The Washington times., 1925-10-17
Coslin Chased
Carey's Swat
OutofHabit,
Says Nick
Nv NICK ALTRoCK

BY N1Lh ALI N0NA
This is my last article on the
world series and ! guess you can
call this article a lost and found
ad. Because we sure lost tnaI
serum and we are never going TO
find it. There is some loose hats
which claim that we had the game
perched right on our bench and
that the name Of the game was
Marberry.
Well, they may be right and
they may be wrong. We call
Marberry Firpo because he is
built like a gunboat and has got
an arm like q gun. He Is the
greatest relief pitcher in the busi-
ness unless better guy was born
while am writing this article on
the serum.
/ wasn't the man to yank Barney
johnson out Of the box. 1t was up
| to Griffith to press the button.
Griff refused to do SO because he
got sentimental and we lost the
serum. But I guess IL Grin isn't
complaining then nobody ought to
complain.
They beat johnson but Barney
wore down four young pitchers
while they were doing it. First he
knocked off Aldridge, then Morri-
son, then Kremer and they win
with Oldham. That's q pretty good
record for a man what has been
pitching twenty years and hasn't
got anything up his sleeve but an
elbow and some Mike Martin lini-
n1ent.
They didn't disgrace Walter
when they beat him. IL got SO
! dark that cow couldn't find q
I stable. We should have lifted
| Walter and put i'm D night watch
man. But we played the game
| out i'm the last three innings when
| Il was 50 dark you couldn't find
/ your nose with both hands.
| Guys were hollering for Griff to
put me in the bcK and was saying
II could do better than big Barney.
They got fifteen wallops off him
and that Is pretty bad. But any
body can bat a potato in the middle
OF the night and have It tall safe
somewhere.
Goslin chased Carey's two-bagger
| just out OF habit. He didn't see
where 1t fell but he knew 1t was
coming his way because the crowd
all hollered. Joe Harris had the
same business in rightfield with
| Cuyler's two-bagger. 1t was sure
blindfolded inning.
However. we had the same chance
to bat and we couldn't knock Old
| ham safe. He famed Rice and
Goslin with their bats on their
| shoulders. / guess them Pittsbuggs
must have been batting with night
sticks.
They won the serum and that's
all there is to it. was pretty
cheSty in the first four games, but
now am wearing my chest on my
back like acanlel. They hOOted
me pretty good all round but ] am
not the first gypsy fortune teller
what was sIugged for giving out
bad information.
didn't tell anybody to bet on
US and most OF the hollering is
coming from gamblers who wanted
Barney taken out of the box and
| another pitcher put in.
Boys, l never saw such wild
town like Pittsbugg when that
game was over. I put myself un-
der the protection of Officer Nc
Gugin who is fine mounted cop.
gave him ticket for the series.
Then he wanted another ticket for
his boss.
We'll, officer McGugin's boss
didn't see the series. bur Mac was
a friend in need when was sur
rounded by $4,000 wild Pittsbuggers
who wanted to shake my hand be-
cause l didn't take Bafney out of
the box.
He got me through that mob and
put me on a train for Washington
end I'm going to ruin many a lead
pencil this winter figuring out what
nv share would have been &c we
had won, which we didn't, but
should have, which we didn't either.
I want to thank all my read
ers for not writing me annoying
post cards.
Goodbye until next spring when
you will hear from me down in
Florida with the American League
champs. / bought q lot down in
Miami last spring and I am going
to take swimming lessons so
can enjoy a rest on my front lawn.
So long, this is station Nick,
s:guing off. I'm so sorry we didn't
win the world serum, but like the
coIored man said to the hen in the
chicken roost, one OF US is got to
lose.
Walsh Syndicatel
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