The Washington herald., 1910-04-29
srANDING OF NM CLUES.



Gee whiz bat it looked awful. three times with the
bases filed
When a tc,uy. vccny hit meant an our hopes Of
winning kill.d.
But Waitorro johnson then would tighten up his
frame.
And that's enc Of the reasons why we corred that
hardiCuglt game.
Ii took twelve innings 10 trample I'M
der foot the Red Sox but the Nationals
did IL yesterday by tossing four clean
singles into the last chapter after two
had gone. Score: Nationals. .: Boston, l.
The game should have gone TO the
Bean Brigade by all rules and prece-
dents The Red Legs opened fire on wal
ter Johnson with the confidence Of a craps
shooter after ne had made Big Dick d"
and never stopped until sixteen swats
had been collected. Think OF H. sixteen
hits and only one run.
Here's where Walter Johnson comes in
The big. curly haired twirler worked him
self into hole after hole Once the bases
were full and one out Walter famed
the next two hitters. On two other oc-
casions the opposition crowded second and
third with one down and Johnson tanned
the next two men 90 face him A glance
at the score-bOok shows that the Red Sox
had at least seven different chances 10
score had the necessary hit been forth
coming. but Johnson each time stepped
into the breach and pulled the strings
The game was sensational in the ex-
treme one minute the bleacherites would
be holding their breaths and closing their
eyes IN anticipation Of impending slaugh-
ter; then when Johnson steered the Ma
tionals over the rough spots. shout Of
relief would go Up that could be heard
for miles
While Johnson was working himself in
and out of holes, Ray Collins. the youth
full college finger in a Boston uniform
seemed TO have something up his sleeve
the Nationals could not jolt into safe
territory. for on numberiess occasions
second and third would be reached, but
the runner never got any nearer home
There was a loud wall from the Boston
bunch in the tenth. when the visitors
claimed that Elberfeld, during a mix-up
with Speaker at third. had the audacity
10 hold Mr. Speaker by the ankle and
smear his chances Of reaching home
While this may have happened, the UNI
pires failed TO see the performance, and
the protests went for naught.
To show how desperate were AIcAIeer's
hopefuls. Germany Schaefer with Milan
on second. deliberately ran into Jake
Stahl on an inheld roller so as 70 inter
fere with Stahrs throw in case Milan at
tempted to run to third Germany hoped
TO get away with the trick. but Umpire
Evans called Milan out on account OF
Schaefers interference.
After Boston had tied up the game in
the seventh, the Nationals grabbed the
winning run in the twelfth. with the
bases full, two out, and Lelivelt at the
bat. Jack dubbed the ball over second
and broke up the game
To show how closely the battle waged.
the innings when things happened are
given in detail as follows:
Walter Johnson was given a rouslng
reception when he stepped into the box.
but the game had not progressed very
far when the tickle fans began-to yell
70 McAieer 10 Take MIN OUT" French
made an mauspicious start by tanning.
but the merriment subsidized when Lord
singled TO left and Speaker followed by
lining one safely 10 center. Lord making
third. Speaker stole second. and the
bleachers We're in despair. But when
Stahl and Wagner followed French's ex-
ample and left two men on the bases. it
was different. Johnson was the little
tin god again.
The third inning furnished another in
stance Of the awful weakness of some
BostOns batsmen. Collins lined a say
age hit to left. but French was robbed
OF a sacrifice hit by Johnson's one-hand
catch OF his wel-meant hunt Lord
cracked a clean one TO the left field. and
Speaker filled the bags with a beautiful
clout to right field. Any one but a
pitcher would easily have scored from
second. once more both Stahl and Wag-
ner had chance 10 score a run on any
kind Of a hit. and once more both men
struck out amid the bowls of the crowd
Three hits in one inning and no runs
Six hits in three innings gone TO waste
Nationals Save Run.
Washington made run In the fourth
inning, French's costly error giving the
tally Elberfeld led off with a safe hit.
but was forced on Cesslers attempted
sacrifice. Lord making a beautiful play
Of the bunt TO Wagner. Unglaub flied 70
Lewis. but when Gessler started 10 steaI
second French muffed Carrigans perfect