Evening star., 1924-10-05

of the National outfe1ders to slip up
| But his slip was costly.
Contest is CoIorful.
Despite the. few sensational field
ing feats, though, the game was one
of the most colorful ever staged in A
world series. Tense situations were
numerous, hitting was frequent
enough to keep runners on the paths
most of the time and the fervent
spirit of the players was noticeable
all the way. Every rap was run out; !;
every out was made certain. There
| was no gentle tagging of men with
| the ball. When it was necessary to
| touch runner for retirement, he
was thumped with the sphere. When
| baserunners went into bases, the
guardian of the sack had to take care
of himself. No quarter was asked or
given by either club.
There was snap in the contest from
| the start: Freddy Lindstrom opened
the battle with a loft to center field
but Earl McNeely captured the sphere
easily. Then frankie Frisch tried to
bunt. but his effort resulted in POD
fly that Ossie Bluege quickly grabbed
There followed the first of Johnson's
strikeouts. Pep Young was the batter
foiled by Walter, and Pep squawked
loudly at Chief Tommy
Connolly when the third strike was
called and the Giants were through
for the time being.
Easy for Nehf.
Nehf also had the Nationals COM
pletely at his mercy in the opening
round. McNeely slapped the ball to
left field for soft catch by Hack
Wilson. Bucky Harris gave Travis
jackson difficult chance back OF the
second hut
of the sensational stops that marked
MS play in the National League dur
ing the tftular campaign, and threw
out the batter. Sam Rice tapped a
high foul to Lindstrom. 1t was an
easy inning for Nehf.
Johnson was reached for a score
right off the reel in the second in
ming. There was three-and- two
count against Long George Kelly
when he met the ball and sent 1t
soaring toward left field. Goose Cos
lin ran with the fast-fying sphere,
but jammed against the left field
bleacher barrier, and toppled over it
just as the ball fell into the stand, a
few feet beyond him.
That smash may have upset John
son a trihe, for Bill Terry, who fol-
lowed Kelly to the plate, also hit
safely. He rifled the ball right back
at Walter, who had to duck quickly
to escape serious injury, and it whiz-
zed to center field for one base
Wilson Is Victim.
But Walter was himself again when
Hack Wilson strode to the platter.
Hack let a couple of strikes zip past
him, then almost threw his rms out
of joint trying to reach a wide curve
That was strikeout No. 2 for the old
master. Jackson, however, got the
n hn Lob
ing fourth wide one after getting
two strikes against the young Giant
The pass of course pushed Terry
to second base, but the Giants soon
were put out of the way. Hank
Gowdy lined drive right at Roger
Peckinpaugh. All Peck had to do
was raise his hands and the ball was
in them. Tossing to Harris at sec
ond base before Terry could return to
the bag was not difficult, for the
husky Giant first-sacker had raced
almost to third base before realizing
that Gowdy's slam had been speared
The Nationals dented the runways
in their batting portion of the sec
ond frame. too. Goslin was retired by |
a neat stop and throw engineered by |
the ubiquitous Jackson in the short |
field. but Joe looked over four wide |
pitches from Nehf and strolled to |
the initial bag. Bluege swung vigor-
ously for third strike, however, and !
Peck was retired by Wilson, who |
made running catch in short left.
Fri,sch Is Trapped.
Nehf was no trouble for johnson |
at the start of the third inning. Wal |
ter gathered in the Giant hurler's |
slow roller and tagged him at first |
base by yards. Lindstrom may have |
gotten pass had he not been over |
anxious. He had a three-and-two |
count against him when he waved at |
a pitch high and inside Frisch, |
though, socked double to left-center |
His life at second base was short. |
frankie attempted to take liberties |
with Muddy Ruefs throwing arm and !
was caught off the sack by the |
catcher's snappy heave to Peck.
The Giant pitcher was somewhat |
wild when the Nationals came up for |
their third batting turn. Ruel was |
franked to first, only to become a |
double-play victim with johnson
when the latter rolled to Jackson |
near the midway station. McNeely |
also was passed by Nehf but Harris |
could not help at that moment. The
Nationals field boss pushed a pop to
Jackson.
Three Giants bit. the dust. without
leaving the plate irf the fourth frame. !
into the left field bleachers for the
second homer of the day. Pep
Young had no reason to crab about
his second strike-out, as. he backed
away from pitch that split the !
plate. Kelly, who had slammed for
four bases on his previous trip to
bat, famed at a third strike, but
Terry emulated Georges second in
ing effort. The ball sailed into the
bleachers just above the head of
Goslin, who was standing against
them But that was all for the
Giants in that round, as Wilson
whitfield ingloriously.
First Hit in Fourth.
The first National hit came OF Nehf
in the fourth. Rice flied to Kelly in
center and Goslin was tossed out by
Frisch, but Joe Judge lined to right |
field for base. Bluege tried valiant :
CONTINUED on second. Page.)