Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-08
SHERROD SMITH HOLDS INDIANS TO 3 HITS,
! DODGERS WIN OFF CALDWELL IN OPENER,
BUSTER MAILS THEN PUTS END TO SCORING
oBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

iI3, New York. Oct 7.-sherrod
~! Smith, Brookiyns southpaw hurl-
.itt ing ace. pitched himself into a
place in the worlds series Hail of
Fame today when he held ,CleYe-
tfl3land helpless in the third samt OF
ltssthe super pennant strusgle which
skrthe National leagucrs won to /.
4eaSmith, who might autly be termed
1.-THE stormy Petrol of baseball
OH from the fact that his connection
with the Robins is the thirteenth
since his debut oil the professional
tgt{ diamond fonnd this circumstance
neither a ho0doO noT a handicap,
Any ink lowering around Ge
Fkittwirler from Mansfield, Ga. found
ii'lodgemenl in the bail, which haf-
Unified the desperate efforts Of the
Indian war club swingers through
out the entire nine innings Of the
i;Sgame.
.s4t Smith whose hurting today
4. easily won him a place among the
fsalstNrs OF the baseball classic such
sgilaa Mathcwson. Coombs. McGinnity
sand Bender OF ancient series, was
supported by his teammates in a
manner which fully equalled the
,Stt best exhibition of fielding seen in
III many similar conflicts.
49, Defense Is superb.
tkk The Superhas backed up their
fisl pitcher like the secondary defense
gttsof an all-American football team
sssfand it was almost impossible for
SHstnc Cleveland batters TO &c. Il drive
isBthrough the various combinations
sslawhich shifted with lightning speed
4'from place to place wherever the
ssisball was hit.
As6k Three hits only were made Of
MI The winning hurer and of these
EhtCapcher O'Neill gathered in two
sss4and Manager Speaker one,
ffst Speaker made his hit, a double
EWFin the fourth; O'Neill followed with
ta'Sa single in the fifth and another
sIisin the eighth inning. Had ZacT
uttWheat played Speakers double
safely, Smith would have been
4fiycredited with u worlds series shut
iiIsout.
,.tt Thirty Indians Face Smith.
WI OF the thirty Indians who faced
klssthe Robins star left handler only
ypefive reached first OF these three
tlitarrived on hits and two on passes.
ssss Speaker scored on an error. two
ysstWere lett on bases and 0'Noill was
Nskonce the victim Of double play
and Jameson, who ran for him in
lsssthe eighth inning, met a similar
H. fate. smith hurled 100 balls to the
t. visitors, Of which twenty-ninc were
EiNstrikes. forty-one balls, eight foul
ttt strikes, five fouls, five field outs
~, and eighteen ground outs.
fitb 4 Brooklyn, while never free from
az the fear of a Cleveland rally. bat
t54fted its way to victory in the first
.s.. inning, as IL eventually proved by
falling upon the puny offerings Of
Cn1 q a
sii his place On the mound. What
sttt Manager Speaker saw in CalcWelFS
curves when the latter warmed up,
will always be n mystery. Certain
~ the lanEy former Yankee had
nothing but deiberatiOn after h"
entered tho box, OF this he had
plenty and 70 spare. IA base on
Is ,y....s-:r ar error and two hits Melted
III the SupcrbaS two runs that won the
game before speaker could Wig
wag Ray away and replace him by
nj buster Mails the former Robin
While rot as effective as his rival
Smith he was not an easy propo-
y sition and backed up by some
i. splendid fielding prevented any
further scoring. But with the
p Brooklyn port slider going at the
pace he had set for himself the
tst initial inning slip Ct the CleVClanC
combination was his undOing.
Best Game in Years.
III In many respects the game meas
rred up to the very best contest
Yaen in any worlds series in man%
years
Old-time players and followers
Ett were unanimous in this opinion al
1er the final out had been made.
The entire contest, although
f+ barred by two errors evenly divid-