Evening star., 1909-04-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
Today's Games.
Yesterdays Results.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
Today's Games.


Today's Games.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Yesterdays Results.
New York ........... o Pittsburg ........... o
Boston ............. 0 ST. Louis ............ 1
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 24.-Such a woeful
walloping Washington nine never got in
New York before as that which the team
received this afternoon from the High
landers. In the first inning every New
York player went to the plate. In the
third inning. all did the same thing. In
the seventh inning they repeated and lap
ped over on the other side. All of it
was due to ineffective pitching, but not
all of 1t was due to base hits. 1t is a
curious fact that in the first inning, when
the Highlanders scored four runs, they
hit johnson safely but twice and were
luckily to get that much. for one of the
hits was punk affair behind the infleld.
Johnsons wildness and his screeching
throw, which went as far to right field as
a home run might travel were re-
sponsible for most of the trouble. In
the third inning the famous pitcher, whom
simply fell all over himself and after he
had filled the bases and there was no
indication that he would ever steady down
Cantillon finally took him out of the box.
New York couldn't hit him. said the
Washington manager, and l kept hop
Ing that he would pull up. He needs the
work and he was confident himself that
he would come to, but the ball got away
from him: That's all there is to it. The
best of pitchers occasionally lose control
like that and it doesn't change my opin-
lon of Johnson In the least. You could
see plainly enough when he was getting
the ball anywhere near the plate, and the
New Yorks had to strike at it. that they
couldn't touch him. In another game or
two he will be working as steadily as he
was last season. l suppose that some Of
the New York team are happy now, for
Johnson made them look like monkeys
last year. and mark what l tell you, be-
fore this summer is out these Highlanders
VIII see the day that they can't scratch
hit or his delivery when he is in the
box"
Bothered by the Sun.
When it rains in base ball, it is just as
likely to pour as If it happens to be rain
Ing at the equator. Alter Johnson was
hnally sent to the clubhouse to take a
rest, keeley was put in the box. He tied
the hitting up fairly well, except in one
inning. and In that inning the HighIanders
cracked his slow drop all over the field
But here'S where another element STEP
PED IN ThlS very inning had to be played
at the time the sun had dropped lust
far enough to shine squarely over the
erandstand and directly into the eyes of
the Washington fielders. There isn't a
part of the inning they were running
amuck in the field. All of them would
hustle in the direction where they thought
the ball was coming, and then they would
SLOW up and begin to look around to see
II they could find it. Clymer was almost
under one fly. and stopped short, reaching
out blindly with his hands to try to pick
something out of the air, and then the
ball dropped about two feet In front of
him. He hadn't seen 1t from the time
that it crossed the line of the sun. BY
the time the inning was over the sun
had got down behind the stand alA the
New York fielders were not compelled
to face II, but the crowd did not under
stand 1t. and were jeering the Washing
tons, because they seemed to be devoid
of reason as they played in the field
twice Washington had a chance to
score against Lake, who pitched better
ball than he did at any time last season.
Once was in the eighth inning, when
keeley and Ganley hit safely in success
sion, and Mcbride could have pushed both
men over the rubber with any old kind
OF a single. but it was not forthcoming
In the ninth, after Clymer had batted the
ball over keeler's head for three bases,
he might. If there had been any pinch,
raced home after Engle caught Conroy' s
fly. but Cantillon was on the coaching
line and told him to take it easy What
was the use OF scoring with the other
side seventeen runs ahead
Kidding Johnson.
When errors are made in the most eff
fective manner that they can be made.
and pitcher Is about as wild as he
can be expected to be under any and all
conditions, it is marvellous thing how
easy II is to make runs. Something of
that kind blossomed with Johnson 1t
was singly. doubly and trebly his bad
day. and II he pitches until he is gray
headed 1t is not likely that he will have
he received was when some irreverent
chap in the bleachers bawled out loudly
to him that he couldn't see why he should
hold up Washington for raise in his
salary. Pay the club what you owe 1t
for the privilege of playing ball with
it." shouted the gamin of affairs The
first bali that Johnson shot toward the
plate threatened TO remove the scalp of
Chief Cree. He drove him SO far back
that the Indian was afraid to come up,
and there wasn't much necessity for him
TO advance. as Johnson couldn't find the
plate. try how hard he would
in front OF the plate. and Johnson was
so cut UP over it that he picked the ball
up and threw 1T into right field. while
Cree went 10 third and keeler took sec
ond. Elberfeld knew exactly what
would please the crowd when he got up
and that proved to be a ripsnorting
single into right that scored both Cree
and Keeler. On the throw to the plate
the Kid took second and Engle came uI
for his heave Johnson must have beer
scared of the big Dutchman. for he
walked him. Mcconnell. in trying to
hunt popped out to Johnson and tenn
porarily held up the proceedings. They
didn't have long to wait. though, foI
Ball ripped out a dream of a single te
left that got Elberfeld home and sent
Engle to third. Delehanty got knights
foul after a long run. but before he
could turn around Engle had scored an5
BalI was perched on second. kleinov
was hit his shirt sleeve monogram
and took first. but Lake rolled out &c
Deiehanty and the doings were over.
In the third Mcconnell got his base
-sras Al a starter, but Johnson refused Il