Evening star., 1915-02-14

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inning was retired
i made a very WIS.,
FSS l deduction. During
fbe base ball sea
son many gam
Is lost after one club seemingly mas -
cinched. 1t is this element oi
tainty that enters so strongly ih'o '"SN
ball that makes the pastime SO pop"i'''
A few years ago / was ufhpirihs q,
American League game between d e,uA
that was fighting for first place aiu
team that seemed certain 10 hhish i"s'
The clup that was lighting LOT Tue pei
nant got away to an early ieao, anu q.
the close of the fifth inning the sco'
stood to in favor OF tne peh"aN
chasers One of the greatest pi'cne'
in the business was doing the hu' i'ns
At Tie close of the inning as ne "a'
Iaiking to the bench the frs' '''e
IiiG:fnsof the club remarked:
.This is a soft one for you' II az
over now but the shouting II 10
wonder the boss wouldn't take some VI
us old fellows out and give the N'us ''
1T Ido,s good now," replied the srea.
pitcher. who is feared by every pa.se.
in the American League, put you ne
can tell. for a lot of Things inas ;ninee :,
between the fifth and the nlntn ihnlls,
Sucb a remark coming from SO sIea. -
a nitcher. who was out in front Win q
seren-run lead, rather lntereseu for
Possibly it offered one Dig rea 81
the pitcher's greatness. He neve. soGn n
anythine for granted, but insisteo II.
nlayins out the string, no matte. nv
certain he seemed OF ~innihs: .he
walked back to the box TO pltcH 'uo nc
last half of the sixth lnhihs
Don't you figure a seven-run ieso .aa
enough. to win at this stage VI ene
rame?' / asked. How does se.eu ven
run lead make you feel against 'aii-
"It makes me feel confident, but never
positive" answered the star
Big Lead Causes Shift.
At the close of the sixth lnnihe' WIN
only three to go, the seven-ruh ieao 'o'
made the manager of the team ieei PoS
tive abce,t the outcome. He figured this
w.s the game to try out several OF ius
,-o,,,ocr piayers and give some OF ti'e Ne.-
Grams n rest In the first OF the seNem., .
he sent in several of the younger pc af ,he
Arnong the PLAYERS being taken oui oi .no
zane were the star pitcher and the He..
eran first baseman. One otner .a,,sr
Was also made, the second Stl1hs .S Tr:S
replaced the first choice osachs.op, INT
in tbe eighth the tai-enders got 10 the
xo,1uS pitcher for three runs, n1ahlhs lnS
count s to T. In the ninth aIter Que IuA
had been scored. no one ou. anu W. ~ tto
ners on the manager hastily removed the
vouncster and sent in one OF ms cIdcA
pitchers in an effort to stop the oppositHloi. H
The game that looked like cincn d lew
innings before was now III the ualanSe' ~
The taii-enders had got going at the eN-
pense of the recruit and they dldh m
tend that any one should stop them; Ihes
continued hitting the offerings OF the vet
eran, and when he finally managed 10 re,
tire the side the score stood . TO ' ana
the bases were filled. The game was
saved through a brilliant catch OF a low
line drive by the left fielder.
johnson Beaten in the Tenth.
A few wears ago I was officiating in a
rame between Washington and Phiiadel-
phia. 1t was all even at the close OF the
ninth. forcing the game into extra innings
Washington put over run IN the nrst
half Of the tenth, and with Walter Jonn-
son going at top speed it looked as II the
Nationals would surely cash. The hrst
two men were easy outs, and with the
count two strikes and no balls on Eddle
Murphy it looked like wrap-up. A cro"d
that filled the ground was in ATTENDANCE
the game being played on a holiday Win
the odds perhaps 100 to i that Wasmng-
ton would win, at least 1000 people nao
filed out of the park while the first two
batters were being retired. Murphy gave
the crowd thrill by hitting safely Rube
Oldring brought the fans to their feet by
hitting the first ball pitched to the left
field wall for double. scoring Murphy
from first and tying the count Collins
capped the climax to most sensational
finish by hitting safely to right field, scor-
ing OIdring from second with the winning
run The Athletics had won the game
thar the deSnerHfe gambler WOnld
have hardly bet counterfeit money on.
Jim Scott. the crack slab man of the
Chicago White Sox, will probably re-
member May ia. 1914, just as long as
Inc pitches base ball. Like all pitchers,
Scott has always had a desire to pitch
no-hit game in the majors. Pitted
against the washington CLUB on the
mis- best, and for nine innings not a
Washington batter was able to get
the ball safe. Doc Ayres. who op-
smoothly as the Chica goan. In the first
inning Chase <tripled. but was unable
to score. while in the second Bodie
singled. but could get no further than
third Those were the two best chances
offered Chicago. That Scott should be
beaten after holding the opposition
hitless for the regulation distance.
shows the many peculiar angles there
is to the game. In the tenth Gandil
hit for a base. and then Shanks wal
loped the ball for double. sending
rduoil over the plate with the much
desired run
IA Wild Ninth Inning Rally.
Fog a real wild and woolly ninth
inning finish. first honors must be
awarded to the Federal League. The
game that entities the new organiza-
tion to such consideration was staged
at st. Louis last summer. / happened
to be working in that city at the time,
there being a conflict OF dates be-
tween the American and Federal
Brooklyn was the opposing team, and
when the visiting team went to bat in
the frst of the ninth the score was a
tie at 7 to Z. as 1 recall it, Brooklyn
indulged in a batting rally that ap-
peared to cinch the game Seven
runs were made, and possibly more
might have been added to the total
had not Art Griggs purposely tried to
strike out to end the agony Now
with the score standing II to against
them the chances of the St Louis club
certainly didn't look very rosy. In
even a more sensational rally than
that staged by Brooklyn, the home
team managed to score eight runs
most of them being made or the de-
livery of Tom Seaton. star twirler o1
the Brooklyn club. A finish of nfteer
runs all in the final inning, the home
team finally nOSinR out the game hv .