The World Series begins on Oct. 5, 1920 in Brooklyn, and Cleveland takes game one by a score of 3-1. Catcher Steve O’Neill of the Indians hits two doubles and draws a walk for the best offensive game of the day. Stan Coveleski goes the distance for the Indians, allowing five hits and one walk, striking out three.

Defense played a huge part in the game. Grantland Rice pens a story on the exploits of Cleveland centerfielder Tris Speaker and shortstop Joe Sewell.

A gale out of the barren lands came howling across the field, twisting and warping the trajectory of fly balls into puzzling deviations, but these deviations were not puzzling enough to baffle the defensive art of Speaker, who romped back and forth across he field like a ball-playing centipede in action.

New York Tribune

According to the article, Speaker prevented a pair of triples and Sewell prevented two hits as well. The wind was not as kind to the Dodgers. In the second inning, George Burns of the Indians hits a pop fly that is blown by the wind and drops between the first and second basemen. First baseman Ed Konetchy of the Dodgers then throws the ball to second as Burns tries to advance, and it rolls all the way to the leftfield corner as Burns scores the first run. The sports page shows a photo of Burns scoring.

That page also contains an article on the Indians voting Ray Chapman‘s wife a World Series share. Sewell replaced the late Chapman after a pitch ended his life.