The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-01
white sot. 3. NatIonals, 0.

White sex, ,; Nationals, o.
Despite the enthusiastic support Of sam
Gompers, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor; Jim O'Counen, presl-
dent of the International Association OF
Machinists. and nearly 1900 other fanat-
les, our Nationals were unable to stop
Fielder Jones White Sox in their desper-
ate fight to keep in tbe van in the race
for the pennant
The game was lacking nearly all OF the
frills and features which made the double
header SO interesting. for. with the excep-
ton of three running catches 1t was sim
ply,a duel between Ed Walsh, Chicago's
exalted spit-ball artist, and Hank Gehr-
ing. CantlllOn's recruit who halls from
Des Moines.
The honors Of the battle went TO Walsh.
although Gehring acquitted himself most
creditably. The Sox got six hits. while
the Nationals share was only four, but
the visitors punched two-thirds Of their
bingles in one inning. the seventh. and
won in characteristic White Sox style.
Walsh an Enigma.
Big Walsh held the Nationals safe from
barrier 10 wire. In each Of the first four
innings there were Nationals on the basea
but they died. In the seventh and eighth
Washington succeeded in getting by with
out being retired in order, but the result
was the same.
Gehring pitched a coed game Of ball
For four innings the visitors were re-
tired without the semblance of safety, !
but in the fifth Donohue scratched a punk
hit toward second base which Delehanty
got, but as he was of his balance. he
could not whip il 10 first base in time
10 retire the runner.
The seventh inning. which is supposed !
10 be the lucky round for the home nine. !
saw the undoing Of Gehring. for the Sox /
got four hits, which, together with an
error and a sacrifice. gave them two
runs, and in the ninth Davis led of with I
q triple and scored on Robes long fly /
Two running catches by Fielder Jones /
and one by Otis Ciymer were the field /
ing features OF the afternoon. In the /
eighth inning with man on second ana /
one out, G1nley raped the ball over Da- /
Wis head. The cioUt looked good for I
single. but Jones, Ia a great sprint grab /
ground and tossed it TO second. complet- /
ing double play. This robbed the Ma /
ticnals Of at least one run. In the next /
inning Jones made another circus catch /
by going over into left field and bagging /
a drive from Anders0n's bat. The man /
ager expected DOugherty 10 take the fly 1
but when he saw that his teammates /
could not get to it, Jones made a dive,
speETed the ball. and went head over |
heels. but came up smiling with the bah /
in his glove. Clymer's meritorious stunt !
was a running catch back of shortstop
OF a low liner from Fielder Jones bar /
in the opening inning.
Left on the Bases.
The Windy City tribe was retired in
order until the fourth. For Washington.
Clymer drew a pass in the first inning,
and stole second, but got no farther. In
the second, with two gone, Heydon beat
roller along the foul line, and Shipke
walked but GehTing was out Clymer
singled at the beginning Of the third.
stole second, and went 10 third on Dele
hanty's chance. but remained there. for
Anderson was easy for Donohue. In the
fourth, after Jones and Altizer had been
thrown out AT first, Heydon was franked
but the pass went TO waste, as Shipke
was retired. pitcher to first.
For Chicago a pass and a sacrifice
placed Hahn on second in the fourth. Is
bell fouled and Davis skied 10 center.
After he singled with two down in the
fifth, "Jiggs' Donohue tried to steal
but was out by a yard
In the seventh the fireworks exploded
and the Sox won Fielder Jones laced out
Chicago's first clean hit, a liner to center.
and moved up on IsbeT's sacrifice. Davis
came along with a double 10 left center
which counted the manager. The short
stop scored and Robe was safe AZ first
on Delehantys wild throw on a slow
grounder. DougEerty's drive to Shipke
which the third baseman stopped. but
could not throw in time to retire the run
ner, placed Rohe on third but the
youngster who sprang into fame during
the worlds series was out at the Mate
when he attempted to score on DonOhue's
groUnder 10 second. The bases were
loaded when Hart beat out a bunt. but
all three were left, as Walsh fouIed our
10 Heydon.
In the second half Of the seventh Al
tier got scratch hit to shortstop but
was caught off first by Walsh and was
run down. Fielder Jones made his great ]
eaten of Ganley's bat in the eighth. with
Ciymer on second, and the Nationals ]
never had another chance.
In the ninth Davis triple to the left
held fence and Robes fly to CIyn1er /
ended the scoring. !
The Official Score.
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