Evening star., 1924-10-07

Washington and New York proved
it in their third encounter. After
those two nerve-wracking games at
Washington came the big let-down.
The Nationals went to pieces COM
pletely. The Giants were held to-
gether by frankie Frisch, who play
ed the game of his life. He was the
whole right and center of the Giant
team. Washington's morale was shot
% pieces by the loss of Roger Peck
fnpaugh, who strained leg that was
injured several years ago and had to
retire.
Roger was not there to hit in the
pinch. If he had been. the standing
of the clubs today might easily have
OF the Washington outfit had
chance at glory. but not one of them
could reach the heights.
Thirteen Nationals stranded on the
bases. That tells the story, Memo
Liebold getting his first chance in
the series, came up twice with the
winning runs waiting to be knocked
in-every base filled-but he could
not deliver. Stan Harris. the
doughty manager of the Washington
mans, had his two chances. Sam
Rice had them and Goose" Goslin
was robbed of any chance to start
something by frankie F'risch, who
was always in the way.
Ralph Miller. who was attempting
to substitute for Peck, came up at
two crucial moments, failing at the
bat in much the same manner that
he let a softly hit grounder pass
completely through his quaking legs.
Poor little Muddy" Rue1, as game
catcher as ever wore a mask. con-
tinued in his woeful batting slump,
and could not provide the punch that
would have put the game on ice. In
three starts Muddy had not even ap-
preached a base hit.
The Nationals had no less than IS
or 1s chances to drive IN runs as
result of the ragged Giant pitching.
Their inability to do so made them
look as weak as pygmies. 1t is true
they died fighting. but their chances
at victory came through the gener-
osity of the McGraw pitching stan
and not through any valiant work of
their own.
frankie Frisch was not only the
scintillant star of the third game
but the famous Nimrod as well. He
killed the Goose" no less than three
times. and it is no exaggeration to
say that the last time the Goose
was wild All three of the spectac-
ular plays by the Fordham flash were
pulled at the expense of Goslin-two
seemingly impossible catches of Texas
loaguers and a stabbing one-handed
stop of a ball that had passed first
base and seemed destined for a sure
single. Frisch put crimp in the
Goose's batting average that the lat
;er won't forget for many a day.
New York always has been noted
for its impartial base ball crowds.
This is largely due to the fact that
there are so many out-of-town people
in them. Among the hundreds OF
thousands of visitors in the city every
day is large percentage of ball fans.
The world series is no exception.
Washington played here before a pub
lie as friendly as the folks down
home The crowds in front of the
score boards and in the theaters
where announcements of the games
We're made, seemed to be just as
friendly. the Mats always getting d
| big hand.
Poor Fred MarberrY. a hero of a
day. with a record of winning" a
world series game on three pitched d
balls, had his peacock feather plucked
just about the same time the Giants
were plucking his tail feathers. The
scoring board decided to give credit
for Sundays victory to JeZebel Zach
AIRY and credit for Mondays defeat to