The Washington times., 1925-10-19
World Series
Offers Many
Good Bits
Of Play
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Times sports Editor

Each world series offers its
highlights for the fans to remem-
Der for weeks and weeks, suggest
ing arguments extending through
the following winter, and the 1925
series is no exception. Perhaps
the most arguments will center
upon that alleged catch of "Oil"
Smiths attempt for home run IN
the eighth inning Of the Eskimo
contest staged at the Griffith
Stadium on Saturday, October 10.
Fans will battle endlessly over
that catch by Sam Rice, taking
sides and clinging to their own
opinions. The winter league should
feast upon that decision by Umpire
Rigler.
Some brilliant baseball occurred
OF the brightest:
FIRST GAME
..Pi', Traynor's great diving catch
OF Rueps low liner in the second
inning.
George Granthannss similar play
on Goslin's low liner in the third
frame, doubling up Bucky Harris
off first base.
Glenn Wright's leaping catch Of
Walter Johhson's fly in the eighth.
Walter JoInson's effective fling
ing, holding the hard.hitting
Pirates to five scattered hits and
striking out ten of them.
Sam Rice's timely single to center
in the fifth inning, scoring two runs
and breaking q tie.
SECOND GAME
Two brilliant efforts by Vic Aid.
ridge, each time escaping being
scored upon after filling the bases
with none out In the fifth he dis
posed of Rice, Bucky Harris and
Goslin. in the ninth of Veach, Rue
Their and Rice.
The Oeaning Of Ossie Bluege by
Aldridge in the sixth inning and the
unexpected decision of Bucky Har-
ris to send in Buddy Myer instead
of either Deacon Scott or Spencer
THIRD GAME
The untoward weather conditions,
bitter cold and a gale, making the
fans uncomfortable to an extreme.
The victory of Alex Ferguson,
two months earlier an outcast from
the New York Yankees.
Sam Rice's great running catch
of ''OiI" Smiths liner as he
tunabled over the low fence among
the spectators in the right field
circus seats.
Fred Marberry's brilliant relief
pitching in the ninth when, with
one run to tie the count and with
the bases damned, Barnhart popped
to Ruel and Traynor flied to Nc
Nelly.
Goose Goslin's fine running,
tumbling catch Of Barnhart's fly
out to the wall I'm center.
FOURTH GAME
Two successive home run clouts
by Goose Goslin and Joe Harris for
world series record They CAM
in the big third inning, when the
Griffs made all their runs.
Walter Johnson's truly heroic ex-
hibition when, after tearing the ten
dons in his right leg, he baffletI
and shut out the Pirates as though
never injured AT ali.
The scintiIIating fielding Of
Bucly Harris, with emphasis on
his sitting down peg on CuyIer
in the third and his leaping catch
of Wright's liner i'm the seventh,
starting q double play.
Umpire George Moriarty's ter
rible decision, calling out Bucky
Harris at the plate in the seventh.
FIFTH GAME
Joe Judges famous crawl play
on Max Carey in the fourth, leav-
ing two Pirates stranded on the
sacks.
The GOODNESS of Win Ballou as
a relief pitcher in the seventh,
tanning Traynor with two on.
The crumbling of Stanley Cove
lesl1ie under the bombardment OF
the Buccaneers and the subsequent
trouncing given Jezebel Tecumseh
Zachary.
SIXTH GAME
The brilliant, heady pitching OF
Ray Kremer. who permitted but
three hits in the last seven innings.
Goose GOsIin's third home run
Of the series, giving him q long
lead over Babe Ruth for world
series circuit clouts.
Glenn Wright's brilliant stop be-
hind the box of a slow roller from
Bucky Harris bat in the sixth
inning.
Roger Peckinpaugh's failure to
start a double play in the third
providing the turning point OF the
game.
SEVENTH GAME
Walter Johnson's third appear
ance on the mound, with his valiant
performance against four PITTS
burgh hurlers.
Roger Peckingpaugh's home run,
putting his team ahead in the
eighth inning.
Max Carey's four hits, three
doubles and a single.
"Pi" Traynor' So great jumping
stop of Bluege's bounce in the
fifth, robbing the Griffman OF
clean hit. ~
''Kiki" Cuyler's tremendous double
to right with the bases loaded in
the eighth, giving the decisive VIC
tory to the Pirates.
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