Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-08
W|RLER MAKES
 BERTH IN HALL OF
 PITCHING FAME
Sherrod Smith, Southpaw for Brooklyn, Baffles Indians,
 Wins Third Game
ROBIN PITCHER ONLY
 ALLOWS THREE HITS
Warm Weather Stimulates Inter- est in National Contest for First Time; Sale of Pea
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 New York, Oct. 7.-Sherrod Smith. 1 Brooklyn's southpaw hurling ace, pitched himself into place in the 1 worlds series hall of fame today when he held Cleveland helpless in the third game of the super-pennant struggle, which the National Leaguers wen by two to one. Smith. who might apparently be termed the stormy ] petrel" of baseball from the fact that 1 his connection with the Robins is the i thirteenth since his debut on the pro- fcssicnal diamond, found this circum- stance neither a hoodoo or a handi- cap. Any jink lowering around the twirler from Mansfield, Ga., found lodgment in the ball which baffled the desperate efforts ofthe Indian war club swingers throughout the en- tire nine innings of the game.
 Smiths hurling today easily won 1 him a place among the stars of the baseball classic, such as Mathewson, Coombs, McGinnity and Bender of former series. He was supported by
 his teammates in manner which fully equaled the best exhibition of fielding seen in any similar con- flict since the National Commission assumed a protectorate over the au- tumnal 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 impossible for the Cleveland batters to get drive through the various combinations which shifted with Tightening speed wherever the ball was hit.
 l Only Allows Three
 Three hits only were made off the winning hurler and of these Catcher O'Neill gathered in two and Manager Speaker one.
 | Speaker made his hit, double, in the fourth inning, O'Neill followed with single in the fifth and an- 1 other in the eighth inning. Had Zack Wheat played Speakers double safely, Smith would have been credit ed with worlds series shutout. Of the 28 Indians who faced the. Robins star left-hander, only five. reached first, of these, three arrived on hits and two on passes. Speaker scared on an error, two were left on bases and O'Neill was once the vic tim of double play and Jamieson. who ran for him in the eighth inning met similar fate. Smith hurled 1O9 balls to the visitors, of which 29s were strikes, Al balls, eight foul strikes, five fouls, five field outs and; IS ground outs.
 Brooklyn, while never free from the fear of Cleveland rally, batted it's way to victory in the first inning, as it eventually proved, by falling on the puny offerings of Ray Caldwell as, soon as he took his place on tho mound. What Manager Speaker saw in Caldwell's curves when the latter , warmed up will always be mystery Certainly the lanky Yankee had noth- 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 two runs that won the game before Speaker could wigwag Ray away and replace him by "Duster" Mails, the former Robin. While not as effective as his rival Smith, he was not an easy prop osition, and backed up by some splen- did fielding, prevented further SCOT ing. But with the Brooklyn port sider going at the pace he had set for ! himself in the initial inning slip of the Cleveland combination was his uii- doing. In many respects the game measured up to the best contest seen in the worlds series in many years. Old time players and followers were unanimous in this opinion after tho final out had been made. The entire contest, although marred by two err TOTS, evenly divided, fairly scintilatedI with brilliant individual and eombi4 nation defensive plays which broughtS] the thousands of spectators to their ] feet repeatedly.
 Weather Splendid
 1C WdS tuS liASt SVIiscSt " " Y4H& -fHI ed in real baseball weather and the spectators showed the effects of the more suitable setting. Not 2 cloud obscured the sun and only lazy breeze disturbed the Indian summer \ haze. The overcoats, which the spec tators wrapped tightly about them selves during the first two ganaes were discarded, while occasional pur- chasers of peanuts and pop added true baseball touch to the pitcuxe There was, however. little chan&es in the collective attitude of the en- thusiasts, so far as "rootine VII concerned. Speaker was given the greatest applause of any individeet player. Members of both teams cegaS in for repeated cheers followiux 4lMx plays, but the ~rcotine \ whicA made otker seyiss famous VII inr, netwithst1ndine the nele
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