The Washington times., 1925-01-16


30 many years.
Three innings decided the opening
issue-the second, fourth and twelfth.
Trying to forget all the excitement
Of the preceding ten days-and above
al, doing my best to forget that so
many people expected me to win-I
handed myself this warning: Don't
try and over-do your job. / knew
that Bucky Harris and the Washing
ton players to q man, had confidence
in me, win or lose. / just wanted
to pitch as I had done throughout
the season. I felt pitching. that could
win an American League pennant
was good enough to defeat the Giants.
/ fooled around ct the start and
when the first inning went by
smoothly, felt pretty good about
Il, especially Is two dangerous bat
terS Is Frisch and Young were out
Of the way. But there WIS another
batter 20 lace In the next inning
and he was not 50 easy
had been told some OF George
ReIly's weak spots and when he
led-o6 in the second inning worked
On him carefully. To tell the
truth / tried to keep the ball vel.
on the inside OF the plate. thought
he might bite at curve but he
stood pat until the count was two
the inning by walking man so
made the next ball good and OF
course Kelly did the rest
1t was q homerun but the way
Goslin went after it. diving right
into the crowd, showed that our
ball club meant serious business.
The home fans got a little worried
a. Terry followed with single.
Wilson struck out, more due to his
Oagerness to advance the runner,
than to my own pitching. Kelly
and Terry had shaken me a little
and walked Jackson but Hank
0owdy, next batter, gave our in
field an opportunity for one Of its
EAmous double plays and the inning
was over in q flash.
Another homerun and three strike
outs tell the story OF the fourth
inning. McGraw's strong young
first basenan, Bill Terry. who only
plays against right-handed pitchers
delivered the homerun. Young.
KeIly and Wilson struckout. ! was
surprised that such a. good batter
a. Young should repeat his per-
forIuance but / was not surprised
at striking out Kelly, even remem:
barring his homerun.
/ thought 1 had Kelly in the
second inning and this time con-
tinued to feed him inside balls, as
I had been advised before the game.
Wilson struck out for second
time because he stilI seemed over
anxious
Wasaafngt0n scored . run in
the sixth and PeckinpaHglfs
double I'm the ninth scored Bllege
and the game Was lied. lt was
the first Big b1Ow-0ff Of the SerieS
and one II the widest scenes j
ever saw In baseball.
Entering the extra innings my
strength and control both seemed
an that / could ask for. was
feeling good. The proof OF this Is
that only six Giants batted in the
tenth and eleventh innings. It took
me back to the old, old days. At
the same time Arthur Nehf was
pttchin9 great ball, but our club
vas hoping and almost expecting
that the fraiI southpaw would give
out or 60 wild, as he did the year
before against the Yankees. But
he was looking for vindication and
pitching his arm off to get 1t.
The story Of the twelfth inning,
Of course, tells the story of the en-
tire game. With q tie score the
Giants made two runs and we only
scored one. That extra tally gave
them the game.
TOmOrrOw-Hitting Players With
Pitched BalIs.)
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