BASE BALL BASE BALE EXTRA! EXTRA! i& TWO CENTS ®heJ WamxmWITH SUNDAY MOEHIHO EDITION Skf. TWO CENTS XT on oDi Entered* as second class matter D. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1924-FORTY PAGES. Yerterday’s Circulation, 100,539 . INO. j)ost office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, TWO CENTS. GRIFFS STOP* GIANTS NATS AND37,000 FANS Win Sixth Game, 2 to 1, Seventh Necessary PIN HOPE ON ZACHARY |__ BOX SCORE | TO TAKE SIXTH GAME ' HARRIS’ HOT SINGLE WITH TWO ON NEW YORK CLEARVIEW WINS AH. R. 11. O. a. E. Team and Followers Confident LEADAFTER Lindatrom, 3b 4 O O 11 O PUTS WASHINGTON IN 4 O « Frisch. 2b a 1 3 FIRST EVENT AT Young, rs 4 1 O I O O He Could Take Measure of Nelif .* FIVE LEAN INNINGS Kelly, lb 4 O 3 II 11 FOR " <> TRAILING « 4 O 1 1 Meusel, If i <• 1 ° ° and Giants in pitched a to Wilson, cf. 4 ‘-2 LAURELBY NOSE Crucial Battle. j hit the first ball on hound I Harris, who tossed him out. No runs. ** ° ** ** ; Jackson ss s'* a wide * * Zachary WASHINGTON—Goslin bit at dowdy, *J * Hit in Early | hook for liis first Ho swung and Ampoiac Freely I strike. ° Travers So ° ° j and missed another of the same Nehf, p HARRIS SURE FIGHTING ° f *JJ QUALITIES character, was fooled into offer- « « « * 1 then Ryan, p. JT. ......... Close Official Announcement Invaders ' ins’ at a bad ball over his head and Frames, But Turns | sat down. Struck out on three pitched OF GRIFFS WOULD BRING VICTORY j balls. With one strike on him Judge » > I • *» Needed for Decision. | narrowly missed an extra base by T,UUv. 33 ’ Time. poling a liner to right that was foul d»r-b»tt»S lot l« HsWfc . Back Time. After Sn f by only a foot. Joe took two balls and then in an attempt to dodge WASHINGTON THREE IN BUNCH MAKE Peckinpaugh in another accidentally hit the hall to Line-Up Bolsters Inner Nehf, who tossed him out. Nehf failed AB. n. If. «. a. E. CUTS OFF to locate plate Bluege and CLOSEST OF SEASON SENSATIONAL FIELDING the for 1 « I ° 0 Defense and Strengthens Attack. he walked. After taking one strike McNeely, cf IS I’eck let a Hall go hy on which Harris. 2b 4 0 14 5 0 MANY ALIEN SCORING CHANCES Bluege stole second, sliding in safely 0 at Rice, rs 4 0 14 0 New Low Records Expected if Coolidge Is Game. under (rowdy's high throw to Jack- « son. Peck then waited for three more doslin, H 4 O O I O Present Weather Condi- a McGraw had halls and free ticket. lb O oil o o Karnes llyan, a pair of his right Judge, and “ «» I •* tions Continue. BY HAROLD K. PHILIPS. Rice Reaches Into Temporary Stand to handers, warming up in the bull pen. Bluege, 3b. O With a count of one and one Ituel Peck, 52 1- CLARK GRIFFITH STADIUM, October 9.—Game to th • bounded to who tossed out. ss Dispatch to The Star„ Rob Meusel Nehf. him « « ° " Bf.fPial of Certain Home Run hy No runs. Taylor, 3b .RACE core in the face of tremendous adverse odds, and * V » TRACK. LAUREL. Mil., Octo- Bucky Harris Rue., ® « her 9.—Despite the fact that she sixth his never-say-die SEVENTH INNING. game teammates went into the sixth tilt of the world Catch. i{ ° ** i o of the world series was being Spectacular One-Handed p staged | NEW YORK —Meusel had a count Zachary, in the National Capital, the series before a roaring crowd of 37,000 fans here • of two and one when he lifted a fly 10 ° main frantic this after- - artery from - 4 7 15 which I.aurel Park noon, j short right center, where Harris Totals... draws its daily patronaxe. the at- fighting with the desperation of the knowledge that Ilv BY DENMAN THOMPSON. backed up and got it. Wilson met tendance this afternoon was not ap- ball the pitched for a looper to SCORE BY INNINGS preciably base championship of the world hangs in the balance. first ball T S O R. affected. CLARK GRIFFITH STADIUM, October-9.—The Gritrmen right, on which Rice made a des- ,=345« Many who had journeyed to 'Wash- down count O O- I ington One in the and the professional gamblers in t!;- defeated the Giants, 2 to 1, this afternoon in the sixth game of perate effort, but Sam could not quite 1 O O O O O O in the hope of seeing the Na- reach the ball and it was recorded New York » - * tionals and Giants in and had side lines to call at to 1, ** » <> 2 » ° action ready them losers i the Griffmen wen* the series, the victory necessitating playing of the seventh and a single. Jackson poled a vicious foul Washington « failed to gain the coveted tickets of on the wrong side of the left-field admission turned in their disappoint- into battle with their brawny foemen supported by the most loyal deciding tilt of the series tomorrow. ' foul line, and, after taking a ball, SUMMARY ment to Laurel Park for It ",_o " solace. legion of fans ever portsider, - Griffs, Arthur ‘" ba ****' seemed that that crammed its way into an overpackcd lex Zachary, pitched for the and raised a fly that Goslin captured near Tw«-ba*e hit—Frl«b. S. the crowd In the most moundsnian. the line after a sharp sprint. Gowdy part was an overflow from Grif- stadium and Kehf. left-handed ace of the Giants, was the opposing MoXofly, Uluegc. •»>" Clark overflowed by the hundreds to precarious perches had one strike on him when he Stolen bn«f»— struck out—By Zstkirr, St fith Stadium. The a the opening Feek to Giants counted marker in round. After looped an easy chance to Harris. No Double pity*—Harris to %r h(, 4t by Ryan, 1. A bright sitn added just enough atop nearby houses, astride trees and from plate j accommodating even Lindstrom went out, Bluege to Judge, Frisch singled and was runs. Juilar. Klein, at warmth to the atmosphere to set the Dlneeti, at Rulgley. at »ec- tingling the tip edge of one telegraph pole high WASHINGTON—The fans en- Lett on h*«e»—Yew York, 4t Waal.- tlrati blood through the veins of enough to barely peep over run down when Young tapped to Zachary, “Pep” taking second stood Connolly, at tnlra. man massed as the Nationals came to bat •. «»di both and beast. The clear, cool, into park. single InKtuH, crispy, dry the on the play, from where he scored when Kelly crashed a for their "lucky half" of the seventh. weather of the past week has Tier upon tier, row after row, in banked high pulsating to center. Zachary bunted the first ball pitched resulted in the racing strip be- solid. I with humanic coming lightning fast, and ! fluttering- lines. those fans a dominating note that it seenu- single, a and died when Gowdy worked fast to students roared enuouragement to their In the fifth frame the Nats gained the lead. Peck’s of the sport predict that track records stout- simply could not he denied. It w.i - get off a throw to Kelly. With a SLOWLY hearted idols out on diamond, CROWD GATHERS ganger of being the j the old, “n er say spirit to and Bucky Harris’ timely rap for two bases count two one McNeely are in imminent shat- matching die" thai walk McNeely of and lofteif tered should their own gameness swept a Kelly. a pair the course continue in with the Nationals to the American scoring two lor the local laris. foul to Harris took its the undaunted spirit of the struggling League pennant tallies be- present condition throughout the in the greatest driv- ball, bounded, toward of strikes and two poor deliveries Nationals. ing FIRST INNING. the wlJch had GAME meeting. finish base ball that was evei to No runs. '' HOME-COMING fljing. Wilson.. AT*' * - • Even when old Zachary, second retrieved bv ,* Tom upon known. NEW YORK—Zachary ' t a base! oopbl be <>. R -if J 1 • A With the New York and Canadian ¦Whom tossed Frisch. After 'inspecting one ba'l seasons drawing Bncky Harris pinned his hopes As the players • irikc over for first ball pitched EIGHTH INNING.' to a close there is a for arrived at the pari; the to Meusel, and remained steady influx of the victory that would tie the by twos and came in fast Ruel lofted Snyder, J}an- Wilson to field the more pretentious threes, every one wa to Lindstrom, Bluege Zachary NEW YORK—Prank BV JOHN B, KELLER. to first base, center racing aeries at three-all, yielded twj safe- calling hitless in this series. was ' establishments from those on that old fighting, dogg for Lindatrom’s bunt and grabbing ager McOraw’s first assistant ’To and Meusol to left field. ties in the alien first inning net- set down on three straight strikes. STADIUM—The points, and the meeting bids fair to that refusal to accept defeat Out the the ball with one hand, made a beau- ' ' Catcher Gowdy, was sent In to bat CLARK GRIFFITH ted the Giants a rnp, never on No -runs. gather early today for eclipse any of its predecessors the fans side lines, where professional gam tiful throw to nick him -at first. for Nehf. The big fellow took a ball fans did not Calvin .Griffith Robmson, \carn of in gave up hope,, and in the .fifth pt .the 1024 scries for JJt point .ftf.cpmpetitlon ,and,tarUli»h«.