Evening star., 1924-10-05

count in the ninth inning.
But faulty fielding behind Wal
diamond sport, gave the Giants the
ever, the Nationals threatened to at
by kelly's fine bit of work.
While Long George was making
that play on Goslin. Bucky Harris
was speeding homeward from the far
corner with a run that would have
given the Nationals a tie with their
rivals for the second time in the con-
test. And had they knotted the
count that second time the Giants
probably would have been unable to
forge ahead again. The spirit of the
Nationals-and they revealed plenty
of it-would have been SO intensified
that beating them would have been
= much tougher job than before.
Ends n Great Game.
1t was great play that ended a
great ball game Fortune favored
the Giants repeatedly, for Walter
johnson, dean of major league pitch
ers. but appearing in a world series
for the first time in his career,
hurled brilliantly, only to be ham,
pered by lack of fielding support at
a most critical time. Art Nehr, star
southpaw of the Giants, pitched well.
too, but had to have the breaks of
the game with MIN 10 score VIC
tory.
The Giants jumped to the front
first when Long George Kelly and
Big Bill Terry walloped home runs
into the temporary bleacherS In front
of the concrete stand in left held.
Neither Kelly's blow. made in the
second inning, nor Terry's, made in
the fourth, likely would have been
safe hits had the circus seats, set up
been there. Goslin ran back 90 the
barrier on both drives and had to
watch them fall beyond his reach.
But this Giant lead failed to take
the heart out of the Nationals. They
plugged away at Nehf until bunche ID
blows brought a run in the sixth
session. and rallied strongly in the
ninth to put. d tying run over. After
some sloppy work afield aided the
Giants in getting a pair. of markers
in the twelfth the Nationals rallied
gamely again, but Long George
kelly's brilliant effort suddenly
checke their onslaught.
Pitches n Fine Game.
Johnson pitched a fine game of
ball. The veteran looked better on
the mound yesterday than he had at
any other time during the past month.
He was reached for fourteen safe
ties, two of them homers and two of
them two-baggers, in the dozen in
nings of toll. Walter gave six bases
on balls, two Of them in the final
frame. That pair though. probably
would have availed the Giants moth
ing had the big pitchers support held
up.
by the veteran OF IS seasons serV-
ice in the American League, re-
markaEle number fer any one game
in or out Of a world series. Half of
the strikeouts were direct results of
Johnson'S pitching, for Siy-dimeS a
third strike was called against some
Giant. Pep Young and Hack Wilson
each succumbed to Johnson's strike
out hurting three times, Lindstrom
and Kelly were victimized twice each,
while Jackson and Gowdy took the
count once each. Walter reached the
peak of his Strikeout pitching in the
fourth frame when he made three
of the Giants bow to him. Young
and Kelly were pitched out before
Terry crashed his circuit clout into
the bleachers, and Wilson ended the
frame when he waved futilely.
Nehf, too, pitched a fine game and
always seemed able to pull himself
together in emergencies He was in
tionals had 10 runners stranded on
the paths because they lacked punch
at critical moments.
Nehf was most effective against the
Iefthand batting Goslin, leader in
driving in runs for his club during
the American League campaign.
Three times a blow from Goose's bat
would have damaged the Giants
cause, but once the National slugger
irl ctr n al
once he popped to Travis Jackson
in the shortfieId and the third time
he was erased by kelly's great play.
Nehf Is Generous.
Nehf did not allow the Nationals
a hit in the first three innings but
thereafter they nicked him for 10
safeties. Two wallops were punched
in four of their six hitting rounds
and three of the clusters produced
taIlies. Nehf franked five batters to
first base, but none of the passes
figured in the Nationals run getting.
The New York southpaw apparently
WAS weakening fast in the late innings
Of the fray and at times it seemed
inst one good hit off a National bat
would drive him off the field. But
generally he rose to the occasion
himself, or was saved by orleht
Although the Nationals were outhit
their attack really was sharper than
that of the Giants. Those two home
inns should have been the total OF
the New York tallying. The two runs
in the twelfth were mainly the result
of wobbly fielding, Earl McNeely be
ing guilty of errors of omission and
commission. The first two runs count
cd by the Nationals were earned
cleanly, but an error started them
toward the one CLEANED in the
twelfth round.
The fielding generally was OF high
order, yet there was little of the SEN
sational in it. Oddly, tie man who
turned in one of the best plays of
the afternoon was guilty of the
Giants lone miscue. Travis Jackson
made a startling play on Goslin at
the outset of the second inning, go
ing behind the middle sack to SCOOP
up a warm grounder and throw out
the batter.
But in the final session he camped
under Pinch batter Mule Shirley's
pop fly only to let it dribble through
his hands. There was fast work by
the Nationals in the inf1eld all the
way and McNss1y was the only one