The Washington times., 1924-10-11

nearly every available player III
his squad Ii HIS last. desperate ef.
tort "a win the championship 81
the world, but the Giants open the
eleventh inning with Heinie Groh
1t bat, the GFgt time IN the series.
Heiniesb funny style ana fat little
Int looked strange 10 walter ana
Heinie worked him Tor b g0od hail
which he eQckod ~ deep T1g1t field,
and LindstFOln hunt0 him Down m
second Now look what Walter wa
up against.
The winning run On second haze
ana facing him d FaanIkib Ef1scla,
the dangerous Giant batter VINO
had banged out b 1Ea0lo "a The
ninth. But agafn tile johnson 81
OtIleF days flushed aee01s the dins
m,Ond ana 11e figkting caDtaBn ~
the Chants goes 0ut on STRIKES,
Young . pagDed agnin deliber.
ate,y.
KaIly q coming up ana aceoVding
To al the IaWn 81 bAsoban peFpopts
ere, no other pitcher ~ the word
could expect to strike cut 4 great
hitter IKE George Kelly two times
Ia succession III i pinch. But the
arm that MANY tlrnns has sent Cobb
and SiaIer to the dugout, fooled
Kelly Tor the second time md twD
Gints died IN their tracks % Tie
baseS.
washington inside 4. strong snort
~ IL
but Biuage fell down with two xnen
out and Judge and Goslin % the
bases. The shadows that covered
part OF the field during the late
tnninga were now crawling past floo
Irish MeHseI. q veteran ~ many
world series games, comes M first
IN the Gianths twelfth ana hits q
clean single. ! was aktaid yEaltaf
was weakening. $50
He had already struck ont tour
men In three innings, but they were
pecking away &C his Gank ball. Will
son comes up ana walter adds an
other stFike-Ollt victim, right nktkt
which jackson forced Irish I'll second
base ana the inning was over. when
G0Wdy was an easy out,
Then came the Inst half of the
twelfth inning. the greatest tpptlflh
inning n world series history. NIL
Ter = an easy out, but Muddy Riinl,
y fine catcher bat q weak hitk&f 81
this series, comes up TO faie hl6
licl&
Dust - expected, he pops N
eaEy fouI but everybody gasps ~
old reliable Hank GOW1y lets g
tumble out ~ his glove. THAI was
tho most thqt turned out to - tllo
most expensive error % the entire
series eca1loo MUDDY follows uD
with his ilEst real 6l6sv 81 tie
series an1 pulls up n3 second bahb.
with Waller hlMselg - tlnO bok
Full Of the old Spirit and trying
30 break M the bali 9anae hirnnelS
.Washingt cn's veteran pitcher WING
with an his migllt ana races toNard
George Kelly. The IAN ripDeil
1 through JachoOn,s nervous AneAfe
and the washington hnkfery. Tint
had worked 20 hard tor victory. vgaa
waiting Tor somebody to bring them
home.
McNeely. 3 yo1ng player n hlu
first world SERIES. rs tIle NEXT n,aIa
up. He had helpSa Waghington
win the pennank ana Ne hciped
them win two ian Games IN thio
serleDl But hlU nervousness and
errors alD0 helpel them loso q
least one world series game. And
20. too much wasn't expected 81
McNeelys ~ Walter hcpp6d around
tlrst base shouting enc0urakenn1nt
g tie frightened Id up thsrs &
Right On the nose. NcNeelv
soclSed one d Bsntley's choice
curves ana as Il takes \ nasty Hon
over Llndstrom's head, lfnday
Ruel races home with the run Tint
won the SERIES. Il was q gInrious
ending 70 . series / viii never
forget. Walter johnson Was a TIE
box when the END ana. "a va
on base when the winning run wa
scored. I
He gDesi down 81 tIlo records y
baseball N the eighteen year
veteran who cAlno n with Ere
score lied ln the ninth inning 81
the series, struck ont five Giant
batters and held 3 team % Dbdh.
fident, experienced aIukeets q
three hll8 - tour loICD Innings.
waiter johnson, after waiting ID
the end Of his playing DAYS with.
out q complaint az an his disap.
pointing luck, II che pitcher who
came Ia when needed most and
pitched Washington TO final victory
Ia it, first world series,
know many good pitchSrs who
would have refused to 20 81 there
Ia the ninth inning aftor being
licked twice by the same club. But.
although the whole world might
say "JohnsOn lost the game khaf
lost the series,s he answered the
cali ana won the game.
That's why this werId series
winding up Ia wonderful victory
after losing two disappointing
games. Is 80 much like his eirhtsen
years Ia baseball. And that's why
every player who knows Walter
Johnson calls him ssthe greatast
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