Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-06

Walsh may be held responsible for the
great fms. the team made.
| The White Sox left Boston on their
last eastern trip, hopelessly out of the
| running, to all intents and purposes.
| They played five games in New York,
won four of them, and on leaving the
| Gay White Way" for the west We're
surprised to find themselves real con-
| tenders. along with ST. Louis, Cleveland
| and Detroit.
| The team jumped from New York to
! ST. Louis and there mixed it UP w..
| the Browns in four games. The series
was divided evenly and neither club
| was much hurt. for the Maps and Tigers
time -
| On their home grounds the Sox won
consistently. On the first day Of Oc-
| tober there were five games left on the
! schedule. two with Cleveland and three
with Detroit. It was up to Chicago to
| win at least one from the Maps and all
| three from Detroit, unless the Tigers
dropped their series to st. Louis, which
! was not to be exp ected, for the Browns
! had just been put out of it,
Manager Jones had berth on the car
| that took the White Sox from Chica,o t.
Cleveland, but he wasn't in it ions
| enough to pay the pc. ter for making 1t
up. He spent most of the night in the
smoking compartment with seve al large,
black cigars and tough prob.,m.
He was practically certain that JOSS
would work in the first game for CIeve-
| iand. and Joss had been wonderfully
| policy TO start the much-endur.ng " al III
against Addie or use Frank Smith and
| save big Ed for the second encount.r r,
which Liebhart would surely pitcn for
| the Maps?
Wanted One Game.
| Fielder wanted to be sure Of one game
('lpvaIa ND loc~ A
1t In the safest way. His decision was
70 pitch Walsh and then ask the big spi.-
oalllst to go to Smiths rescue the follow
ing DAY II Smith needed rescuins; pro-
Vlded. of course, that Walsh lost his
anne. Walsh did lose. / to o. Joss pitch
ing his famous no-hit game Smith an
| Llebhart started the next day and Walls
| was called in to save. which he did by
tanning Lajoie with two men on bases
and Chicago one run ahead.
/ mere remained the three games with
I Detroit, all of which Chicago must win.
Inc train that took the White SIX back
t to lineage ago SATURDAY. night the Sd of &C
again he passed UP the hopeless task of
trying to sleep.
All night he sat in the smoking room,
ana In the morning his mind was made
the Tigers Sunday and Walsh Monday.
provided Doc went through with the
sunday job. The Tuesday problem could
De left for Monday night.
WhIte won the game, and Walsh came
across with another glorious victory the
next day. Mr.. Jones sat in a chair in his
apartment all Monday night, puzz ine
over the hardest question of all. Had
W hlte mad enough rest? Could Walsh
stand the strain once more? Could Frank
Smith be relied on?
Summers and killian had been put on,
OF the way. and there was no doubt about
Jennings choice for the final fight. l,
would certainly be Bill Donovan.
The sleepless night in the Jones apart.
ment was followed by restless and
nervous forenoon. Jones announced tina,
White would start. He also gave the
order to Walsh to be ready at second s
notice.
! The Tigers hadn't hit for two days
They were due. White got his right al
the outset. Walsh. who had performed
seven times in the last nine games, was
out there again before the first inning
was over But he couldn't check the as.
sault, and the Sox couldn't do anything
with Donovan. The game was lost be-
fore the second inning started
FRANK smith, who had wept because
Jones hadn't chosen him, went in to fin.
ish up the hopeless job, and the Tigers
couldn't hit him with shovel. The Sox
lost the game and the pennant. Where
upon, some of the ball players and most
of the fans criticised Jones severely for
not starting Smith. 1t was the O d sec.
ond guess stuff. But the few who know
what Jones had gone through, and how
he had worked and worked over that
problem, did not criticise. And the fair
minded admitted that he had accomplish.
ed the almost impossible by making the
race as close as it was with his inferior
team.
! This was what one Of the seven man.
ayers endured. 1t was no easier for the
other six when every victory and every
defeat meant so much