Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

The winning came in the twelfth
inning of the final game of the great
est series in the history OF the strug-
giles which have marked the yearly
battles for base ball supremacy.
The fact that Walter Johnson, a
fayorite of the fans for is seasons,
received his chance in the world Sc
ries; that John J. McGraw, manager
of the New York Giants, piloted
team to a fourth consecutive cham
pionship, setting up a new record
that Washington, a city which had
never won a pennant in almost 40
years of base ball, triumphed both in
a seasons play and in a champion
ship tussle, made the year one OF out
standing interest to the fans.
Babe Ruth, the great slugger of the
New York Yankees, did not equal his
home run record of 1921, when he set
the mark at 50. The gate receipts at
the various National and American
League parks were not. on the ag-
gregate, up to other years. Inc
minor leagues suffered slight fall
ing off, and in the major leagues a
serious bribery scandal caused un-
easiness for time, but on the Whole
the season was successful.
World Series the Greatest.
Out of a more or less drab year
game has known since the post-sea-
son battles between big league teams
were arranged. The New York Giants
won the National League pennant for
the fourth time in succession after
stirring fight with, first, the Pitts
hurgh Pirates and then the Brooklyn
Robins, a team which at the opening
of the season had been chosen to fin
ish near the tail end, but which.
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Wilbert Robinson, and the strength of
the pitching hero of the year, "Dazzy'
Vance. made things unpleasant for
the champions until almost the last
day
The Nationals won the American
League pennant. coming from behind
to wear down the three-time cham
pion Yankees and to stall off chai-
lenges from the Detroit Tigers. re
peated through the last weeks of the
battle. The pennant was not decided
until a few days before the season
closed, when both the Nationals and
the Yankees were on a protracted
Western trip. Until rain ended the
last idespairing chance of the Yam
KEGS, two days before the close of
the campaign, few races have been
more thrilling.
The thrills were as nothing, how
ever, to those WnlCn came III 'tne
world series. Beginning in Washing
ton with two games, the first of
which went II innings and was won
by the Giants, and the second of
which was won in the ninth by the
Griffs, the teams travelled to New
York, where three loosely played but
exciting battles resulted in two vic
tories for the Giants. and one for the
Nationals.
The National League had the edge
on the return to the Capital, but the
fans there were SO enthusiastic that
they seemed fairly to sweep their
team on to victory. wonderful sixth
game, won by the Washingtons, which
placed the teams on even terms, was
followed by the climax of that L.
inning struggle in which Johnson,
scored his great personal triumph.
Dazzling plays, childish errors, dar-
ing strokes, and, finally, the real
greatness Of Johnson made the grip
ping struggle one of the finest pic
lures In the worlds history of sports:
The Nationals won, four games TO
three, but by hairline.
Johnson stood out in the run of the