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Goose Goslin of the Senators is out at first base on an outstanding play by the Giants shortstop Travis Jackson in the second inning of the first game of the World Series. In the top of the inning the Giants took an early 1-0 lead on a High Pockets Kelly home run off Senators hurler Walter Johnson. New York would add another run in the fourth inning on another home run off Johnson, this time it was Bill Terry’s bat that did the damage for a 2-0 lead.
The Senators would rally back with runs in the sixth and final frame to tie the game and send it into extra innings. But the Giants would bounce back from the blown lead to score twice in the 12th inning on RBIs from Ross Youngs and Kelly’s second of the game, Kelly’s being an insurance run that the Giants would turn out to need as Washington would score once in the bottom frame, but they would come up short with Goslin grounding out for the final out of the game with the tying run in Bucky Harris stranded on third base.
Legend pitcher Johnson did go the distance in the loss but he did struggle some giving up 14 hits and walking six batters over the 12 innings, even so he did strike out 12 Giants. For the Giants southpaw Art Nehf got the win in the complete game effort giving up ten hits and striking out three.
The Big Train would struggle again in his next start in game five, losing 6-2 giving up 13 hits over eight innings work. Even so Johnson was not at his best in the two starts he did save his best effort when he comes into relief in the deciding seventh game. After the Senators rallied for two runs to tie the decisive game in the bottom of the eighth inning, player/manager Harris keeps his faith in Johnson and brings him to start the top of the ninth. The hard throwing right-hander would have enough fuel left to shut down the Giants bats for four scoreless innings until the Senators would break through in the bottom of the 12th inning, with the help of an unfortunate error by Giants catcher Hank Gowdy. With one out and no one on and Muddy Ruel batting, Ruel would hit a foul ball pop up that was dropped by Gowdy giving Ruel second life, which in turn he took full advantage promptly hitting a double. Two batters later Earl McNeely would double to left bringing home Ruel and delivering Washington D.C. it’s first and only World Series title.
