The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
He Refused 10 Pitch Low
When SignaTed TO Do
So by Street.
THREE RUNS IN NINTH
RESULT OF HIS FOLLY
PLAYERS Are Sore" But Not Dis
couraged Over the Double
Defeat by Boston.
By THOMAS S. RICE.


johnson has none but himself 20 blame
for losing the second game to Boston
Yesterday By TO l. and perhaps no one
is more keenIy alive to that faCt. now
that II is al over.
Johnson is great young pitcher.
There is no doubt about II. but ne has
By no means become a seasoned star
and he must wake I'D TO this important
truth II he does not he viii throw
away a lot OF games this summer that
lie should have won.
job sons great mistake yesterday was
Il. not following the advice Of Street IN
the last inning, and also IN becoming
careless IN pitching 20 Wagner The
Carelessness came first. for ne walked
Wagner by pitching q brand Of ban
which indicated that he held the 5udg-
msur OF the Bostonian entirely too
cheap
Il vas q critical mOmeut-the ninth
tuzHuE. one out, Washington two runs
20 he good. and e crowd so Gloss 20
the diamond that the Veriest tap might
go for two bases
But JOhnsO1's every motion indicated
that he had supreme confidence IN his
ability 70 FOOL Wagner and he acted as
Il the BostOnian would hit at bad halls
seven. and refused 70 bite. hence the
free passage.
Then came the GROWING ssrrOW. Niles.
Hooper and CarTigan are said 10 be
the weakest sisters n tho league al
hitting low balls. and Street singled for
nothing but such johnson shook his
head and refused 70 see It that way. He
felt that rs had e world OF speed and
could fan them with high balls
Result Of JOhnsou's Folly
Behold S,e result Of his follyE 4 dUu-
be Into the center field crowd By Niles
that put Wegner on third, a single 10
center 5y Hooper that scored Wagner
and Niles tzeiuE Up The game. and q
single 10 LETT BY Ca-rigan. who had
famed the Two previous times up that
scored Hooper win the winning run.
II takes q mighty cheerful disposition
10 think thai over and remain truly
estheLic in your audible comments here
n cultured Boston, and We are hardly
trying
Anv person who thinks baseball IS
not on the level should have been around
The Washington team after that second
game Il was the most miserable bunch
OF athletes ever gathered under one
roof, and they revelled In the gore shed
at the ArmOry Athletic Association fight
last night when Young LOughrey OBJ
tained the decision over Honey Mel
IOdy in ten busy ROUNDS
The unhapplesL man here today is
Bob C1EIaub- he has a large clientele
of enemies IN this city who rejoice eX-
CeeuinE-y when he comes a CrOpper- In
the morning game he was helpless with
the stick and made two errors thai
were pretty tough on him, but were er-
rOrs none the less, and his adVersar1es
beat loudly upon the rimbrel-
In the afternoon he came into his own.
he drove ElberfeId home from second
n the fourth inning with the second
II sta
with LeIfveIL and EIDeTfeld on bases
gave Washington margin Of two 20
The good
and jeeTs for those that Ike him not
and was tasting all the sweets Of re-
EenEe when Johnson conceived the idea
that he knew more than street and
tossed the game away
L was one Of the cruelest setbacks
ever received in the 1edurOWu ball yard
and our first sacker takes as gloomy a
view Of the future as q free trade
Democrat IN Rhode Island. he has the
sympathy Of all his fellows. for they
know the story OF his life i'm Boston
and were dead anxious TO see him deride
his foes
Ought to Have Won
We ought 70 have Won that second
game That's cinch number one on the
revised list Of cinches, but, what about
the Boston Viewpoint II is that Boston
threw away his own game and the two
TUns clean baIted over the plate by
the Pilgrims in the seventh inning
should have been enough Let Us bear
these things IN mind as We Chide OUI
young men
IN the fifth inning EIber1eId slapped
the easiest sort Of a ErounGer TO Wood
Who should have nailed the kid by
thirty feet Instead, he got gay and
threw wid TO Stahl, putting EIberheld
al the way To second, whence he tai
lied on the wholesome rap by Unglaut
70 right
In the eighth inning with two out and
rTo on bases, GessIer sent Wood q
weaklinE that was far 10 his right i
was a difficult chance, so much so thai
WOOD Just got It INTO hi his hand. thsI
fuEEled II long enough 20 allow Cessle l
70 reach first It was q sCraTChy hit
but q spriEhtly major league pitcher
should have handled II. and nailed
Czessler- The bases were fun becaus.
Of the lack Of stiffness on the nar-- o-
Wood. and CuEiauh's hit past WaCner
Immediately thereafter ueTted two runs
Angry But Not Discouraged
Is the Washington team discourage
over its double 6efeat2 Not a bit
Every man IS as sore as IF he had him
1amiry- but they are not IN the slfEbtes
degree losing faith in themselves In
stead, they believe that they had rHt
best feeders and the best pitchers il
both games and that the losses wer
brought about entirely by uufOrtunar.
mistakes which VIII not be repeated
IT IS a blessed relief 20 near this lin
OF talk after YOU have seen the action
Of some Of the past agEUeEa tons uhe-
they first began 20 feel the sting Of III
laTnoOn.
Joe Wood IS probably the specifies
youuEster that has come out Of tn
minors for three years, with the eZcep
ton Of Walter Johnson He is not
very large man. and the way he ca
Uhiz them over the plate is astonishing
II looks ike q good year for him, an