The Washington herald., 1911-08-21
Nationals Easy
For Big Ed Walsh
SpitbaH Pitcher Leads White So* to Shut-out
Victory Over McAleer's Team-Becker
Hit Hard-Score, II to O.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Chicago. Aug. 2O.-That ambitious tribe
of McAleer from Washington, which HAS
been burning up the league for the last
ten days ,or two weeks, bumped up
against the White Sox and big Ed Walsh
to-day in the first of three games here,
and were defeated by a score of II to 0.
a fusillade of hits made Buck Becker
think he was back in the United States
navy yard with the warships of seven
foreign nations firing siXteen-inch guns
at him.
It was the same Becker who let the
same White SoX down with three hits
and licked them easily in his first big
league game at Washington earlier in
the month. That was before he had been
In the league long enough for Comiskey
men to find out his first name. To-day
Manager Duffy saw that every man on
his team was introduced to the rising
young southpaw before the game. Ihe
result was twenty hits Tor a totai oI
lwenty-eight bases.
In this total basing p. Bolivar Dough-
ertv led all the rest with single, dou-
BILE and triple to his credit, and Demon
Etrated again the fact that man may
be a hero one day. a villain the next
and back to the hero business on the
following day.
Buck Is Game.
Becker was a game lad, however, and
hid not bat an eye under the stln pun
ishment Dougherty muffed Schaefer
low fly with one out in the first inning
Herman went to second on the mum and
TO third on Walkers out by way or Nc
Connell Gessler hit to Tannehill for the
third out
In the second inning Cunningham made
the first hit of the game after two were
out Street popped to Mullen Milan
ripped single to left with only one
down in the third and stole second
-IeanIy Schaefer's out let him to third,
but Walker struck out in the pinch.
Up to this time. the White Sox had
been decidedly bashful in addressing the
curves of Becker, and all they got was
a pass he thrust upon Harry Lord IN
the first round. In the domestic third
Becker started his own downfall py
dropping a toss from Schaefer, losing
the chance to retire Walsh at first.
There was one down when this hap
pened. Mcintyre began his hitting deeds
with a single to left. Lord poked one in
the same direction. far enough to score
Walsh and drive Mcintyre to third.
Dougherty followed with another clean
one to left, driving Matty to the coop.
Becker tiEhtened bit and got Bodle
and Mcconnell
GeSsIer opened the fourth With
whistler over right for two bases. and
the Nationals started out TO tie up the
game but McBrides fly went to Bodie.
Conroy grounded TO Walsh. advancing
CiessIer to third. and Mcintyre went
back a couple of blocks and nailed a
long drive from Cunningham's stick.
Comiskey's men added an ace in their
half, though Becker struck out McIn-
tyre and Lord.
Nationals Held in Check.
From the fourth to the seventh. not
a National got on. Meantime Dough-
erty slammed a two-bagger against the
right field bleachers screen on the bound.
1t was hit so hard that Gessler met il
coming back, and otherwise Pat might
have gone a couple of bases farther
than he did Bodie pushed Dougherty
home with single, but once more Beck
er changed his pace and retired the next
three men.
In their seventh, the visitors tried to
start something Mcbride singled to
center. and Conroy hit one too hot for
Mcconnell to negotiate. Cunningham
tore off what sounded like a four-baser
to center. but Bodie sidestepped bit and
pulled down the drive. Mcbride was on
his way to the plate when this happened
and was doubled up at second. Street
struck out. Two more hits were made
off Walsh. one each in the eighth and
ninth, and both of them after two were
out
The SoN hit her up hard in their last
two innings, scoring seven runs in that
time.