The Washington times., 1923-01-06


and refusal TO quit.
had put Brown In 70 wind up.
that game, and once We got In front
he held rs there. Almost the same
thing happened the next day, al re-
CARDS our attack Overall and Bill
Donovan hooked up in q fine pitch
eP,b battle and we came to the
eighth with the score lied ! to !.
Joe Tinker was the first mlan mp.
and he crowned q homer into the
STANDS. -Four real stzxlfng hits Toll
lowed. We registered i've runs and
won the game to /.
We lost the next one, but then
Brown came hack ana shut out the
Tigers 3 10 .. But Ia doing that he
pulled one Of the greatest Of all
world series plays. Early. not later
than the fourth inning, the first
two men reached base and Py Cobb
came to bat. He was always g
wonderful bunter, ana he never had
q better spot.
Unless We called Steinfeldt n
cIO0ot too close 70 make any play
at third possible, Ty WIS moro
HTrelv tE1ana not 70 bed out q tan
Even Re we got him, they would
have men On second an1 third
with onlY one out. And with
Steiny a close, the bnttcr would
probably crack the ball through
him. 1t wnS one o. tElOse rough
spots.
Brownie figured ny would hunt.
He signed Gtein1eldt 70 play the bag.
with his Nind.up he started IN to-
ward the plate. Al little trickling
roller went down toward third. But
Brown was right on top Of the bail.
snapped II TO SteinfeIdt and got the
runner, who had fine start.
That Ii the most difficult play g
pitcher can make. and It took worlds
Of courage even to try II b. such IN
important crisis. But that was
Brown. with his great fielding and
Thaf one play snuffed out the
Tiger life, and we had no more trou-
BILE In that game. Nor on the next
day, when Overall went Ii and pitch
ed another elaut-out, winning the Sc
ries with q 2.to-O victory.
That was b fighting clash right
down to the last out, a proper finish
for q season that VIII live forever In
the minds OF the boys who played
through it, who never quit In the
face 0e all sorts Of injuries and dis
cOuragements, ard who finally came
through with the finest closing drive
baseball has known.
For three years we had headed
the league, but always with
tougher OppoGftlOa. The other
clubs, New York and Pittsburgh
especially, had strengthened. and
our troubles started early IN 1909.
We had q great season. We won
1O6 gimes, but the best that got
us was second place, for the
Pirates n6sed ms out. Our total
Of victories would have won any
peunant before or since I think,
but we had to step back after an.
other Of those wild elldmgs that
makes baseball q hfeAOng habit
once y6d get into the thick 81 It.
with the season but ten more
days to go, we were four and q
We came into Pittsburgh for a
five-game series And we firmly
believed we'd win 1t and take the
lead. And still think we would
have but for row, which taught
me for all time to, let the umpire
be the boss whether he's right or
We won the first two games and
were close enough to have the Pr
rates decidedly worried. In the
third 20 we were leading to 1
when the other fellows came up for
their fourth inning. There was g
man on when big Abstein whacked
one over the left field fence. John
king was catching and always
maintained that the ball was foul.
It looked the same way to the
whole Of us, but Bin Klein was
umpiring and he called 1t fair
Naturally we argued and stormed'
with Bill. In less time than 1t
takes to ten, the entire infield had
been fired out Of the game. NO
team ever carried enough subs to
patch up a thing like that. TO
make matters worse, three or the
regulars were suspended Tor g rev
DAVIS after q report OF the row nao
been turned in to headquarters.
That wrecked us and took all the
kick out Of the finish, though even
the subs made q game but futile
stab at keeping up the fight.
The arbitrators are invariably
honest. When they give deci-
sion they naturally have to stand
by it. They may be wrong, but
that's neither here nor there. In
the heat Of a close game, with g
pennant In the offing, it's hard to
think Of things calmly, though.
But II ever get in the same pickle
again. believe me; the brakes win
be put on before everything is
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