Evening star., 1912-06-30

Johnson pitched a brilliant game Of ball.
1t would have turned In victory nine
times out of ten. Any sort OF hitting
behind him would have made 1t cake
walk, while even with perfect support he
would probably have had a shut-out to
his credit, or. at worst, a battle to tie
into extra innings.
Plank as Effective as Ever.
1t was Plank. he of the nervous mo-
tions, who opposed Johnson most Of the
way. and, as usual. he was effective when
he had to be. But Sir Edward withered
under the boiling sun. and for fear that
he might collapse and lose the game. he
was relieved at the end Of the seventh
and Iron Man Coombs sent in to finish.
II Is not necessary to say what happened
after that. Coombs moved the locals
down. excepting Shanks. who bit safely
with two out in the ninth, but died in an
effort to steal.
from any standpoint. and all that was
lacking for the crowd was victory.
Brilliant was the fielding of both teams,
barring the third inning. when Ansmith
the run being scored which eventually
lost the game.
Ainsmiths troubles were crowded into
this inning. Lord hit safely with one
out, and made a break esI for 70. ;, second ,,nd;
to third. Collins sent UP high fly.
which Ainsmith muffed right In front OF
the plate after Maggert had been retired.
and Lord. of course. came home with the
second run Of the game. The visitors
never scored thereafter, but they didn't
have TO, their two runs proving sufficient
TO decide the day. In Ave of the nine
innings the Nationals led off by getting
the first man on. yet there is nothing
in the record to show that any effort was
made 70 sacrifice these to second. Dur
iag the last six iRnings Johnson allowed
but two widely scattered hits, and was
really never in danger, but the one run
he needed to give him a chance to win
was not to be had.
1t was in the second inning that the
first run came over the plate. Baker
had been up in the first, but did not get
a chance 10 hit because johnson caught
Maggert mapping of first for the third
oVt. During Bakers stay at the plate
Johnson fioated him up slow one. and
tae hone run hitter looked so absolutely
1diculous swinging at it that johnson
remembered this part of his repertoire
wren Baker faced him in the second. The
trst ball he pitched was just such
SLOW one, but Baker must have antici-
pated the move. for he slammed the ball
against the center field fence for a cou-
pie of bases. McInnis very acconno
datingly flied out to Milan. j passed ball
let Baker TO third. Then SSrunk hit
sharp one. which hugged the ground,
at Foster. and 1t broke through his fin
gers, allowing Baker TO score. That
was run number one. Nunber two came
in the third and was a gift.
After Plank had been retired. Lord hit
safely. He stole second and went to
third when Ainsnith made a poor heave
Maggert flied out easily enough, and
Collins seemed to have ended the inning
when he sent up high fly.
But Ansmith staggered under the ball
and hnaly dropped il on fair territory,
Lord, In the meantime, scoring.
Schaefer Scores Only Run.
One of these runs the Nationals got
back IN their half. wher with one out
Schaefer was hit by pitched ball and
scored AL the way from 6rst base on
Fosters long single to right But Pos
ter was left on first. Walker opened
bhe fourth with a hit and Gandil the
fifth in siwilar manner. but they could
not make the circuit. Gandu dying steal
ing after Walker had flied out. Shanks
also hit safely In this inuing, but, like
Gandil, he tried TO steal aud was caught
Coombs pitched in the eighth and ninth
and only one man reached first while
he was Officiating. That was Shanks.
Who singled in tse ninth after two were
out. but he duplicated his performance
of a previous inning. and was nailed
trying to reach second by pilfering The
score tells the rest of il: