South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-08
SMITH HOLDS
INDIANS TO
THREE BLOWS
Cleveland Players Baffled By
Offerings of Dodger
Twirler.

NEW YORK. Oct. 7.-Sherrod
smith. Brooklyn's southpaw hurting
ace, pitched himself into a place in
Ihe worlds series. Hall and Fame
thursday when he held Cleveland
helpless in the third game OF the
super-pennant struggle which the
National leaguers won two TO one.
smith, who might aptly be termed
the stormy petrel' of baseball
from the fact that this connection
with the Robins is the thirteenth
since his debut on the professional
diamond, found this circustance
neither a hoOdoo nor a handicap. No
JinX lowering around the twirIer
from Mansfield, Ga. found lodge
ment on the ball which baffled the
Indian war club swingers through
out the entire nine innings Of the
game.
Excellent Support.
Smith was supported by his team
mates In a manner which fully
equalled the best exhibitions OF
fielding in similar conflicts. The
Superbas backed up their pitcher
like the secondary defense Of an
all-American football team and il
was almost impossible for the Cleve-
land batterS 10 get drive through
the various combinations which
shifted with lightning speed from
place to place wherever the ball
was hit.
OF the Sinnings who faced the
Robins star left handler, only five
reached first. OF these three ar
rived on hits and two on passes
Speaker scored on an error. two
were left on bases and O'Neil was
once the victim of a double play
and Jameson, who ran for him in
the eighth inning met a similar fate.
Smith hurled 109 balls up TO the
Al balls, foul strikes, fouls, S
field outs and IS ground outs.
Win I'm First.
Brooklyn, while never free from
the fear OF a Cleveland rally batted
its way to victory in the first inning
as IL eventually proved, by falling
upon the puny offerings of Ray
Caldwell as soon as he took his
place on the mound. What Man
ager Speaker saw in Caldwells g
curves when the latter warmed up
will always be a mystery Certainly
the lanky former Yankee had moth
ing but deliberation after he entered
the box.
OF this he had plenty and TO
spare. A base on balls, an 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,
backed up by some splendid field
ing, prevented any further scoring.
But with the Brooklyn port slider
going at the pace. he had set for
himself, the initial inning slip Of
the Cleveland combination was
Caldwells undOings. 1t was the
first contest to be played in real
baseball weather and the fans show
ed the effects of the more suitable
setting.
Speaker Given Applause.
Speaker was given the greatest
applause of any individual player.
Members Of both teams came in
for repeated cheers following fine
plays but the roofing which has
made other series famous was still
missing. Notwithstanding that the
home club was winning and winning
repeatedly. The baseball fire works
opened in the second inning, when
Rightfelder Griffith made a great
running catch off Joe Woods bat
that robbed the Cleveland Outfielder
OF a sure double.
4 moment later KOnteshy knock
ed down Sewells blazing slash and
retired him at first with a snap
throw TO Smith. Both players were
required 20 don their caps repeat
/ edly as they came L. the bench. In
/ the third Kontechy and kilduff
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