New Britain herald., 1924-11-11
HARRIS PLAYED HIS
 GAME BY THE CLOCK
Knew to Minute How Long to
 Keep Pitchers Working
By Tho Associated Press,

By The Associated Press
 New York, Nov. 1l,--The psychol- ogy employed by Manager Stanley Harris Of the Washington Americans in handling his pitchers in the final game of the 1924 Worlds Series which has been the subject Of much speculation ever since, was revealed today by member of the Washing ton team close 10 Harris,
 The number of innings each one of the four pitchers who participated fin the game was to work, and the exact time of their entrance and de- parture was outlined before the teams took the field, according 10 the informant. And this schrdulr was followed to the letter except for two circumstances, one of which was the fact that the game went into extra Innings.
 The other exception was in the case of "Curlcy' Ogdon the young pitcher, who was started on the mound for the Senators, according to Harris's plans, Ogden was to pitch to but one man, Lindstrom and then be relegated to the bench but Ogden, anxious to make good, crossed his manager by flaming Lindstrom, thereby giving Harris no legitimate excuse for yanking him.
 n b1 who tolls the story, Harris, after Iindstrom had been famed walked to the mound to consult Ogden.
 My arm is feeling fine and my curve ball has got the old hop,' pleaded Ogden to Harris. "Plcase let me stay in.'
 q can't very well take you out now" said Harris, but the minute you get into trouble, out you go.'
 Frisch, the next man to face Og- den, walked and without even glance at Harris, ogden walked too. George Mogridge, veteran left-hand- CT, took his place on the mound, there to stay until McGraw shifted his team and took out his left handed hittcrs.
 It was Bill Terry, Giant first base man, who threw the scare into liar ris and caused him to resort to this strategy to get him out of the way. And fans who followed inc fortunes of the teams in that last game VIII
 ntiDIitc Met Ira sent in pinch-hittor to swing for Terry, Harris switched with him and dispatched Marberry to the mound. The latter was scheduled to stay un- til the ninth when Johnson, with or ders to pnt everything he had into every pitch, was 10 come in when the sunhad set and the dark shadows made his fast one even more de- ceptivc.
 And this strategy worked out per fcctly. McGraw had shifted his team 10 combat Mogridge and Terry Was. out, ineligible to return. John sons entrance into the game was a dramatic incident. The score was tied the bases clean and Walter was ',on his own" To win meant regain ing his prestige lost when he was beaten twice by he Giants. To lose meant absolute failure; but Walter rose to the occasion and came through with flying colors.
 . George Kelly Giant first ha5eman and d dangerous hitter at all times, said after the game that on his two trips to the plate, when Johnson was pitching, he swung at six balls which he didn't even sec, so binding was the speed of the veteran.
 Random, ever-ready to praise hero, had paid an enthusiastic tri- bute to Harris but way down deep in the heart of many Washington root CTS there was feeling that Harris was only a figurehead in the man. agement of the Washington team and that the veteran hand of Clarke Griffith, president of the club and former manager, was really the pow CT behind Washington's drive to the pennant and subsequently to worlds title.
 ' But the informant, who related the tale of the world series, threw cold water on this theory and said that Harris was the manager in decd as well as in name. He cited one incl dent to prove this.
 On one of Washingtons invasions in the west, Leibold, the outticIder. had been in a bad slump and Harris had. decided to bench him and use McNeely in center. Leihold firm friend of Harris and hard worker for the club, was hurt by the de- motion and promptly denounced Griffith for causing his withdrawal from the game. Upon hearing of this Harris immediately changed his who was the manager" Harris elect tactics and just 10 show Leibold ed to keep Leibold at his post.