Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-10-10
WASHINGTON IS
ALL D N Ed Ct.
Capital Baseball Crazy Fol-
lowing Victory of Yester-
day Over the Giants
MoGRIDGE IS PITCHING
Takes Place of Ogden Early
in Game-Barnes Pitch
ing for New York

WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.-The bat
terry selections for todays game,
Washington, Ogden and Ruel; New
York. Barnes and Gowdy.
The climax to one of baseball's
most sensational championship bat
ties came today when the New York
Giants, four-time National League
champions. and the Washington Sem
ators. American League titleholders
for the first time. drew up their lines
for the seventh and deciding game
of the 1924 series.
The Senators. victorious but Grip
pied yesterday in the courageous
stand that put them back on even
terms with their foe. nevertheless
were prepared to wage a finish fight
for the honors they have sought
| against heavy odds. under their
fiery young leader. Bucky Harris.
The Giants and their big gun, Art
| Nehf were beaten yesterday but the
forces of John McGraw, long noted
| fire, will not accept defeat without
a bitter struggle.
President Coolidge, attending his
third game of the series was to be
| in his box behind the Washington
| dugout while nearly 10000 fans
were expected to jam the stands for
a "home town" setting to the Sem
ators' final fight.
! All morning thousands stormed
the club offices adjoining the park
| in search of tickets for the game,
but most of them were disappointed,
for the rush after yesterdays game
when the pasteboards first were put
on sale. had put the supply close
to the exhaustion Doint
Spectators obtained goodly
supply despite the vigilance of fed
eral and municipal agents and they
did a brisk business. Tickets sold
for as high as $3.50 apiece in in
stances where purchasers were will.
ing to pay almost any price to see
the deciding contest.
BY noon the vanguard of a crowd
expected to rival the opening days
spectacle had begun to stream
| through the turnstiles.
/ "Goslin's roost," the bleacher sec
tion in far right-center that is one
of the "Goose's" favorite home run
hooks, was filled early and the faith
full rapidly were filling up the other
sections under a sun that blazed
down upon the field.
Peckinpaugh was not in uniform
this afternoon and 1t was learned
that examination of the injury to his
right leg had shown several torn
muscles, not pulled tendons or
"charley-horse" as had been thought
| at first. He was able to walk around
but will not be able to do anything
strenuous for some time.
Barnes and Ogden were an
nounced by McGraw and Harris as
! their pitching selections, thus assur-
/ ing battle of right-handers, at least
for the start. Taylor was assigned
to third base for the Senators in
place of Bluege, who moved over to
short to substitute for Peckinpaugh.
The series weather luck was again
! in evidence and the final game had
| ideal conditions for it's setting.
| The Senators were the first to ap-
pear on the field, shortly after noon,
| led by the irrepressible Nick Altrock,
once great southpaw, but now the
games greatest performing humor-
list.
| "Bucky" Harris and his men were
the picture of confidence, despite the
loss of their shortstop star, Roger
| Peckinpaugh, in dramatic finish to
yesterdays game. This blow might
have shaken the morale of most
| clubs, but not the Senators, although
| they will be forced to take the field
| with a makeshift lineup again, this
time with Taylor, himself a cripple,
| at third, and Bluege, regular third
sacker, in Peck's place at short.
During the preliminary practice
/ Ruel, backstop, who has failed to hit
safely so far in the series, was given
some batting advice by Clark Grif-
fifth, former manager and now pres
ident of the Senators, in an effort to
help Ruel break his slump.
| The probable line-up: