Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-25
BY J.. ED GRILLO.

Special Dispatch to TIE star
CHICAGO, August 2J-That Walter
Johnson's winning streak was not broken
in Yesterdays contest Was largely due 10
the breaks of the game. Not that there
was anything weak about the great pitch
er's work, for he was never better. out
he was opposed by Il twirlor who was al
most as effective. and should really not
have been scored on. While two. lucky hits
had given the locals run.
When Gandl's hit fell safe in the fifth
with two ON and two out the game was
decided. Up to this period the score
stood 1 to in favor of the White SoN.
and inasmuch as the Nationals failed to
score in any inning but the fifth, when,
ordinarily, the side should have been re-
tired without run. it is easily inquired
how Johnson was really lucky to come
out on top. notwithstanding the fact that
he gave a brilliant exhibition
Johnson deserves credit for paving the
way for the two runs which allowed ii'ii'
to win the game. II was his three-oase
hit to right which opened the inning III
question Scott then walked Moeller, but
Foster popped up TO Weaver ana Miian
sent a high fly to short rlsht wnicn a
Berger caught With two out and two
ON Gaudil hit an ordinary short ny 10
right Right is sun field on the local
Grounds There did not seem to be any
danger of any runs being scoreu, "a.
Bodie. while apparently having stationed
himself under the descending sphere. SUI
denly staggered, and 1t became appdTelt
that he had lost sight of the baii. |,
fell through his outstrStched haius ana
rolled along the ground. Before he had
recovered it both Johnson and Moeiler
mad crossed the plate. Those two runs
decided the contest. for the SuA heEeA
had q chance 10 score thereafter
II was Johnson's fifteenth CONSECUTIVE
victory if the report that President JONI
son has awarded him the game III o =.
I o,,is which was in dispute as true. IL
mas been some time since Walter display.
I'd better form than Yesterday: rev. II
any. of the hits charged against nm
were clean cut 1t was WHY .ie
day. and this condition made 1t posi-
HE for some balls to fall safe whlch
would ordinarily have been caught. S.S
hits were made off Johnson, but he ala
not give base on baiis ana IlaJo n,,,s
of the safeties were fiukes Yet he Woulo
nave lost his game but for the break ne
got when Bodie failed to catch ia ndil
little ty for il was this play which gave
the Nationals the two runs they neeoed
to win.
After the second inning, WHEN the Sox
scored their lone rum Johnson was never
in danger. He worked with great speed
as the time of Inc game Will show, II Only
requiring an hour and thirty-hve minutes
u play the game. and he was decldellE
effective His star feat came in the
sixth. when he struck out Lord, thase
and Bodie on eleven pitched balls.
Scott. however. was also in form lie
allowed no more hits than did Johnson
but he walked three batters. while Johh-
son passed none, yet Scott would not
lave been scored on but for the ACCIDENT
of Gandil's fly hiding itself in the sun 50
that Bodie could not See IT, The one run
which his team secured was the result
OF good luck. With two out In the sec
ond and two strikes on Collins. he got
hold of fast one and hit a short liner
TO short ieftcentef. Milan started aiter the
bah. though the wind carried it away
from him. He managed to reach 1t, but
failed to hold it and Collins landed on
second. Kuhn. the next man up. mt
slow bounder between Foster and Nc
Bride Foster tried for the ball, but
overstepped it and then detected 1t
enough to make it impossible for Mcbride
to make a play on it, the result being
that Collins scored all the way from Sec
ond That was the only run the Sox
secured and they never threatened again
until the ninth, when, after two We're out.
Bodie and Chappell got a couple OF lucky
hits. but Johnson ended the game by
striking out Collins.
Johnson is in remarkable form right
now. He has entirely recovered from the
cold from which his arm suffered a week
or 50 ago. and nothing but iiuke can
cause him to lose another game before
>.
secures him run or two there is lit
tie danger of his meeting defeat, for
II seems impossible for the opposing
teams to hit him effectively. 1t is when
at his best. Just when it seems that
there is chance for the opposing team
to score. he has something In reserve
and the chance goes glimmering. for the
crucial batter either strikes out or offers
an easy chance to one of the fielders
Scott got himself out of tight hole
in tie third. when the Nationals had the
bases full. yet could not score a run
though there was but one man out at the
time. After Ainsmith had flied out
Johnson walked and Moeller hit SHARP
single To left. In trying to work Foster
Scott also walked him. with tine result
that the bases were full, with Milan and
Gandil following III the batting order a
rather ideal situation. But Scott famed
Milan and Gandil hit up a little fiy tc
Berger which ended the inning. much tC
che delight of the big crowd. which gave
Scott an ovation as he walked to tn.
bench.
The chances are that Johnson will no,
pitch again until the opening game In
Boston on Thursday. This will give him
three days rest and make il possible fol
him to work In the opening game at Phil.
:ldeiphi;l Monday next. If he can wir
both OF these games he will beat his OWE
record of last year. when he won sixteer
straight, and be in line to tie or beat the
mark established by Rubc Marquard o1
tire Giants in 1912 Nothing but a series
of bad breaks Is apt 10 stop Johnson now
Ii is next to impossible to beat him il
his team will get him a run or two and
the prediction that this would be the
banner year OF his career is not only sure
TO be realized. but there is a chance Q,
johnson making record which has never
been eqHaled In modern base ball
The bali which Kuhn hit and which was
responsible for the Sox's run was a slow
hit grounder just between Foster and
Mcbride To allow Ii to pass through t,
Mcbride would have been dangerous be
cause it is questionable If il would have
been possible for him to make the. throw
10 first In time to make the. play 81
Foster tried for it, II struck his foo
and was detected that there was ne
chance for Mcbride To handle It. and Col
inns had no trouble scoring.
That one run in the opinion of most o,
the Chicago parfisans seemed to settl.
the contest. as they did not seem to be
neye that IL was possible for the Ma
tionals to score on Scott and they prob
ably would not have il II had not been fo
the sun hiding the ball from Rodie which
Gandtl hit In the fifth.
Having won yesterdays game tn
rest OF the series should not be par
Gcularly difficult for the Nationals
Scott had won five straight games u,
TO yesterday and he was the Whit
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