The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-24
Greatest of Pitchers Duels
Fought by Walsh and Joss
Cleveland Twirler Holds White Sox Hitless. and Passed
BALM Second Inning Gives Maps ony Run Of Con-
test that Will Always Find a Place in History.

Eds rap being one Of the two hard
hits made off Joss during the day. In
the home half the game was decided.
Birmingham. who made two Of the
three hits off Walsh. opened with a
low fly to right. and it fell safe.
Walsh caught him mapping of first.
but Joe started for second. and Is
BELLS relay went Wild, letting the
runner to third. Parent threw out
Perring without letting in the run.
Joss struck out. and Good was on the
way to the same fate when IL spitball
escaped Shrek and let Birmingham
sneak home from third. Good then
whitfield.
Strikes Out -Four in q Row.
The fourth inning saw Hahn go out
on q roller to Latoie. Jones was re-
tired in the same way, but his drive
the Nap slabman. Walsh came back
by striking. out Bradley and Hinch-
man. That made four straight whiffs
to his credit. Lajoie then singled ov-
er second and stole the middle sack,
but Walsh threw stovall out. Joss
registered his first strikcout against
Dougherty in the fifth inning. then
took care of two easy Founders from
the bats of Davis and Parent. Walsh
responded by striking out three men
in the other half. They We're Clarke.
Birmingham and joss. Pcrring was
passed ahead Of She third strikeout,
but vas left OH FIST.
The sixth was ukeventfui. as Shreck
was easy, for .Lajoie.- .Tannehill raped
softly to Joss. and Walsh flied to
Good. In the other half Walsh struck
out Good, threw out Bradley at first.
and was saved from having another
hit. charged against him when Hahn
made a dashfnE catch Of Hinchman's
line. drive. =. The seventh saw joss
throw Hahn out at first and strike
out Jones. Isbell bounded one nicely
to Lajoie for the third out. Walsh
struck out Lajoie for the second time.
got rid of Stovall IN a pop fly, and
whitfield Clarke.
With the start Of the eighth every
body in the park knew what joss had
within his grasp. and the tension be.
came fierce. Laioie threw Dougherty
out at first. then caught Davis pop
fly. Parent lifted to Hinchman and a
roar of applause broke out. But there
still was the ninth inning to play. and
the crowd hardly could wait for it. In
Cleveland's half. Birmingham beat
out a hunt and Perring singled. While
joss was striking out, a wicked spin.
Ter broke SnfeCk = nn8ef, and ne gave
way to Shaw. Walsh finished Whit
fing JOSS. then struck out Good for
the fourth time. and disposed Of
Bradley on. a. grounder. leaving two
runners stranded.
Break Cool for Maps.
In the ninth White batted in Shaw's
place. and was thrown out by Lajoie.
Donahue was sent to bat for Tame
hill. and struck out. You could have
heard a pin drop anywhere in the
place when Anderson strobe to bat for
Walsh. He vas all that stood between
Joss and tying the record. Big John
hit sharply to Bradley. and once more
joss had a frightfully narrow escape.
for Bradley. in his anxiety to throw
perfectly. pesgcd badly. At immi-
nent risk Of colliding with Anderson.
Stovall reached far to his left for the
throw, caught it, and held 1t. hut
toppled over. and fell on top Of Big
John. who slid under to duck COLI
sion. It was awfully close. but
O'Laughlin called the runner out. and
not a kick vas registered. 1t would
have been drowned in the cheering
with which Cleveland congratulated
Joss for his great feat. and themselve.
because the Maps still were contend
ers for the 1ag. Score: