Evening star., 1909-07-19
WHITE SOX SHUT
OUT THE NATIONALS
Errors by LeIiveIt and Johnson
Result in Chicago's
Three Runs.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CHICAGO. H., July 19.-The White Sox
took the second game of the series with
Washington yesterday by score of to
O. and expect % win the three remaining
games. thereby kicking the New York
Highlanders out Of fifth place.
BY defeating Walter Johnson they elm
mated the strongest pitcher on Cantiiion' S
staff. and unless he pitches Wednesday
Joe will likely try one of his youngsters
against the locals.
The only scoring in yesterdays game
was done by Sullivan's men in the last
Of the first inning, when three runs were
made on two errors, one single and an
.nfield out
Johnson didn't give the sox another
approachable. the teams might have
not the visitors forced victory upon the
Comiskeyites at the start
Round after round the respective bats
men were set down without a chance to
score. Johnson giving but four more
widely scattered hits. while Smith gave
but two singles in the entire game.
Both Pitchers Strong.
At the finish both men were going
strong. Neither had tired under the
strain. and with strong north wind
helping them it seemed as though tney
slammed the ball across the pan harder
in each inning than previously.
Although Johnsons error in the first
round counted for one run it had no eff
feet upon the result as one man had al
ready scored and one tally was enough
to win.
.Altizer. the first man up was given d
lease on life when Leiveit dropped his
easy fly in right field, and gave him
chance to take an extra base on the fum-
Bile. Dave took big lead, and on Par
ent's tap 10 Johnson beat the throw that
was intended 10 head him Off Isbel
then produced the first hit OF the battle
with singing single to left center and
brought Dare Devir' Dave home. Dough
erty went to bat with the deliberate intsn-
t on OF sacrncing himself upon the altar
in front Of johnson. The speedy twirler
fielded nicely and had plenty OF time TO
get Parent at third, but he did not get
him because he threw the ball 80 far
over Kelley's head that it took four pe-
licemen to pry 1t out OF the crowd,In in the
grandstand. where its wild flight had been
checked. Parent scored on that and the
rest of the runners circied the bases,
but Hurst and O'Loughlin shooed every
one but Parent back, ruling that not more
that was thrown into the grandstand.
Generous Kelley.
The Sox didn't need any more runs, but
graciously accepted the one that Isbell
garnered when he hked home on Tame
hills infield out Kelley could have stop
ped him, bat he has had SO little practice
in throwing TO the plate that he preferred
to let the old man score while he was
throwing out q youth nearer his own age
at first .... .es.s..
johnson wanted to take no chances
with thrown balls or iniield taps in the
second inning. and made up Ills mind to
fan all who faced him. He went through
with his plans SO far as Sullivan and
Smith were concerned, but Tell down on
Altizer. Dave has way of getting to
first that is a mystery TO his enemies.
This time it was because Donohue drop
ped a perfect throw of McBride's. 1t was
one of the kind that happens quite fire.
quently, but which makes the guilty
person feel like the guest of honor at a
spring badger fight. Johnson was SO sur
prised at the muf that he gave Parent a
base on balls before he could recover.
Then Isbell got hit No. >, which would
not jumped stcen feet in the air and
flicked 1t with his finger tips so no one
could get 1t, and our hero, Dare Devil'
Dave, loped to third He did not get any
farther, however, and not another men,
Der of our illustrious band of white-hosed
warriors got that far thereafter.
Isbell came close in the seventh after
but he was hit himself while trying to
outbound Dougherty's grounder and was
out, being hit by batted ball.
The score: