The Washington times., 1911-04-16
THIRDA TRAGEDY
FOR WASHINGTONS
Fans Stay With Johnson and He Stays With Red Sox,
But Luck Was Against Slab STAR and-It Wasn't
Right, But Game Goes Down Against Nationals.
By SENATOR"

Were you there? Did you see it? Why
did they do It?
1t wasn't right for them TO lead our
great Walter Johnson to the slaughter
like that. throwing away all chances he
might have had for holding up his end
against the rambling and riotous Red
Sox. No, II wasn't right. but what can
you do about it? It'll SO down in the
records as a 6-to-2 defeat for the Ma
tionaIs and johnson, when really a
young lad named Ainsmith-but what S
the use?
johnson started of in his first game
Of his 5000 season as il he intended to
brush aside all opposition by the sheer
smoke of his famous benders, and for a
while he succeeded. Man after man
walked to the plate. took healthy swings
at what was coming. didn't land on It,,
and went back to ask Patsy Donovan
what It was that they were supposed to
hit Yes, our great finger was f1inging
with style and aplomb.
Has It's Ending.
But it couldn't 60 on forever. A light
haired villain came across the center Of
the stage, right there in front of the
grandstand. and exploded a Black Hand
bomb. That was in the fifth. and Red
Sox run was chalked up. Again. in the
sixth spasm, the same light-haired viii
lain got in his deadly work. and three
more runs trickled across the platter.
Why did he do It?
Walter johnson didn't look so bad,
though not In midseason form, and
Patsy Donovans youngsters were hav-
ing their troubles until the fifth, when
the Black Hand came TO their assist
ance. Ray Collins came up and breezed
So did Gardner-no, come to think Of 1t,
he didn't, for Eddie Ainsmith oblig-
ingly dropped the last one and gave him
an existence. The Red Sox second
sacker Immediately set all sail for Sec
ond. and the same Ainsmith person for
got that he wasn't a pitcher and sent a
ball to second with enough "stuff'' on 1t
to fade the best slugger. Gardner land
ed safely.
Things didn't look good to Johnson.
but he kept right on and made Harry
Hooper swing vainly at his fast ones
until three swings had been accumu-
lated. This time Ainsmith squeezed the
last ball But "Tonsilitis iris Speaker,
that chocolate child of the visiting out
At, spilled a double cushion swat into
the right corner that let Gardner reg
lister the first run.
Then Duffy Lewis.
Duffy Lewis swung at the pill without
appreciable effect, and the session was
done, having broken a record in base
ball johnson had famed four men in
oneinning, and yet he had been scored on.
Walter wasn't exactly the happiest
young man in the Capital, either. about
that time, but he stuck to his job, and
the fans stuck to him.
The sixth was painful. With Engie
down, williams dumped one for Ain
smith. Eddie was celebrating. and
failed to land the pill In Henry's glove.
tossing like girl playing bean bag.
Yerkes whiffed, but Williams promptly
pilfered the second bag. Tommy Mad
den splashed a bingle to center, send
ing williams across, though there should
have been three gone. Ray Collins bal
looned to Germany Schaefer, who got
his bearings mixed ana the pill went
on and on TIL It hit the fence. Jimmy
McAleer wiped away tear. One fan
ID willing to testify to some things he