Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-08

New York, Oct. 7.-Sherrod Smith, Brooklyn's southpaw hurling ace. pitch ed himself into a place in the worlds series hall of fame today when he held Cleveland helpless in the third game of the super-pennant struggle which the National Ieaguers. won 2 to l. Smith, the stormy petreP of baseball, whose connection with the Robins is the thir- teenth since his debut on the professional diamond, found this circumstance no handicap. Any jinx towering around the twirler from Mansfield. Ga, found lodge ment in the ball which baffled the des- perate efforts of the Indian war club swingers throughout the entire nine in nings of the game.
 Smith. whose hurling today easily won him a place among the stars Of the base ball classic such as Mathewson, Coombs, McGinty and Bender of ancient series, was supported by his teammates in manner which fully equalled the best ex- hibitions of fielding seen in many similar conflicts since the National Commission as- s,Imed a league-of-natons protectorate over the autumnal struggle of the major league 'premiers The Superbas backed up their pitcher like the secondary de- fense of an All-American football team and it was almost impossible for the Cleveland batters to get drive through the various combinations which shifted with lightning speed from place to place wherever the ball was hit.
 Three hits only were made on the winning hurler and of these Catcher O'Neill gathered in two, and Manager Iris Speaker one No better criterion of Smiths effectiveness of his ability to turn back the average batter is neded. Sneaker --odo h'v hit. double. in the
 7urth; O'Neill followed with single in the fifth and another ill the eighth inning. That was the total of the American League pennant winners batting ana had Zack Wheat played Speakers double safely Smith would have been credited with a worlds series shut-out.
 Of the 2S Indians who faced the Rob ins' star left-hander. only five reached first. Of these three arrived on hits and two on passes Speaker scored on an CT was once the victim of double play and -or. Two were left on bases and % Nell Jamieson who ran for him in the eighth inning, met a similar fate, Smith hurled 1O9 balls up to the visitoes. of which 29 were strikes Al balls, s foul strikes, 5 fouls field outs, IS ground outs and three hits.
 Brooklyn, while never free from the fear of a Cleveland rally. batted it's way to victory in the first inning as it event uallv proved by falling upon the puny
 
 offering of Ray Caldwell as soon as he took his place on the mound. What Manager Speaker saw in CaldWelrs curves when the latter warmed up, will always be 3 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 balls, an error, and two hits nettcd 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 aA effective as his rival Smith. was not an easy proposition, and backed up hv some splendid fielding, prevented any further scoring. But with Brooklyn portsider going at the pace he had set for himself the initial slip of the Cleve- land combination was it's undoing.
 In many respects the game measured up 10 the very best conte . seen in any