, 1922-09-29

before the series is underway there
Will be that same jovial crew OF al
ways there's" Some OF them spend "a
week crossing the continent TO expert
cnce the feel OF a chill. lubble creep
ing up Their spines to be exploded
near the base Of the brain by some
5ody's one-handed stab OF a hot liner
or SOME other Of the deciding plays
one Of the many ''c!imaxes' Of tho
series.
None OF the Old Guard who take
their baseball straight RIVER viii FOR
get the series OF 1905 when Ed over
all and Three Finer Brown. riJcaed
the old Cub machine OF the 'gcnuselne
mahogany" days to Tour victories TO
one defeat against Detroit. Ed Ruel
bach and Ed Pfeister were other
hurlers OF the Old Cubs.
In the hotel Hobbies now they are
heatedly discussing the pitching duels
between Christy M~athewson and Rube
Marquard of the Charts against Chief
Bender and Eddie Plank OF the Ath
letics OF only 10 years ago. n how
Franklin J. Baker. the young Mary
lander. was permitted to sign Home
Run before his name when the dust
had cleared away.
Others talk OF the 'UIltless Won
ders'' Of 1soe-the team Of the late
JigEs Donahue and the amusing Nick
Altrock that ssgamped Frank Chance
and his bristling Cubs. four games TO
two, and how Donahue made several
one-handed catches OF badly-thrown
halls by stretching an unbelievable
'ength while holding one foo on the
bag.
They talk, too. OF Babe" Adams.
old war horse OF the Pittsburgh Pr
ass. who won three games for the
smoky city team 1om the Tigers
of other days-the 1909 American
league champions.
The Boston tribe speaks touching
ly-almost tearfuIly-of the 1912
series which the Red Sox took from
the Giants. winning tbur. losing
three and tieinE one. at was in the
eighth and final game ct Boston on
October 1s when tho score was a tie
Il the end OF the NINTH" so the le-
gend runs.
1.-THE Giants scored one in the
10TH says the Old Fan. Scored one
and led. Harry Hooper did the job.
Why. sir! he leaned over the fence
and tool Doyle's long hit that was
ticketed for u home run and. as
out later. it was the saving
play Of the series. It was the decid.
ing play. That vas the climax.
"At any rate the world went to
pieces for the Giants in their half of
the inning. Snodgrass muffed a long
ny hit by Engle who batted for Wood.
Engle went TO second on the error.
Snodgrass tried 90 re1eem himself
the next play by safely catching a
liner that Harry Hooper hit
with the intention of ending the
"Cbristy Mathewson, twiriing for
New York, put all the fooling he had
into his pitching to Yerkes but the
walked. Then Fred Merkle.
the Giant Businessman, muffed a foul
the bat of Iris Speaker and
then"
That" breaks in the listener. was
the climax. That. not Hooper's
was the deciding play. Now
I was there and"
And then" goes on the first speak
ITOWnlnE, Olu IT'S hluSltu 1AN
Engle came home with the tying run.
scored the winning run n
and eight seconds later-by
watch-when Gardner sent a long
sacrifice fly TO Devore."
None of the fans forget the triple
play made unassisted by Wambgnass
Of Cleveland in the fifth inning of the
game against Brooklyn In 1920;
Elmer Smiths homer with three on
in the first inning Of the same game
and Bagby's homer with two on In
the fourth inning. also OF the same
game.
None of the bowling mob who shook
the concrete Polo Grounds will forget
the fifth inning of the first game last
year when Mike McNally. who had
a two-bagger and had gone to
third on Schang's sacrifice. stole home
Mays getting ready to hit the
ball.