The Washington times., 1924-10-10
Both Clubs Crippled
But Ready for Battle
70 Death, Expert Finds
By DAVIS ,. WALSH
International News SERVES.

10th clubs were prepared To enter
The so.called crucial game for the
championship of the world with
every pitcher pitched to his ND.
mate limit and the washington
club badly shot BY ths inevitable
llidlsposition of Roger Peckinpaugh,
shortstop. captain and mainspring
Of the works IN general:
Neither team has fair hand to
draw to but the Nationals have i
pair oe deuces ana II they mi on
the draw It WI only BE- luck. They
are down to their last chip ana the
Giants are ready to bet the size
81 the pot,
Unless b certain young man BY
the name Of Taylor can play base
ban according to major league re-
quirenents. the Nationals are all
over and done with. They tried
10 get ~ with Miller 1T third base
IN tlas third. fOurth ana NTH games
and woe was theirs. Miller was
just about as good q third baseman
q Uncle Joe Cannon.
IA spite Of which. the citizenry
u this fair city bought tickets to-
. 0ay with vast enthusiasm. They
began lining up outside the box
cfflce after yesterdays general e.
element ana were sim ct Il when
the sun peeped over the Potomac
hills this morning. The chances of
4 capacity crowd this afternoon
were no less imminent than the
dawn Of tomorrow.
Washington still feels that the
Nationals are the best ball players
and 1t is willing to back its Judge
tlent ct even money and let the
worst man lose.
There was d .superfluity Of loose
washington money TO be had for
the asking In any Of the down
town hotels.
Harking back to the pitchers m
other games, Mogridge was about
pitched out Ii beating the Giants
Tor eight and q fraction innings the
other day. MArberry most certainly
Will be held for relief, II any, and
the Giants have no confidence
whatsoever in Watson. Somehow
he lost the needle during the Iats
campaign and naturally the bali
club has lost all faith in him.
The writer, speaking strictly for
hinself, wouldn't give q dime .
dozen Tor any man either team
might care to pitch today. The
pitching II . very poor dead heat
with hitting and the breaks likely
- decide the issue.
The Nationals minus PsclEin-
spaugh, made ready to enter the
final game at a decided dis
advantage. They were forced to
the expediency of shifting Biuege
out Of his natural position TO short
stop and placing Taylor, recruit
with a mashed hand. on third base.
It was not q very heartening shift
with the odds as great as they
happen TO be.
Yet Washington today was a city
that would not accept no for an
answer. It went after ali the
available tickets IN sight ana at
an early hour thiQ morning. the
line outside the box office windows
at Griffith Park numbered thou.
sands where more hundreds waited
1t the Polo Grounds.
They had no pitcher In particular.
but 4hey felt they had q ball club
ana conducted themselves accord.
ingly.
A price Of $50. almost prohibltive
Tor ordinary occasions. was set
upon single tickets in the Hobbies Of
downtown hotels.
Anything that would admit q
Washington man to the park was
snapped up with avidity A man
selling tickets at any price was in
the position Of q party selling oars
Ia Venice. he just simply couldn't
60 wrong.
The Nationals line up, aside from
the inevitable shift Of Taylor into
the infield, promised 70 remain the
same. The Giants, however, ex-
pected to return to the left hand
hitting combination OF Terry at
first base, Kelly In centerfield and
Wilson in left in prospect Of fac
Ing Ogden.