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the year. lie just breezed them
through there and made our two-run
lead safe
Good Pitching Overcome.
Speed and hitting overcame pitch
ing in this series. 7 believe the
Washington staff. in some respects.
looked better than mine. but | figured
the Washington pitchers would have
10 face stronger hitters than my
pitchers would have to face
1t looked black for awhile. but |
never lost faith in those boys. who
had fought their way to a pennant.
felt We had the better club. I felt
that speed would help a lot and it did.
The Nationals have nothing 10
apologize for. They We're in the
thick Of the fight right up to the
last minute OF the greatest world
series in history. When two greai
ball clubs meet both cannot win
Some one must lose. In this case
we had the good fortune to be the
winner.
In winning. however. We don our
caps to a respected and honored foe.
The Washington Nationals.
fCopyright 1925
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up to the fifth. In the seventh the
Coarse Hairs tied the score when
Peckinpaugh dropped Moore's high
fly that should have been an easy
out. Peckinpaugh claimed he was
fouled by a channel buoy.
Then iii the eighth Peckinpaugh
was responsible for another bucket
full of tallies when, on an easy
doubleplay. he threw over second
base. Harris had his port and star
board lights showing at the time,
but Peck insisted he couldn't see
them through the fog and claimed he
should have blown his horn.
Xxi Cuyler proved the hero OF
this inning when with drowning men
on each base he wiped his hands on
"a supply of bath towels and then
Knocked ball into the stands which
everybody thought was homer, but
which was called only good for two
bases on account of some code OF the
sea.
1t was really a marine disaster and
not a ball game.
And it was a sad sight TO look out
into the raging storm and behold old
Barney Johnson going down by the
head. When Barney goes down by
the head the disaster is a major one.
Johnson did what it required four
pitchers TO do for the Pirates. Aid
ridge. Morrison. kremer and Oldham
were all obliged TO put to sea for the
buccaneers and the first two struck
very heavy weather.
Last night there was a disposition
to criticize Barney Dreyfuss because
he violated the rules of the sea In not
throwing a rope to Washington in the
eighth. Barney bases his refusal on
the ground that all the rope Pitts
hurgh has it needs for cigars.
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Four runs for Pittsburgh in the fina
game followed the last two bobbles
BY the fast falling shortstop and this
was more than the margin of victory
for the champions of the National
League.
Almost the entire eight and hall
innings of the deciding game OF the
series was played in u peltIng rain
the gloom being SO great that most OF
the lime the Washington outfielders
in their wet gray uniforms could not
lie seen from the press stand. just be
hind the plate.
Big Train Is Stalled.
The end OF the long campaign found
poor old Walter Johnson, the Big
Train of base ball. stalled stark and
stiff IN the Pittsburgh mud.
Perfect support would nave saved
the old fellow. but Peck failed him in
the pincheS and Pittsburgh bats
sounded a dismal but decisive tattoo
over the Kansas cyclones effort to
take his place alongside ''Matty" and
Babe" Adams and Coveleski as win
ners of three straight games in world
series strife.
Johnson had little more than a glove
a nd a prayer TO offer through the long
wet afternoon. He stuck manfully to
his task to the bitter end. Stanley
Harris would not derrick him and
Walter did not. ask TO be relieved of
he punishment which was inflicted
on him To the terrible tune of 10 hits
Tor "A total OF 2G bases. No other
pitcher ever has been made such a
sacrifice in a series game.
The Pittsburgh team spotted the
Big Train four runs in the very first
inning of the decisive battle. and if
Johnson had any of his old stuff left
he would have breeZed through the
black afternoon. The Pirate bats
had tasted blood in their last two
starts. however. and they would not
he denied in the end. But try as
YOU viii 10 figure il otherwise. the
tragic figure of Roger Pecllinpaugh
bobs Up a. every tun. 1t was he
who gave the Pirates eight lives
with which 70 battle their way to
The pinnacle of base ball fame.
Pirate Pluck Wins
After last Sundays game in Wash
inGton, when johnson had romped
through his second victory of the
series and the count stood three to
one in favor of the Nationals, no one
would have given = cents for the
Pirates chances.
Washington had 10 win but one
more game
Pittsburgh was confronted with the
Unprecedented task of winning three
IN u row To keep from base ball
oblivion. But the youngsters per-
formed the miracle and Pittsburgh
has he'd its delirium of joy. 1t was
not such a wild rampage as that
which inveloped in Washington 8
year ago. The gloom and rain of the
afternoon and night was enough to
snuff out any prolonged celebration.
but Pittsburgh is happy to the core,
and deservedly so.
Perhaps the happiest man in base
ball today is John A. Heydler. presi.
dent of the National League. This is
the tlftieth anniversary. the golden
Jubilee of the parent big league, and
st Is eminently fitting that the world
championship should rest upon it. In
The days when the Pirate chances
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Washington won by making it. In the
next game johnson pitched again and
was more powerful than he had beer
before. On the following day Covel-
eskie dubbed completely and the
Washingtonians got what naturally
might have been expected.
Helped kremer Win.
The teams returned TO Pittsburgh
and. by fortunes of war. Peck fozZled
and Washington lost, although kre-
mer must be given his share Of the
attacking strength. as Washington
never repeated after the second
inning.
Then came the last game Of all
when the stage was supposed 10 he
set for Walter johnson. If truth
be known. johnson WAS all that Wash
ington had left. He stuck it out
through the rain 10 defeat and swal
lowed the dose. however bitter il
might have been, trying valorously
and still within the promise
of success until the seventh and eighth
innings. when Peckinpaugh simply
blotted things out.
Johnson had all weather conditions
in his favor that any great pitcher
could ask for. For two innings he
was master of himself in strategy
but in nothing else. For seven innings
that great pitcher worked against
Pittsburgh with only two curve balls
curving SO well tfat they We're called
strikes, and with his speed diminish :
ing as the wheels of a clock lose their
speed when the spring loses its
tension.
Some ask why he was not taken
out. The fact is Washington had no
one to take his place. and perhaps
also, he wished to stay In any
event. he was hit for 15 safe birds
OF course, that is part of the luck of
the base ball game but if ii was a
sheer notion Of sentiment that permit
ted this result. then the Washington
club is the loser in this world series
on a perverted idea of sentiment as
opposed to base ball
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iNi pidNC vi tic tllifu VI 1ACkSt DN nc
All seeded players have survived
| the opening round Frances Walker
1924 champion. has reached the third
bracket. defeating Marion Phelps in
| her second encounter.
The second round must be com
| pleted and scores reported to Miss
! Didden. at Lincoln ll40, by O'Clock
this evening. Any not SO reported
will go by default.
The committee has set Monday,
October 10, as the deadline'' for
| third round matches.
Second-round decisions to be reach
ed today are as follows: V. Ronsav1lle
VS.. B. Keegin, E. Chickering VS.. L.
kleeblatt. b. Zisman vs. Myrtle
Crouch, c. Taylor vs. d. Whitney.
l.. Cate VS.. V. Strickland, f. CARRIER
VS.. a. Heyl.
Summaries:
First rcund-M. Phelps defeated
EIwers defeated NJ. Paynter by default,
d. Baumgarten defeated Z. Buell. by
default, V. Strickland defeated +.
Crowley. 6-4. 80, ct.
Second round-Frances Walker de-
feated NJ. Phelps, NJ. Davis defeated
L. Sparks by default. A. Ewers de-
feated 3. Kilbourne. 60. 6-3: r.
Curran defeated p. Long. 6-1. Go:
X. Shoemaker defeated f. Gladmon.
C.. 6-4: NJ. Didden defeated 1.
Wymore by default. Phoebe Moore
head defeated D. Baumgarten.
Third round-AIarie Didden defeat
ed X. Butts. 6-l. 6-4.
Pierce and Blow Schools were the
victors of the. double header in the
Rosedale division OF the elementary
school basket ball lea Gue yesterday
afternoon.
Pierce defeated Wheatley II to .
The teams were evenly matched in
their defensives. but Pierce possessed
Il strong offensive weapon in Dorothy
Harding's accurate shooting, which
their opponents could not match. She
scored the majority of goals for her
team, evading her guards for some
brilliant shots.
Blow Schools tossers whitewashed
their rivals from Webb, rolling up a
36-to-o score in IA game made one
sided by the difference in size Of the
two teams.
The Webb School lassies We're out
reached in every position and Were
unable to play around their lengthy
and alert opponents. Mildred Hook
left forward. starred for Blow. The
games were refereed by Daisy Rob
sion. director Of the Rosedale play
ground.
The opening game Of the Plaza divi
sion between Ludlow and Gales Blake
was postponed because Of a wet field
II will probably be scheduled as a
doubleheader with the second game
Rosedale playground was the scene
of another contest yesterday when the
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Roger Peckinpaugh, named by the
committee of base ball writer's as the
most valuable player to his club in
the American League of 1925, comes
out Of the series as grand high master
of the Order of Sublime and Ancient
Goats. But for his. and his unrivaled
record of inopportune bobbles, Wash
ington would have won the series.
Won Second Through Peck.
In the second game of the series out
for an eXcruciating miss by Peckin-
paugh of an ordinary grounder the
Pirates would not have won. He made
another in the same inning. but the
first was the vital stab.
In the game of October l3 Roger
failed to touch second base on a field
er's choice. That means he lost an op-
portunity to make an out which would
have kept the Pittsburgh score lower
than that of Washington. and it was
that mistake which prevented his
team from winning.
In the final game he made square
muf of a fly batted by Moore in the
seventh and not only Moore scored. on
what should have been sure ont, but
another player scored after him, and
when the inning was over the score
was ued. "hen, as world series so.
the best should have been one run
less for the Pirates than the Senators.
Add TO all that went before that, in
the eighth ne made a bad throw
which was directly responsible for
another two runs. He gave Pittsburgh
a score Of to :. when the score by
perfect playing should have been ! to
s5.
Rest Played Perfectly.
Never again will Peck be asked to
be named the best ball player in any
league or even the best cultivator of
early potatoes. His total misplays in
this series was eight, and, aside from
SEVERED. who caught a single game.
not another Washington player made
| blunder.
Here was an organization that
PLAYED practically perfect base ball
and their shOrtstop blundered eign ;
times and exactly three defeats Of the
series fell on his shoulders. Pull
down the curtain
Look back over it for a moment. In
the first game no team was ever so
helnless before a pitcher as was Pitts
burgh before Johnson. In the second
game Peckinpaugh. threw victory to
the winds and Aldridge proved his
worth as pitcher In the third
Ferguson staggered through. He is
only kid and not a great pitcher
but he held his own until the time
came to make a substitution. and
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/ seemed so slim. John Heydler shook
| his head at times, but never lost
courage.
Worst Sort of Weather.
This series was played through some
of the Strangest weather which ever
beset the Fall classic. 1t ranged from
the torrid zone to the North Pole. and
on the last day no other city but Pitts
burgh or London could have provided
the atmosphere which surrounded the
combat. A midnight sky pelted d con-
tinuous drizzle. Back of the clouds
were banks of smoke. You could cut
the murk with cleaver.
In the days of his prime it would
have been ideal for Walter Johnson,
when he could pitch the fast bah with
the hop on it day in and day out. But
Walter is now olds as bass ball pia yers
go. He was equal to two great games
in the short series. but the third was
too much. Ordinarily Il man In John
sons condition would not have been
put in the closing game. But he was
Washinston's last desperate chance.
and for once the Big Train saw the
stop signals turned dead against him
and he failed. The vets of the Wash
lngton team seemed to founder in the
mud. whereas the youngster Pirates
appeared sure and fleet of foot.
Mats Failed i'm Pinches.
The playing field was treacherous
when Commissioner Lands ordered
the game TO proceed. and once 1t was
under way the umpires dared not
stop it. even in the darkness and the
slime.
The Washington team. world cham
plons last year. did not deserve to
win the series on their showing in
the last three games. Even despite
the handicap of Peck's errors, the
games could have been won by a few
timely hits. But Washington failed
in the pinches as Pittsburgh came
through.
a youthful third baseman. with the
picturesque name of Pie" Traynor.
beyond all question won the indi-
ridual honors of the season. He came
UP to the majors just Il couple OF
years ago from Portsmouth. Va. and
is just about the sweetest base ball
player in the game today Pie" was
everywhere in the series, and his side
partner. Wright, at shortstop, made
poor old Peck look the most invalu-
able shortfielu player ever in a world
series. which. of course, he was.
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dana cinS results of his error in the
eighth l feel sorry for Peck. = He
is a great ball player and it is too
bad he did not show his real worth
in the series.
Denies Any OvercOnfidenCe.
I want to state right now that it
was not overcinfidence that lost us
the world championship. Although
we got ar advantage early in the
series. we realized all the time that
we were up against hard-tighting
crew and never looked to get any
thing we did not earn. It's not so
pleasant to be beaten, but to he beat
en- by a club as good as the Pirates
takes a good deal of the sting out
IF defeat.
Now that the series is over, I have
only one ann in base ball. That is
to round out team to fight for the
American League pennant next year,
and if we win the flag again I trust
il viii be the Pirates we will have to
tackle in the 1926 world series.
In one OF my articles in the series
| had occasion to mention that | diff
fered with George Moriarty with re-
gard to Il pasc decision. want Ie
state here that had no intention of
saying that the umpire was wrong
In his ruling. and I am satisfied I did
him grave injustice. That would
not be fair to him under the circum-
stances.
Umpires, like players, are endcav.
oring to give their best to the game
all the time, and their position is an
unenviable one. II any statement
made in IN article was offensive to
any or all of the series umpires,
am truly sorry. did not want to
hurt them, for 7 realize that without
firm men in authority on the playing
field base bah soon would lose favor
with the public. That, | trust, will
never come.
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De PAOLO SETS RECORD
FOR MILE AND QUARTER

SALEM, New Brunswick. October
16-Ptter dc Paolo broke the world
automobile racing record for a mile
and n quarter oval track Yesterday at
the New Rockingham Park board
track when he covered a lap in
3o 80 seconds.
Dc Paola reached the speed of
1873 2-lo miles an hour in the quail
fyinc tests for the 25O-mile champion.
ship race to be run here Saturday.
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Peckinpaugh. who had already es-
tablished something like a world
series record for errors, came across
with two more errors i'm the final
stages Of the last game. after Wash
in1ton had it apparently all sewed
up. and they cost his team the cham
pionship.
Both teams deserved to win yester-
days game. And, on the other hand.
both deserved to lose. 1t was any
body's victory. including the Sea
wanhaka Yacht Clubs and the United
States Coast Guards. up to the last
call for help.
Ended at Midnight.
These Pittsburgh Coarse Hairs"
rose in their might. They are late
risers, but they stay up late. and it
was after 10 PM. TO all intents and
purposes. when yesterdays contest
started and well after midnight, judG-
ing by the atmosphere, when it
ended.
Walter Johnson, standing out there
in the rain and darkness. made a
valiant cool headed fight, and his de-
feat only proved what everybody but
the Washington management felt
right along--namely. that Johnson is
a man and not Il horse.
Walter might have done better,
even against Peckinpaugh. if he
hadn't run out of SaWdust. More
saWdust was used around Barneys s
feet than has been used anywhere
since the saloons closed-or since
they were told to close.
The series had been left out doors
Tar too long, anyhow, wher the final
game began. Then at game time it
began raining again and 1t was too
late to send out for shingles and
weather strips.
II will go down on tho bokS as the
most weatherbeaten world series on
record. Every time player slid
headfirst into the Savdust- pack ed
bases il was a perfect picture of the
face on the barroom floor.
BY the third inning tho field was
so wet that time after time some
PLAYER Went down for a hot Grounder
and came up with quart Of clans.
The Nationals were ahead. + to 3,
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After the game many fans were
saving. Poor Walter Johnson la
1mentinC that the great hurler did
not fare better in the decisive con
lest But | contend that Walter
pitched well. considering the weather
prevailing, and l do not believe any
other pitcher would have gone
through such a game in better form.
Commiserates Peckinpaugh.
The Pirates had to use four mounds
men 20 stop us. -Aldridge showed
plainly in the first inning that he
could not come back TO the hill with
only two days rest after a hard
game. Johny Morrison was not
effective enough TO satisfy Manager
MckeChuie, while Ray kremer, who
heat us Tuesday. was not ready for
any great amount of Work.
Ii any Washington player is to be
commiserated it is Roger Peckin-
paugh. This man. voted the most
valuable player to his club in the
American League this year was the
most unfortunate man in the world
series. His play at short for Wash
tucton was the most erratic of the
set of games. and almost every one
OI his errors haG 10 do with "A Wash
1pgton defeat.
Pe"k teit badly after today 8
Eauo. in which mis- two-h base muff
of Moore $ pop fly at the start Of the
seventh inning paved The way for tho
Pirates tviuE rally. and his wild
throw after fielding Carey's grouuder
in tho eighth lost chance for a third
out before the National LeaEuers
got their three runs that clnched
the game.
lie atoned splenddly for his
seventh iuninS miScue by driving out
= home run in the eighth that put
Washington in front once more, but
he had no opportunity to offset the
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defeat OF Ruth Butts. 6-l. o.
| Blow and Webb dodge ball teams
clsshed in an air-tight encounter.
which finally ended after five innings
with 11-to8 decision for Blow.
Mary Rauh refereed.
Virginia Avenue defeated Plaza on
| Plaza playground in another dodge
bali contest, in which their superior
! ity Ia indicated by the score of Is to
8. The home team We're smaller and
| less experienced.
| Alice Elliott. Tessie Berg and Eir-
| gina Doyle scored most Of the put
outs for the winning team. The Nir-
| ginia Avenue lineup included the
three mentioned above and Nellie Ell
lott. Helen ANan, Miriam Hartman
Frances Lewis, Florence Rhodes and
| Emiline Astrander
Plaza's lineup was as follows: Pa
tricia Dimon, Ethel Dorman, Frances
GalshoE, Ruth Peterson. Alice Olive,
/ Josephine Emilio. Margaret Kennedy.
Mary Festuh and Helen Petruchia
Elizabeth Moss was referee.
The Metropolitan Athletic Club
basket ball squad will start its CON
quest to retain the District cham
pionship crown with the loss Of two
stellar players in its back line defense
JACK Martin. who is now coaching
the game. and Rozelle Bolton Gott
will both be missing from the roll
call.
one of the gaps will be adequately
hlled. however. by the return of Mar
garet kubel. who has been out OF the
game for the past two years. Miss
kubel is considered to be one of the
| strongest guards in the District, and
the champions are rejoicing over their
good fortune in having her with them
| once more.
The forwards will he picked from
| five players Of almost equal strength. /.
| Mrs. Camille O'Hara. Pauline Thomas.
Adelaide Boyd, Margaret Whaley and
| Ann Fennelly- Gladys Mills will re-
| tain her position at center and
! Charlotte Hatton at side center.
One or two changes are noted in the
1925 hockey rules recently made pub
lie. The most important is the new
rule allowing the defending team
when fouIed in the circle To take a
| free hit from any spot in the circle
| they may choose. This rule obviously
works TO much greater advantage
| for the defense than the old rule by
which they took the free shot from
the spot where the foul was made.
I A.
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H0LLOCHER is SEEKING
HIS OLD JOB ON CUBS

CHICAGO. October 16 C4D.-Char-
ley Hollocher, former Chicago Cub star
shortstop, now on the retired list,
thinks he will be able to return to
the lineup next year.
He has written Joe Mccarthy. new
manager of the team. that his health
IS about regained and that he thinks
he can take care of his berth regu.
larly
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PAIR OF TILTS LISTED
FOR ARMY POLOISTS

Two matches are listed for tomor-
row afternoon at Potomac Park in
the annual high goal tourney of the
War Department Polo Association
War Whites will encounter the Sd
Corps Area four from Baltimore in
f1rst-round encounter, starting at
80 O'Clock. Two hours later the
l6t6h Field Artillery quartet will face
the War Blues in a second round
match
Evening star., 1925-10-16
PECK DEFEATS JOHNSON
In GREAT SEA DISASTER
BY II. ]. PHILLIPS.

NATATORUM Pittsburgh. October 6The Pttsbur
Pirates the championship the world yesterday This includes
Venice big Coney Island all wewah laundries
They by beating Roger Pecknpaugh and all the
proved besides the fact base ball be played night and
that American i full of
They valuable the three
evidence IS they
the 1eay of Nation
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''BIC TRAIN'' is STALLED
In MURK OF PITTSBURGH
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

lTTSBUR RG October l6After
and
the smoke and the made order Pittsburgh,
o of
is no
reversal OF form Peck displayed this when
making eight which
eoi the fourga LOST by Wash
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RAJAH'S FATAL BOBBLINC
UNFORTUNATE, HE AYERS
Bucky Denies Crffmen Were Overconfident of Vic
tory and Says Sting Is Greatly Lost in Defeat
By Great Ball Club.
BY STANLEY (BUCkY) HARRIS,
Manager and Second Basenau American League Champo



lTTSBURGTI October 6It all Pirates ball
champions OF the world
Ad want congratulate Mekecm and his husng
bunch athletes their splendid the world that ended
with spectacular annals of the
diamond classic
When Washington that the
Aridg who had the
o
although desperately they their 9o7
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NATIONALS WINNING GAME
FUTILE WITH PECK'S PLAY
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.


n ITTSBURGH. talking
this oldest OF world had
with including the somber
championship
about thrills Pittsburgh hall uky and hall
fu wi
whether the
something a
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errors and batteries. follows:
FIRST GAME.
Pittsburgh ............1 ) 0
Batteries-.Johnson and Ruel: Mead
ows. Morrison and Smith. GoOch.
SECOND GAME.
Pittsburgh ..............3 D
" Washington ...........
-Aldridge and Smith; CO.
veleskie and Ruel.
THIRD GAME.
II. II. f.
Washington ............ a 10
Pittsburgh ............. 8 ,
Bxtteries-FergusOn, Marherry and
Ruele kremer and Smith.
FOURTH GAME.
W aShingtOn .............. IL U
pittsburgh ...............V !
Batteries-Jollnson and Ruel; Yde,
Morrison. Adams and GOoch.
FIFTH GAME.
X. II. r..
Washington ........... 8 I
Batteries-Aldridge and Smith: CO.
veIeskic, Ballou. Zachary. Marberry
and Ruel.
SITH GAME.
X. ii. +.
Pittsburgh ............3
Washington ........... :?
Ratteries-kremer and Smith: Fer
gusOn, BallOu and SEVERED, Ruel.
SEVENTH GAME.
II. ii. f.
Pittsburgh .........-. 15 ,
Washington ...........7 ?