Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-07

led the Yankees. the second team, by
14l2 games at the finish. the prestige
of the National League, and particil.
larly of the Cubs, was so strong that
one was bold prophet and a cour.
ageous friend of ours who dared to
say right out loud that we had an
even chance.
Chief" Bender pitched the first
game for us against Overall and we
won by Il score of 10 /. Bender al.
lowed but three hits and gave two
bases on balls. In this battle we were
assisted somewhat by the elaborate
He had held q very low opinion of the
| Chiefs curve ball and a lesser one OF
| Ira Thomas ability to throw.
Schultz Is NippeG Twice.
Now, Frank Schultz got one of the
three hits and both of the passes
| Twice he was on first, with none out
and essayed to steal second. Twice he
was easily thrown out by Thomas
! During the game Chance, Tinker and
zimmerman, with the count 80
took" the third strike, curve ball
in each case.
! Coombs worked tie second game for
| us, and. though he was very wild and
made two errors, we hit Brown in the
plnches and won by Il large score. /
think TO 3. For some reason
Coombs could not work as effectively
with Thomas as he could with Jack
Lapp.
The third game was PLAYED in Chi.
cago, and Coombs also pitched and
won that one. He was much better in
| that game, but the Cubs punched
their hits and scored fivs runs. How.
ever, we won easily. Baker had been
the batting star in the first game and
Jack Barry, who. the critics had as
sured Chance, could not hit foot ball
with a paddle, made two doubles and a
single in the third game, driving in
more runs than Chicago made.
After losing the fourth game in 10
innings. Bender versus Cole, we opened
the fifth and final game with Coombs
once more on the slab and with Jack
lapp behind the plate. Connie also
had substituted "Topsy" Hartsel. a
veteran. for Strunk, who then was a
kid and who had been subbing for
Oldring in center. Brown pitched for
Chicago.
SOx Fans Support AS.
The day was Sunday, warm and
pleasant, and ar enthusiastic crowd
damned the field. We seemed to have
a IoL VI LIienuS ana ulu not realize that
they We're White Sox fans roofing for
us. This is the only city have known.
where the fans are for a club and its
league. It's a good idea, too. and adds
greatly to the interest of big games.
Brown held Coombs even for seven
rounds and then we found him weak.
ening and drove in five runs in orr
haf OF the eighth. We knew that was
the finish and there was great excite.
ment on our bench
''Stuffy" McInnis, still in his teens
was serving his first season with us. a
substitute shortstop. During the rally
he was sitting beside Connie Mack and
became very jubilant as one hit fol.
lowed another. When the drive was
made that scored the last of the five
runs "Stuffy" gave a yell and grabbing
the rafters over the roof of the dug.
out tried to kick off the roof. He
didn't damage the roof but he kicked
Connie Mack's straw hat clear to third
base and our calm and dignified man.
ager never knew it.
Barry made the final play by fielding
the ball and stepping on second to
force runner I yelled at him to
throw the ball to me. but he paid no
attention. / then chased him to our
bench, but never got the ball
Copyright. 1927
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| Wrestling is a part of training for
swimmers at Princeton.