The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-09
JOHNSON AGAIN FAILS . TO WIN BIG VICTORY
lack Bentley's Homer Ruins Senator Aces Chance--Goslin Again Hits Homer

in world series game and lost. That is the real story of the contest at the Polo grounds on Wednesday. The score was 6 to 2. The mood of the game was tragedy.
 Johnson looked bad from the begin ming. The nonchalant perfection of easy powerful action that marked his ss delivery for so many years was not at his command. The steam of the young CT, stronger time when he made batters swing blind and forced umpires to guess at just where the ball cross the plate was missing.
 Johnson Wednesday at the Polo grounds was a tired, worried old man trying far too hard to do what he never will be able to do. He waited IS years ~ for a chance to win the crown his genius at its" best merited and when he !, finally got his opportunity fate jammed upon his brow a cruel crown of thorns. Floundering there on the pitchers . mound in that second try for a win ~ against the Giants he was one of the most pitiful figures ever seen in world series game.
 Tragedy Begins q The tragedy began in the second half & UT tue tHlTu iuifIHS. JdChSOii, lITSL up for New York, hit one to Miller playing third in place of the injured Peckip- paugh. Miller juggled the ball and Jackson was safe.
 Be it said in passing that Miller him self is both a tragedy and joke. He has to play third base for Washington because there's no one else to do it. He does the job about as gracefully and efficiently as an elephant trying to imi- tate Bird Millman dancing on the tight wire. At best he's fair minor leaguer. At worst he is what one sees at third for the Senators in the series The young man is so scared that his move ments when ball is hit towards him would be Imaginable if they were not pa thetic.
 To return from the subject of the pathetic Miller to the tale of tragic ball game, Jackson went to third when Bentley singled after Gowdy had struck out. Then Lindstorm came to bat, Lindstrom, who was born the year Johnson began pitching for the Wash ington club, Lindstrom who was wear ing short pants to grade school when Johnson was become veteran. He poked slow roller to the pestered Mil Ter. Jackson scored with the first run. Ine lnHlHS euueu WlthOut AuElHcE uau age.
 Miller Takes A Run A
 In the first of the fourth, Washing ton made it look as if the affair might be a ball game when Judge singled to right, Bluege got him to second with a sacrifice, Ruel grounded out, Jackson to Terry, advancing Judge to third on the play. and Miller at last managed to Il fs~aA T,.1a Tk4x, < hit seemed to drive Miller quite mad. It was long single at best, but he rounded first running like a charging rhinoceros and headed for second with his head down and his neck bowed. AL trock tried to stop him but he might as well have attempted to derail a ten-car express train by putting a pin on the track. Miller of course was out mile, but he seemed to fee. better for having had his run.
 In the Giants half of the fourth aft CT Kelly had struck out, and Terry had tripled to right, Wilson hit one to John son, V ho caught Terry of third. Ulti- mately he was obliged to toss the ball to Miller, who took after Terry with all the desperate ferocity of a Kentucky mountaineer feudist on the rampage. When he caught Mir. Terry, as he did
 
 baseman's spine with enough force to drive home a railroad spike in hard oak. Miller does his stuff ineptly but with. fervor. After putting Terry out he convulsed the crowd by batting Johnson encouragingly on the shoulder. Following this episode Jackson flied out to Harris and the fourth inning was in the book.
 The Ghastly Fifth
 Then the ghastly fifth. Three Wash ington men went out in order and GOwdy, first up for the Giants, sin gled to right. Then Bentley, the big lefthander, caught one of Johnson's fast ones on the tip of his heavy bat and sent it soaring into the right field bleachers for a home run, scoring enough. Gosli hit a homer in the eighth with none on ahead of him, bringing the score to two and three, but Washington could not get another man around. Bentley was yanked in this frame when he began to waver and McQuillan was good enough to retire the side.
 Then came the second half of the eighth and real tragedy for poor John son. Kelly singled to left. Terry walked. Wilson bunted to Johnson ana the big man, one of the best fielding pitchers in his league, juggled the Bah and every one was safe. Three on none out and Johnson expressing pa thetic weariness in his every move ment. Jackson flied out to left and Kelly scored after the catch.
 Gowdy forced Wilson at second, Mil Ter to Harris, and Terry took third McQuillan poked hit to left and Terry scored. Young Lindstrom then singled to left for his fourth hit of the day and Gowdy scored.
 Weep UnaShamed
 Old admirers of the once great Wal ter Johnson were weeping unashamed in the stands A fight started when q rednecked rOoter began to yell, take him ont!'
 An umpire who called balls and strikes for the big fellow on his debut in the majors IS years ago wiped the tears from his eyes and offered to lick any collection of men mean enough tC razz the deposed in his bitter hour of humiliation and defeat.
 Frisch passed out, Bluege to Harris ending the agony and Johnson walked from a ball field for perhaps the last time, his head hanging and his huge shoulders dropping wearily. Nine OlantS ana 10 EedTs Hdu hCheu him ui'V licked him bad.
 Washington did nothing in their hall of the ninth and the day was over whei Harris flied to Wilson for the thirt out.
 The series stands three and two with Washington again dizzy in the ditch ano the Giants sitting pretty within good stepping distance of the top of the world.