Evening star., 1946-12-11

hits good for az bases, but that there
still was something left Of Barneya
fireball was proved when he famed
10 Giants to equal the record set by
Ed Walsh of Chicago's White Sox ii,
1906.
| With the series squared at 2-all
johnson again was Pilot Bucky Har-
ris' starting choice flve days later II,
New York and again the Big Train
was stymied in attempting to win q
world series game, the Giants on
this occasion solving him for 13 hits
including q home run, triple and
double. The testimony adduced by
this Ga setback was that the blind
ing speed, once magical, was fading
Only trio Of the Giants succumbed
on strikes.
Then the Grand Finale.
Destiny, however, apparently was
merely fashioning an exciting script
for the grand finale that was to de-
velop after the Griffmen again had
pulled up to even terms with their
National League rivals In six games.
johnson did not start the seventh
and clinching contest that was to
afford Washington It's greatest day
In baseball history, the chore OF
opposing New York's Virgil Barnes
being handed to Curley Ogden, .
comparative youngster, as . Harris
strategem to lure McGraw into ar
ranging his defense to combat .
Highlander.
In furtherance Of the scheme
Harris promptly yanked Ogden In
favor Of Lefty George Mogridge,
who had won the fourth game Of
the set. Mogridge, In turn, was re-
lieved by Fred Marberry after the
Giants took . 81 lead In the sixth
inning.
When the Nationals contrived to
tie 1t up in the eighth with Mar
berry yielding to . pinch hitter the
crowd Of 1867, which included
President and Mrs. Coolidge, was
electrified to see the familiar figure
Of the big Train" shufie out to
the center Of the diamond for the
ninth round and dispose Of frankie
Frisch and Emil Meusel, with q pass
to Ross Youngs and the tanning
Of big George Kelly sandwiched
between.
In their half the Mats threatened
against Art Nehf, who had sue
ceeded Barnes on the hill, but after
Joe Judge singled and Oss Bluege
walked Hugh McQuillan relieved
Nehf and the side was retired on
. double-play.
johnson dissipated the appre-
tensions caused by his walking OF
Lew Wilson In the 10th by tanning
Travis Jackson and causing Hank
Gowdy to hit into . double play.
but tension mounted even higher
In the 18th when Heinie Groh,
batting for McQuillan, opened with
q double and moved to third on.
Fred Lindstrom's sacrifice. Sum-
moning all the strength and artistry
at his command johnson whitfield
Frisch, passed Youngs Intentionally
and then rang up his fourth strike
out by victimizing Kelly for the
second time.
A Pebble Tits the Scales.
Once again, in the 18th, johnson
was called upon to enact the role
OF master moundsman when Meusel
led Oh with Q single. This he did
by whining Wilson Is he attempted
to sacrifice and disposing Of the
next two easily.
Then were initiated the fire-|
works when, with one out, Muddy
Ruel got his second hit Of the series,
q double to left. Jackson'S tumble
OF Johnsons bounder. with Ruel
holding second. only momentxrily
delayed the inevitable. Here Earl
McNeeley, the $50, 900 acquisition
from aacxAnlento. came up to faces
Jack Bentley, the Sandy Spring
(Md) boy who had m1de good In
the big city, and fate took charge Of
the proceedings In the form OF O.
pebble.
A groan that started to well up
when McNeely hit an easy grounder
toward Lindstrom suddenly turned
into mighty roar when the ball
took an odd hop over the head Of
the Giants third basenaAn and
rolled out into left field as the crowd
watched Ruel tear for third and
then race on to the plate with the
tally that gave washington its drst
and only world title and the biggest
thrill local fans ever experienced.
So great was the enthusiasm en-
gendered that a spontaneous mass
celebration was evolved which con-
yerted pennsylvania avenue into q