The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-26

most brilliantly fought baseball games
that have been played here this season
were contested this afternoon, when the
Browns and the Washington team met in
their final clashes of tile year In the
opening battle the locals won because
they fought more determinedly than they
ever have before this season; score TO !.
While the first half OF the double bin
furnished a great amount of excitement
for the fans, the second game of the bar
gain day attraction proved by far to be
the feature of the afternoons pastime,
Washington winning. owing 10 Walter
Johnson's grand performance. to 0.
Johnson's exhibition on the Sports
mans Park mound to-day was truly the
greatest pitching performance that has
been seen in this city in a long while.
O'Connor's men might just as well have
forfeited the game as to have tried 10
beat Johnson, for there was never a
moment In the struggle when tn Browns
had even the slightest chance f getting
20 the grandest of all present-day fingers.
One hit on Johnson.
Only two little incidents happened dur
ing the course Of the game that served
in a slight way 10 mar an otherwise per
feet exhibition Of pitching In the sew
enth inning frankie Truesdale managed
TO connect with one of Johnson's shoots
for a little single. which rolled over sec
ond base Mcbride tried hard TO get 10
the drive. but failed 10 do so by inches.
Then after the next two hitters had been
struck out Johnson uncorked a wild pitch,
which allowed Truesdale To make third.
That was as far as Truesdale got. and
Frankie was the only player OF the
Browns team 10 get on base.
Ten Brown PLAYERS walked up 20 the
plate just twenty-eight times in an eff
fort TO hit the ball safely and get around
the bases, and Just tWenty-soycn OF this
number were retired on the easiest kind
Of chances. Johnson's speed was terrific,
and his control was perfect Eleven
Browns were retired by Johnson over
the strike-out route The Nationals did
not make a single bobble. and IL is little
wonder that the Browns managed 10 get
only one solitary hit and no runs.
Malioy. who opposed Johnson. pitched
very fair bali, and had he distributed
the half dozen hits gathered by Wash
ington g little more effectively, there IS
a possibility that the teams might have
fought on indefinitely without a de-
cision, Malloy forced seven Nationals
TO strike out-not bad record for a re-
cruit.
Nationals Score First.
The first contest. between Mitchell for
ST. Louis and Walker for Washington,
was filed with thrills. Mitchell got OF
to bad start in Washington's first in
ming. by handing out a pass 10 Cum
bingham after two were down.
Cunningham stole second, and went 70
third when Killifer made a bad throw TO
Wallace. Somerlot also walked Ges-
sler singled. Cunningham scoring. SOM
erlot tried TO make third on the play
and was thrown out, Northen TO Cor
ridon.
The Browns could do nothing with
Dixie" Walker until the start OF the
fourth. when TruesdaIe singled TO left.
Corridor and Stone famed and Northen
flied TO Milan. In the fifth there was
nothing doing for St Louis. After two
demises in the sixth. Truesdale beat out
an inheld tap, owing to Walkers fail
ure TO step on the bag after receiving
the toss from Somerlot. frankie tried 10
steal second. but proved an easy out for
Henry and Mcbride.
Walker. more than any one else, was
the direct cause of Washingtons down
fall, which came about In the seventh
inning. Corridor. the first man up, walk
ed. and Stone sacrificed, Walker to Somer-
lot. Northen rolled TO Cunningham and
died at first. Corridor making third.
Hartzell dropped single in left. near
the foul line. Corridor scoring. Wallace
singled 10 right. HartzelI making third
Then double steal was attempted, and
II served its purposes. as. when Henry
threw down TO MrBride, Wallace fooled
George by stopping and starting back to
first. Mcbride began chasing Wallace
down the base line. and HartzelI scored
After Hartzell had crossed the plate, Nc
Bride tagged Wallace for the final out
Washington failed to do anything in
their half of the ninth, and the game
ended.
The score.