New-York tribune., 1920-10-08
Stone Wall Defense Put Up
by KilduM and Olson
and Smiths Pitching Are
Main Factors i'm Victory
By Grantland Rice

Day by day Brooklyn is chiseing the
names Of new heroes upon her Hall of
Fame in FURNISHED letters of purple
and gold. Yesterday she inscribed the
monickers of Sherrod Smith, Pete Kill
duff and Ivy Olson side by side with
the records of Bureigh Grimes. Tom
my Griffith and Zach Wheat
More important still. while beating
Cleveland 2 to / in the third canto
OF the post-scason epic, the astonish-
ing Dodgers lifted the big crowd out
of its early trance and started an old
fashioned hurlyburly of wild and woody
noises by the spectacular merit Of their
defensive play.
1t was sherrod Smith, the massive
left -handcr, who let Cleveland down
side of his pitching Smith had no
chance to lose with supporting cast
that swanned all over the field for
everything in sight.
Game Won With Rush
The Dodger infeld alone ran down
thirty-seven chances without an error.
On three separate occasions the Cleve-
land attack launched desperate drives,
only to find Kilduff, Olson or Johnston
in the way with fancy line of stops
and throws. The sole Cleveland run
resulted from double by iris Speak
er in the fourth inning which BOUNDED d
through Wheat's open-faced legs and
rolled on to the fence. But the indus
trious Zach more than atoned for this
one misplay by rapping out three
singles, the first of which played an
important part in Brooklyn's winning
rally through the first round.
Brooklyn won the game with q rush
hy. hrno IL
tors defended by Ray Caldwell and Joe
SeweN The Dodgers drove Caldwell
from the field with only one man gone in
the first inning through pass to Olson
with singles by Wheat and Myers
Sewelbs tumble, that put Tom Griffith
IN position to score, was largely re-
sponsible for the winning run. Hav-
ing collected these two important tai.
lies, Smith and his hustling mates ther
settled down with the tidy idea in minC
Of suppressing any hostile sortie fol
the rest of the game.
AS the result Of this logical idea
wonderfully worked out. the Dodgers
left last night for four-day stand ir
Cleveland, leading the series b. tw,
games to one. No wonder the bis
crowd warmed up and at times rose
upon its hind legs to cheer on home
talent. The Dodgers deserved it all
On one occasion Tommy Griffith de
stroyed an imminent double by SCOOP
ing line hit off the sod while moving
under such terrific headway that he
came near leaving the ground.
If you desire further samples oil
Brooklyn's fine defensive play, here i.
one for the book: In the third inning
O'Neill led off with smash to right
The ball bounded off Koney's throb
bing knee cap and caremed toward the
outfield. At this moment the alert XII!
DUH by remarkable sprint inter,
cepted the blow and tossed the bal
to Smith who had covered first.
Only remarkable coordination Of
alertness and team play on the par,
OF kilduff and Smith could have turnee
out such play. 1t was full and com
plete evidence that Brooklyns trained
defense was on top OF the job at ever,
turn, taking nothing for granted. Anc
these two We're only few Of the man,
features that thawed out the stole
aspect of the populace and brought re-
newed zip backa to the crowded stands
The slugging Indians batted .3Os
| through the American League strue
gle, but they are now finding but few
gaps open in this Brooklyn defense
They scored run in the fourth inning
OF the first game. That run happens
to be the last one they have earned
since, although twenty three inning:
have passed BY. In these last twenty.
three innings against the pitching Of
Mamaux, Cadore, Grimes and Smith
the Western attack has scored but once
and that was due to an Quilted sliJ
and was in no way earned or deserved
Before the series started we figured
that Brooklyn's pitching would give
Cleveland a world of trouble. But i
has been something more than pitch
inr Onita a hit mora Far In aAli4ia