The Washington times., 1913-05-11

CHICAGO. May. u.-Great is Walter
Smokeball johnson. Indeed is he mon
arch of the mound. He is now within
REG ching distance Of that record ior
consecutive scofeless innings. Not a
fan here in the Windy City believes re
can fail to land the honors now held
by Doc White. The slender southpaw
flung ffty-six consecutive innings in
1904 without seeing foe cross the pan.
BY whitewashing the Southsiders yes
terday, to 0. the Climbers great twirI-
er Increased his total to .ifty-two and
tvo-thirds innings. The ST. Louis Browns
viii be asked to stop this victorious
march. IL they can. Their work Is cut
out for them. too, for the star among
slabbists IL showing the most magnifi-
cent form Of his major league career.
The White Sox. surrounded by 1s.5Oo
frozen fans, tried everything known 20
baseball to puncture the armor OF the
Washington monolith, but all in Jain.
Just two hits were .chalked up against
the peerless pitcher. Only three men
reached first. Only one "Chink' Mat
tick, reached third. and a passed paIl
gave him that berth. Indeed, so potent
was the speed of the Kansas Whirlw!nd
that the CONCEALED rooters cheered
madIy every time White Sox bats
mar strode to the plate They appre-
ciatec the bravery Of the home boys in
facing the tremendous shoots and hooks
Of the Smokeball hurier.
Lord Gets Single.
In the first session Harry Lord
singled and IN the sixth, Joe Benz, tie
meat balr' pitcher. got tine osner. but
the widest excitement broke forth
when "Chink' Mattick opened the
eighth by taking Johnson's lone free
ticket. Weaver sacrificed and wicked
passed ball put the home boy on thi, j
with only one gone. An apoplectic
gent in a lower hox collapsed.
Then came two spectacular running
catches by Moeller and Shanxs, each
racing In and grabbing the ball before
the bitter breeze could carry 1t out OF
his reach. and when Shanks' great
catch closed that inning the liberal
minded Chicago fans stood up and rave
him a mighty cheer.
Except in the eighth the White Sox
were never dangerous. Johnson did not
seek q strike-out record, contenting
himself with four of these victims, but
he did force the opposing hitters to go
after bad balls. Once in a hole they
saw that awful speed carry them away.
They were opposing the master of the
mound
johnson pitched great ball hut his
support scintillated. The speed and
judgment of Shanks. Milan and Moeller
out of at least three hits. Dutch"
Schaefer forgot his role of brfoon for
low s.yh nj
Of tirst-base play LapOrte, Mcbride
and Morgan handled everything fault
lessly, the chubby third baseman con-
tributing particularly briSh- bit of
work In the ninth by hopping in toward
the box. seizins the spinning ball and
giving II 20 Schaefer for a glorious one
handed stop just in time to retire the
flying Rath.
Outhit White Sox.
The Griffman outhit the White Sox.
They should have scored more than
their one run. having seven men left
on bases in the first five innings. Benz
had his benders sadly bent In those
opening frames, but he always managed
to emerge safely except in the fifth.
when the Climbers made their lone but
large run. Thereafter he held his own
with Marvellous Walter" the smoke
ball burler.
Moeller walked in the first frame.
stole and reached third on Schalk's
poor peg. He perished at the plate on
Schaefer's dump TO Weaver. Lord toss
ed out Milan. Laporte walked and Ray
Morgan. facing chance for fame. In
gloriously famed.
Shanks beat out high bounce TO
Benz In the second, only to be caught
elst.1ooted off the bag. Mcbride singled