Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11

Ference
! was 3 to in favor Of the Giants.
Two Of these three Giants runs had
been due to Bentley's home run in
the fifth, when he scored Hank
! GOwdy also, with a blasting walop
into the upper tier of the right field
stands. This made the third home
run hit off Johnson in the series.
GOsIin Breaks Out
In the eighth tne indispensable
/ Noslin hit his third home rum tying
Babe Ruth's record The Gray Goose
was still honking high in the heav-
ems of fame. He had made six hits
and two home runs in the last two
! games. Washington was still in the
game until the last of the eighth.
1t was here that Johnson broke
down completely. re called upon
everything he had but there was
little left. The old machine was
creaking badly. There was almost
no gasoline left. Kelly opened this
fatal chapter with a single Terry
walked, and JOhnson's error, due to
overhaste on Wilson's bunt, filled
the bases.
The king was dying, but no crown
prince is announced until the throne
is vacant. A sacrifice, a fielder's
! choice and hits by McQuillan, who
had followed Bentley, and by Lind
Strom, scored three runs. That was
| quite enough.
Bentley got through neatly until
the eighth. After Goslin had struck
| off his home run, Judge singled.
With an array of riSht-handed hit
ters coming up, McGraw elected to
| send in McQuillan. Besides, it
might have started a precedent to
let any one pitcher finish a game.
This is the day OF the seven-inning
pitcher. Few go any further. Bent
ley had been doing quite well. and
his home run had been a vital fac
tor, but out he went in the wake
of just two hits. In the sixth inning
Bentley's fast curve ball had struck
out the side. He had famed Rice,
GOslin and Bluege. He was moving
along like q champion until the re-
toubt3ble Gosln hit his third home
run of the series and the fifty-s
home run OF the world series play.
There had been fifty-five world series
home runs hit before if the vital
statistic has its appeal. 1t was the
fifth home run hit off Bentley, who
seems to have home run balls in his
skillful repertoir. Ruth had hit
four in world series games, and
Baker, Gardner, Ward and Meusel
had each hit three until Goslin came
along to join the select caravan.
Another Chance
And GOslin has another chance.
Maybe two more chances, if the Sc
ries goes to seven games and Zach
airy stops Nehf in the sixth en-
counter.
The Giants now need only one
more game. But the next two, if
they are both needed must be play
ed on Washington soil, where the
fragrant odor of home cooking will
help to buoy up Buck Harris and
his tribe. And this game, hard
fighting Washington bunch may go
the route. They have Zachary left
and after Zachary they have Mo-
gridge and Marbcrry. If they can
beat Nehf and his wounded hand
on Thursday they still have the
edge. And Nehf still has a throb-
bing mitt.
Johnson was far off in his second
start. In the third inning he raped
a long hit to left that looked as if
it would carry into the stands. But
bounded back. Johnson, turning
first, logged on towards second as
if he had a home run to ride on
He was halfway down when he dis
covered his mistake and so was
nailed before he got back to first.
A Tough Break
McNeely and Harris followed with
hits and if Johnson had been alert
the bases would have been full with
none out. This might have made a
vast difference. AS it was the next
two men went out and Washington
had made three hits in a row with
out getting a man as far as third.
This is one for the historians. 1t
certainly never happened before in
any worlds series.
The Giants scored their first run
in the third on singles by Jackson,
Bentley and Lindstrom. Washing
ton tied it up on singles by Judge
and Miller. The big denoten came
in the fifth when Gowdy singled
and Bentley hit one into the right
field stands. This was the crush
ing volley of the game. 1t gave the
Giants an edge to work on.
The subsequent details with John
sons eighth inning collapse, have
been related. The brilliant star Of
other years was now just a tired old
man at the end of an eighteen-year-
old dream
No team has yet won two games
straight. No team has had the
pitching equal to any such feat. If
Nehf is not at his best Thursday
Zachary may beat him as the Giants
have faded badly before all left hand
ers sent against them. They have
crushed the right-handed element
but have wiltered before the south
paws. And Zachary is a first-cIass
workman. So is Nehf, is his hand
is no longer throbbing with pain.
Washington. however, remains in
the fight back home. Buck Harris
and his outfit have never quit vet.
They have hammered away against
heavy odds and there is a chance
that by the next game Peckinpaugh
Will be back. This may make a vital
difference. One game in this series
makes but little difference where
each club is trying vainly to find
one pitcher who can go the route