The Washington herald., 1911-05-31
By WILLIAM PEET. ,

Yesterday was Decoration Day and the
Boston Red Sox did the decorating, COM
ing across with two perfectly good dec
orations; works Of art they were, TOO
Here's the way the score board looked
after It was all over. Morning game,
Red Sox 6. Nationals 6. Afternoon con-
test. Red sox 8, Nationals 4.
Now that the Bean Brigade has faded
away Jim McAleer can sit up and heave
a few sighs Of relief. Last year this
Boston bunch made life miserable for
the Nationals, anu It would seem a
they still had our goat locked up tight
in Owner John 1. Taylors strongbox-
Tom Hughes pitched the morning game,
and with proper support would have won.
Walter Johnson worked In the afternoon
and was the victim OF some more hard
luck. although the hit column shows
the Nationals, and It would seem as II
that Boston assaulted him four times in
the ninth inning. Johnson himself tossed
a base on balls into the inning and was
slow in handling bunt, which had to be
chalked up for a single.
The Nationals gave the crowd some
thing TO talk about by two fine batting
Ssllies in the final chapters OF both the
games, but after crawling up to within
right there
The Red Sox's terrific hitting featured
the holiday baseball menu. In the nine
teen innings played yesterday the North
erners banged out twenty-seven hits for
a total of thirty-seven bases. Such q
bombardment will likely not be in evil
dence here for many moons to come.
Heartbreaker in Morning.
The morning game was a heartbreaker.
After Washinst ton had taken a command
ing lead of two runs. Boston tied the
score in the ---nLn and sneaked over
enough runs in the tenth to win.
The Nationals fought valiantly to re-
gain lost ground, but only one tally
could be squeezed in. and this was very
much in the shape Of gift, as Wagner
muffed Schaefer's Texas Lacquer after
hard run and Conroy scored on the
miscue.
Walter Johnson held the visitors in
the afternoon to a single tally for eight
innings. and certainly looked good. His
performance should disprove lot of fool
lsh stories going the rounds to the effect
that ne is broken down physically. John
son is going to win lot of ball games
FOR this club before the 1911 season closes.
II the morning game was a heart
breaker. the afternoon tussle was even
more SO. The fans grew fairly frantic
when. with the game apparently tucked
away. the Red Sox attacked Walter
Johnson. and nearly buried him under
an avalanche of hits. -Four runs placed
the fgures-Boston, 3; Washington. 2-but
McAleer henchmen went right after
Pitcher Hall and drove in two runs
before he could retire the side.
The Morning Game.
Boston was first to push a runner over
the plate. After two had gone, Wagner
and Williams were both passed, and
Carrisan drove the ball into the left field
stands for a double, sending home wag-
ner.
The Nationals more than evened things
up in their half of the fourth. After
Lelivelt had perished, Gessler singled;
Mcbride famed. but Cunningham was
safe on Engle's error, and the latter
with Gessler. manipulated the double
steal. A sizzling single to right center
By Jon Henry scored Gessler and Cunny
In the Red SoX'S eighth, a muff OF a fly
ball by Lelivelt off Carrigan, the first
man up, ;,aved the way for run, as the
stocky catcher was sacrificed to second
and came home on Yerkes' single to
left
Nothing daunted, the home folks came
knocked Mr.. Eddie Cicotte out of the
6cx. Singles by Milan and Conroy, Leli-
velt's perfect sacrifice, base on balls to
Sessler, and timely single by Mcbride
scored two runs. indicating that it was
about all over but the shouting.
Boston broke through this two-run lead
In the first half of the ninth by hitting
q lot of hard grounders at Mcbride and
Cunningham. two-bagSer by Gardner
who was sent in TO bat for CiCotte
scored the first run, and Yerkes' single
20 center sewed up the game.
Another slugfest added two more Bos-
ton runs in their half of the tenth The
Nationals cut this down by one, when
0pnroy singled for a starter in the final
haSf of the inning, reached second on
pasS to Gessler, and scored on Wagner's
mum of Schaefers fly. The comedian
was ordered to hit for Cunningham.
Morning Game.