Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-08
.SHERR0D SMITH is
80 HERO OF DODGERS
SECOND VICTORY
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cardcd. while occasional purchasers
or peanuts and pop-ginger added a
true baseball touch to the picture.
There was. however. little change
In, the collective attitude of the fans.
so far as roofing was concerned.
Sneaker was given tho greatest APP
plause OF any individual player.
Members OF both teams came In for
repeated cheers following tine plays
sPut the roofing which has made other
series famous in the past was still
tmissing, Notwithstanding that the
homo club was winning and win
ming repeatedly.
Outbursts of Applause.
The outbursts OF applause which
greeted the rapidly succeeding fcats
OF drst ono and then the other team
were spontaneous and impartial, par
usanship, except in few individual
cases was not!ceably absent. II may
have been due TO the fact that these
thrilling plays came so rapidly that
the Brooklyn fans never had time 10
set themselves for genuine out
hurst of concerted and homc-tcam
roofing.
The baseball fireworks opened in
the second inning. when Rightfelder
Griffith made a great running catch
on Joe Woods bat that robbed the
Cleveland outficlder of a sure double.
\ moment later konctchy knocked
down Scwclrs blazing slash and re-
tired him at first with a snap throw
10 Smith. Both players were re-
quircd TO don their caps repeatedly
rs they came to the bench. In the
third. konctchy and Kildur figured
in another star play. ONcill's smash
fairly tore its way through the hands
OF the Robins first sackcr, but the
ball was detected by Konctchy's eff
forts to stop it. and shot OF toward
kildun, who scoopcd it up and flung
II back to Smith, who had rushed
over to cover the bag.
Again in the fifth session, the
brooklyn inield interfercd in a fast
double play. Olson knocked down
Mails wicked drive and recovering
his balance with an effort tossed the
ball to Kiidun. forcing O'Nein at
second. whcrcupon liildun whirled
and nailed Mails at first.
Aroused TO Frenzy.
Speakers players let themselves out
under this incentive in the sixth,
whom two feats in handling the ball
aroused the throngs TO frenzy.
Wheat lifted a booming foul ny
along the right field line and Burns
chased tho descending sphere clear
TO the Erandstand, where he brought
up with slam against the iron rail-
Ing. but not until he reached in among
Lhc,skpcctators OCCUPYING n front row
box and with his Elovcd hand spear
kdSthe ball almost in the lap OF a
~ypu1an fan. Myers then singled to
lott, but when konetchy hammered
~ red-hot hopper TO Wambsganss.
lightning double play, wamby TO
Sewell 10 Burns. checked what ap-
pesred 10 be another run getting
faby. Other plays OF almost equal
.6filiiancy marked the progress of
tho battle, but these were the out
STANDING defensive features OF "a con-
lest, which will always rank we'll to
iho fore in the annals of world
series.
The outcome o. the third game in
no way appeared 10 affect the con-
iidencc of Manager Speaker in tile
ability of his players TO win out in
The coming battles. which switch TO
Cleveland tonight.
We will win tho series" was the
confident comment o. Sneaker as he
rft Ebbets Field He declared
Brooklyn's victory. or rather Clcvc-
lands defeat. was due 10 better team
work in the field by brooklyn
Dodgers on Their Toes.
The Brooklyn players We're UP on
their toes and certainly played great
baseball" he said. while our men
IN the field did not do so well today"
Manager Speaker praised the work
of: Shorts.op Scwcll, who only re-
GENTLY Game into tho major league
and predicted that some day that
boy is going to bG. one OF the best"
Manager Rohinsea, OF Brooklyn.
declared that his opinion on the final
result was still the same as II was
before the first game was played
Just as ! thought two days ago"
said Robbie, the series will be very
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