Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

COcnTane WaLKe0 ana Nen1 was taken OWWA
Sheriff Blake went in for Chicago. SimmOnA
hit hooper toward Mcmillan and the hahn
took lucky bounce going into left field for q
single. The AS were getting the breaks.
Fox singled to center, scoring Cochrane with
the tying rum Blake went out and Malone
went In for the Cubs. Miller was hit by q
pitched BAN. Dykes nit long fly to left whiela
Stephenson muffed after q hard try, the lit
being scored Q double and driving SimmOn6
and Foxx In with the winning runs BOIeN
and Burns famed to end the inning. In th4
case Of Burns the crowd was treated to ~
unusual spectacle Of seeing a pinch-hitter ri
to the plate twice IN one inning.
The history Of no world series has eVeA
recorded such great example of coming FROM
behind as the Athletics showed in the historic
seventh inning of the fourth game. 1t clearly
entitled them to the distinction of being termed
big shOtS"-real champions
They repeated the feat-on a smaller scaIa
in the fifth and final game. The score wa
20 in favor of Chicago In the last half OF Tho
ninth. French, batting for Walberg, had been
retired. Pat Malone had given the Mackmem
only two hits in eight and third inningi
and needed to retire only two more men til
win his game and take the series back to Chfa
cagO But he never got them out. Bishop
singled viciously down the leftfield line. Haas
proved himself one of the series heroes bN
hitting hne-drive home run over the rights
field wall scoring Bishop and himself and
tying the score. Cochrane was retired Sims
mons doubled to the Scoreboard Foxx waS
purpoSely passed. Miller doubled to right cen=
ter, winning the game and the worlds tit1d
for the joyous AS, their first worlds title in "a
years
WITH the sensational conclusion of the world
series the attention Of the Nations sporss=
men turned to the gridiron where there sxa
many instances annually Of teams apparently
defeated or tied coming from behind to wfrt
The fighting Irish Of NOtre Dame added an=
other great comeback to their already IoRad
string when they scored touchdown in tna
final period against Navy and beat the A6i&7
shipmen, 14-7.
Able Booth, Xale'S little foot inch sOph0s
more halfback, turned In one of the most amasS
ing performances ever seen in New Haven
when he led faltering Eli eleven to an unS
expected victory over Army.
Yale was on the short end of a 1870 score
when Booth, was hurled into the maelstronI:
His presence seemed to electrify the Eli team,
which started to function perfectly immediately
after his entrance. Young Booth was the
sparkplug, scoring three touchdowns and giVAS
ing his team an unlooked-for win
Before the end Of the second period, I'd
AOO~AA
sngle-handed on o march of 80 yards, thS
Cadets we're Keeling. In the third quarter
they collapsed completely. The entire left sida
Of ATmy'S line became .demoralized and the
spidery little Yale halfback, taking the baM
on almost every rush, broke loose time after
time, side-stepped tackle after tackle and car;
ried the ban IS yards for his second touch
down.
On the same day at Penn State, Frank Died.
rich, Penn State back, registered great comes
back for his team when he Snatched lateral
pass from French, who had received WOodhn'G.
punt on the 4O-yard line, and ran so yards
for touchdown to beat Lafayette, 6-3
The final whistle had sounded as WOodfinN
punt was in the air and the Penn State tOuelas
down was registered several seconds after the
game had actually ended.
Thus the names Of Booth and Die6rich were
added to the list Of big shots" of the current
foot ball year.
And the definition Of big shot," were it per-
mitted in the dictionary, would read:
"A person noted for ability to come bachy
to do well when others fail; one who never
comedies defeat"
(Copyright. 1927 e.