The Dolores star., 1924-10-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TEAM CAPTURES WORLD CHAM
PioNsHIP AFTER SEVEN GAMES
SENATORS WIN TITLE
AFTER TWO CRUSHING LOSSES
HARRIS DEFEATS GIANTS IN
THE FINAL GAME

Washington.-The miracle of base
ball, the dream of forty years came
true when Washington won the base
ball championship of the world from
the New York Giants in the most
thrilling dramatic climax that any dia-
mond series has ever seen.
out of the depths of two crushing
defeats Walter johnson. one of the
greatest pitchers the game has ever
known and idolized, came back to the
heights and reached his goal, the end
of the eighteen-year trail by leading
the Senators to victory by score of
4 To 3 in twelve innings of spectacular
pulse gripping baseball.
And when Earl McNeely, young out
fielder from the Pacific coast, drove in
Muddy" Iuel with the winning run,
after the mighty bat Of "Bucky" Harris
had kept the Senators in their greatest
fight, the rookie also drove II vast
crowd of more than 10000 that includ-
ed President and Mrs. Coolidge into
IN outburst of victory-inspired frenzy
unprecedented in the history of the ma
tional game.
The crack of McNeely's bat was the
match that set fire to II conflagration
of enthusiasm, Il whirlwind of excited
joy swept the big crowd as it flooded
upon the field. then rushed wildly for
the dugout of the winning team and
gave unrestrained vent to spirits
which, first through victorious
American League campaign and then
through one of the most memorable
championship battles of all time had
been whipped to fever pitch.
The President of the United States
and his wife, watching their third
game, clapped and waved their hands
with the enthusiasm of the most ardent
fans. Men and women, many of them
country, Joined with the rabid throng
of fandom in that tumultuous outburst.
Four of the contests were won by
one run, the first, which went to the
Giants by a score Of four to three
the second, which the Senators cap
tured by the same score; the sixth
game. which the Senators took two to
one and the deciding game, which
went to the American league four to
three in twelve innings. The first and
deciding contest had identical scores
and each went into three extra in
nings
The Senators won their first worlds
series despite the fact that they were
outbatted and outfielded by their New
York opponents. The final averages
show that the Giants batted .261 and
fielded for mark of $50, while the
Senators hung up "A hitting average of
.246 and n fielding average of 1854.
Bill Terry Giant first baseman, was
the leading individual hitter, with an
average of .429 for five games. Roger
Peckinpaugh, crippled hero, compiled
mark of Az for four games and
was second on the list, but Joe Judge,
playing in all seven games, was the
real batting king of the Senators with
Il .3S5 mark.
Lewis Jackson of the Giants and
Muddy" Huel of the Senators had the
poorest hitting records Of any of the
regulars, each getting but two hits and
having marks of .OI4 and .095, re-
spectively.
Goose" Goslin, whose record of
three home runs tied the mark estab-
lished by Ruth last season, was the
leading slugger with total of 21 bases
on IL hits. Harris was close behind
with II, including two homers, while
frisch led the Giants with 1G total
bases on 10 hits.
Tom Zachary, Washington southpaw,
was the only pitcher to win more than
one game, while Jack Bentley of the
Giants and Walter Johnson of the Sem
ators, the iron men of the series, each
won one and lost two games. Mar
berry figured in four games three of
which he served in a relief capacity.