Evening star., 1924-10-10


inentS. Yet ncither D:--'s uo5 y ;
indication OF quitting t any tim.
gave no quarter and asked "uu-. i
non OF courage.
Never before had c,,.ba ga ;I,I,. in
their fighting qualities and intensity
Of spirit clash"d in IL e il li'~ blue
ribbon event. The Giants proved the
would battle to the last ditch. re-
gardlcSs of what ady&ututyc its op-
ponent held. so did the Nationals
The Giants wer" given to explosive
GallieS that saved their cause wheT
odds seemed wholly against thcIa. So
We're the Nationals. The defense o
neither really crumplld under fire.
Above all, each team possessed m
indomnitab,e will t. struggle. To
get for itself and prevent the other
from getting. the spirit that go. erns
al sport. WAS Intensified 20 4 high
degree in this years championship
tournament. Even when handicapped
by pitching Of low order, the teams
fought desperately. Fielders tried
feafleSsly for plays that are attempt
cd tnfrequently during league cham
rlonShip campaignS. Batters put eN
ira effort into their work at the
plate. In only one department did
1.-THE clubs restrain themselves. They
were cautious, perhaps too cautious,
As a thriller. the series surpassed
all others. Sensational fielding feats
were numerous. home runs aroused
the fans repeatedly and the games
We're punctuated with sharp batting
attacks. Pitching generally was
faulty. Few starting pitchers We're
able to go the lull route. but most Of
those who did gave excellent eNhibi
tionS of the SIabbinac art
y better contested series than that
of 1924 between clubs playing most
of the way with line-ups not used
when at the peak Of their strength in
their league campaigns could not have
been asked for--nUr could ii have
been produced.
''SlOw cUrvC pjtC..HT> beat SiuEginG
clubs averred Ed Bat,hc.or. former
Detroit sports writer Who noW runs a
magazine devoted TO outdoor life. dur
ing the trip trOr .>eN York on tn
base ball special N..Iny adty night.
Your hard hitter delights in speed"
y continued Batchni T. but let the slow
curver feed MIN dl,so g.-doOS and the
siuggtr is in for d. tough time"
Bel known that di : E-doo is base
ball parlance Tor tn. Il" bah pro-
PEELED with little ra-r- ~,lan sufficient
speed to get il to the catcher. II is
often reterr q t. j,klaSIy by tie
naughty sluGgr". ia the clubhouse,
but never i'll u contest. Its not made
for him.
Bachelors opinion certainly was
borne out by Jrz Iacna.y's work in
that sixth game Of thu series yestti-
day. Zach has not Ill the smoke in
the world on his deli ur.. but he sets
! such II twist on his ltau"kie bail tAat
despite its la i, OF speed. few safe
ties are registered gga.lst him. S-us-
gers meet that knuci..e bail bat .Aty
do not send il ;tHyrhere worth "hile'
No other rluo in the American
League resembles thu Giants 50 far as
batting characteristics ar concerned
as much as Ty Coho'5 Iygefs. The
Detroit outfit is ore of huskicS. e'ery
>,nan of whom is dangerous when fac
ing fast ball pitcher or Il speedy
curve ball hurler But the SLOW
curves slow EN-.
Zachary was particularly effective
against the Tigers during the past
American League campaign for that
reason. In the majority OF ms games
against them. he yielded few hits. lie
also pitched excellent bali against the
Indians another free swinging buncn,
and against the Yankees. renowned
for their long hitting proWess.
Zachary also proved that his brand
Of pitching was poison TO the Hidh's'
roo. In registering MS pair OF VIC
-
pions Jez allowed but is hits. Ihey
were scattered through lI2a innings
and rarely were the Giants aple TO
cluster blows off him.
The slugger dotes on speed, but
not on pitchers of the Zachary type.
1t il doubIy unfortunate that Roger
packinpaugh was so injured he hau
., remain on the SideiineS during
greater part Of the world series. 40
one with the Nationals was more
l,een than Roger to crush the GIANTS
the outfit that downed the YANKEES
Me- captained in the only other Worla
,,sries in which he had participated.
Md no other National pat more INTO
+bn FRA while in the 1924 series.
Not TO be with his teammates IN
the tight against the New WORKERS
hurt Peck as much as the torn musSte
in, his left leg that enforced MS ldle-
hess.
PECK left the game yesterday one
of rhe heroes Of tn" series ana lhe
1lav that caused his retirement was
= most brilliant one. Few shor'-
stbps with two good legs conId nave
gone back of second base. 10 SCOOP
IN Meusers burning grounder ana
wrench themselves into throwing
,,nsition for a force play on Kelly
az Roger did though handicapped Dy
a sore limb in the ninth inning.
,rHtt play probably nipped in the
b,.d a Giant rally, for had the ball
..one through there likely would nave
bt.en New Workers on first and thlrd
bases with but one out ana ohlS one
-, needed TO deadlock the game.
/, was a great effort, but costly
III for the Nationals. Twisting to
mike the throw, Peck again tore the
1 s.Ialing muscle first hurt last Sunday
yid had to be assisted off the field by
a ..ouple of his teammates.
S,r, Rice gave as fine an exhibit
In Of nutfiaIding Yesterday as had