The Washington herald., 1920-10-08
Indians Failure to Hit Pitch
er Smith Cause Of
Downfall.
CALDWELL UNSTEADY
Veteran Driven Off Mound
In First Frame-MaiIs
In Form.
BY GRASTLAND RICE.
Especial 10 Washington Her,Jdl

OF new heroes upon her hall u
fame in FURNISHED letters Of purple
and gold. Today she inscribed the
monickers Of Sherrod Smith. Pete
Kilduf and Ivy Olson side by side
with the records Of BurIeigh Grimes.
Tommy Grifith and Zack Wheat.
More important still, while beat
ing Cleveland to l in the third
canto Of the post-season epic. the
astonishcd Dodgers lifted the big
crowd out Of it's carly trance and
started an old fashioned hurIy burIy
Of wild and woIIy noises by the
! spectacular merit Of their defensive
play.
It was Sherrod Smith. tho massive
tleft-hander. who Let Cleveland
down with three scattered blows.
but outsid" Of his pitching Smith
had no chance to lose with sup
fporting cast that swarmed all over
the ficld for everything in sigh,
Accepted 81 Chances.
Tn" Dodgers inffyid alone ran down
81 chances without an error. On
three separate occasions tho CIcve-
land attack launched desperate
drives. only to find Kudun. Olson
OF Johnston in the way with fancy
iine,pf stops and throws. The soIr
Cleveland run resulted from
double by Iris Speaker m tho
fourth inning which bounded
through Whcats open faced legs
and rolled on to the fence. But
thu industrious ZsCk more than
at"ned for this one misplsy by rap
ping out three singles the first or
q which PLAYED an important part in
Ero"klNn's winning rally through
tho first round.
Brooklyn won the game With q
rush by breaking through the two
sectors defended by Ray Caldwell
and Joe SeUCII. They drove CsId-
well from the field with onI,- one
man gone in tho first inning through
a pass Iu Olson with singles bv
Wheat and Myers. SeweITs tumble
that put Tom Grifith in position 20
4 s"or, w@s Largely rcspOusi ble FOR
th' WANING run.
on for cleveland.
J Having collected these two i'm
por,anJ lsIIi,s. smith and his
hustNuE mates then settled down
With the tidy id-a in mind Of sup
pressing any hostile Sorti- for the
rest Of tho game. As the result
of this Logical idea. wonderfully
worked out. the Dodgers left last
night for a four-dsy stand in Clevo-
land leading the series by two
crowd warmed up and at times rose
, Up on its hind legs TO cheer on
home talent The Dodgers deserved
il slI. on one occasion Tommy
Gliffith destroyed an imminent dou-
bic by scoopinE a lin, hit IN the
sod while moving under such ter
rific headway that he came near
r leaving the ground.
II You desire further samples oF
Brooklyn fne defensive play. here is
on" for the book. In tho third in
ming O'N-iU l"d of with a smash 20
|rrghr Tho ball bounded OIL HonCy-~
throbbing Knee cap and Carom,d to-
wards tho outheld. At this moment
/ tho alert kI'dun by remarkable
sprint intercepted tho blow auo
tossed tho ball tm smith. who had
COY, rcd first
Gamc OF Many Features
I Only a remarkable coordination
Of aIcrtn,ss and team play on the
part Of kildun aud Spith could
have turned out such d play. II
was full and complete ovldonC" that
Erooklyn's trained defense was on
! top of the job a. every turn, taking
nothing for granted. And these two
were only few Of the many fca-
lures that thswed tho stoIfd aspect
I N the populacc and brought rc-
4 newed zip back TO the crowded
stands.
/ The sIugging Indians battcd 500
/ through the American League StruE-
gle but they are now finding but
f.w gaps open in this Brooklyn de
fens0. They scored a run in the
fourth inning Of the first game.
I That run happens to be the last one
they have earned since. although
Z twenty three innings have passed
! by. In these last twenty-thrCc in
nings against the pitching OF Ma
msuN. CsdSrc. Grimes and Smith the
3 Western sttaCk has scored but once
and that was due to an outfeld
slip and was in no way earned OF
deserved.
! Dodgers' Great Defense.
! Before the series started VIC hE-
ured that Brooklyn's pitching would
, give Cleveland a world Of trouble.
4 But il has been something more
I than pitching. Quite bit more.
/ For. in addition. the Dodgers infieid
and outfield has swarmed all over
} the scenery in its jealous pursuit
Of Iusty drives that were soon
smothcr,d to death. Brooklyn's in
field has stood the shock without
{ Z quiver.
The record Of thirty-seven ac-
cepted chances yesterday without a
] bobblc tcstifeS 10 this. Kouey
| alone carried away nineteen
chances where the old boy never .
| looked better. Eighteen Of these
chances were assists-and when an
! indeld Erinds out eighteen assists
! without blowing one you can put
| il down to sheer merit.
| What might have happened n
| speaker had started Dusty Mails
in place OF Ray caldwell will never
ho known. caldwell WAS shaky
from the jump. lasting only a third
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