Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-20
Johnson PERFORMS WELL
AGAINST CLEVELAND MAPS
Shows at His Very Best for First Time in
Weeks-Team Displays It's Real Class
When Playing With Strong Gibbs.

sent Ainsmith home, and paved the way
for the four runs. But it is Fosters field
ing which is electrifying the crowds. HE
makes some marvellous stops around his
base and the Cleveland critics refer to
him as the best third baseman in the
league. not even barring Terry Turner,
who is great favorite here.
Johnson had it on Joe Jackson, who
for once failed. to break up the game
yesterday. He did get a two-bagger. but
that was scratch, being made on lit
tie pop fly to left which Shanks could
not reach. But the several times that
he faced Johnson in the pinches he was
unable to gauge his delivery.
He was up with Chapman on IN the
first, and hit bounder to Gandil. VINO
retired him at first. With Garrison ana
FalkenbNrg second and thlfd, re-
spectively. in the fifth, and two out, ne
hit fly to Moeller. though the crowd
was urging him to drive the ball over
the wall. Jackson. by the way, is De
lieved to have fallen into q battlns
slump during the last few days, ana
Lajoie is doing but little better.
Groom is cafded to work in the first
game at ST Louis tomorrow. Engei, VINO
has won all the games he rs credlteu
with. excepting one, from the Browns
is to work the following day, and Boen-
ling is to pitch the finisher This Will
give johnson four days rest before hG
will be asked to work against chicago
Sunday, when he will make an effort
to win his fourteenth straight.
Griffith was chased from the coaching
lire Yesterday because he insisted on
bothering Falkenberg. But the ruling
was not made until he had accomplished
his purpose. that of getting Falkenoers
in conversation with him and getting ms
mind off his work. which he did IN the
fifth when he grooved one Tor WalIer
Johnson. who hit for three bases, the
ball striking a few inches from the lett
field foul line Then Birmingham, VINO
saw Falkenberg talking back to Crit
fifth, protested, and Evans chased GidH.
and these came in the first seven innings,
one in each Just about four OF the
seven were scratches. but in the closing
rounds the locals found 1T lmposslpie
to do very much with Johnson's speed.
When the members of Grif1ths team
report to him at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning to attend the daily meeting they
will hear lecture on what mistake II
is not to work as hard against a weak
team as strong one. inns mas peeh
one of the teams failings this season.
Whenever it hooks up with a real con-
tender in the race it shows such bril-
liant form that it. seems impossible to
beat it. and yet when 1t Is against
weak team it often slips just because 1t
is not putting forth its best efforts. Crit
fifth wants to clean up in st. Louis, II
this can be done by every man hustling
his utmost and for this reason he ex-
pects to have a few words to say to his
men about loafing against the Browns.
It was because Ainsmith could not
handle one of Johnsons fastest balls in
the first inning of yesterdays game that
the Maps managed to get run on john
son.
Chapman got on after Leibold had
been struck out, when he popped a little
fly over Gandils head. which could not
be reached. Jackson's out put him on
second, and then fast ball got away
from Ainsmith, and Chapman tore for
home, which he reached in safety. After
that no Maps reached the goal. Though
Milan also hit safely in the opener, he
was left when Gandil popped up.
Carisch hit for three bases in the sec
ond. 1t was line drive to center. for
which Milan made remarkable effort,
but failed to reach the ball. But john
son famed Falkenberg and the danger
was ended.
In the third, after two hands were out.
Jackson got a scratch double to left, but
Morgan threw out Jackson. In the
fourth Ryan singled to right, but there
were two out. and when he tried to steal
Ainsmith nailed him by yards.
1DeTe WAS real uStiScT III Tic III,
but again Johnson arose to the occasion
and held his opponents scoreless. In this
inning Carisch got a scratch hit. and,
temporarily. Johnson lost control and
pitched four straight balls to Faiken-
berg. Leibold foolfshly tried to bunt the
first ball pitched, wide one, and popped
up a little fly to Johnson. Chapman hit
foul to Gandil. and then Jackson went
out on a fly to Moeller which was hit
high and far.
When Lajoie opened the sixth with a
hit the crowd again took hope, but the
next three batters failed to advance him.
After that but one man reached the
bases, Chapman, the first man up in the
eighth, who singled. Jackson sacrificed,
but Lajoie struck out, and Johnston was
taken care of by Morgan and Gandil.
While Chapman was perched on third
The Nationals first run came in the fifth.
After Shanks had flied out. Mcbride
drove single to left. Ainsmith struck
out, but Johnson, with two strikes on
him, hit TO left for three bases. scoring
Mcbride He was left, as Moelier famed
Though Shanks hit safely to open the
sixth he never got to second, for while
Mcbride was trying to sacrifice he event.
ually struck out as Shanks was trying to
steal. and double play resulted. But
there was real hope in the eighth. but
no; hing came of it. Johnson started
matters with a double against the screen
in right. but Moeller. in trying to sacrl-
flee, popped up to Turner. Then Foster
singled to center but Johnson was heiu
at third. though Leibold fumbled
Milan forced Foster at second and Can.
dill popped up weak fly to right.
The game was won in the tenth. Am