The Washington times., 1913-05-04
CL.IMBERS EXPECT
TO WIN TOMORROW
with Walter Johnson in Reserve the Grimen Believe They
Will Leave Boston With Three Defeats Of Worlds
Champions to Their Credit. -.
SxG1i&iA
By SENATOR"

BOSTON, May L-Today the Climbers
to q man, believe they will leave this
city tomorrow evening winner Of :hree
contests with the Worlds Champion
Red Sox. They cannot see how II will
be possible for the title-holders to keep
them from gobbling tomorrow's game
when Walter smokebal johnson will
climb the mound and hurl all his mighty
shoots against the useless wands Of the
home team.
Calling upon the "Kansas Whirlwind"
when the score was even at one run
and Joe Engel showed unmistakably
that he could not find the plate. the
Griffmen stopped the champions of the
universe in the seventh and raced away
in the eighth TO q victory by score OF
2 to l. The 1900 fans cheered Them
selves black In the face in the hopes
Of winning from the Incompatible
johnson. but their yelling and their
cheering came TO naught. for the big
fellow breexed along to certain tri-
umph.
MY Poy Choe" Engel, Washington
sandlotter. started the battle and made
q most unique record. He decorated
the hillock for six and one-third ses-
sions, and in that time allowed one run,
which he forced across the platter,
vslking ten men and hitting one. Not
a hit was made of his delivery. the
Bostonians standing quietly at the plate
and waiting for the generosity of the
younryter to send them along to the
Arst corner.
Score Lone Tally.
However, 30 long as the champions
were unable to score more than that
lone tally. Manager Griffith kept send
ing Engel back into the battle. the lad s
Dutch luck pulling him out OF holes
time and time again. Only when the
score had been tied and Engel continued
his maniacal performances did the "Old
Fox" yank him from the contest, send
ing in Walter Smokeball johnson.
The champions played very poor ball,
and did not deserve to win. Hugh
Bedient, hero of the 1912 worlds series,
pitched good ball, keeping the hits scat
tered and maintaining the even current
Of his course for six innings. In the
seventh an error and a base on balls
followed by a clean bingle by Hank
shanks tied the tally. In the eighth the
Climbers showed two bingles out in sue
cession and romped ahead. but Bedients
hackers should have had five runs at
that time.
When a ball team receives ten passes
and has one batsman hit in six innings
and then fails to score more than one
run, there IL something decidedly wrong
with that team. And that's. the whole
story Of the Champions yesterday. They
had to have their one run handed to
them by a base on ball. Such ball play
ing, will never bring them another PEN
through the fear of Eddie Ainsmiths 8
sharpshooting. They failed to hit in the
pinches and left all to the iron arm of
their young pitcher. who held up as
long as he could.
Have Hayd Luck.
The Climbers were unfortunate. how
Gsndil. The big fellow injured his
ankle in the third when he spiked Duffy
Lewis, whom Eddie Ainsmith had
picked OF the bag. Gandil walked all
over Lewis in blocking him Off the
cushion. sending Lewis to the BENCH
with a painful spike wound. Two in
nings later Gandil had to limp from
the game himself. "Rippy'' Williams
replacing him.
Daredevil Danny Moeller and "Zeb''
Milan won the battle for the Climbers
In the eighth, the former hammerinr n
beautiful double to right and rushing
over when the Linden lad pushed n
clean single to center. Hank Shanks
had already tied the tally in the seventh
by peppering the right garden with a
single scoring Laporte.
FieldinS features were few. GandlI's