801 ’ Final Standing of Teams. A , W. L. Pct. Cleland 5 2 .714 Brooklyn .................2 5 .286

Cleveland. 0., Oct. 14.—With the fifth city of the United States in the matter of population definitely assured of being the first city of the baseball universe for at least 12 months, Cleveland settled back to enjoyment of the world’s championship baseball honors brought here by Jim Dunn’s Indians when they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8 to 0, and captured the annual classic of the professional diamond from the National league champions by five games to two. Cleveland. 42 years a hanger-on in professional baseball, but now the official home of the world aeries winners, turned its thoughts to devising pew ways of showing appreciation of the powers of the athletes who finally made this city the world's baseball capital.

Plan Big Celebration* Although several watches, medals, automobiles, loving cups and half a dozen floral wreaths of unusual size have been presented to the winning -players by appreciative fans, Cleveland believes It has done Utile for the American leaguers, is getting ready to Jet tfie world know jpst how to feel about possessing a championship ball club. . . .

The first bF a series of celebrations was held last night. s Mayor Fitzgerald Issued a proclamation calling on al! good citizens witbin walking or riding* distance of tbis metropolis to he present at Wade park and pay official homage and tribute to Tris Speaker and his tribe. Tl^e ball players as the guests of honor, the citizenry turned out by the thousands as It had at the games, and all the high officials of the city were present to explain to the Indians In detail just how proud Cleve ’and la of them.

Banquet for Players. An official dinner for the players with the city officials as^ hosts and everyone in the blue book as guests Is another affair y-hich probably will rake place in a day or two. Then there Is. the matter of presents for nil the players, and possibly a parade, but Cleveland assures the world that nil such things will be adequately attended to, and Cleveland proved dur-’ ing the world series that it never goes half way, either In winning games or celebrating Its victories. In Cleveland baseball is a sport and not a business, and the fans, tied up for nearly half a century with clubs nqver finishing higher than second, expect to crowd 42 years of appreciation, joy, enthusiasm and celebration Into the one year of supremacy, which was assured them by Stanley Coveleskie Tuesday. When the players go home they probably will be honored further, -tor Sandusky, 0., already Is arranging a big home-coming for Elmer Smith.

From the time little Joe Sewell made his wonderful stop of Koney’s grounder, ending the series, and Tils Speaker climbed into the stands Io kiss his gray-haired mother, Cleveland has been in a furore. The name of every player is on the lips of every fan, but standing,out above all are Tris Speaker, Stanley Coveleskle, Elmer Smith, Bill Wambsganss, George Burns, Walter Mails, Jim Bagby and Steve O'Neill, the men whose Individual feats brought the championship here, Coveleskie pitched himself into the world sbflea hall of fame by throwing back the Dodgers three successive thnea,