Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-14

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Nerves Strained IN Limit
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was catherine in tensjrv from roma
to round, WASHINGTON missed a
great chance in the eleventh after
GosIin had d0ubled, bit the end wa
now near at hand. The human
heart couldn't hold out MANY mo.
ments longer. The strain was foo
great for anv team or anv crowd
TO stand Thirty.ejght Thousand
Dulses were i,nnina in q Dozen dif.
ferent directions at The same mon,ent
as nervous systems were poino to
certain destruction
For four innings now Johnson had
faced Nehf, Bentley and McOuillan
and two of these had been his con.
querors. He was upon the verge
of getting his complete revenge in
one sudden swirl of action. Still
cool. serene and steady with the old
right arm coming through with its
easy and endless RHYTHM. johnson
again rolled back the Giant charge
in the twelfth. In these four in
nings he had famed five men and
most of them were struck down
when d hit meant sudden death
The long, gray afternoon shadows
had now crept almost across the
field.
There was grave doubt that even
another inning could have been Dlav
ed when Fate, in the shape of d
catcher's mask, interviewed. With
one man out and Bentley pitching.
Ruel lifted a high foul back of the
plate. Hank Gowdy, one of the most
reliable of all who play, started for
the ball, but in dancing beneath it
his feet became entangled in the
mask and before he could regain
ms balance the ball dropped safe.
~ to earth through his hands. This
was the spot which destiny picked as
the place to hand old Barney the
long delayed crown. For Ruel, on
the next swing, doubled to left John.
son was safe on Jackson's error at
short and with onlv one out Mo
Nicely decided to follow the Harris
attack. He slashed one along the
ground to third and as Lindstrom
came in for the ball for the second
time IN the game, the ball suddenly
bounded high over his head as Ruel
crossed with the run that brouohf
world series glory to Washin oton,e
game and crippled cluh
The hit that tied it IN and the
hit that won were almost identical
perfect duplicates. as each reared
itself from the lowly sod as if lifted
by a Watchful and guildinr Fate
that had decided in advance that
Washington must win. In tho wake
of this hit the rawlings and the roar.
lngs and rawlings again came near
dislodging the giant rafters of the