Evening star., 1924-10-10

Lacking in reserve talent, def
cheney. however. that fail.d to pre-
vent them from sprinGing me of the
most sensational upSe'S in modern
sports history in capturing the Amer
lean League banner, the Gr:nmen to-
day were compelled to rely on an
improved young performer at third
base, made vacant with the shift of
Pluegc to shortstop in place Of Peck.
They also " ere Screly tried for pitch
ers, with the twice victorious Zachary
and doubly defeated Johnson removed
from consideration, Marberry held of
necessity for relief duty and Mog
ridge lacking in sufficient rest to be
effective. Harris had we'll defined
plans. but declined to divulge them.
In this respect they considered
themselves as well fixed as the Giants
however. 1t was believed McGrar
would lean on the usually cool ans
competent Hugh McQuillan for this
crucial contest. with Virgil Barnes as
his second choice. Both have beer
compelled by the Nationals to retir,
under fire i'll this series, and neither
classes up iH general effectiveness for
world series purposes with Nehf or
Bentley, each of whom has suffered
a defeat to offset d triumph recorded
Coolidge Mt Game.
From the opening day of the tussle.
witnessed by a throng of $4,000 that
included President Coolidge and the
first lady of the land, when Bluege
dashed in TO grab a bunt with one
hand to flag the speedy LindStrom at
first base until Zachary famed Will
son in the final frame with the
Giants tieing run on base. the IL min
utcs OF play yesterday were crammed
with tense interest.
1t was the next batSman Frisch
VINO has proved veritable thorn in
the side of the Nationals, who paved
the way for the only tally Zachary
yielded. The medium of the f1ashy
New York second baseman was a
sliced safety down the right field line
on which he made second base by
headlonS slide under Rice's throw to
Harris. He was trapped between
bases and finally tagged by Harris
after Zachary Intercepted Young's
swat and tossed to Bluege, but Young
was enabled to reach second during
the rundown, in a position TO score
when George Kelly rif1ed a single to
center.
Rice Fields Brilliantly.
Rice turned in the first of his trio
of startling defensive plays at this
1uncture, when he rated back to get
Meuseis drive with a leaping, one
hand stab as il was about to carry
over the low railing in front of the
temporary center field bleachers for
circuit swat that would have netted
two runs.
Only Texas Lacquer by Gowdy de-
Teioped in the second inning but in
the following frame, Rice jumped
into the breach with his second stel-
lar fielding feat, and again it pre-
vented run scoring. This time. Sam
raced far over to his right and in
toward the diamond to make a scin-
tlllatinE catch of Lindstrom's low
liner. The damage that would have
been wrought had Rice been less
speedy and sl1iIlful can be- realized
from the fact that Frisch followed
with another whack down the right
field line for two bases Frank ad-
Nanced notch on Young's death and
was stranded when Kelly sent an
easy roller to Bluegc
W llson's lone single in the fourth
was nullitied when jackson drilled
into double play engineered by the
Harris-Pec-Judge combination and
round five witnessed Rce's third
scintillating bit. 1t came with one
gone when Nehf raised a near-Texas
Lacquer that neither Harris nor
Judge could reach. 1t seemed impos-
sible for Rice to reach it, either, but
displaying the speed that has earned
for him the nickname of Man o. War,
Sam sprinted far in and clutched the
twisting sphere it was about to
hit the greensward d few inches in
side the foul line.
First Attack Fails.
Up to this time, the Nationals had
made but one really threatening ges-
ture to pierce Nehfs armor. That
was in the opening frame McNeeley
walked on four straight balls and
was forced by Harris. Bucky's at
tempt to pull delayed steal was
frustrated when Nehf's toss was re-
layed by Kelly to Jackson, and rem
dered useless a single to right by
Rice which followed. Goslin then
got a life when Kelly fumbled his
roller, and with mates on second and
first. it was up to Judge, but the
firstsacker, having with .474 the
highest batting average of any regu-
lar in the series, was victimized on
strikes by Nehf, who made only three
deliveries to accomplish the feat.
Zachary succumbed in a similar
manner in the second after Peck had
caromed a single off Lindstroms S
glove and not another Griffman
reached the runways until that
memorable fifth.
Rally in Fifth.
Then the ailing Peckinpaugh, in
harness instead of on hospital cot,
despite excrucia ting pain from his
injured leg, provided the entering
wedge of what was to prove the de-