Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

BY playing eighteen Scoreless innings
with the Chicago White SoX on the local
grounds yesterday the Washington base
ball team made material progress in its
journey toward the subbasement in the
American League. Not only were the Ma
tionals held runiess through two entire
games, but only once did they succeed In
getting a man as far as third base, and
that lone runner was extinguished SO
quickly that It made Marse Joe's head
swim.
In tile seventh inning of the first game
George Browne ventured upon the pro-
hibited territory about the third sack and
in playful innocence OF his dangerous
position he frollicked off the bag while
Purtell was throwing out Cnglaub at first
Case-hardened Ivy lsbell had no such
thing as pity in his heart and he whipped
the pellet to Tannehill, who chased
behind Browne to cover the bag, and
George persisted. Also George talked
real sassy to Umpire Evans about the de-
cision-and thereafter Otis Clymer played
left field.
With the souelching OF Browne the Ma
tfOnals lost their only chance to tie the
score in the first game and force it into
extra innings And events eventuated
IL was shown that this three-quarters of
a run was the best the locals could offer
in either game. In the first session the
visitors accumulated one talley and in
Pitchers Battle.
Walter johnson and Billum Burns were
hooked up in the first contest and it was
a pitchers battle from the drop of the
hat. The odds were slightly in favor of
the ex-Sational, largely because his team
mates were enabled to secure handicap
n In "a n nd Tic
lead was never overcome. With the ex-
ception Of that one inning the White Sox
never threatened the pan. Incidentally,
Marse Joes boys were in generous mood
when they presented that lone tally to
the visitors. and il came about under just
these circumstances: Purtell. the first
batter in the second inning. tapped a
sharp grounder into McBrides territory
and our premier shortstop made a sad
mess of it. Walter Johnson evidently
thought the opportunity was ripe and I'M
corked wild pitch, the runner roosting
on second before Street recovered the
ball. Tannehill sacrificed Purtell to third
whence he scored on Jakey Atzs bingle
to center.
George Browne was credited with
single when he opened the seventh in
ing by sending slow roller toward the
pitchers box. though il was evident he
would have been nailed at first if Bill
Burns had not slipped on the turf as he
endeavored to field the ball Just 10 help
matters along Bilium HeaVeG wildly to
Isbeli and Browne reached second on
the play. He was sacrificed to third by
Jiggs Donohue, only to be tagged out at
that station on the sharp play in which
Purtell, lsbell and Tannehil figured
With two out in the eighth inning Con-
roy was given life on Burns second
error, but the chance for a run went
a-glimmering when Mcbride bounced an
easy one into short field. Two were out
again in the ninth inning when Otis ely
mer registered the only clean hit of the
game for the locals. but he. too, was left
when Jieger skyed out to Dentist White
Groom Was Easy.
Bobbie Groom essayed the fiinging for
the Cantillonites In the second game, and
he made noise like real pitcher for
just one inning. Then he took an aero
plane journey to Alexandria or some
other outlying suburb. In the second he
permitted Dougherty to lambast the
leather into deep left field for two sacks.
and Immediately afterward came the
deluge. PurteH sacrificed and TannehHl
and AtZ made hits, and on these safeties
plus a wild pitch and Payne's out two
runs resulted. In the third inning Alti-
ger began proceedings with safe swat
10 center garden. Whites sacrifice was