Evening star., 1925-10-11

Say Boy Got Ball.
They said they would make affi-
davits to the effect that when Rice
crashed into the stands tho ball hit
his glove and dropped into the stands
and that a little boy picked Up the
ball and handed it back TO Rice. The
names OF these two fans are r. I.
Ashnan, 901 Ashman avenue, Altoona,
Pa, and Ralph Lewis. a sergeant in
the Engineering detachment, stationed
at the Washington Cd. c. Barracks.
Lewis formerly lived in Pittsburgh.
| These two men naturally wanted the
| Pirates to win, I suppose, and that is
| why they came to the clubhouse pre-
pared to make affidavits.
But world series are not won that
| way, and, after all, IL we had hit In
the pinches the ball that Rice caught
| or did not catch. as the case happens
to be, would have made but little or-
! ference.
Take Umpire's Decision.
It is the opinion Of the Pirates that
that catch was not made. but II I'm
pire Rigler said he saw the catch was
made, that ends the matter. It was a
| matter Of Judgment on his part.
| It was a great battle between two
hard fighting ball clubs. The Pirates
| have no complaint TO make. We all
| believe that we are going TO win, no
matter what happened yesterday.
| / talked to Judge Landis after Rig
ler had made his decision. | inu-
mated there might be protest, pul'
after considering the matter when the
heat OF battle was over, l decioeo,
along with the rest Of the Pirates, tnat
rothing further would be done.
In the inning that the Nationals
scored Buckv Harris got a gooo
break when he topped the ball In
front of the plate and 1T stayed falr
by inches to let him get base nit
and put Kremer in a hole. But on
the other hand kremer got lucky
hit that allowed US to score & run
The ball was going at STANLEY har-
ris on an easy bounce when 1t took "a
peculiar hop and went for a base hit'
while a runner crossed the plate.
Marberry Out Of Turn.
A good many fans were wondering
why the Pirates did not protest
against Marberry batting out OF turn
in the eighth inning. As matter OF
fact, the Pirates got the besteof that
mistake made by the washington
club Marberry went to the plate
| out of turn. and Marberry. as
pitcher, is not good hitter. He
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$50 hitter, and a fast man. AZ the
thing worked out, Marberry nor any
one in that National half of the in
ming, did any particular damage
Marberry bunted Ruel to second with
one down, and Sam Rice knocked an
easy one to Pie Traynor, at third.
| / will say that 1t was one OF the
coolest games I ever have watched.
what with fans coming to us to tell
about how Rice had dropped Smith S
ball, and a pitcher batting out OF
base ball what it is and helps make
the world series the wonderful thing
1t Is.
Are the Pirates downhearted? Say.
| watch us go in the Sunday game. !
| have Emil Yde set to pitch. The
| catcher will be Gooch. Smith has
done wonderful work in the series.
generally, but Gooch and Yde work
so well together that when I use Emil
always stick in Gooch to catch him
Tough Game to Lose.
1t was a tough thing to lose yes.
| terdays game, considering the
chances we had, but we are not for
| getting how Washington missed out
on similar chances in Thursday s
game.
There Is not a man on my ball club
| who does not feel the Pirates have the
better team. Our class in the end
will tell.
I was sorry to see Kremer 60 down
to defeat IN view of the wonderful
work he did, but you have to eS'
pect that in base ball sometimes. The
series will not go to the Pirates be.
fore we leave Washington. but It is
| coming our way feel sure.
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