Evening star., 1924-10-05

placed Peck on third and johnson had
only to make any sort of a safety to end
the game with a score of to to his
credit, but Barney primarily is
pitcher, not a batsman, and his chance
to earn undying fame by providing
the punch that won his own first
effort in Fall classic went glim-
mering when Kelly got under his
fly in center field.
Frisch's single and theft gave the
Giants an opening in the tenth that
neither Young nor Kelly was capable
of profiting by. while Goslin and
Judge failed similarly in the latter
half Of this session after singles by
Harris and Rice had placed Griffmen
on first and second bases.
Neither side was able to get under
headway in the eleventh, but in the
twelfth and final frame the die was
cast. Hank Gowdy. honored by hav-
ing an athletic field at United
States Army post named in his honor
in recognition of his having been the
first player in organized base ball to
enlist when war was declared with
Germany. was given title to first base
when the fourth ball that Johnson
delivered struck him in the ribs.
Nehrs Single Helps.
Nehf helped his own couse along by
looping single to center which
McNeely made a desperate effort at
shoestring catch. He failed to hold
the ball and upon retrieving it fired
Wildly past Harris at second base.
Ruel prevented any scoring then by
galloping after the sphere, which had
rolled to the stand, but Gowdy had
reached third and Nehf second.
With none out the situation looked
bad as Jack Bentley, a native of near
by Sandy Spring, came up to bat in
place of Lindstrom. Bentley was sent
to first on four balls, filling the bases
and making the situation appear even
more ominous The tension of the
fans was relieved in some degree
when Harris grabbed a roller from
the bat of the dangerous Frisch and
forced GoWdy at the plate with a peg
to Ruel, but CONSERVATION prevailed
when Young rainbowed Texas
League single to center that scored
Nehf and put Southworth, who had
been sent in to run for Bentley, on
third base in a position to score on
the long fly that Kelly delivered.
That ended the scoring for the
Giants despite the fact that the bases
again We're filled when Terry scratch
ed Il single past Judge. for Goslin in
tercepted Wilson's liner for the third
out. but ii did not terminate the com
motion among the fans, for the Ma
tionais came back with thrust that
all but deadlocked the pastime again
and seemed for time likely to re-
ward them with victory.
Jackson MunS Fly.
Shortstop Jackson of the Giants
started the ball rolling when he muff-
ed d fly from the bat of Ernest Shir-
ley, the young collegian who under
studies for First Baseman Joe Judge
place of Johnson. Shirley made sec
ond base on the error, and after Nc
Neely had died aerially the throng
was thrilled by a single that Harris
shot to center field to score Shirley.
The hopeful populace had more to
enthuSe over when Rice also con-
nected for safety to center, that put
Harris with the tying run on the third
base, but it groaned when Sam at
tempted to stretch his hit to two
bases and died in the attempt on
Southworth's accurate peg to Kelly
on the middle cushion. 1t proved an
unfortunate effort, for Goslin fol-
lowed with slow rap to Kelly that
would have knotted the count had
there been only one out. 1t was
slow roller on which the huge Giant
could not possibly have tagged Har-
ris at the plate, but displaying speed
that bellies his stature and girth
Kelly did contrive to ferry the ball
to Terry fraction of a second ahead
of the flying Goslin. and Washington
stood defeated in its first world series
combat.