The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-15
GRIFFMEN LOSE.
FIRST TO Maps
Tail-enders Capture Sabbath
Day Battle, Beating Walter
Johnson. 4 to 0. :.
ERRORS PROVE COSTLY
Gsndd Is Only Member of the Ma
tonals to Get as Far as
Third Base.
ERRORS PROVE COSTLY
By WILLIAM PEET.

Cleveland. Ohio. June 1L-Those tail
end Cleveland Maps whom we were lead
TO believe couldn't beat rug. grabbed
Mr.. Walter Johnson by. the throat this
afternoon and put the monarch of the
mound down for the count, final score,
20 0.
Minus Slugger Joe jackson Shorthstop
Chapman, and King Larry Lajoie, the
Clevelanders were figured to be the soft
est kind of picking. but this bright Sab
bath afternoon they played the Griffmen
a scurvy trick, double crossing everybody,
including themselves.
For the last eighteen innings Johnson
has pitched, Washington has failed to
make a run for the big fellow, and you
cannot. win ball games without runs.
The Maps offered as a slabman a husky
Highlander named Bowman who al
lowed but six hits, SO well scattered that
no two blows came in the same inning.
support Is Had.
Johnsons support deserted him early
in the combat. errors costing two tai
lies. but in the Cleveland eighth three
healthy wallops almost in a row yielded
two runs, so the well-known error alibi
might just as we'll be thrown into the
o. discard
The Griffmen got men on the bases in
every inning but the first and fourth
Only a sensational one-hand stab of a
line drive saved Bov-man's hide in the
seventh.
But one member of the Washington club
reached third base Chick GandiI singled
with one down in the ninth, and walked
around to the far corner unmolested 1t
would hardly have been fair. to the VIC
tors to say that johnson lacked his usual
smoke and control, for he looked Just
as good out there today as he ever did
in his fife. Five Naplanders whitfield, and
the pair who walked did not figure in
the Cleveland scoring.
After Bowman had blanked Washing
ton in the opener, the Maps scored in
the other half of the inning, when Graney
singled, Turner sacrificed, and when
Woods drive to short center was fumbled
by Milan, Graney scored.
Error Again.
Errors by Morgan and Foster let an
other hostile tally trickfe over in the
fourth. while in the ninth. safe swats by
Turner. Leibold, and Johnston, added
two more.
Gandil opened the Nationals Sec
ond with a single. but was thrown out
stealing. Mcbride walked. and after
two had gone Moeller singled in the
third, but Turner threw out Foster.
Morgan doubled to start the fifth, but
withered on the bag while the next
three batters persisted in turn.
In the seventh Gandil smashed a line
drive ar Doc Johnston that looked good
for double. Johnston jumped high
in the air and snagged the ball with
his gloved hand. thereby saving a run,
for after Shanks had fouled out, Nor
gan banged to left for a clean single.
Danny MocIIer Hit.
Danny Moeller crashed to the right
field fence in the eighth after two or
his pals had gone. but Fosters weak
roller was handled by Bowman.
A Washington batting rally was
smothered in the ninth. when Johnston
made a great stop of Milan's slash in
side the foul line, tossing the speed |
merchant out at first. Gandil followed !
with a single to left, but Shanks flied
to Graney and Morgan lined to Leibold, |
winding up the afternoons festivities. |