Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
WITH SMITH IN BOX
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Inc dodgers were Tar from beaten IN
spirit, however. With Sherrod Smith, the
brilliant southpaw who sent Cleveland
back In Brooklyn on the short end Of the
third series game, scheduled to hurl, they
felt the turning point had been reached.
Manager Iris Speaker planned TO send
his youthful southpaw, Walter Mails, TO
the mound. While Mails has had only a
brief major league career, his work has
been on a par with that of the veterans.
Coming into the league in midsummer
from the Pacific coast, and after a failure
as big league pitcher in Brooklyn, the
youngster won six straight games when
Cleveland was on the verge of being
showed out of the pennant race. In
Brooklyn nj the third game of the Worlds
Series, after Ray Caldwell had been
knocked out OF the box in the first inning,
he went in and kept the Dodgers away
from the plate until late in the game when
he WAS taken out for pinch hitter. Mails,
however, had never started super series
contest, while Smith is a veteran.
Back Of the Cleveland team today was
city which had lost interest in everything
but baseball and which no longer granted
Brooklyn even n chance 10 win the series.
There WAS however, somewhat of
cessation of the tensoncss which charac-
terized the city during the early days Of
the big fracas, for the fans seemingly felt
that they had scaled Mount Olympus and
now had only 10 sit back and enjoy the
fruits Of their conquests. The bombastic
enthusiasm Of Clevelands desire 20 tell the
world the greatness of its ball team bad
given place 60 an II told you so" attitude.
The attitude of the clubs hackers was
indicated in the tfortness Of the line nj the
bleachers gates last night and early this
morning. OF 20 ON guard at six o'clock
last night, only four were there To see the
game. The other l6 were "speculators'
holding their place IN line for sale
Harry MclIugh, of Cleveland, the first
In line. voiced the sentiment of many
when he explained that 1T really wasn't
worth waiting in line all night because
Cleveland had practically won the series =
Yesterdays game still WA the rpaltfb
topic under discussion today, for few pef@
sons had ever seen a contest which pro-
duced SO many thrilling situations and
what pleased the Cleveanders most,
situations which were favorable through
out TO the home team The game produo-
ed records for the annals of baseball
which fans may live long before they see
eqialed or broken
Wambsganss triple play, Smiths hom-
VT WIFI tit bhHtt HfAitfs anu fHENf 3
homer after the Slugging O'Neill had been
purposely passed SO Grimes could get 10
the pitcher, viii live long in the baseball
records The first two never before had
been duplicated in q Worlds Series
Fielding which Was brilliant and sensa-
tional and at the same time steady,
hitting which came when hitting was need
ed, kept the thousands Of spectators Jump
ing to their feet
IL was game Of wonders which made IL
impossible for the Dodgers 10 have a real
chance, although they outhit Cleveland
incidentally tl@ game produced several
instances of inside baseball and strategy,
but again in each case Brooklyn was the
sufferer and Cleveland the gamer
In the first inning with the bases full,
Smith took two powerful swings NJ Grimes
teasers and missed each With the count
two and one. Grimes decided 20 try to slip
one over. for n batter logically would ex-
peet pitcher 10 waste one or two IN n
case like that, But Smith sent Grimes
fast straight pitch over the right field
fence and the frenzled war dance around
the bases was on.
Again in the third with the count two |
and one on Smith. Grimes tried 10 slip /
another by, firmly convinced that he |
Wohiu our tEut-s tfif Dattff TINS tune. smith |
sent it 10 left center for a triple Apparent |
ly Grimes had not been fully informed Of |
Smith weakness for American League |
pitchers say he is the greatest speed hitter /
in the game, but comparatively weak on |
slow balls
Grimes tried again to outguess Cleve- /
land by passing O Neill 10 pitch to Bagby, |
but the result of that effort now is history, /
for the ball sailed into the temporary /
bleachers.
Grimes on another occasion in the first |
inning, planned 70 ambush Cleveland. |
With Jameson on second and Wamby on /
first, the Brooklyn pitcher attempted the /
play which made Mordecai Brown famous |
years ago. He told Sheehan 10 stick TO /
third. He pitched the ball on the outside
to Speaker, left handed batter, so that a
bunt necessarily would roll down the third |
base line. As he left 60 of the ball Grimes
dashed for the third base line. planning to
snatch the ball, whirl sharply Brown al
ways did it on one foot-and shoot the
sphere to third for a force out, and pos
sible double play> Everything was ac-
cording TO schedule until Grimes went 10
turn for the throw to third He fell The
bases were filled and Smith then hit his
record smash
With southpaws In the box both man.
ayers planned to make the usual changes In
The hneups so as to increase the number of
light hand hitters. The early selections
Ollows: