Evening star., 1924-10-06


The "Rajah" was gone. shackled
with the rest of the slaves at the
National Capital. condemned to spend
the rest of his days in the oblivion
that throws it's shroud around a con-
Sistent loser.
But under the inspiration of "Littls
Eva" as played by Bucky Harri
Uncle Tom was born again and i
this hectic world series. which ha
held the fans of the country in q
daze. he is hero No. Ia Stonewall
Jackson in the field: a Sherman on
the march at bat The base ball eX-
peIIs always have admired Peckin-
paughs play. They say he has the
clcanest pair of hands in base ball
this does not refer TO any scandal
stuff; that's all off for the moment.
Peck's fielding has been a marvel
to behold. The oId-timers at the game
have gaZed upon it as a painter gazes
upon the works of a master. To them
it has not appealed so much that Peck
brought in the tieing run for Wash
ington on Saturday and the winning
run yesterday: they have "eaten up
his work at short. His bare handed
stop of bullet ball from Lindstrom' :
bat in the second game of the series
and throw to first while at a full run
will live long in base ball history.
1t was one for the Hall of Fame.
The experts expected Peck to shine
in the series. The Yanks said he was
disturber in the club. The Mats have
found him baby lamb. Old Peck
this year is showing them all.
They say that world series crowds
are not made up of the real fans; that
only the rich and casual base ball pa
irons get in. This may be true OF
New York, but wipe it off the slate
in Washington. The crowds there are
explosive. They wear their hearts
out at a game. The doctors will be
finding base ball .murmurs" down
there for years to come.
And another myth has been ex-
ploded Don't let them tell you that
an umpire always is cold, lethargiC
being, devoid of all sensation and
sentiment. In any event, Billy Evans
will have to be taken from such a
list. Washington has no greater
rooter than this star of the American
League staff of arbiters. Evans is a
particular admirer of Walter john
son and old Peck. In Saturday s
game he was yelling from the press
box "some on, you Big Train every
time Johnson had a chance to shine.
One notable achievement of this
series is an agreement between Babe
Ruth and Ty Cobb to bury the
hatchet. They wanted Sunday to
bury it in the heads of a couple OF
Washington fans who began riding
them for not standing up in Wash
ington's half of the seventh. AS
writer's of the game, Ty and Babe
say they are trying to be neutral
and they did not think it becoming
to stand up for either side. The
Washington fans skirting the press
box thought differently. Babe and
Ty finally got mad and called a cop
telling him to do something" be-
fore they did. Ty and Babe are two
of the best scrappers known to
the game. The cop did not have
to do anything, however, for lady
fan near the disturbers went over
to them and what she said was
aplenty. Billy Evans, who also is a
writer, had none of the Cobb and
Ruth qualms. He stood up with the
first of them.
Babe and Ty. gazing at a worlt
series game from the grandstand
look about as happy as a couple OF
boys driven away from knothole by
an unkind cop.
nings in a Underlined coaching boz
down in Washington. Eut he woult
not stay put. He promptly got ou
where he could pick grass.
Walter JOhnsOn's debut in the worlt
series was feast for Tantalus. Fat,
kept him out II years. Then whei
he started victory was always jus
| step ahead. 1t was heartbreake
| for the "Old Master" and it is small
wonder his eyes were giistening clos
! to tears.
That was all apple sauce about TIL
Giants being depressed by th
scandal" They are as pugnacious a
! ever, kicking on every decision tha
doesn't go their way. In the secon,
game they imbued the quiet National
with the idea, and after that tn
umpireS had their troubles, Whel