The Washington times., 1912-06-09
Callahan's Crew Is Render
ed Lame, Halt, and
Blind.
BY SENATOR"

CHICAGO. June 9.-The Griffith
steam roller Is still running over all
opposition and the ninth successive
victory fell to it's dread work yester-
dayiRt the South Side ball park when
Jeehis Jawh Callahan and his battling
White SoX were crushed and bent and
split asunder to the tune of to l.
Even the puzzlingly deceptive slow
curves OF Doc White were unable to
bother the boys from the greatest city
In the United States and they whaled
and lambasted the lathe-like doctor
until he was sore and covered with
bruises
The game was yet in it's infancy
when the Nationals got busy with the
doctors delivery and they pounded out
five hits for as many runs in the sec
ond inning. settling the outcome of the
game right there. After that frame
the big crowd sat there and wondered
when the Climbers would stop kicking
their dawg around.
Johnson Made Good.
Walter Smokeball Johnson king of
them all, was the gentleman sent to
the slab by c. Calvert Griffith and he
more than made good. After that aw-
full second session Walter took things
easy, but in the ninth the White Sox,
taking advantage of his kindnes Of
heart, tried to score. They filled the
bases with no one down and they had
chance to see the Terrible Swede"
travel at full speed. With the corners
packed and 1900 fans roaring and
bowling until the stands fairly rocked.
the kansas Cyclone" famed Mcintyre
and Mayer and forced Doc White to
roll little one to the box. 1t was
really too soft, that last struggle with
the league leaders.
Doc White, NJ. D., was the skipper for
the SoX and he managed to escape seri-
Gus mauling in the opening session. The
Climbers were saving 1t all for the sec
ond when 1t came down upon the slim
twirler with all the fierce onset OF an
Idaho blizzard. When the storm broke
and the sun appeared again all chance
for the SoX had gone a glimmering.
Johnson held them in the palm of his
hand for the remainder of the after
| noon.
Dealt Seven Hits.
Just seven hits were doled out to the
! leaders by the Terrible Swede" and his
stinginess, always proverbial. was never
, seen SO we'll es when the enemy might
| have protited by timely bingles. On
/ the other hand, the Nationals whaled
/ Whites benders for twelve bingles and
Jeems Jawn Callahan stood in left field
all day long with his head hanging in
! despair He saw all chances of that
pennant flying from him. 1t will take
the White SoX another week to recover
| from the Slamming given them bV Grif-
/ fith's Climbers.
| Chick Gandil, a SoX castoff, started
| trouble as soon as the second inning
| got under way, lifting a safety to left.
! Rath took Shanks little fly, but Nor
gan hammered bingle to left that put
| Gandil on third. Mcbride stopped a
curve with his shirt, filling the pillows
White didn't like his job right then
and proved 1t by passing Ainsmith, fore
ing Gandil across.
| Johnson was any easy mark for
Whites slow ones and breezed, but
Dare Devil Dan" Moeller cracked a
bingle to right scoring Morgan and Nc
Bride. Ainsmith sailed over when Kid
Foster uncorked a hard drive to left
for cushion. Milan lowbridged White
with a terrific slam and MoeIler went
over with the fifth tally. while all the
crowd sat in gloom and Grief. As
Milan started for second a short throw