The Washington times., 1913-05-15
TwirIs Fifty-six Complete In.
nings Without Being Scored
Upon.
GANDIL IS BACK IN GAME
Walter Leverenz Lasts Less
Than Two Innings Against
the Climbers.
By SENATOR"

innings in st. Louis yesterday. "nen
Derrill Pratt pounded a single to right
scoring Gus Williams. who had already
doubled to left, the onward march OF
the fireball finger was at an end. He
had Travelled down fffty-six complete
innings without allowing .he enemy o
run, and 1t viii be some time before
this record is bettered,
In order to collect this last battle
from the fast moving Brownies, Nam
ager Griffith forced Chick" Gandil
johnson to the mound. The result can
easily be guessed. The boys took heart.
and pounded the Brownies twtrlers
hard from the outset. sending Walter
Leverenz to the stable In the second
session, and giving Macallison a sound
trouncing. When the smoke cleared
away from the field OF combat, the
Grifmen had copped the victory, 10 to
Began To Let Down.
johnson might easily have set the
record for pitching shutout ball much
higher, but as soon as he saw that his
team had gained a good lead for him
ne began to let down in his steam.
Gus williams, the hard-hitting but
lame-nelding outfielder, Immediately
of fame by hammerIng clean double
along the left field line for double.
Derrill Pratt. who has been going verJ
poorly Of late, crashed q single to right
that Joe Gedeon could not quite reach.
and the deed was lone. Johnson mad
been scored on for the first time since
Bert Daniels Tailed in the opening
game of the season in Washington be-
fore President Woodrow Wilson. and
all Of us. Three innings had been add
ed to the mark formerly held by Iron
Man Jamn" Coomhs, however, and how
there Is a new record for some other
young athlete 70 aim at for the rest OF
the campaign. .-.--
There is little call to say that John
son was invincible when he started. He
pitched the same kind Of ball that he
under way. When it is told that he al
lowed three hits, and walked but one in
six sessions, tanning seven huskies N
that time, it is possible TO see how pow
erful he was. He didn't try much.
either. after that second inning when
the Grinmen ran away from the
Brownies. cloutine Levernez all over
the lot with three triples in a row.
There was considerable surprise
when GandIl hobbled out to first base.
of condition, but he played through five
innings before he was allowed to take
a rest on the bench in favor OF 'Rippy"
Williams Gandil failed to do anything
with the bat but his work at the bag
was smooth as silk.
Johnson Is Relieved.
The long lead obtained by the Grin-
men gave Griffith chance to relieve
johnson. and save him for another day
against the Tigers. and also to. send
Joe Gedeon TO second base Morgan
has a sore ankle from sliding into the
plate Tuesday, and he weIcomed the
rest hugely. Gedeon whaled one clean
hit out of his three tries. scoring two
runs with his drive and looked prettx
Rags" O'LoughIin got into a wordy
wrangle with Bill McAIlester. the
Brownies backstop, in the second ees-
sion while Shanks was at bat, and after
some time had been lost In. their ora-
tory, the arbitrator with the reputation.
but not the goods, banished the back
stop from the battle. Furthermore.
when McAllester continued TO murmur
sweet nothings from the bench, Rags
banished him from the park. You've
got to hand 1t to Rags" he gets away
better with less goods than any other
umpire In the league. His work on
balls and strikes was wretched. but the
one-sided looks of the score kept the
fans from numbering him till the last
man had expired in the ninth. By that
time there wasn't much need of blood
twirled the last three sessions of the
fray, and was hit hard. Seven bingles
right off the nose sent four runs
across the platter for the Brownies.
However. the Griffmen were So far
ahead at that time that no fear was
work was very poor, and would have
lost a close game.
Walter Leverenz. the Los An
geles. opened the game for the
badly pounded in the second frame.
He walked five and allowed a triple in
one inning. and Mack Allison rushed to
his assistance. Allison got all that
mained at the helm. the Griffmen ham
mering Mack to the far corners of the
arena. and settling the victory right
there.
LeveTe1z Was Wild.
Leverenz was wild at the opening of
the battle, passing the first three men.
Gandil, hobbling on his wounded toe.
rolled TO Pratt, forcing Morgan, but
was safe on WaIsh's high toss to Brief
Moeller dashed over on the play. La
porte's slap at Walsh started double
play. and the lone tally stood for the
frame.
There was a wild yell from the fans
when Pete Compton famed. for that
gave johnson fifty-three full frames
without a tally, equaling Jack Coombs'
record. But the tumult was even
greater when Milan grabbed Johnston's
ny. giving the Big Skies. the American
League record, a perfect ovation greater
came when he famed Gus Williams.
The. end of Leverenz came in the
second. He passed Ainsmith and
Shanks. and then Mcbride punctured
the left field wall with a triple. Exit
fired Leverenz, and enter MacAllison.
Walter Johnson promptly hit the wall
in left center for three corners, scoring
Mcbride. Dan Moeller followed with
another triple over Johnston's head.
scoring the Big Six. Moeller easily
Tailed on Milan's boost TO Compton.
Morgan was hit by a pitched ball. but
promptly doubled up by the crippled
Gandil
Dee Walsh, the gink with the funny
first name, got the first hit of the day
on johnson, a clean single TO center. |
There wasn't much doing. though. for