Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-21

How do you feel as you are about
to enter a world series? ] have been
asked this or similar questions hum
dred times at least. There Is great
curiosity about the reaction TO any
new experience, especially IL it is to
come in public.
There is a strain, no denying that,
but it's worth it and more for the
wonderful thrill, and the feeling you
have after it is over.
AS / look back on my six series
actually believe the strain increases
with each one. / know it has with
me. l felt less anxiety in my first
than ] did in my last.
of the four series | have helped
win, the first, 1910, and the fifth, 1917,
gave me the most pleasure. The one
with the Cubs because we were a
long shot and because we had been
so absurdly rated, the one with the
Giants because we came from behind
in the fifth game (the series standing
2.2), with the score 81 against us,
and batted 1t out. The Zimmerman
incident in the sixth game also made
that series stand out.
Strain Felt Between Games.
The strain in any big series comes
between the gameS-evenings at the
hotel, mornings loafing around, or,
perhaps, strolling about, waiting for
the zero hour. There Is no particular
strain after you once get in Once
In uniform and you have something
To do the nervousness soon works off.
In 1911 the games with the Giants
were interrupted five consecutive days
nv rain. II was terrible. To make
things worse, Coombs sustained an
almost mortal injury. That was "A
tough siege
In the 10 series Plank came as
near acting the part of the hero as
anv player / have seen in any of the
important games. The night before
the fifth game, the trainer, Danny
Murphy, and Carroll Brown were up
most of the night putting hot towels
on Fddie's arm TO ease a severe at
tack of rheumatism. Plank never had
said a. word to Connie and after suf-
fering that agony for two or three
davs he went TO the Polo Grounds and
held the Giants TO two hits, and one
run. throwing but two curves in the
game.
As recall the last play in that
game / am reminded that those last
pIays always stand out wildly. /
can remember every one as if ii were
Yesterday, and, oh, the relief as that
anal out is made In this case, con-
sidertng the condition of Plank s arm,
a well meant warning might have
been disastrous, but all ended well.
$4,000 Hanging on Ball.
The last man at bat for New York
lifted an cas- pop fly 10 short right
fiald McInnis went after 1t, / went
after It, SO did Strunk, in center field.
and even Jack Barry came running
over hut the ball belonged to Eddie
murphy and he was not to be bluffed
o,,t AS the ball was settling into his
ynitt Strunk yelled: mo Snodgrass
now. Mike. grab that ball, there's
sac. 900 hanging on 1t.
Amos, of course, alluded TO the
difference between the winning and
losing end of the players share. Eddie
caught il easily, and kept IL | shud-
dered when / thought OF what might
have happened had Mike" been dis
concerted by Strunk's remark
After the game was over we en-
oo,,rtered the only hostile demonstra-
tiov, 7 ever experienced. II came from
the fans, not the players. We were
Melted with decayed vegetables, an
Gent eggs, stones, and whatever those
hoodlurns could get their hands on
easily. The fans were tough losers
that year.
where we might have been justly ac.
c1sed OF being overconfdent. We Ger.
tsinIv were sure of ourselves that
Pail, and that is why the condition
~ pIank's arm would have been such
a shock to us and to Connie if it had
Tn 19I4 it was just the reverse
+ha,,oh on account of the Braves
nu;ck victory many wild tales went
he rounds. none Of which was true
The truth is that we We're lucky &c
win the American League pennant
and IL the season Sonia nao r nf9a INV Two w W
would have lost.
Entire Team Hits Slump.
That Fall, that is, late I'm the sea
son, We all fell into a slump. 1t hi
everybody. We couldn't bat, field, rur
nor pitch. And the odd part Of it was