The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-30
SENATORS CLINCH
 AMERICAN PENNANT
Fred Marberry, Peck And Manager Harris < Heroes Of Deciding Game With Boston

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Washington today clinched the first pennant it has had since breaking into big league base ball exactly 40 years ago, and, as the flag bearer of the American league, will fight it out with the New York Giants, four time national league cham pions, in the worlds series starting next Saturday at the Capital City.
 By defeating the Boston Red Sox this afternoon, the Senators brought to climax one of the most spectacular diamond campaigns in history and ac- complished the downfall of the New York Yankees, one proud worlds cham place, two and a half games behind the leaders.
 Hugglns Steps Out
 The Yankees have two games to play with Philadelphia tomorrow while Washington has one more with the Red Sox but regardless of the outcome of these, Miller Huggins must step off the American league throne after a three year reign in favor of Stanley Harris, pilot of the Senators and the youngest manager who ever led major league club to victory
 | Washington's rise this year under the aggressive leadership of the 2S year old Harris, major leaguer only five years and experiencing his first managerial test, is one of the most dramatic achieve ments in baseball annals. This fighting youngster will meet one of the greatest strategists of the game when he takes the field against John McGraw, gray haired master mind" of the Giants.
 Johnson Shares Glory
 Sharing the glory of Washington s triumph with Harris are Walter John son, one of the greatest pitchers of all 1 time, and Clark Griffith, now presi- dent and former manager of the club. In his eighteenth season, Johnson has been the mainstay of the teams twirl- ing corps and now will realize a life long ambition to pitch in a worlds series. Griffith, the ''old fox,'' is credited with being 'the man behind the gun" in the Senators campaign, and having had much to do with the clubs successful strategy.
 Washington's first flag in the twenty four seasons the club has been in the American league was won after a ter rife closing fight in which Harris and his men came through to victory on foreign fields. It is taking no credit from the Senators victory. however, to say that they were friendly fields. Nearly everywhere Washington has ap- peared in its final drive, fans eager for the overthrow of New York, cheered the Senators on.
 Tigers Knock Out Yanks
 The Detroit Tigers hung on until near the finish and dealt what proved the knockout blow to the Yankees when they took three in a row from the champions on the last western trip. Washington climbed slowly but surely to the top. From seventh place after n month of campaigning in May, they rose to fourth position the middle of June and to second on July 19. Shortly af- terward they had a brief experience at setting the pace only to have the Yankees sweep back to the top. The Senators clung to second position until August 2S, when they dislodged the Yankees with an II to victory over the Hugman. Thereafter Washington was never headed, although earlier this month the Yankees managed to pll up into a brief tie.
 Turning Point
 That last series with New York here. in which Washington took three out of four games, proved the turning point of the race. It gave he Senators the added bit of confidence they needed for the final dash and took something of the edge off Yankee hopes.
 Washington has had clubs in four leagues since 1884, but never has been able to finish higher than second. A year in the Union association, two in the American association and twelve in the National league preceded the city's entry into the American league in 1901, year after that circuit was launched. Under Clark Griffith, now part owner and president, the club did its best work in 1912 and 1913, when it's finished second, behind Boston and Philadelphia respectively. Otherwise Washington has been a chronic tailender, getting out of the second division in only four other seasons outside 1924, and all told, finishing eleven times in last place and nine fimes in next to last position.
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