Show my greatest thrill in sport by ART FLETCHER former manager phillies ball team I 1 have had many thrills in sport but most ot them have hae of course come through baseball as I 1 have ben been connected with t that it a t particular sport for m many a n y years both as a 4 player placer anil and as it t major league nian man ager I 1 lwe have had my share of UPS upa antl and downs and 11 os c but my in biggest thrill ci fmc during a glinc gaute with art fletcher the 11 0 new york G 1 in t s tills lails game was na played in fit dilill L september 0 43 1021 1921 mitchell alvas our pitcher that lay day and up to the ninth inning had delivered in wonderful style in fart fact the giants hat had collected only four scattered hits ort off ills delivery it looked like an easy victory tor for us with mitchell in tills this form hut but with one man out in the ninth I 1 lie run ran into trouble e almost most as 03 quick ns as a hash flash the glants giants had two to runs over the plate with men on oil first and second bases so I 1 quickly substituted tor for liell in the box gave us a th thrill III when lie locate the plate an and walked the next two men forcing in ili one run all and le the alie bases full the score was now 0 5 to 4 lit in our favor I 1 removed at ellis tills stage and put in ili coach Cou cli with tile the placing filing in the next batter tilt lilt the hall ball to couch and it looked like it doable double idilla 1111 ins via home hoina to list first tand a game gaine for the But Couch was unable to hold tile hall 1111 und and it h over io t 0 ford who vilio was playing placing in for a play lit at the file plate ford fielded the ball to nt at hist first for the second out but the score was va now tied the next neit batter was re retired t irea without further scoring ing jonnard Jon who was now pitching for the giants looked like a real stumbling block to us when lie retired the side in order striking out two of tho the hitters in tile the giants gluntz halt of the tenth they scored two runs on a double by terry and a home run by kelly it sure to looked ak c d like curtains cui bains for or us in our link half of the tenth la Is where the lie ilg thrill came and I 1 will never forget foigel it the fans fana thought the game was lost in view of the showing jonnard had mude made the previous inning with one nian man gone s t n oi singled P ford the next batter batte sin aled then henline tilt lilt tile ball down the left field line scoring and putting ford on oil third should have gone to second on lits ills lilt tut but lie tell fell down rounding llast base and was forced to remain at ac that base tills looked like a hid bad break for bolke followed with a single scoring ford with the tying run had Ilen line gone to second on his lilt tile alio ganie game would have been over it began to look as though things were against us for fair with a victory within our grasp in tile the ninth we ran into trouble as explained above e and now a man fulls falls down on a tw two 0 base lilt and we lose a grand chance to win will the garne game the crowd by tills time was yelling tike like mail mad for if it Is anything t the lie fans falls like ilke in philadelphia it Is to see the Ili lilles beat the giants at tills this stage of the game manager mcgraw thought it best to change pitchers so lie it put in maun mann couch was our next ne hatter batter the score was now tied with th the winning run on sec ond base and one out I 1 substituted joe schultz to lilt fot foi couch for I 1 realized that it was ivas a golden opportunity to win the game schultz was wag equal to tile the occasion set sending ding it a single to left field which let Ilen litle home with the hie winning score claybe you think that some soma thrill 1 well it if you ou ever get to bo 66 manager of it b ball ill club and con can pull such it garne game out of the nie fire you ou M realize why tills this was my greatest thrill in a lifetime of sport 0 by ledger company I 1 ser vica |