The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24

2S and the contend
ing teams the New
r York Giants and
swans the Boston Red
Sox. Going into the seventh game,
it was all even, with the final re-
suit Ringing on the outcome of this
all-important game.
1t was the great Christy Mathew
son against the youthful Hugh Be-
dent, almost an unknown twirler
prior to the start of the classic.
Bedient starred in three of the
games, although receiving credit for
only one victory.
In the seventh inning of the final
game Bedient was removed for
Pinchhitter Hendricksen, who dou-
bled, scoring Jake Stahl with the
tying run.
Joe Wood, ace of the Red Sox
staff, took up the burden at this
point and blanked New York in
the eighth and ninth.
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He was found for run in the
tenth, which doomed as big as a
mountain, and it seemed as if the
Giants were to win the series, aft
er the count at one time had stood
three games to one against them.
SNODGRASS' MUFF COSTLY
TIME older fans will recall that
l. the famous muff of Center
Fielder Snodgrass featured the 1912
series. Engle, pinchhitter for Wood.
opened the last of the tenth with
fly that should have been an easy
out, but was ingloriously muffed by
SnodgraSs.
This brought the head of the
Red Soxs' batting order up. Hooper,
number one in the batting order,
flied out, but Mathewson, working
carefully on the dangerous Steve
Yerkes, walked him.
Then came the second slip of the
inning, one that was just as fatal
as the error by Snodgrass, which
Immediately put the Giants on the
defensive.
Speaker raised a high foul be-
tween home and first. 1t should
have bee nan easy out, but some
how it was allowed to fall untouched
to the ground between three of the
Giants, giving Speaker another
lease on life. He made the most of
it by hitting safely to right, sending
the tying run over the plate. A
long fly. by Gardner to the outf1eld
permitted the winning run to score
from third.
1t was one of the widest finishes
/ have ever seen in world series
game, and what's worse, decided
the classic. If ever a pitcher de-
served to win a ball game,
-MathewsOn did that one.
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GIANTS LOSER AGAIN
TIME New York Giants also figured
Il in thrilling finish number two,
with comedy and drama sharing
equal parts in the unexpected end
ing. This climax came in the eighth
inning of the sixth game in 1928.
At the start of the contest the
series stood to 2 in favor of the
New York Yankees. The Giants
had to win to even the count and
prolong the series to seven games.
Going into the eighth inning the
Giants were leading, Al, with Artie
Nehf pitching invincible ball. Then
came the explosion.
Nehf suddenly lost control, CIV
ing two bases on balls after being
found for two hits. Ryan, who
succeeded him, was just as wild.
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Before the inning was over the
Yankees had made five of the
most unexpected runs ever regis
tered in a world series, enough to
win the game and championship
The final score was GA.
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OCCURRED THIS SEASON
TINE third and last of the trio of
4 unexpected thrillers in world
series finishes was staged in the
1927 clash between New York and
ElUUSpurSn.
The memory of how Miljus Wild
pitched the winning run over the
plate after having stxuck out Ruth
and Gehrig with the bases filled
provided alternatively the widest
enthusiasm and greatest disappoint-
ment of any world series game ever
played.
The fans we're pulling for Miljus
to get out of his trouble by fan
ming Lazzeri for the third out. Even
Tony himself admits that he proba-
bly, would have been set down on
strikes as was Ruth and Gehrig,
had not the ball gotten away from
Miljus as he tried to get too much
stuff on the ball.