The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-08
SMITH ENTERS THE HALL OF FAME BY
 DEFEATING INDIANS
Brooklyn SouthpaW lnvincibIe at All Stages of the Game. CIeve|and's One Run Re-
 suit of Poor Fielding
By Associated Press

New York, October 7.- Sherrod Smith, Brooklyn's southpaw hurling ace, pitched himself into a place in the worlds series hall of fame to- day when he held Cleveland helpless in the third game of the superpennant struggle, which the National Leaguers won, 2 to l..
 Smith, Who might aptly be termed the stormy petrel' of baseball from the fact that his connection with the Robins is the thirteenth since his debut on the professional diamond. found this circumstance neither a hoodoo nor . handicap. Any jinx lowering around the twrler from Mansfield, Ga. found Judgement in the ball which baffled the desperate efforts of the Indian war club swingers throughout the entire nine in- nings of the game
 FIELDING BRILLIANT
 Smith, whose hurIing today easily
 
 won him a place among the stars of the baseball classic, such as Mathew son. Coombs, MeGtnty and Bender, of ancient series. was supported by his teammates Tn manner which fully equalled Nhs best exhibitions of fielding seen iA many similar conflicts since the ntt tional commission assumed leag a nations protectorate over the atunlnal struggle of the major league premier The Superbas backed up their pitehsr like the secondary defense of an RE- American football team, and It was si~ most impossible for the Cleveland bst- 1 ters 10 get a drive through the varicps 1 combinations which shifted with n4st ming speed from place to place NIL Ire. ever the ball was hit
 Three hits only were made off tho winning hurler and of these CateAef 1 Steve ONein gathered in two and Mar- ager Speaker one.
 speislSep male his hit. double W Ah ( fourth: O'Netl followed with sin U
 the fifth, and anotlser in the eightlls-
 ming. Had zack Wheat played <
 CTS double safely, Smith would faes i been credited with worlds is shut out.
 1 Of the twenty eight Indians i.a ! faced the Robins star left t-hander, sl iy | five reached first. Of these three l' 1 rived on hits and two on passes.
 SCORES ON AN ERROR ] Speaker scored on an error. Two ,ers l left on bases and O'Neil was oncs Ina victim of a double play, and Jami4gs1. 1 who ran for him in the eighth inning. met a similar fate, Smith hurled 109 balls up to the visitors, of which twen- | ty-nine were strikes forty-one balls. i eight foul strikes. five fouls. five field outs and eighteen ground outs. 1 Brooklyn, while never free from ths
 fear of a Cleveland rally. batted it's way to victory in the first inning. as it eventually proved by falling upon the puny offerings of Ray Caldwell as soon as he took his place in the mound. What l Manager Speaker saw In CaldweHs curves when the latter warmed up will always be mystery. Certainly the lanky former Yankee had nothing but deliberation after he entered the box Of this he had plenty and to spare. A base on ball a9 error and TWO hits netted the Superbas the two runs that won the game before Speaker could wig wag Ray away and replace him by Duster Mails, The former Robin. while not as effective as his rival. Smith. was not an easy proposition and. backed up by some splendid fielding. prevented | any further scoring. But. with tho Brooklyn portsider going at the pace he had set for himself. the initial in- ming slip of the Cleveland combination
 was his undoInig
 BEST OF CRIMES l Tn many respects the game measured rp to the very best contest seen in any worlds series in many years Old | time players and followers were unani- nous in this opinion after the final out l had been made. The entire contest although marred by two errors, even ] lv divided fairly scintilated with l thrilling individual and combination | defensive plays which brought the | thousands ofe spectators 10 their feet 1 repeatedly.
 | It was the first contest to be played in req, baseball weather and the fag.7 ! showed the effects of the more suitable setting. Not cloud obscured the sun | and only lazy breeze disturbed the Indian summer haze The overcoats which the spectators wrapped tightly ] around themselves during the first two 1 games were discarded, while occasion l al purchasers Of peanuts and pop gin- l ger added true baseball touch to the | picture.
 | There was, however. little change In 1 the collective attitude of the fans. SO far as roofing was concerned. Speaker 1 was given the greatest applause of auy ] individual player Members of both 1 lowing fine plays but the roofing which has made other series famous in the past, was still missing, notwith- standing that the home club was win- nino and winning repeatedly. ] The cEtbursts Of applause which i greeted the rapidly succeeding feats If i first one and then the other team, were | spontaneous and impartial. Partisan- i ship. except in a few individual cases. | was noticeaby absent It may have | been due to the fact that these thrit'- | ing plays came so rapidly that the 1 Brooklyn fans never had time to set i themselves for a genuine outburst oe 1 concerted and home team roofing.
 FIREWORKS OPENS ! The baseball fireworks opened in the second inning when Right Fielder Griffith made great running catch off Joe Woods bat that robbed the ] Cleveland outfielder of sure double.2 | A moment later Konetchy knocked down Sewelrs blazing slash and re- tired him at first with a snap throw 1 to Smith. Both players were required 1 to doff their caps repeatedly IS they came to the bench. In the third Konetchy and kilduff figured in an-s l other star play O'Neilrs smash fairlys ! tore it's way through the hands of the Robins first sacker. but the ball was| deflected by Konetchy's efforts to stop