Evening star., 1909-05-21
REAL ARTICLE OF
BALL BY NATIONALS
Hit Together and Down the
Maps in a Hard Ten
Inning Battle.

Special Dispatch to The star
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 21.-The
Maps never did like to take advantage
of any team, especially when that team
is down lower in the percentage col
INN than themselves. Had the Maps
been playing the Tigers. Boston, or one
of the other leading clubs yesterday, In
stead of Washington, they might have
made the most of their opportunity.
The Washington players tipped their
mitt" to the Maps as to what play they
would pull off in the tenth inning, but
Iaioie's men refused to hold the Ma
tionals in check when they had the op-
portunity That's why Joe Cantilon's
rejuvenated outfit won a 3 to contest in
ten rounds.
1t was in the tenth session that the
Nationals tried to inform the Maps as
to their intentions, but the Maps must
have closed their eyes for the Nationals
carried out their plans and won without
much difficulty.
Clymer, first up in the tenth, famed.
Strangely enough. Joss could not locate
the plate Immediately after securing his
only strike-out of the game. and he gave
Mcbride four consecutive wide ones.
Common sense should have told the
Maps that the Nationals would try the
hit and run play, with one man down, a
man on first and the pitcher to follow
Street at the bat. Judgment should have
told them how ridiculous it would have
been for Street to sacrifice himself, with
the pitcher coming up.
However. the Maps did not appear to
tumble.
Play Went Through.
Mcbride and Street tried the hit and
run on the first ball pitched. Street foul
ed the ball and Mcbride returned to first.
Even with this warning, the Maps did not
protect themselves against the play.
Neither Turner nor Lajoie ran to cover
second on the next ball pitched and Street
made the most of his opportunity by driv-
ing grounder just over second base:
Had either Laojie Turner tried to
break up the Nationals, the chances are
a double play would have resulted. At
least Mcbride would have been forced at
second and the game would not have ter
minated in the tenth round.
Mcbride never hesitated at second. He
kept right on for third. Hinchman, who
fielded the ball. shot it to third. Bradley
tried to touch Mcbride before he got the
ball and the sphere got by him. rolling to
the stand. Capt Donohue held Mcbride
on third. although 1t looked as if he might
have scored. Street reached second on
the throw. With the infield pulled in
Johnson slammed the ball on a line
through the pitchers box. and Mcbride
registered with what proved to be the
winning run. Even had the infielders
D0on playing III tHclr regular pOSltlOnS,
there would have been no denying that
drive of Johnson's.
1t looked like even more runs for the
Nationals, but Turner fielded Brownies
wicked bounder to the plate, and Easter
ly ran Street down, while Conroy lined
to Hinchman.
1t was pitchers battle from start to
finish between two of the star fingers
of the league, Walter johnson and Addie
Joss. The Maps touched Johnson for nine
hits. while only seven are charged against
joss. The box score. however, does not
begin to tell how hard Joss was hit. Had
It not been for the brilliant support ac-
corded him the game would never have
gone beyond the regulation nine innings.
On the other hand, had the breaks of the
game come the Maps way as on Wednes-
day. they would have won without an
extra inning being necessary. One Nap
was thrown out at the plate, and another
at third. while Joss was unfortunate in
having the only pass he issued result in
the winning run.
Both Were Steady.
The control of the two fingers was mar
veous when it is taken into consideration
that drizzlng rain fell throughout the
entire game. Johnson. like Joss, gave but
one pass. but it did not prove costly.
The Maps got off well in the first, Goode
beating bunt along the first base line.
Bradley was there with the sacrifice thing
and Turner drove to right. The ball took
a bad hop away from Clymer, when he
tried 10 grab 1t for quick throw to the
plate. and when he recovered it, Goode
was home and Turner was roOsting on
sr1 fIo irGa oil null in I nd hi