The Washington times., 1924-10-11

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Walter Johnson's entire career. One
afternoon eighteen years $50 ~
started against ~ Cobb ana ne
fighting Tigers. Year after year he
worked and sweatsd but was a.
Ways cheated out of basebaIl's big
gest honcrs. time after time when
victory seemed right arcund the
corner. His lie has been a mighty
tough ono from the standpoint ot 9
baIlpIayer. Even his best pitched
days when he was young and
STRONGER were won with strong
clubs d front o. him ana . weak
club bshind hin
Al0ng came iris WOrld Series
which surely win never be forgot
ten. Starting 81 tho CAPITAL Ok
the nation with the President HIM
neN looking On Be vs. the idol
oe the hour. y Everywhere y0u
looked was Walter Joanson-ls
face md name on penmnuts. but-
tOls and placaFtls u ne WinapNs.
Bacause they loved him herr III
Washinsto and Washington was
sort ~ d proxy Tor the entire
Unltad states they thought be sure.
" had to win. The fact that he
WAs up against team that had
captuFed the pcnnank In the Ma
tiOnai League four years 81 success.
olOn didn't make the slightest diff
ference The fact that he was up
against John McGraW, starting hlG
ninth World 6eries and without OK,
eapfion the keenest. most resource
full manager In baseball history.
didn't make any difference either.
ri was walter johnson and he
simply couldn't lose. He had been
beating great teams Tor eighteen
years ana he must crush the New
York Giants. He had confused ana
conquered such demon batters In
Inns, Giaief, HeiInnan, Speaker, Chase
ana Jackson, and surely he would
be- too much Tor such mere sW1tteri
IL Kelly, Young, Friseh ana GOwdy
But "a their aAnAirins hearts they
forgot that the arm that confused
IA5Oie was not the arm that WA
to whip the ball across the plate
u Muddy Ruel, these days n
1924. The speed was no longer
working az Il used to- the control
was absent when be needed 4
unoSt.
The atFaln d pitching Inning
nfter inning was too much for
their hero pitcher and 30 In that
first wonderful game last Sat
urday afternoon. be pitched gIOr-
lCuslys but was beaten.
they ssid It might be because
v1aI suana 1naS1apNalna WRnan WNn0 ~ HlnRllstl
Wa expected % him Ia the open.
ing game. And many excuses were
made, hoping that In the fiftll
game ak New York h9 would b
the walter johnson Of the oldeu
But again ne failea ana the
Giants won Then came the great
eft day oG an. Nobody hardly exl
pectcd him 70 even pitch 3 ball
Tits afternoon. washington wal
M1sM0et hopeleas against the wicked
curve bah Of the veteran Giant
pitches Barnes. McouIIlan, Neh1
ana Bentley.
F0r seven innings washington
HAD bean able to get gust one Ions
hitas-a home run by Bucly Harris
The score WAS tied IN the ninth
1rAing and walter johnson wal
warming up IN the bullpcn. Tht
crowd was cheering him wildly hui
! don't think even then, they ex
pected HIM 20 set into the lineup
But AEnnnger Harris sont him
% Gle mound md for 1our nerve
rapklng innings TINT made base.
ban history he Outpitched Giant
Stitching, Oukguessed Giant hat.
Slmg 0md OusWittea the New
York bOard 81 strategy IN tho
dngeus.
When Bfl6caa drove q terrifit
triple 70 deep center. ne deliher
aASly PASSED Pep Young and dsfIet
George Kelly. one. Of the greatest
0fllkgerD IN the National I,eague
with Ftisch on third ana Xoun1
On second ana only one mar
down, he made Joke out 81
Kelly. ana struck him out. m.
heavy hitting Meusel was next am
there were sti1l two runs on tn,
baees-but Walter fixed MeuHei ii
hlD cool and deliberate manner
ana the inning was over withou
any damage.
A fast double play pulled thu
Giants through il the last Of the
ninth and then the Giants came uT
for their lcks again. The tenth
opened with a base ON balls K
Wilson. One man on base In the
tenth inning meant nothing to ths
@ voteran hero and he gets BY and
strikes out young Travis Jackson
3 bad man IN a pinch. Gowdy. I
real slugger, hits into . double plas
ana the Giants 90 back to theil
positions In the field.
Manager McGraw has now use,
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