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The Washington times., 1933-12-09
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. William Aubrey
Simpson have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Helen Marie Simpson, to
DR.. Stephen A. Mccarthy, Of
this city.
The wedding will take place
January II at the Shrine Of
the Sacred Heart.
X i
Miss Mildred English and
Miss Peggy English, debutante
daughters o. DR.. and Mrs. Mer-
ton English, will be guests OF
honor at a luncheon to be given
by Miss Betty West on WedneS-
day, December 20, in the palm
court of the Mayflower.
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Tea for Debutante

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald H. Nc
Knew and Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
Hume will entertain at a tea
tomorrow afternoon, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. McKnew,
2404 Kalorama Road, in compli-
ment to Miss Elizabeth Howison
Gill, debutante daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Nicholas
Gill, and Miss Jane Catherine
McKnew, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard McKnew.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bowie
Chapman have as their guest for
the weekend Mr.. Gilbert U.
Burdett, of New York, who has
come to Washington to attend
the Gridiron dinner this even
ing.
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Hostess

Miss Junia CulbertSon,
daughter of the former Ambas-
sador to Chile and Mrs. Will
liam S. Cu1bertson, will enter
tain at dinner this evening in
her parents apartment at 21O1
Connecticut Avenue. Her guests
will number IS.
Miss CulbertSon and her de-
butante sister, Miss Jane Cul-
bertson, will return to their
studies at Bryn Mawr tomor-
row.
Comdr. and Mrs. Smith Hep
stone entertained at a supper
last evening at their residence
following the tea which was
given to present the latter's
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Ross
Thompson, and her cousin,
Miss Mary Mcdowell. daughter
of Capt. and Mrs. Ralph Wal
ker Mcdowell.
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cation of New
Y ork, a n d
the MarquiSe
Ryan, with
their daugh-
tie r, M RS
James Wat
ers, and their
son, Mr.. Will
liam R va n,
and the Dep
uty S up e r.
intendent Of
the Board Of
E d u c a ton,
Colonel Will
Ii a m Grey
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Dean Honor Guest

The Dean of the. Diplomatic
Corps, the Ambassador Of Tur-
key, Mr.. Ahmet Muhtar. the
Minister of Greece and Nine.
Simopoulos and the charge
d'AffaireS of the Netherlands
and Baroness Won Breugel
Douglas, were the honor guests
at a dinner given last evening
by the acting Secretary of
State and Mrs. William Phil
lips at their home in Massa-
chuSettS Avenue.
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The Ambassador Of Belgium
and Nine. May have Cancelled
81 engagements, owing to the
6eath of the latter's father,
Mr.. Raphael Georges Levy, emf
nent author on Political Eco
nomics and member of the
French Senate, who in 1926
held the position of President
Of the InStitut de France.
The Ambassador Of Brazil
and Nine. de Lima Silva were
the ranking guests at the din
ner given last evening by the
Minister of Norway and Nine.
Bachke at the Legation in Mas
Sachusetts Avenue. There were
"a guests.
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Czech Minister
Ranking Guest
This Evening

Baron and Baroness Mar
cellus Donald A. R. Won Red
Itch will entertain at a formal
dinner dance this evening, in
the main dining room of the
Shoreham, for party of "a,
on which occasion the Minister
of CzechoSlovakia and Nine.
Veverka will be the ranking
guests.
The other guests will include
Marquis George Joseph Ryan,
president of the Board of Edu-
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Going to New York

The Third Secretary Of the
Cuban Embassy, Senor DR.. Jose
Manuel Lara, will go to New
York on Tuesday, returning to
the Capital on Saturday.
Senor Lara will leave later in
the month for Miami, Fla,
where he will join Sonora de
Lara for the Christmas holi-
days.
The Commercial Counselor Of
the British Embassy and Mrs.
H. o. Chalkley will entertain
informally at dinner this
evening,
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Betrothal

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Bond,
of Accomac, Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Leila DickerSon Bond, to
Mr.. Douglas Tracy Gardiner,
son of the former Commissioner
of the District and Mrs. GWynn
Gardiner. The wedding will
take place in the near future.
X X X
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty
will entertain at a tea this
afternoon at S o'clock, in COM
pIiment to Mrs. Francis Nash
and her daughter, Miss Carolyn
Nash,
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Weekend Plans

Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Har-
rison will leave today for New
York, where they will spend
several days with Representa-
tive and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon at "Arlough" their place
at Westbury, Long Island.
X \
DR.. and Mrs. c. Augustus
Simpson have as their house
guest, Signor Faliero Lucaccini,
of Florence, Italy.
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To Wed Dec. 20

The marriage of Miss Vir-
ginia Harriss, daugh ter of
Sonora de Monreal, and Mr.. H.
Prescott Galley, jr., will take
place Wednesday afternoon, De-
cember 20, at $3.50 o'clock, in
the rectory of st. Matthews
Church, and a reception will
follow at the Mayflower.
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Envoy Entertains
For Daughter

The Ambassador of Germany,
Herr Hans Luther, will enter
tain at dinner this evening in
honor of his daughter, Fraulein
Gertraud Luther.
The Ambassador will enter
tain informally at dinner,
Wednesday evening. at the
Embassy, in compliment to
Frau Gertrude Kappel, who will
sing that morning at Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend's musicale.
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Debutante Hostess

Miss Anne Eustis, debutante
daughter Of Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis, will entertain
at dinner on Wednesday,, De-
cember 20. Mrs. Eustis who
is spending some time in Pine
hurst, N. c., will join her
daughter early next week.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter I. Sweet,
of Providence, r. l., are at the
Carlton for a brief stay.
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be given Dy ner parents, dC IHeh
residence in Wyoming Avenue.
A beautiful decoration of pink roses,
palms and ferns, will adorn the draw
ing room suite, where the debutante
and her mother will receive. Mrs.
Tirrell will wear a handsome gown
of rose orchid velvet modelled on very
simple lines, and Miss Tirrell has
chosen an afternoon gown of pale
blue lace, made with a cape collar.
She will carry a bouquet of deep pink
roses.
Those assisting in the dining room
will include, Sonora de Alfaro, wife
of the Minister of Panama; Mrs.
Morris Sheppard, Mrs. James E. Wat
son, Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr, Sonora de
n
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Christmas holidays. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hanna will return to
Washington the latter part Of
January to spend a few weeks
and they will then proceed to
Guatemala.
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At Home Tomorrow

Miss Margaret Moore and
Miss Jennie Moore, sisters of
the Assistant Secretary of State,
Mr.. r. Walton Moore, will be
at home tomorrow afternoon
from 4 until 6 o'clock, at their
home in Fairfax. No cards
have been issued.
Mr.. Ogden L. Mills, former
Secretary of the Treasury, and
Mrs. Mills, are at the May
flower for the weekend. Mr..
Mills will attend the Gridiron
Club dinner at the willard
this evening.
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Guests From Geneva

The Minister Of Switzerland
and Nine. Peter have as their
guests, at the Legation. Mr..
Trolliet and his daughter,
Mile. Andree Trolliet, of Geneva,
who will spend a few days
with them.
Mr.. Matthew E. Hanna has
arrived from his post as Minis
ter to Guatemala and is at
the Shoreham before going to
New York. whence he will sail
December IL on the S. S. st.
Louis to join Mrs. Hanna, and
her brother in law and sister,
Baron and Baroness Won Blu
menthal, in Berlin for the
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Miss TirreII and Miss Sewers
To Be Presented At Teas,
Miss Dows At Dance
q s@4 ee"''H.

Society will pay court to three debutantes today Miss
Dorothy Quincy Tirre daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Hollis Trre will be formally presented at large tea to
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Miss Dorothy TirrelI


Mrs Deos A. Blodgett, Mrs Henry Alvah Strong, Mrs.
Forris Stevens Mrs Hobart Hawkins, Mrs Edwin Puller
Mrs John L. Proctor, Mrs. Henry Morrow, Mrs Edgar
Snow Miss Daisy Prentice and Miss Alice Emery The tea
table will be adorned with cluster of pink and
lighted tapers.
Miss Jane Culbertson Miss Elizabeth Ross Thompson Miss
Fonaine Fannery Miss Natalie Keeney, Miss Katherine
Pearson Miss katherine Brown, and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Damon.
Mr. and Mrs Tirre will entertain at dinner following
the compliment to their daughter and her assistants
at the Chevy Chase Club.
Miss Trre attended the National Cathedral School here
and the Ogontz School at Philadelphia She is descendant
Of Gen. Cudworh deputy Governor of the Colonies
in 1856 and the granddaughter of the late Representative
Charles Quincy Tirrell of Massachusetts,.
Debutante Wears Green and Silver
Mrs William F. Sewers will introduce her daughter Miss
Dorothea Hamilton Sowers this afternoon, at her
residence in Connecticut Avenue.
Resident society will be brilliantly represented at this
formal debut party those assisting the young debutante
will include Miss Fontane Flannery Miss Caroline john
son, Miss Mary Mcdowell Miss Sidney Beall Miss Eliza
beth Burke Miss Eleanor Fason of Baltimore Miss Ger
trude Faust Miss Catherine Poe, Miss Louise ttman and
Miss Ruth Sewers
Mrs Sewers will receive her guests wearing stunning
gown of black velvet and the debutante will be IN green
crepe lavshy trimmed with silver Several friends OF the
hostess will take turns in presiding at the tea table,
Miss Davis to Fete Miss Dow
Miss Deborah Dows who returned in September with her
mother Mrs Tracy Dows following absence Of year
and half in Europe, most of which time was spent IN
Germany will be presented by her mother to smart Capital
society this evening" dance at Mrs Curtis 1925 Street
Club.
Preceding the dance Miss Helen Davis daughter of Mr.
Dwight F. Davis the former Secretary of War; will enter
tain at dinner in her Georgetown home in honor of Miss
Dows and her house guests Miss Phyllis Brewster Of New
York. and Miss Katherine Winthrop Of Boston.
Miss Davis will make her debut at ball to be given at
the Sugrave Club December &c. by her father who will
return tomorrow from St. Louis with his son. Mr. Dwight
F. Davis, jr.
Mr. Davis and his family are established in the residence
Of the Minister to Canada and Mrs Warren Deano Rob-
bins which the former has leased for the Winter.
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Plans Luncheon

Mrs. Oscar Jarecki will enter.
tain at a luncheon at the May
flower, on Wednesday, Decem-
ber 13, following the first of
the series of Mrs. Lawrence
ToWnSend's morning musicales.
*k
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic D. Nc
Kenney will entertain at dinner
tomorrow evening, in their
apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ford
Nesbit will entertain at a tea
from 4 until z o'clock at their
home at 1920 Forest Lane,
Wesley Heights, this afternoon.
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Miss Dern Feted
At Luncheon

Miss Betsy Dern. debutante
daughter of the Secretary OF
War and Mrs. George H. Dern,
was the guest in whose honor
Miss Dorothy Nicholson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse w.
Nicholson entertained at lunch
con today at her residence in
Chevy Chase.
The guests included Fraulein
Gertraud Luther, Mile. Nella
Veverka, Miss Patsy Benton,
Miss Frances Brooks, Miss Jane
Culbertson, Miss Mary Isabel
Dwight, Miss Peggy English,
Miss Mildred English, Miss
Dorothy Graham, Miss Aileen
Harris, Miss Caroline johnson,
Miss Natalie Keeney, Miss Kath-
leen King, Miss Betty Kit, Miss
Nancy Lesh, Miss Mary Louise
Marsh, Miss Helen Sacks, Miss
Elizabeth Thompson, Miss Peggy
Tyner, and Miss Marian Worth
ington.
Mrs. Nicholson had as her
guests at luncheon Mrs. Dern,
Mrs. William H. King and Mrs.
John Herrick.
Red rose buds adorned the
luncheon table and holly ber-
r1eS and spruce were used in
decorating the drawing rooms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-23
SOCCER ENJOYS
MORE SUCCESS

Soccer, always a favorite among
the younger boys, gained steadily
in the estimation of older per
sons during last year and the
present uncompleted season.
Champions for the 1928 sea-
son were Columbia Heights in the
Capital City League and Virginia
Avenue Playground in the Rec
reation League.
The 1933-34 playground ele-
mentary school title race will be
decided after the Christmas holi-
days when Burroughs and Park
View, divisional winners. meet.
The Capital City and Recrea-
ton loops are now in the midst
of another race with Mitchell's
Store looking like the winner in
the former circuit, while the
close battle in the Recreation
seems to lie between Rosedale
and Miller Furniture.
Never in the history of soccer,
says local authority Dick Tenny-
son, has Washington seen so
many unlimited teams on the
field as the II participating now.
Sixteen teams will compete in the
cup-tie matches for the cham
pionship of the washington and
Southeastern district tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-23
Headline Golf Attractions
In District During '33

and Mrs. Frank r. Keefer, Chevy
Chase, in play-off).
WASHINGTON POST CUP
Winner, Miss Elizabeth Houghton,
Chevy Chase; runner-up, Mrs.
Morris Irwin, Beaver Dam.
BUFFERS TOURNEY - Win
ner, Mrs. Montgomery Blair,
Chevy Chase; runner-up, Mrs. H.
H. Brundage, Chevy Chase.
PHYLLIS KELLER CUP-Win-
ner, Mrs. j. T. Powell, Manor;
runner-up, Mrs. Katherine May
Shorey, Kenwood.
CORBY Winner, Miss
Nellie Mae Neff, Manor; runner
up, Mrs. j. F. Dowdall, Congress
sional, defeated Mrs. Donald
Scott, Indian Spring, in play
off.
KEEFER CUP Winner, Mrs.
Alma Won STEINER, Congressional;
runner-up, Mrs. j. E. Davis, Army
Navy.
Club Champions
BELLE HAVEN-Men's, Sidney
Sherwood; no women's champion
ship held.
ARGYLE-Men's, William p.
DiEste; no women's championship
held.
COLUNTBIA-Men's, Miller B.
STEVENSON; women's, Mrs. j. w.
Beller.
CHEVY .CHAsE-Men's, Dick
Lunn; women's, Mrs. Hum e
Wrong.
MANOR-Men's. David L.
Thomson; women's, Mrs. Mack
Myers.
WOODMONT Mems. Howard
Nordlinger; women's. Mrs. Ralph
Goldsmith.
CONGRESSIONAL-Men's, Lu-
Their C. Steward, jr., women's,
Mrs. j. o. Rhyme.
BEAVER DAM-Men's, Martin
F. Mccarthy; women'S, Mrs. Ora
Emge.
WAsHINGToN-Men's, Reese
r. Hair; women's, Mrs. F. w.
Bradbury.
ARMY-NAVY-No mems cham
pionship held; women's, Mrs.
David Clark.
KENWOOD-Men's, Charles E.
Cole, jr.; women's, Mrs. A. A. Nc
Entee.
INDIAN SPRING-Men's, Craig
Mckee; women's, Mrs. Donald
Scott.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-23
MEMS TOURNAMENTS
NATIONAL CAPITAL OPEN

NATIONAL CAPITAL OPEN
Winner, Paul Runyan; runner
up. Walter Kozak,
CONGRESSIONAL INVITA-
TION-Winner, Roger S. Pea
cock, Indian Spring; runner-up,
Luther C. Steward, jr., Congress
sional.
CHEVY CHASE INVITATION
Winner, Dick Lunn, Burning
Tree and Chevy Chase; runner
up, Maury Nee. Manor Club.
MANOR INVITATION - Win
ner, Harry G. Pitt, Manor; rum
ner-up, M. Parker Nolan, Indian
Spring.
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner, Dick Lunn, Burning Tree
and Chevy Chase; runner-up,
Roger S. Peacock, Indian Spring.
MARYLAND STATE ANA
TEUR - Winner, Roger S. Pea
cock, Indian Spring; runner-up,
Harry G. Pitt, Manor.
PUBLIC PARKS CHAMPION
0AAA4 w AAA4AC4S 14oA Ack14 " A4AS AAA4-
ner-up, Claude Rippy.
EAST POTOMAC PARK OPEN
Winner, John Downey; runner
up, Claude Rippy.
UPTOWN TOURNAMENT lat
Rock Greek Park winner,
Claude Rippy; runner-up, John M.
Baer.
ANACOSTIA PARK OPEN
Winner, Martin F. Mccarthy;
runner-up. Johnny Connolly.
WASHINGTON NEWS CUP
CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPION
TOURNEY Winner, Luther c.
Steward, jr.. Congressional; rum
ner-up, Martin F. Mccarthy,
Beaver Dam,
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENTS
WASHINGTON TINES CUP
Winner, Mrs. A. E. Fischer; run
ner-up, Mrs. j. j. Mccarthy,
Congressional.
EVENING STAR CUP-Winner,
Mrs. j. E. Davis, Army-Navy:
runnerup. Mrs. j. o. Rhyme, Con-
greSSional.
WASHINGTON HERALD CUP
Winner Mrs. Katherine May
Shorey, Kenwood; runner-up, Mrs.
Douglas Tschiffely defeated Mrs.
McCook Knox, Chevy Chase; Mrs.
. F. Dickinson Let's, Chevy Chase,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-23
SANDLOT TEAMS
ENJOYED BIC
SEASON
BY SID KATZNELL

Despite the decline in business
in 1888, local sandlot teams en-
joyed a rather successful season.
Baseball was the most active
sport. Hundreds of athletes saw
service in the national pastime.
Such potent mines as the
Bureau of Investigation, Dixie
Pigs, Stanton Cleaners and C. g
P. Telephone were in operation.
SIeuths Win Title
Bureau of Investigation, better
known to the sandlot followers
as "Sleuths," won the champions
ship of Departmental League.
Some of it's stars included Cody
Shapiro, Bob Snyder. specs"
Taylor and Leon Riley.
The Pigs captured the Indus
trial League crown after a torrid
battle. Ralph Bonnie, Walter
Beall and Fee" Colliere were
spearheads in the Pigs attack.
C.. g. P. Telephone diamonders
annexed the National Capital Loop
title after several playoffS.
The Capital unlimited baseball
championship was grabbed by the
Stanton Cleaners. The Cleaners
were managed by A. R. Clarke.
Managed and tutored by Dick
Mothershead, the Sholl basketball
team was the best team in the
basketball city. The Sholls took
the unlimited championship in ths
A. A. U. tournament and in the
Community Center League.
Made of Stars
Sammy Hook. Bobby Lucas,
Hal Kiesel. Johnny Sherman, Joe
Robey and other players Of high
caliber made up the great Sholl
machine.
Mohawks again won the semi
pro football championship Of the
city, inasmuch as they defeated
the Fraters twice and the Mer-
curys once. Snail Delabre starred
for the champs. His smashing line
bucks and long end runs featured.
Marions. Palace and N. E. Boys
Clubs were crowned champions in
the National Capital Football
League.
Marions snatched the unlimited
honorS; Palace won the 150-pound
championship and the N. E. Boys
Club won the 135-pound cup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-23
YEAR WAS FULL
Of HARDHEADS

Anglers will long remember the
past season as the year of hard
heads, and more hardheads.
The hardheads appeared early
on the scene, and held the stage
right through the season for trout,
blues and rockfish, and toward
the end they were of enormous
size.
Many catches of 500 pounds and
better were reported and croakerS
were caught everywhere.
There was one week in Septenn-
Der. however, when giant rockfish
were caught off Tall Timbers,
some weighing over 20 pounds.
But it lasted only a short while.
The terrific rain and windstorm
in August played havoc with fish.
ing for nearly a month. Untold
damages to fishing boats, wharveS,
etc., was done by the element.
The large-mouth bass season was
fair, but trout we're nowhere up to
average, and the blues were scare.
est in years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-23
D. {. CHESSNEN
HAVEF|NE YEAR

Washington had a good year in
the realm of chess. The most
notable event, of course, was the
appearance Of the world cham
pion, DR.. Alexander Alekhine, in
simultaneous play against 80
strong players, two games being
played blindfold. The Ameri-
can champion, Frank J. Marshall.
also appeared here. as did I. A
Horowitz, a member of the Amer
lean team which won the Hamil-
ton-Russell trophy against 18 Eu-
ropean teams. Other experts who
exhibited their prowess were I. s..
Turnover, George E. Bishop, Albert
Fox, and Willard Mutchler.
Vladimar Sournin won the Dis
trict championship against rather
ordinary competition. ]. w. By
Ter accounted for the champion
ship of the Federal Club. A team
of youngsters, styling themselves
the Chessnuts, carried off top
honors in the District Five-Man
League.
The championship of the Capt.
tai City Chess Club finally passed
out of the capable hands Of
George Bishop. A newcomer in
Eastern chess, D. H. Mugridge,
won it against the strongest field
in years.
Local chess ranks were strength
ened by the return from college
Of Martin Stark. intercollegiate
champion, and by the addition Of
Lieutenant j. D. Matheson, U. S.
A., who won the intercollegiate
prize at the World Fair in Chi
capO
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There was drama there, and trag-
edy, and human interest.
Highly exciting was the play
leading to this tragic climax.
Two scrappy teams, they were.
the Giants and Sox, fighters and
huStlers. The Sox quickly swept
into a three-to-one game lead,
but a Sunday off day gave Nc
Graw a chance to rally his
stricken forces. and two rousing
triumphs brought them back on
even terms.
Series Goes Overtime
A 6-to-6 tie had been played
In the second game of the series,
and thus for the first and only
time in history the series had
to go into overtir- to reach a
decision.
The Giants were supremacy
confident when they took the
field for the decisive battle. They
had the Sox on the run. and
Matty was to pitch for them.
Big Six" had passed his prime
then, was no longer the pitching
invincible, but in a spot like this
he was still all the pitcher any
team could ask. Experience, IN
telligence, cleverneSs. they were
satisfying substitutes for the
speed and strength of his youth.
So the Sox discovered. Only
fortunes favor allowed them to
avoid a shutout A pop-fly single
from Jake Stahl's bat fell safely
in the seventh inning-the ball
just out Of the reach of Larry
Doyle and Hughie Devore-and
the "dinker''' BECAME a run when
Olaf Hendricksen, a big lumber
ing rookie pinchhitter who had
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Snodgrass' Muff and Merkle's Boner
Give 1912 Series to Boston Red Sox

'never batted against Matty be-
fore, laced a double down the left
field foul line.
The run balanced the counter
tailed by the Giants in the
third. Young Hughie Bedient
had pitched a ball game, too.
Nervous, uncertain at first, he
acquired poise and confidence
as the game progressed, and
through the midstages of the
battle his fast ball was devas-
tating in it's effectiveness. But
the Sox were behind in the
seventh. and so it happened that
Hendricksen swung and doubled
in his stead.
Overworked Wood Summoned
This substitution brought Joe
Wood into the game, Smoky
Joe" of firebalI fame, one of the
great pitchers OF all time. But
he was tired now, having pitched
three games within a week
time. The day before he had
been battered numerically as
the Giants piled up a ll-to-4
score.
This day in this crucial spot.
he was the only hope of the Sox,
but a weak one. The Giants
were sure to hit him. He did
hold off the Giants for two in
nings, but in the tenth Jack
Murray's double and Fred Merkle's
single gave the Giants a 2-to-1
lead.
And Matty meant to hold it.
Carefully he pitched to Clyde
Engle, a pinchhitter. He fooled
him, too, got him to lift a soft
fly into center field. An easy
chance. Snodgrass was under it,
waiting. He reached for it,
closed his glove around it-and
muffed it. The ball trickled
through his fingers, dropped to
the ground.
Beaten till then, the Sox rallied
to the charge. Hooper laced a
savage liner into right center. It
looked like a three-bagger. But
Snodgrass raced far over to make
q gloved hand clutch, performing
a fielding miracle where a moment
before he had failed to handle the
simplest chance.
Fails To Field Foul
But Matty was firing, Gaunt
and weary, the skin drawn tightly
over the bones of his face. he was
laboring out there on the mound.
He walked Yerkes. He got a break
with Speaker; Iris popped a foul
close to the stand opposite first
base. Seemingly an easy out, But
it wasn't.
Merkle didn't field it. didn't
even move after it. He glanced at
the ball when it left the bat. de-
cided it would fall in the stand.
Too late Chief" Meyers realized
Merkle's lapse. He numbered down
the line. but couldn't get to the
ball in time: it fell to the ground
five feet from the stand.
That play broke" Matty. His
nerves snapped; he exploded. He
ragged and stormed out there on
the mound. First the muff and
now this second play. 1t was
too much.
The next article in this series
will appear in The Washington
Times Monday.