Evening star., 1924-10-11


pelicem fought with fists and clubs
to clear lane through the mad
throng SO that the players might
reach the clubhouse. In their eager
ness to just touch johnson, merely
pat his arm, his hand, even his head
the -craZed fans, men and women,
dragged him from his perch and a
minute later he was literally showed
down the steps to safety by the per-
spring policemen.
Half a dozen Washington players
did a war dance. Others Rugged one
another Mule Shirey is said to have
broken all broad jump records. With
one leap he sprang from the dugout
and hurled his hat in the air. Har-
ris, however. led his victors down to
the showers, while the crowd gone
mad with JOY. danced. shouted, sang
and cheered around the dugout 1t
was a wonderful sight. Not a person
moved toward the exits. All seemed
bent on. staying in the stadium shat :
| tering-' the atmosphere with cheers
and song
l. Z: Waves Shirt in JOY.
Like SO many ants, the throng
Swarmed down from the stands to the
field, pushing and showing, "a leader
dugout. Some men tore off their
coats and waved them in the air. one
took off his shirt and climbed to the
roof of the dugout, where he waved
it as a self-appointed cheer leader.
Then some one tore the flag from the
Presidents box and handed it up to
the impromptu leader, who discarded
his shirt altogether, then.
Whatever part Oft he 10000 who
had witnessed the Staying of the
| Giants was not raging in front of the
| dugout, hurting seat cushions and
hats into the air, mflied around the
| exits, waiting for the grand march
homeward of the conquering heroes
and darkness found thousands still
clamoring, talking with flushed faces
fof the worlds championships Wash
| iugton American League Base Ball
Club.
/ Stark gameness had won out in the
face of seemingly Overwhelming odds
with Roger Peckinpaugh out of the
game and the infield. the famous mil
| lion dollar Peck to- Harris to- Judge
combination smashed, Washington
started the fray almost predestined to
lose against a team that worked with
such machinelike precision under the
crafty guidance of the veteran Man
ager McGraw.
ReckOned Without johnson.
But Washington just wouldn't be
! licked, refused to be downhearted, and
as the saying goes, You can't beat a
| team. that won't be beaten" 1t was the
| law. of the forests. the law of tooth and
claw, the law that means a battle unto
death. There were times when "Bucky'
| Harris and his teammates were down
but. they were nsver out, and they
pushed themselves UP from their top
| pling hopes in the one supreme effort
| that the Giants could not stem-never
| even had a chance of stopping
Fighting back like tigers, the Giants
| matched Harris blow for blow, but the
gamer team won. Those Giants had
reckoned without Walter Johnson They
| thought they could lick the Old Master
and they did, twice. But Walter was a
| veteran, too, and he got them in the
end-sent them crashing down to de-
| feat in the one game of all that was
| most important the game that meant
| the series. . - a.
Today Washington was being de.
luged with kilograms of congratuIa.
tions. Even private citizens were be-
| ing flooded with messages from
friends TN distant points who hac
watched the progress of the contes,
tWith almost as much eager interest
t,aa the local fans. One man received
"a 60 cablegram from France. The. White
House was bombarded with congratu.
lations from all over the world, from
private citizens UP to official, govern
ments.