The Washington herald., 1915-07-03
PIEH HAS BEST
OF HURLING duel
Yankees Pitcher Holds Ma
tionals to Two Hits and
Beats Locals, ! to O.
LUCK IS AGAINST SHAW
Doug" Nef Makes Miscue. Paving
Way for New York's
Victory.
LUCK IS AGAINST SHAW
BY DAMON RUNYON.

by DAMON RUNYON.
New York. July 2.-Thoughtfully dit
Wild Will Donovan eye the bench of thu
Yankees this afternoon. Ruminatively die
Wild Will Donovon run his gnarled anC
blunted fingers through his hair. Alb
stractedly did Wild Will Donovan munci
his bootjack plug. Anon his orbs sough
the canopy of high heaven. now smuttec
with black and low'ring clouds, ant
gravely did he shake his head
Clairvoyantly we trausmute into word!
the mental processes Of Wild Will Dono
van:
Its comm on to rain." thought he
This game'll about bust up in baptism
In three or four frames. II / start g
pitcher he'll want to call 1t days work
and the union'll uphold him. Fisher. an6
McHale were out yesterday. Keating IL
laid up. I've got to save Caldwell and
Warhop for that double-header tomor.
row. and I've got another double header
Monday, besides that game with the
Giants Sunday. l can't waste any pitch.
ers on this"
Announces Pieh.
Respectfully did Harry Sairo, the
demon announcer. approach Wild Bill
Donovan. seeking the battery news OF
the day.
who works for you. Mr.. Donovan?
phone at a ready. Il dunno answered
Wild Bill Donovan. II can't afford to
throw away no pitchers"
why don't you start it yourself?" sug-
gested Mr. Safiro. hopefully. NO one
would find it out he continued. pointing
at the narrow attendance in the stand.
Wed all keep it secret
NO" said Mr. Donovan. Il dassent
waste no pitchers. ! guess I'll have to
use Pieh."
Lady and gentleman" thundered Mr..
Safiro, at the echoy stand. batt-turr-rees
for today's game: For Washington. Shaw
and Henry: for New York. Pieh and
Sweeney"
Thus We reach the bone of the story.
so to speak.
Pieh pitched. At the close Of nine
rounds the Yanks had one run and OF
Clark Grifith's Washington club had
nary. Two hits was their portion from
the hand of Pieh.
Called Him ST.
The boys call him 81 His regular name
is John. but the boys call him 81. When
he was a boy they called him simple ST.
mon-you'l be after recalling the old
rhvme:
Simple Simon met a pieman, going
As the years went on the nickname
of Simple Simon was shortened to Sim
pie 81. and then to Simp, and finally
to 81. and 1t is to this day 81 Pieh. A
mild, open-faced, ingenious lad is 81
Pieh. but his curve ball il a gift from
the baseball gods.
Under the black and lowering clouds
aforesaid. 81 Pieh and James Shaw, the
Washington hurler. showed to good ad-
vantage. For five frames James held
the Yanks without a blow and then in
the sixth he passed Edward Sweeney.
and our boys parlayed the pass into their
only tally.
81 Pieh forced Sweeney at second.
Hughey High was safe on Neff's boot
Peckinpaugh famed and Maisel singled
to right. filling the bases. That was the
first Of the two hits off Shaw. Neff made
a flying leap at Pipp's roller. scooped
the ball and shuked 1t to Mcbride, COW
ering seconds in an effort to get Maisel,
but Hildebrand throatily announced Fitz'
safety and Pieh Tailed. Luth Cook fam
ned.
81 Pieh has long been a sort Of Sun
day pitcher for the Yanks. He does
chores down around Long Branch. and
of conscience on the sub
that Wild Bill Donovan entrusts a whole
game to 81 Pieh. because
those are the games that Wild Bill Dono-
van dearly loves to win.
A Slow starter.
Like OF Doc Crandall when he was with
the Giants. 81 Pieh has no luck starting
II L.. a-;- l.
does not seem able to get himself cranked
up as a starter. At least. that has been
his trouble In the past. Maybe yester-
days game gave him the proper COM
bination.
or Roy Hartzell probably saved the
pa slime for 81 with a toss to the plate
that smothered a run. OF Roy is always
saving or winning baseball games In this
city AS steady as grandfather's clock
and as methodical as printing press
OF Roy goes his way playing the national
diversion right up to the collar. We
wouldn't give Roy Hartsell for yard
full of the average pastimers.
The rain held of until the closing In
nings but in the meantime the specta-
tors diverted by an electrical display
over the IL" tracks. The third rail was
giving of galvanic flares. and a great
deal Of noise. but no one ever discovered
the cause. as about that writing 81 Pieh
got the bases loaded up on himself.
There are strains of wildness in 81
Pieh's simple nature. and he got into
several unsavory messes. Neff secured
the first Hit of the game of him in the
second. and was expunged on an attempt
ed steal Then 81 Pieh went along until
the seventh without cutting up. In the
seventh, with one out, he passed Foster
and Howard Shanks. Score: