The Washington herald., 1911-07-19
ssl TO The washington Herald.

Chicago, Ill, July 1s.-Sometines the
White Sox lose to Washington even If
Walter johnson isn't pitching. One OF
those times happened to-day at Comis-
key park when the Sox played the sort OF
baseball that would not have beaten the
Hyde Park High School team on one Of
its OF days. Under those conditions
Washington is welcome to any possible
glory in its 7-to-1 score.
There was a lot of loose pitching by
the Sox. lot of common defensive play
ing, and a sickly attack from start to
finish. No luck came to give them 6
push and start a rally, so, on the whole,
it seemed like day that was set aside
for them to rid themselves Of lot of
bad baseball The last half of the game
was SO one-sided that Washington played
horse instead of baseball. and still never
put the team in a dangerous position.
DR.. White was summoned as the slab
man for the Sox, and the fans settled
back in their seats to watch the doctor
skin his opponents. 1t has generally been
so easy for White to lick the Nationals
that he feels like he was stealing money
to pitch against them. Nine times out Of
ten that he goes on the mound against
this club, the game is won as soon as he
curls the first ball around the batter's
knees.
"Doc" White Gets His.
But the charm was not working to-day,
and when three rapid but sckly hits
produced a couple of runs for Washing
ton In the second inning with only one
man retired, White was hurried off to
the dressing room. Such a sudden
change was quite a surprise to the fans.
Fred Olmstead came in from the warm
ing part Of the field and pitched to three
hatters. and the result was three base
hits and two more runs, which caused a
quick finish to ''Ommie's'' slabbing. He
slipped off behind the grand stand, and
Jesse Baker, the Puget Sound southpaw,
came out to get two more men and stop
the rampage of the visitors. Jesse fin
ished the game with a degree of sue
cess. although his support crumbled at
the finish and let two more Nationals
scamper home.
All this time, young Dixie" Walker
was slabbing for Washington, and doing
It in a playful manner. His mates had
such a commanding lead that he simply
with careless abandon, and made good
with it. He walked only one man in
the entire afternoon and allowed eight
safe hits. One run was scored off him
because Of wild throw.
On the other hand, the Nationals ac-
cumulated eighteen safe hits off the
three pitchers used by Chicago The
fact that they scored only seven runs
lies IL their careless offensive playing.
They might just as well have had a
dozen, but a couple would have won the
game.
Doc White got through the first round
nicely, but in the second Gessler opened
with a single to center and c. Walker
pushed a bunt between Lord and White
that went safe. Mcbride sacrificed and
Conroy slammed a basehit to left, scor-
ing the two runners. Instantly Doc
White was removed from the game, and
the suddenness Of 1t was quito surpris-
ing. Olmsted came in and Ainsmith
bounded a nasty one along the third-base
line hat Ommie first touched and then
let roll foul. 1t went for a hit and
Conroy raced to third before the ball was
finally fielded. Then Dixie Walker hit
to right for one base, scoring Conroy.
Milan singled TO center. scoring Ainsmith.
and Olmsted was sent to the cooler,
Baker taking the mound. Jesse got the
next two batters out.
Nationals Score Again.
In the sixth. with one gone. Conroy
singled, and SO did Ainsnith and Milan,
and another run was over the plate for
Washington. In the ninth Milan beat
out one to deep short and Schaefer got
a fiuke single. EIberfeld sacrificed and
Gessier singled, driving both Milan and
the Dutchman home. Two more singles
followed, but double play saved fur
ther trouble for Baker.
The Sox gained their lone tally in the
eighth. Baker opened with a single, but
after Mcintyre fouled out Lord forced
Baker at second. Callahan singled to left
nnd Walker made a wild throw to third
base to get Lord, the ball going to the |
stand and Lord scoring, while Cal
reached third. Bodie flied out and closed |
the only profitable rally.
The Score.
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