The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-08
SMITH PITCHES
GREATEST BALL
O'NEILL GETS TWO
OF THE THREE HITS
Brooklyns Win OF the Reel
In First Inning, Driving
Caldwell From Box

Now York oct Hhrrrod Smith.
Hruoklyn's S"uthUnw hurting ace.
pitched himself into place In tho
w,rIdet Hrrloa IInlI ~ rnmo today
when ha held cleveland holrlorH u" tho
third gam" - tn" ouTUr pcnINant
struggle which rh~ %ntt"""l l.o"Eu"ta
won u 8miih. VII" might APPLY
10 termed tho "nt"rrny r"troi" az hsH"-
bait from tho fn'l that his connection
with tho U"hlnu wan ia" lhlrt""n'h
HInco hIa debut 90 ~" pr"t"rHl"h1l ola
mond found thir 'I"uwalanco neither
a hundnn nor "a handicap Any llus,
lowering around tho twlri"r ia
Mansfield. ia. found l"dEmo"t In ~
ball which hnnlrd tho d"nrofn," -
ruTIn OF tho indian war club Hwl"E"r"
Ihr"uEh"ut tho entire min" InninEa "r
tho game
Hmitn. whose hurlt"g today """iiy
won him q pincS among tho Htnfr "i
tho baseball rlHHrl' much an Mathew
non. Coombr. Mcpiulty and n"ndor OF
ancient soTioH. was supported by hl"
termination Ia manner which IhIy
. saunlIad tho boat oshihItl"nH "f Mold
Ing Hosn In many similar conflicts n,"'n
tho National Cnmmlaalon nraunnd
league Of nRtionr pT"toCt"rnto over Tho
autumnsI struEKi" "r IA" major l"nE""
Z pTemlorn Tho Iupcrhnr backed up
their pitcher lIko tho r"'"nhnty h"r"nH"
Of nm All-AmcTlcnu football team aud
n wnu nInoHt imp"HAiblU r"r IN" 'l"vo.
land hattsrR TO got a drlE" through IN"
various combination which nnif'"d
with ughtnlnE rp"cd from pis"" 1"
place whorOyNT III" bali was MT.
Three hits only wcr" made on tho
winning hurlor nnd Of th""o catcher
stovo O'Nonl gathered In two and
Manager Speaker ono.
HpeRknr Inado his hit. n double In
tho fourth: O'NelI followed with II
single In tho ntth and nn"th"r In the
eighth Inning Had Zach Wheat played
Speakers double safely. Smith would
AkRL 81 II
series Ehut"ut.
or tho twonty-clght Indians who
faced tho Robins star lcrt hand"r' "h'y
five reached first. or these. threo ar
rived on hits and TWO on passes speaker
scored on an error. two were iett on
bases and ONelll was once tho victim OF
double play and JunItnson. who ran Tor
him In tho eighth inning. rnrt similar
fate. Smith hurled 1903 balls M I" 'ho
visitors, OF which - wore strikes. VI
balls. foul strikes. FOULS. i'e'u
outs and Is ground outs.
Won In the FIRST.
brooklyn. while n"H"r tro" from ''o
fohr or II Cleveland rally. bnttrd us way
10 victory In IA" r!rst lnuing as II event
ually proved by falling upon tho runy
orrerlngs or Ray Caldwell uH soon M no
took hla place ON tho mound "hat
Manager Speaker snw In tn'd""U
curvca when tho inter warmed up. WIN
alvr-ya ho a mystery. Certainty tho
Innky former Ynuknp had nothing but
elaboration after no entered tho box
az thln no had plenty and L" rparr
haHo on balls. mn error. hhd NV" n'''
noted tho Suporhan tho tw" runs that
won tho Esmo bnf"r" speaker '"u'"
vlv.waE Ray away aud rnpln"" HIM ny
"puntsr" Malls Tho former t"hl".
whll~ not mn effective m hih tlEA,
Smith was not nm "nNy proportion n"u
barkcd up by some splendid rtcldInK.
nroycut~d any further scoring Hut Win
Tho Hrouklyn portvld"r going at th7
marc hr had aNt for h'mE"It. IN" intt'"'
inning slip Of IN" Cleveland como'n"-
ton vas hl- undulUR
Very Nest Contest.
In many respects IN" gam" measured
nm 20 tho very best contest seen In any
worlds series IN many years. bid tlino
players and followers were Gnam,fh"u "a
In this opinion aftor IN" final out had
hepn made. The entire contest al
,hnuYh married by two errors eFcnty
divided. fairly scint!llated with thrill
ing individual and combination defense
plays which brought tho thousands OF
snertolors to their feet repeatedly.
IL was the first contest To DO played
In rrIl baseball weather and tho rams
showed the effects OF moro pleasant
weather OverCOats. OF which the spec
tntors wrapped tight around themselves
during the first two games. were us
CArded willis occasional purchasers or
peanuts aud pop ginger added tTuo
baseball touch to tho picture. lh"Ta
leCtivc attitude or tho fans, -" Tar az
rnntinE Was concerned Srehk"r wa"
6iVcu tho greatest applause az any lh"'
VidunI player Members "r both leans
raIno La Tor repeated rhoorh following
fine plays. but tho roofing which has
nudo other horlos famous Ia lho p"h'.
.aa sIiil niaRina. notwithstanding mae
Tho home Ulub was winning repeatedly
Thrilling riAys.
rho nutlutald IT upthauna Whl'h
krsolsd tho rapidly an'' cooling ronin ~
H,,I ana una then tho other team, were
snontano"us nni impartial iaIIa
.hIp ssrspI In Tow individual taHe".
1aa nntnrinualY ahHopt ~ may hav"
hoan ,us Ia tho fnri that Ihrro thrilling
playa carna 80 rapidly that lilo hr""blY"
funa nsysr had time I" not ih"'"T"lV""
Tor n genuine "n'hnr7' ~ "p"'"''"h az"
homo tosm roofing
Tho bn aebnIl nr"w"rhr "pspoh IN The
aeoond Inning WHOM itlEh'n"ldor Grlfhlh
made ~ Eroht catch "ff loo """h' bat
that robbed tho Glow slnud nutn"ld"r OF
n surA double moment latar. konot~