The Washington herald., 1911-07-18
Sox Are Helpless
Before johnson
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cago in Third Game of Series-Walter is in
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Special 70 The Washington Herald.

pitched some $3.50 a year baseball this
afternoon, and the White Sox were hand
ed a nice little shut-out, 8 tc o. To all
time he began earning his salary, for he
has not been burning up the league so
far this year. That he should choose
this time is Chicago's misfortune.
The nearest the Sox came to scoring
was to get one lonely man as fur as Sec
ond base, and that wasn't Walters fault,
for one of his mates made a fielding mis-
take. Altogether, seven of the South
Siders were able to reach first base, five
of them by means of base hits, one of
them by a pass, and the other by an
error.
The big Kansas boy was in fine fettle,
the best he has displayed this season, ac-
cording to the Washington players. He
had the old speed on the ball. and when
the speeds there, there's a hop to the
pill that fools the best hitters in the
business. 1t was there all the time, and
with such pronounced effect that Walter
might even have told the batters what
kind of ball he was going to pitch, and
they would have been as helpless as
ever.
Walter in OId-time Form.
There were no big curves to look at.
He seldom wasted one on the outside.
Once or twice he wasted a slow one
over. But just about nine times out of
ten he shot fast one over knee high.
If a ball was called, it was generally
because it was too low. 1t didn't seem
as if he pitched three balls higher than
the waist line all afternoon. That low,
fast one was coming across like a bull
let and hopping away from the bat when
the man swung.
The Washington star famed only six
men, but he made a lot of them pop
high ones into the air when they took
healthy swings. A lot more of them
waited until two strikes had been called
and then pounded easy ones to the in
field.
That Frank Lange should be opposed
to this star in slabbing was his mis-
fortune, too, for the Iron Man of the
Sox staff pitched a corking game Of ball
and allowed only five hits, the same
number as his rival gave.
There was n splendid Monday crowd
OF about 5000 persons out to see the
game, and no one was discouraged over
the loss of the battle, for they knew
they were we'll licked. Before the game
was bali over they were giving Walter
Johnson applause for his gallant slab
bing, which was so worthy of it.
Fans Knew Game Was Lost.
The game hadn't reached the fourth
inning before the wise ones knew that
If Washington got one run it would
be the winner. When Walter johnson
goes through three rounds without get
ting into danger, the fans know he is
in form, and when he is in form all he
needs is one run to win, unless his sup
port blows up.
1t took some pretty sharp fielding on
the part of the Sox to keep Lange out
of danger those three rounds, while
johnson just breezed through without a
scratch. At the start of the Sox half of
the third, Lee Tannehill laid down a neat
bunt toward third base and got away
with it for a single, because johnson re-
fused to hustle over and make a play
for him. This only went to prove he was
in form and knew 1t, for he wasn't one
whit worried because the first man up
was able to get to first base. He simply
let Tannie stand on first base and retired
the next three men, every one by pop
flies.
In the fourth, one of Bodies healthy
swings connected with the ball and he
got a single. There were two out at the
time, and the next hitter was an easy out.
In the sixth, Lange started and was safe
ON an error. Matty famed and Lords
ont To1rtT cannnd u-h he
on Caliahan's out. He was the only Sox
man to get that far around.
Nationals Score in Sixth.
Washington's first run came in the
sixth, when Milan opened with a single
over second. Schaefer sacrificed, and he
was still on second when Elberfeld flied
out. Lange refused to let Gessler get a
crack at a good one and walked him.
Then he made Walker bounce one to
Lord, and the captains wild throw to
first base resulted, allowing Milan to
score. The ball went to the grand stand,
and Gessler tried to leg it all the way
around from first base, but was shot
dead at the plate.
In the next round, after one was out,
the veteran Wild Conroy lined a red-hot
one past Tannehiu's toes, Tannie barely
ticking it with his glove. The ball got
past the outfielders and was good for
three bases. Ainsmith produced a long
fly to Bodie and Conroy came home after
the catch. Johnson connected for a drive
70 right center, which Mcintyre captured
after a great run across the green.
One was gone in the eighth when Ger
many schaefer hit to left wall for three
bags, and scored when Elberfeld died on
q slow grounder to Tannehill. The Sox
started q rally in the ninth. which was
cut short. Callahan singled, but when
the call was three and two on Bodie, Cal
started fer second bit too soon and
was trapped between the bags. Bodie
then tanned. Mcconnell got q base hit.
but Zeider's roller to Conroy ended the
game
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