Fix Allegations Leave World Series in Limbo as Tribe Clinches
The Indians departed Cleveland for St. Louis on Sept. 25 hanging on to a half-game lead in the American League. If ever there was a time to put it away, it would be against the Browns, a fourth-place...
View ArticleIndians to face Brooklyn in World Series
The 1920 World Series would feature two teams in search of their first championship. But unlike the Indians, who were making their first appearance in the Fall Classic, their opponent, the Brooklyn...
View ArticleBrothers Face Off for First Time in 1920 Series
In July 1920, Mickey Silverman, the night manager of the Associated Press office in Cleveland, spent part of his vacation in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Silverman returned and dutifully reported to Plain...
View ArticleSeries Starts at Ebbets Field; Tribe Takes Opener
Abraham Lincoln had come through the old Union Depot in Clevleand, near where the Shoreway meets West Fourth Street now on the way to Washington to be inaugurated. And his funeral train came through...
View ArticleBrooklyn Catches Breaks, Evens Series in Game 2
Indians manager Tris Speaker was fortunate enough that for game 2 of the 1920 World Series, he could send a 30-game winner to the mound. Jim Bagby would face off against Burleigh Grimes. Robins manager...
View ArticleTribe Blanked as Robins, Take Series Lead
In the summer of 1919, Ray Caldwell was on baseball’s discard pile, having been cut loose by the Red Sox. He was almost universally regarded as talented, but his taste for alcohol and nightlife did him...
View ArticleCleveland Goes Wild as City Hosts its First World Series Game
It was a party nearly 20 years in the making on Oct. 9, 1920. The Fifth City would host its first World Series game as the Indians hosted the Dodgers at League Park. “Two Ohioans are running for the...
View ArticleRobins Hurler Marquard Ends up on Wrong Side of Law
During the first World Series played in Cleveland, police were on the lookout for scalpers, and before Game 5, they found a most unlikely one in their dragnet. Even though Indians owner Jim Dunn added...
View ArticleGame 5 Turns into Instant Classic
There are certain World Series games that are instant classics, like Game 6 in 1975, when Carlton Fisk willed a home run fair to keep the Red Sox alive in the series. And Game 6 in 1986, when the Red...
View ArticleMails Proves Greatness, Blanks Robins
Game 6 marked the first World Series game played in Cleveland on a workday. But thousands of people had made plans to be at League Park or someplace that wasn’t work to get regular results from the...
View ArticleCoveleski Joins Good Company with Third Series Win
Oct. 12, 1920 – Columbus Day – was a beautiful day in Cleveland. It was sunny and approaching 70 degrees as everyone prepared for the final World Series game at League Park. The Indians had won three...
View ArticleAfter the 1920 Championship Season
The 1920 World Championship was the high mark for the Indians, who had reached baseball’s pinnacle after finishing second in the previous two years. It wouldn’t last. The Yankees’ purchase of Babe Ruth...
View ArticleDunn’s Decision in 1920 May Have Had Role in Tribe’s World Series Fate Later
Since 2003, Major League Baseball has used the All-Star Game to determine home field advantage for the World Series. It’s a dumb idea, implemented as a knee-jerk reaction to the 2002 All-Star Game,...
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