Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16
BOSTON CAPTURES
LAST OF SERIES
Red Sox Hit Johnson Hard
After Chances to Retire
Side Are Missed.
SOUTHPAW COLLINS
HAS BETTER OF BATTLE
Eddie Ainsmith Has His First
Poor Day Since Joining Team.
Luck Against Nationals.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

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Hal any one at all familiar with con-
ditions been asked to pick the one game
OF the Boston series which the Nationals
stood the best chance to win, the one in
which Walter johnson would perform
would naturally have been selected.
Well. johnson pitched yesterday and
the Nationals were beaten. 6 to =. 1t
was one of those upsets which make
base hall A great game And Yet it was
not altogether Johnsons fault True he
was hit rather hard for johnson, but
these hits came on three occasions when
chances had been offered to retire the
side.
Ainsmith was the chief offender. He
had the poorest day since he Joined the
Nationals Four bases were stolen on
him, each time with two out, and three
of them bossomed into runs. He made
a miserable throw to first in the sixth
inning which cost three runs, and in no
way gave Johnson the support a pitcher
is entitled to. But, as said before. John
SON was hit hard. All but one of the
visitors ten hits were clean cut. and yet
all but one of the productive ones came
after the side should have been retired
On the other hand. Ray Collins, the
Vermont collesian who twirls with his
of ball, but he had the good breaks. He
was hit much harder than the score
shows. but, unfortunately for the Ma
tionals, the bail but seldom went safe.
Collins did show signs of weakening dur
ing the closing innings, but not enough
to change the result. But Johnson 8
Door luck did not end with his support;
ne was himself slated to drive in cou-
pie OF runs in the second inning, when,
with two on and one out, he drove a
terrific liner toward right field. First
Baseman Williams could not duck it, He
stuck UP his mitt. juggled the ball a
time to double UP a base runner. and the
chance for runs went glimmering.
Two Hits Wasted.
Hits by E1berfeld and Cunningham with
two out In the opening inning was the
first bad break. Then came the incident in
the second. just f\Rated. which prevented
the locals from scoring at least two
runs. In the third Boston made its first
bid for two tallies. but did not get any.
Johnson walked Collins and Gardner hit
safely. But Johnson retired the next
three batsmen without much trouble. So
things went along until the fifth. when.
under the most peculiar circumstances,
Boston scored its first run. Think of a
pitcher striking out the first three men
" AdSo 1QIis <Iio vet siHs d uIA sui tO
on him. Sounds sort of queer, but it
happened, and this is how First john
son struck out Collins, and, with two
strikes on Gardner, he shot low fast
one toward the plate, which struck the
ground just before it reached Ainsmiths
glove. and as Gardner had struck at it
he had no trouble reaching first base.
He stole second Johnson followed by
tanning Hooper, and he had two strikes
On Speaker. when the rival of Cobb hit
TO right center for TWO bases, scoring
Gardner Johnson finished the inning by
striking out Lewis.
The sixth was most disastrous, though
not Johnson's fault. With EngeI out of
the way. Williams hit in front of the
plate. AinsInith threw wide TO first and
Williams was safe. Johnson struck out
erkes, and the side should have been
out, hat for Ainsnith's error. Williams
stole second, and scored when Madden
singled Even this would not have been
so bad, but when Schaefer let Collins
little fly get away from him in left Mad
den moved up to third and Collins pulled
up at second. Gardner came along with
base hit and three runs were over the
plate.
In the seventh another one was added
and again a stolen base was responsible
With two out Engel was walked, and he
stoic. scoring a moment later on Will
hams screeciing single to right.
In the meantime the Nationals had
been doing little with Collins. They
were hitting him hard enough, but they
could not get the bali safe. They made
bid FOR runs I'm the sixth, when. with
one outx Schaefer got d life OIL Engel's
tumble. but Engel came right back with
clever one-hand pickup Of EIberfeld's
srounder, which had all the earmarks of
4 base hit. and by tossing to second
started a double play. which Williams
completed.
Things broke a trine better in the sew
enth, when the Nationals scored their
Nrst run cunningham waited and walked,
and on NHiers ont he took second. Henry
Popped out. but Mcbride came along with
clean two-bagger to deep left and Cum
ningham tore home. But Ainsmith was
unable to move Mcbride over.
There was some real excitement In the
eighth, and for a time il seemed that a
winning rally had been placed on tap,
but the best the Nationals got out Of it
was a single run.
Rallies Did Not Last.
Again they got a good start Engle
fumbling Johnson's erounder. Milan
could do no more than pop up. bu,
Schaefer came along with cIout TO the
scoreboard for three bases, which scored
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