The Washington times., 1924-10-07

IL Is this spirit Of never Quittin
may be, which has endeared them
Now for Memo Leibold' ID wonderful
opportunity to place his name In
golden letters In the. ANIMALS Of
world series contests. Hugh Me-
Q1ilIan was tottering under the
strain In that fourth inning. He
had forced in u run by passing
little Bennett Tate with two out and
the bases jammed. Up came sLei-
bold.
McQuiIIan was wild. He could
not find the plate. He had two
balls on the midget OutfiAIder Of
the fighting Griffs. He wound mp
and shot IN d ball fully q foot out.
eide. And Leibold, going out after
Is Ike catfiSlI. hOisted q long
foul ny that was pie for Hack
Wilson. That rally Of the Griffs
had fallen flat and they were one
run to the bad.
Looking over the assortment OF
young men on the Washington bench
fate decided. to call upon Muddy
Ruel, giving him his chance in the
eight inning. Rosy Ryan was
weakening under the pressure being
put upon him. IT did not require
much to eliminate him from the
contest
The Giants were leading by three
runs when Ruel came to bat. Miller
was on first haze and Bluege on
second with one gone. One real
nit, such q hit as Muddy has made
% often this scNson, would knock
Ryan off the slab and bring the
fighting Griffs up to within touch
Ing distance of the Giants. He
rolled weakly to Jackson.
Mule Shirley replaced Joe Martina.
He did his best to deliver the goods
and half succeeded His grounder
was too hot for I.indstrom and over
came Bluege. Again fate beckoned
to Memo Leibold An extra base
wallop would tie the score. A real
single would put the Griffs one run
behind and In position to tie the
count.
Nemo's best was roller that
Erisch snagged without half trying.
But fate was kindly toward
BucIky Harris and his gang Of
fighting Griffs. She gave them
another chance in the ninth in
ming and once more Muddy Ruel
faced his opportunity TO step out
and gliSten as 3 bright star In
the Griffs first world series.
In some ways that ninth frame
was the most thrilling of all played
thus far. Bucly Harris led off
with a slashing single to center.
Lindstrom took Rice's pop fly, but
Goslin beat out bunt to Ryan,
Judge, playing like a fiend all day.
slapped his third safe wallop, a
single to right, and Harris was
across. The Giants were leading
now by two runs.
John McGraw, the Master Mind"
On the New York bench, yanked out
Ryan and brought In Rubber JON
nard. Ossie Bluege was cool as a
cucumber in that pinch. He waited
and walked, filling the bases and
bringing up Ruel for his wonderful
opportunity.
Fate was smiling down upon the
little Washington backstop. She
single, at least scoring Goslin and
Judge, and putting the Griffs in
the hunt. She would have pre-
1eTred q three-bagger or q home
run, putting the Griffs in front
and quite likely winners.
Ruel felt the strain of the situa-
ton. It was apparent in his stride
from the bench. Jonnard was sum-
moned from centerfield and relieved
Ryan.
And Muddy fell down. He sent
an easy grounder to Lindstronl,
forcing Judge at third base and
the game fight of the Griffmen was
over for the day As a ball game
the third game in this series was
bust. As collection of wonder.
1Tl thrills, it equa1led those going
before. The Giants won, 6 to 4,
but they won with little credit TO
themselves. Only frankie Frisch,
their captain, earned Iaurels for his
brilliant fielding.
10 close observer the Giants
seemed to have reached the end
Of their rope. The strain Of those
first two games, by all odds the
most thrilling OF the whole sea-
son, was apparent I'm both teams.
The Giants appeared to suffer the
most.
While the pitching OF the Griffs
was not good, It was better than
that Of the Giants. McQuillan had
d jerSy motion and that's all. Ryan
went his limit in four rounds. Jon.
nRrd and Watson worried nobody.
Marberry mystified nobody. The
big Texan seemed entirely out OF
his class and 1t was remarked that
Bucky Harris kept him in too long.
vanfe az he 81
This writer believes that Harris
used good judgment in keeping
the youngster in. 1t was not Mar
berry SO much as the failure of the
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