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The brother of pitcher Jack Ogden, Curly went directly from Swarthmore College to the A's, but developed arm trouble and was sold to Washington in 1924. A righthander, he started Game Seven of the 1924 World Series as a decoy; manager Bucky Harris wanted to get lefthanded hitter Bill Terry, who batted .429 for the Series, out of the Giants lineup. Ogden struck out Fred Lindstrom and walked Frank Frisch, and was then replaced by southpaw George Mogridge. John McGraw lifted Terry for righthanded-hitting Irish Meusel in the sixth inning. Washington won the game in 12 innings. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 10, 1924: President and Mrs. Coolidge and 31,665 others thrill to the 2nd 3-hour battle of the Series. Bucky Harris starts 23-year-old righthander Curly Ogden (9-8) against Virgil Barnes (16-10), then pulls him after he fans Fred Lindstrom and walks Frisch. In comes lefty George Mogridge (16-11), a move intended to keep lefty Bill Terry on the Giants bench. Bucky Harris lifts one into the temporary seats in LF for a 1–0 lead. In the 6th a single ties it at 1–1, and Harris brings in Firpo Marberry for his 4th appearance. A base hit and two costly errors give the Giants a 3–1 lead. In the 8th, pinch-hitter Nemo Liebold doubles and C Muddy Ruel singles. A walk loads the bases and up comes Harris, who hits a hard bounder to 3B that strikes a pebble and skips over Lindstrom's head and down the LF line as the tying runs score. Walter Johnson, pitching on one days rest, then comes in to hold New York. With one out in the last of the 12th, Giants reliever Jack Bentley gets Muddy Ruel to pop up near home plate, but veteran C Hank Gowdy steps on his discarded mask, which he cannot shake from his shoe, and the ball falls to the ground. Ruel then gets his 2nd hit, a double. Walter Johnson reaches 1B on SS Travis Jackson's error. Earl McNeely hits a grounder at Lindstrom, and improbably, the ball again takes a bounce over his head. Ruel tears home with Washington's first World Series championship.