Evening star., 1909-05-14
NATIONALS AND S0X
HAVE GREAT BATTLE
Struggle for Seventeen Innings
Without Result, Each Team
Scoring One Run.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 14.-Of all the hair
raising, nerve-racking, heart-breaklns
contests that have ever been pulled on
on the South Side grounds that l to !
seventeen-inning tie between the Sox and
Nationals was the limit. With the score
tied in the first of the seventh. those
demon athletes OF two cities and several
generations battled through ten more
spasms with nary a run to break the
deadlock.
Time and time again the sox had op-
portunities to bring home the bacon put
they failed In fact. they had so many
glorious chances that the crowd fingered
from one spasm to another, lured on Dy
the houe that the locals would win next
time" Meanwhile G. Harris White. DS.,
who winters in Washington, was moving
down his townsmen in wide swaths The
few who escaped his scythe were victims
of sensational play on the part OF the
Sox fielders In fact. the exhlbftlon pro-
duced some stunts that Wooliy circus hhdh-
ayers could never think of.
CantilIon distinguished h1mseif as a
general. He jawed the umpires and
paved up the turf in his efforts 10 win
the battle. He sent one substitute a1ter
another into the field to relieve the weary
regulars who had been wilted by the
heat of battle.
Used Four Pitchers.
He used four pitchers and no one KNOWS
how many outfelders. In the last two
innings he made SO many changes that
every man in a blue uniform was INSIDE
the foul lines at one period, going or COM
ing. At one stage DOC" Eddinger, the
trainer, was the only Washington man
on the bench. He wanted to take hama
in the fght, but had no understnoy nie u s,n9 70
posed to keep kinks out of pitching wings.
In the seventeenth Joe's rapid-nre
changes would have fabbergasted a JIG
saw expert. Hughes was In the oox WIN
Altizer on second base. and Purteii on
first, when Cantillon sprung his master,
piece He sent Tom to right field and
Clymer to the bench. Dolly Gray gong
to the mound Sullivan uncovered sur
Gray pitched one ball and Sully hustled
Owens to the plate to finish for Weiday.
That bit of strategy never feazed Brother
Joe for a second. He whistled for hughes
to return to the pitching dome and there
followed a grand chorus of chin music
in which fifty-two human beings and two
umpires participated. When order was
restored, Gray was still doing the pitch
ing. He took his cue and walked owens.
Then Hughes was allowed to pitch again
while Bob Ganley went to right field The
fans were so confused by this time tnat
one Of the white-aproned popcorn boys
could have gone to bat without eliciting
q murmur of surprise.
Successful Shifts.
That there was method in Joseph s
seeming madness is proved by the re-
suit, for the Sox didn't score. and the
game was called and the Washington
club departed. No one was sorry to see
it 60, for 1t has been a bitter
disappointment.
The contest started fast and snappy,
with no trace of the sadness that was
to follow. johnson and White were in
fine form and Travelled at lively clip.
There was no threat of run until
the fifth. when the Sox got their lone
tally. Sullivan walked. took second on
Tannehills sacrifice and scored on
Whites single to center.
when the first two men up had perished
on easy flies. But Mcbride started all
the trouble with single to left. He
stole second and started dash for the
plate, via third base, when Clymer hit a
liner to right. Hahn fielded nicely and
made a grand throw home: but Sullivan
had to jump for the ball and Mcbride
slid safely under him. with the equaling
tally.
With one gone in the Sox's half of the
seventh. Sullivan singled and Tannehill
doubled 1t looked like an easy victory,
but Cantillon hustled Burns to the firing
line. and Bill came out of the ordeal un-
scratched. Sully died at the plate on
Hahn's fielders' choice and Dougherty
fouled to Street. Most any kind of a
play to the outfield from Hahn's bat