The Washington times., 1912-08-12
Will Reach the Capital
Early Tomorrow
Morning.
WIN FINAL CLASH
WITH THE BROWNIES
In Sweltering Heat Johnson Man.
q. ages to Hold the Mound
J. NJ City Bunch.
By SENATOR"

oy SASSNnAoN.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. L-The Climb
ers, tired and perspiring, are on their
way home. They reached Pittsburgh
today, and will lay over here until $50
O'Clock tonight. Their two special cars
will be attached to the fast train for
Washington. and they will roll into the
Capital tomorrow morning.
Owing to the hard battle of yester-
. day and the lack of sleep experienced
by almost everybody, there is little
Jollfty among the players Card games
occupied the attention of most, and
! several whist championships should be
determined before tomorrow morning.
Has Been Hard Trip.
This was hard trip for u.s." said
Manager Griffith today, mainly be-
cause of the weather. After the warm
days We had had at home, the Jump
into the cold, rainy weather we met
with in Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago
meant illness and a general slowing in
the teams speed. ! am not downheart-
ed because st. Louis beat us three
times. On the other hand, l am de-
lighted that We lost no more than six
on our trip.
wait till we are home a few days,
with the pleasant weather in Washing
ton, and you will find us crawling up
once more on the leaders We're not
out of the race yet, by a good deal. Just
remember that I have said this. too
on August II. ItII come in handy later
on" '''
With johnson swinging and swavinp
IN the box victim of great heat for
the last four innings, the Climbers
nnosed out the fighting Brownies at st.
n-Ia L.. ~,
tie of the series amid deafening roar
from 10000 fans. The great pitcher was
iorced to use all his skilled strength to
land the victory. and even then he did
the score being TO ..
The Brownies did not quit, sticking in
the game down to the very end.
Heat Weakens johnson.
johnson wore a heavy woolen UNDER
shirt when he started the game. He
had been wearing 1t all through the
trip, and forgot that Missouri heat
takes away the strength silently but
effectively After he had gone five
innings he became weak. and had all he
could do to remain on the mound in the
seventh. He walked his first man in
the eighth. after two had perished He
walked Hamilton. Austin, and Pratt
the latter forcing Hamilton over because
Hogan had jammed hit to right in the
miX-up.
BY superhuman courage the big fell
low continued in the game, and, though
he passed Gus Williams in the ninth. he
saved the honors for the Climbers by
forcing Compton and Wallace to shoot
up affairs by tanning Krichell.
The Brownies were fighting mad
throughout. intent on pulling the Climb
ers back into third place, If they could
q a
full as he was on Thursday, managed
to keep the enemy at bay. and had his
team been able to hit Johnson he might
have won. However. only four hits
Of the league. and Hamilton's defeat
was honorable.
Bunched Hits Win.
Indeed, the Climbers, though VIC
torious, got only six hits off the little
southpaw. They punched them, how
ever, and that's how they won Yes
and anything but bad luck would have
given them a few more runs. Three
men were thrown out at the plate be-
cause the batsmen could not connect
with a hard drive at the proper time.
Herman Schaefer was banished by
Car Connolly. the haltpint umpire. for
daring to question a decision. Con-
the latter had plainly stopped his
swing, even pushing his right hand
down to the middle of the bat. The
Impudence of Schaefer brought his
exile. Then Jimmy Austin kicked and
Connolly, rushed out into the fieid TO- to-
exile II he dared to open his mouth
again. On the whole, Car Connolly had
a great day, and was evidently suffer-
ing from sore corns.
rd ed
excellent catches in the garden and La
porte had stop and throw that spark
Ainsmith had a finger smashed in the
ninth inning and may be out of the game
for few days.
Brownies Star Fielding.
Two great fielding plays marked the
futile first inning for the Climbers.
Jimmy Austin jumped over in front OF
wallace, grabbed Moeller's low bounce
and got his man. Foster walked and
then Derril Pratt raced into short right
for Milan's pop, This was a great catch.
Austin took Gandil's bounce on the bag
and pegged 1t in time. These speedy
plays put the big crowd in good humor
Hogan's fine single to right was greet
ed with a roar from the stands, but
Austin's bunt to Johnson forced him
Moeler took Pratts ny at the bleachers
AuStln stole MS pdse, put McBTiue
tossed out kutina.
Laporte reached third in the second
frame, but could not score. He singled
and took second on a passed ball
Shanks' bunt to Austin put him on third
Alexander took McBride's high fly. while
standing on the dish, and Hamilton
jamRed Ainsmith.. e.,
Hard luck prevented a run in the
third. Walter Johnson walked goinG
down on Moeller's perfect sacrifice bum
10 Hamilton. Foster shot fly to left
and as he passed third Johnson trfppet
and fefi. Compton's throw TO the plat
vas wild and johnson scrambled bacl
TO the bag in safety. He died at tht
plate on Milan's bounce to Wallace, ant
then Hamilton tossed out Gandil.
The Brownie JinX was still working
The constant attack of the Climbers
however, had its reward in the fourth
LapOrte tore of triple to the bleach.
s ers in right center. He took a chance
though. and died at the plate wheI