Evening star., 1924-10-06


In a flashing finish that was &C
Saturdays opening tussle, and twice
crowd of $1,000 Roger Pcckinpaugh
himself to heroic heights by driving
after the Giants had knocked Zacha
tied the score with two ta!lieS in tn.
shift to New York.
The final score was to 3. the same
margin by which the first game was
decided, and then two of the fight
in'est" clubs that ever met for the
championship shifted their battle
ground to New York.
Washington. under the inspired
leadership of its brilliant young pilot.
"Bucky" Harris. seemed headed ire
siStibly yard victory yesterday un-
til that ninth inning and its pulse
gripping drama Behind Zachary,
who had outpitched his southpaw
rival, Jack Bentley, after a shaky v
start, the Nationals. on the strength
Of home run by Goslin in the first
inning with one on and another cir
cult blow by Harris in the fifth. en-
tered the final inning with 3-to-l
lead
Mnrberry Great in Pinch.
But here, with triumph in his grasp
Zachary. whose slow curves had baf-
''u tite ana nelO tnSm TO 0l e
run and only four hits in ei~ht ir-
nines, weakened, and the National
League champions quick to take ad
vantage OF their opportunity. launch d
a desperate attack that as sudder "
as IT HAIRED up, was checked by Fred
Marberry, relief twirler, who rose
hcrolcally to the occasion by stril,irc
out Jackson on three pitched balls.
with Wilson resting on second with
Il
Grawmen into the lead
Thus Marberry, who gained credj,
TOT the victory. although he pitched
only to one batSman, and Peckia-
pauEh, whose smashing single drove
Judge over with the winning rally in
the ninth, when another extra inning
battle seemed imminent, shared in
the glory OF Washington's world
series triumph with Harris and Cos
lin, whose mighty bats put the Ma
tlonalS into commanding lead.
Mats Steady Down.
The American League champions
VINO seemed more unnerved Saturday
by the fuss and ceremony of the
opening than did the Giants as re
suit of the scandal involving them.
played with sparkling dash and
spirit under Harris whose dynamic
stood out as one of the highest spots
of the entire game.
1t was game that empha sized
even to greater extent the evenness
with which the rivals are matched, the
keenness with which both are seek
ing the 1924 diamond title. The ex-
perience of the Giants, four-time
champions, and their superior stead
mess under fire carried them through
Saturday. but yesterday they met
their match in smartness. speed and
attacking power. Washington lost
no opportunities; there was no crack
ing in the pinch and in the end the
clubs never-say-die spirit, inspired
by Harris, piled it through on top.
Whole Atmosphere Changed.
The whole game yesterday was
surrounded by an atmosphere dia-
metrically opposite of that in the
opening game. A crowd of equal
proportions was on hand, but there
were no ceremonies, no distracting
influences or side issues. If they
were present again, dignitares who
on Saturday held the spotlight be-
came just fans yesterday. Then. too,
the strain of the pre-series bribery
scandal that shrouded the Giants and
charged the world series atmosphere
with suspicion and rumor, was alb
sent. The game was the thing yes
terday-the crowd realized it, the
players knew it-and it seems now
that the rest of the series will be
fought out with the playing issues
dominating all else.
Yesterday the master mind" the
tactics of McGraw, veteran Giant
chieftain, failed in his attempt to
make it two straight from the
Nationals. Having baffled Washing
tons heavy artillery of left handed
hitters in the first game with Art
Nehf, veteran southpaw, McGraw re-
lied on his second portsde star,
Bentley, to keep the big guns
silenced. But this strategy went
awry, and the proof of it came in the
first inning, when, with two out. Sam
Rice singled and Goose" Goslin, the
teams "clean-up'' slugger, came
through with a crashing home run
into the bleachers in right center,
giving the Nationals a lead.
Brilliant Pitching Duel.
Bentley settled down after that and
for the next seven innings he and
Zachary waged duel that was bril-
liantly close. Harris home run.
shot that landed in the temporary
left-held bieachers, and a single by
Rice in the fifth, were the only hits
while Zachary allowed but two safe
blows and run in the seventh
that resulted from pass to Kelly. Meu-
sells single and a double play which
seemingly was deliberately employed
to empty the bases at the expense of
q run.
This piece of defensive strategy,
which seemed good at the time with
Washington well in the lead, might
have been costly had the Giants done
more damage than they did in the
ninth. But it also was typical of an
exhibition of infield play. revolving
around Harris, that scintillated from
start to finish. Three rafting double
plays figured in the defense that held
the Giants at bay.
Double Play Averts Trouble.
The first of these came in the OPEN
ing inning and pulled Zachary out of
the worst hole he faced until the
ninth. Lindstrom and Frisch. the first
two batters to face him. drove out
solid singles and, with one out, the
Giants filled the bases on Kelly's
grounder to Harris, which the Wash
ington pilot. in his only mistake of
the day. threw wide to second in an
effort to force Frisch. Meusel. how
ever, brought the rally to an abrupt
end when he hit sharply to Bluege.
and a double killing followed via Har-
ris and Judge.
Young opened the fourth with a
single, but Kelly slashed to Peckin-
paugh and another sortie was re-
pulsed with a double play.
The Giants, too, shone in the field,