Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-04
GREATEST BALL
GAME OF YEAR
Johnson Pitches in Remark
able Form in Last of Series
With Boston.
TEAM SHOULD SHOW
WELL ON THIS TRIP
Looks as Though Another
Long Winning Streak Has
Been Started.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

BOSTON, Mass. July 1.-The greatest
bah game Of the year wound up the Ma
tsonals series here yesterday with a fiji
teen-inn-ns l-to-o victory. giving the
Griffmen clean sweep of four games
No more marvellous game is recorded
iii the annals Of base ball history than
the one which Johnson and Collins fought.
Inning after inning both sides threatened
yet neither could score until the fifteenth,
when Shanks drove Gandil home from
second with a long two-base hit against
the fence in lett center. That was the
only run of the day. and il decided the
struggle.
1t was a wonderful exhibition of pitch
ing which Johnson gave. During the
early innings he was nit not infrequently,
nine safe hits being charged against him.
bat as these We're widely scattered he
managed To- get away without allowing Il
run Collins in the same period had held
the Nationals to three scattered hits
and had also a clean score so far as
runs were coneerned. But Johnson i'm
proved after The ninth. and though he
was in numerous tight places, he worked
himself out of all.
His deepest hole was in the ninth. when
he had the bases full and none out, yet
ne worked himself out of this dilemma
without allowing a score. Numerous
Were the occasions when q safe hit would
nave sent him from the grounds de
feated, but on such occasions that re-
markabe reserve force which he ALWAYS
keeps in store stood him in good stead
Collins, too, got out of few holes, but
ne was not threatened as often as was
ms mighty rival, and really had more op-
portun!ties TO have his team get the one
run Which was needed than did Johnson.
Behind the two great pitchers the players
worked Ike Trojans. Their fielding
abounded in brilliancy, but for which a
score would have been made much earlier
IL the game.
By their victory yesterday the Ma
tionals inflicted tWenty-four straight
scoEeless innings on the Hub team. Boeh-
ling shut them out for nine rounds on the
Gay before, and yesterday they failed to
score in fifteen. Ii was the fourth
straight victory, and helped to strength
en- the Nationals in third place. Today a
four-same series opens in New York, and
II the pitchers Griffith selects do their
share there is chance to clean up there
for the team is playing its best ball now
and seems destined 10 establish another
long run OF victories.
Johnsons performance was a most re-
markable one. Ordinarily "A pitcher who
IS hit as frequently as he was would have
been scored on. Yet Johnson went The en-
tire route without allowing a run 10 cross
the plate.
In only one OF the fifteen innings did
Johnson retire the side in order and only
in two did Boston fail TO hit him safely
But hitting Johnson when there is no
danger OF getting runs and doing it when
there Is danger are two different PROPOSE
t1ons. So long as the bases were clear
Johnson would take matters easy but
once man reached first he would cut
loose and NOW down the succeeding bats
men in order.
In the very first inning Speaker dou-
Died. but was left. In the second Engle
got hit, only 70 be doubled up. Collins
got two-bagger in the third with one
out and got as far as third. where he
died. lewis got a similar hit in the
fourth with one out, and he too, never
Sot farther Wagner started the sixth
with a hit but he never reached second
4 second double by Speaker came in the
sixth after two Were out and he too
died on the bags. The eighth was not
eventful. but in the ninth Johnson was
forced To the limit TO stem the tide II
all started when Hooper beat out a slow
bounder To Gandil. Speaker was walked.
ana then Lewis scratched a hit in front
or the plate, filling the bases Johnson
struck out Gardner, and. when Engie hit
the plate.
wagner showed one at Foster. Speaker
was stealing home at the time but
started 10 return TO third. and Foster
Ioiceo MIN az the plate and the agony
was over CarrISan opened the tenth
with a hit. but was left Lewis hit
safely in the eleventh with one on
but was doubled up with Gardner
Inere was danger IN the twelfth. too
With Collins and YcFkes out of the
way. Hooper hit safely and sneaker
followed suit sending Hooper 10 third
Speaker stole second. hut Lewis hit TO
Morgan and was out at first. Wagner
got another hit in the fourteenth, but
there were two out and Carrigan forced
him. Even the final inning was started
with scratch hit by uenriksen. but
he never got away from first, for
Yerkes and Hooper popped m and
Speaker hit a grounder to Mcbride.
who tossed TO Morgan in time TO force
Henriksen.
The Nationals did not have a. look-in
for the first nine innings. They got
an occasional man on the bases but
really never threatened to score until
the tenth. which Gandil opened with a
screeching double to left but the next
batter flied ont, and when Shanks hit
long fly To- center Gandil was called
cut for leaving the bag too soon.
Gandil made another try To break the
tie when ne opened the thirteenth with
hit, but the following three batters
could not help him around With one
out in the fourteenth. Johnson hit for
a couple OF sacks. but he. too was left
II seemed for while that this fate
was bound TO follow in the wake of
the Nationals in the fifteenth. but this
time ShalIkS came To the rescue. After
Milan had gone out on a fly, Gandil
made his second two-bdEgcF to left
hut Morgan was out and il was up to
ShankS He came through. hitting "A
long line drive between Lewis and
Speaker, which neither could reach
and ,;andil walked home.
Though Henriksen got on i'm the Sox's
half Of the fifteenth, he never got to
second base.
No pitcher was ever given q greater
ovation than Johnson received when,
after having the bases filled in the ninth
he retired the SIDE without allowing a
run. III there is 4 city in the circuit
af tLe