The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

this season started to cut a wide
swath through the American
League. Walter will smash the
record to bits probably next We'd
nesday, when he faces the St.
Louis Browns.
With the thermometer again down to
zero, 1900 fans braved pneumonia, grip.
and kindred ills to see johnson pitch.
The Kansas bIizzard's name was on every
lip. and hardly an inning passed but
that Walter was greeted with round
after round OF applause as he sprinted
back to the bench.
Pitches a Great Game.
johnson has in his day pitched some
wonderful games of ball. so il would
hardly b. correct to state that today's
battle had all the others beaten to
fragile. nut take it from one who was
there. no more perfect exhibition than
the combat this afternoon (as they say
in Chicago was ever staged.
Just thirty men out of a possible
twenty-seven faced the Climbers wen
derful boXman. OF this number two
got on the bases by means of safe hits,
and one was passed. Once the SoX sent
a runner as far as third. in the opening
frame, Lord reached second, and in the
sixth Benz amble5 to first base through
the medium of a lucky single. This
represented all the damage inflicted.
There was riotous doings in the White
Sox eighth The crowd refused to keep
quiet when Mattick drew four balls
e-fa ffr.er
third when Ainsmth dropped one OF
Walters shoots Any old kind of hit
would have scored a run, knotted the
count and crushed out Johnson's chances
to collect a new record.
One out and a man on third-he gone
now chirped the shrill voice of Kid
Gleason, from the third base coacheTs
box
One fan in the crowd cried. IT'S good
night for you now, Johnson" but Wal
ter only grinned htched up his pants
another hitch. and prepared to do bust
ness with Schalk the White Sox young
catcher.
SckaIk Flies Out,
On account of the high wind and
Schalks known ability to hit in the di
rection of right field, Danny Moeller
played ten feet back of first base. Schalk
sent up a cloud-buster and Moeller
dashed after the ball, catching it on
foul territory. and at the same time
setting himself for a throw home, but
Mattick did not move from third.
At this stage Gen. Callahan and his
board of strategy sent in pinch-hitter,
Ted Easterly, the smuggling catcher. john
son breezed over a. couple of strikes and
then a curve. Easterly lunged at the
curve and raised a Texas Lacquer in the
vicinity of short left field. Howard
Shanks came dashing in, waved Nc
Bride out of his way, and froze tight
TO the ball for third out. All cheer
ing ceased. The crowd realized that
johnson was not to be fooled with, and
that it would take more than nine men
and a couple of umpires to beat the kind
of pitching he was handing out. This
was the only time during the game that
the Kansas Blizzard was in any kind
of trouble.
and deadly. Johnson was given error
less support, and while his teammates
could land but one run. this tally proved
sufficient. George Mcbride, at short, and
Zeb Milan provided the fielding features
while the box work of Benz and LANCE
was good enough to have won any ordi-
nary ball game
Edrly III the lTdCdS tne Nationals had
all sorts of chances to take unto them
selves runs, but hits were invariably shy.
and daring chance leads on the bases by
Moeller. Shanks and Mcbride also put
dents in the golden opportunity can.
Benz allowed but five scattered hits in
eight innings, and would undoubtedly
have finished the game in highly sue
cessful manner had he not been yanked
out to allow. Easterly to hit for him in
the eighth. LANCE pitched the ninth,
holding the Griffmen hitless.
Benz TiEhtens Up.
In the first, second, third. and fourth
innings it looked as if the Nationals
would sweep Mr.. Benz of the earth, but
he managed TO put on the brakes when
danger signals We're hoisted. ~
The combat was won in the Nationals
fifth, and Germany Schaefers base on
balls paved the way for the big doings
After Moeller had famed, Schaefer was
passed. Milan crashed through Fournier,
the ball rolling to the stands Fourier
was able to hold Milan at first, but
Schaefer sprinted around to third La-i
porte sent up q high fly to Smaller, who