The fact remained that the Washington Senators were going home with their backs up against the proverbial wall, and their boy manager had better think of something smart real quick. Bucky Harris turned, in this time of desperate need, to Jonathan Thompson Walton Zachary, who'd won the second game of the Series and pitched to within one out of a complete game. The long-necked Southerner had made use of his elaborate handle when he had pitched in the major leagues under an assumed name. As a member of the Philadelphia A's in 1918, he had been known as Zach Walton. At the time, he had been intent on protecting his eligibility to play college ball.
McGraw's choice as starting pitcher for the sixth game was just as obvious as Harris's. He had Art Nehf ready to go. Nehf had been sitting since the 12-inning win over Johnson in game one. McGraw had kept him back one game to let him recover, and that could have been interpreted as a good move since the Giants had won the fifth contest anyway.
Five thousand fans greeted the sagging Senators at the train station upon their return to Washington, and the 34,254 fans who populated Griffith Stadium for game six numbered among them President and Mrs. Coolidge, who took their seats for the third consecutive game. The crowd's mightiest cheer was for Roger Peckinpaugh, who took the shortstop position after missing two games with a charley horse, which had caused him much pain in his left thigh for three days. Peck was saying he was ready to break a leg to get back in action. The limb was bandaged and strapped so tightly to keep it upright that Peck could hardly feel his foot touch the ground.
This game was very exciting right off the bat, as half the games had been so far. After Lindstrom led off with a bunt on which Bluege, back at his familiar position, made a nice play to throw him out, Frank Frisch crashed a solid double along the line in right. Zachary got Ross Youngs to bounce right to him and then cooly turned toward to catch Frisch in a rundown -- Youngs made it to second on the play. The crowd was immediately disquieted again when George Kelly singled off Zachary to bring in the first run. Sam Rice then had to make a fine running one-handed catch on a drive by Irish Meusel to end the first half-inning.
Zachary was never in any trouble in this game again. He allowed only five hits and just one runner to get to second the whole rest of the way. Not only were there no walks, Zachary never even got to ball three with any hitter during the entire game. But his mates weren't doing anything for him offensively. The Nats had gotten four different baserunners on in the bottom of the first inning, but Harris forced McNeely and then got himself picked off. Except for Peckinpaugh's single off Lindstrom's shoe in the second inning, the Nats went down 1-2-3 in each inning until the fifth.
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