Evening star., 1924-10-08
MATS TO DRAW $6,477
EACH IF TEAM WINS
Largest Crowd of Polo Grounds
History Sees Fourth Game.
! Cheers Griffs More Than Home
! Team-Peckinpaugh Still Out of
, Lineup.

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UMPIRES: At plate. Connolly; at
first base, KLEIN; at serORd base,
Bincen; mt third base, Quigley.
by the Associated Press
NEW YORK, October 8.-"Bucky"
Harris, boy manager of the Nation
ais, and John McGraw, veteran pilot
of the Giants, meet today in the
fifth game of their seven-round bout
for the world base ball champion
ship.
After plight OF rain the sun came
out this morning, and indications
were that there would be good
weather for the world series game
this afternoon.
SOuthpnws Victorious.
The first four sessions developed
into battle of rights and lefts. with
the margin strongly in favor of the
Southpaw swings. Yesterday Harris
evened up the fight by taking the fourth
round by score of to 4. the widest
margin of the struggle. George Mo-
gridge, a lefthanded pitcher, and
Goose Goslin, port-sided batter, jab-
bed the Giants silly
Today Manager McGraws-wih RE-
vert to his southpaw tactics and use
Arthur Nehf if the Iatter's injured
hand permits. Otherwise the New
York hurler will be Bentley or Wat
son. Harris will utilize the hefty
right hand punch. which won the
pennant for his team, Walter John
son, veteran of Is years of diamond
battling.
Meanwhile, the public is enjoying
the base ball battle of the century.
Yesterday, 49,243 people, the largest
paid attendance which ever witnessed
game at the Polo Grounds, cheered
the visiting Nationals even more than
the home town Giants Today anoth-
er record-breaker is expected.
The purse for which the teams are
battling amounts to s24S,319.38. Each
Giant will draw about s5731 by win
ming or $3,S21 by losing. The win
ming Nationals figure would be about
$6,477 and the losing amount $4,319.
Peck Still Out of Game.
Roger Peckinpaugh, shortstop of
the Nationals, was not able to play
yesterday because of charley horse
injury has improved beyond expecta-
tions. Bluege took his place at short
and Miller replaced Bluege at third.
The absence of the veteran Peckin-
paugh weakened the impenetrable in
field until the far corner resembled a
seiVe.
In the first inning it appeared as
If Washington had completely shot
its bolt in the first two games and
6co
walked two men and Bluege contrib
uted an error and the Giants were off
in front with a run.
Then, as Zachary, another left-handed
veteran with a slow serve, had done on
Sunday, MogTdge proceeded to stand
the Giants on their heads. He allowed
only three hits in seven innings George
Kelly Tailed the only Giant run during
this period on two infleld outs which
followed his double in the sixth.
Meanwhile Goose Goslin, the man who
puts the punch in Washington, but
whose efforts had only given Frisch
chance to shine on Monday, discovered
a means of circumventing the Giant
proposition. With two on in the third
inning Goose hit one so high and hard
that not only Frisch but Ross Young
the Giant right-fielder. watched it soar
. into the stands for home run.
McNeeIy Helps Mats.
The lower three of the Nationals bat
ting order were absolutely powerless,
but when Goose appeared there was ac-
tion. In the fifth. McNeely. who with
Bluege came to life with three hits yes
terday, singled, and Harris followed his
example The former scored on a wild
pitch, and Goose drove hit past Jack
son for the other run.
Virgil Barnes left then. Baldwin
IT.
after two innings and Way1and Dean
was pitching when Goose again came
up in the eighth. Dean, known for
his "home-run ball." was throwing his
"single ball" yesterday. Goslin and
Judge hit for one base each, advanc-
ed on Meusers wild throw, and scored
when Bluege made his third hit. Dean
threw the Single balr' out and
finished the game impressively.
But Mogridge had gone the way of
all left handlers in this series by
weakening in the late stages. Two
stops by Harris saved him in the
seventh, but in the eighth he walked
two men and gave Wilson two balls
before Harris signaled for Marberry,
the champion relief pitcher of the
world, who bore down" and checked
the rampaging Giants for the second
time during the series.
Wilson poked a double to left, which
scored one man before Marberry
struck his pace and retired the side.
In the ninth he permitted the Giants
to stage the usual ninth-inning rally
: of the losing team. but after one run
had been scored and as Giant fans
fmplored George Kelly to tie the score
with a home run, which would tally
the two Giants on the sacks. the big
pitcher made the equally big Kelly
Uhir ingloriously to end the battle.