The Washington herald., 1915-09-09
Speed King Gets Better Of
Il to O Verdict Over
Bob Shawkey.
MOELLER IN EVIDENCE
Danny's Speed Helps Put Over Only
Run of the Game-Walter
Whifs Ten.
Special TO The Washington Herald.


New York. Sept. S.-There is something
in name; whole lot in such a name as
Walter johnson. The name and the
pitcher beat our Yanks out of one OF the
Ibest-played games of the season at the
Polo Grounds-beat them in as close a
shade as can be drawn. The score was
II to O.
| To say that Bob Shawkey outpitched
the Idaho speed king would not be exact
| ly the truth. though not far from II.
either. You cannot go behind results.
Washington got run off Shawkey New
. York couldn't get Il score from Johnson
| Yet Sha awkey held the Nationals to five
hits. while tho Yankees plucked an even
half zen for themselves. New York
spilled these blows in punches OF two.
and arranged more tick!ish situations for
Walter the Great than Bob Shawkey had
! to face.
The ultimate result hung on the driv-
ing power of the respective contestants
rather than on the pitching skill of the
boxman. for the latter was as close to
perfection as could we'll be imagined
Washington would never have beaten
Shawkey if his cast could have afforded
one run. This run. with any sort of
| luck, might have been forthcoming on
more than one occasion. The minimum
score represented better the breaks of
| the game rather than a difference of
pitching or team power
Beaten in First Inning.
| Though Bob Shawkey pitched one Of
the best games of his career. he was
beaten in the first inning That is when
| Washington scored the only run Krueg-
er. a new catcher. had two chances to
block off this tally. First Of all Moeller,
| who scratched n bit to start the game
| stole on the young backstop. Moeller
raced in from third on Milan's fly to Mil
| Ter. The throw pas pretty. but Kruger
did not handle it as cleanly as a veteran
might.
| Old Doc Cook closed the bars to the
only chance Washington had after this,
when he caught Gandil trying to stretch
4 single. This play resulted in a brief
bout of fisticuffs between Gandil and
Boone. Gandil apparently got funny
with his legs when he found Boone had
blocked him off the midway and Lutte
made a pass in rebuttal The would
be belligerents were separated before
either party's honor was offended Mayer
followed with a single and Williams
walked so that the value of Gandil's
out can be easily appreciated
Moeller walked at the beginning of
the third. Fosters out by way of the
box advanced the runner, but Milan and
Shanks fouled to Kruger and Pipp
respectively. Moelier singled and stole
in the fifth. but two were already out.
Foster popped to Peckinpaugh Shanks
singled with only one gone in the sixth
to be doubled when Gandil grounded to
Boone. The only other National to see
first was Foster. He walked with two
out in the eighth. Hugh High crossed
toward center for a brilliant catch of
Milan's hard-hit liner that looked good
for extra bases at first
johnson Looked Great.
Johnson hasn't gone back very far in
spite of the wailing of the professional
mourners who would willingly provide
a shroud for the corpse. He did not
use his smoke ball as often as he used
to. but he has been around the big
SHOW long enough to appreciate the folly
OF oVerstralning such a valuable asset
as a good pitching arm. Whenever he
was threatened to be cornered johnson
had about as much speed as has been
seen on the Polo Grounds this season.
He had but to whiz past a batter to
get his number. Nobody crowded the
plate on him in the pinch.
johnson struck out ten men. Twice he
tanned Hughie High in the pinches. and
hugh is as game as they come and about
as good a judge of ball He got Hugh
hrst in the fourth inning. Peck, who
singled with one out was forced by
Baumann. Pipp then cracked d, double
down the risht-field line, on which a
faster man than Paddy might have
scored. Paddy wisely played safety first.
That left it up to High and he failed.
Pipp had just walked with one out in
the seventh when Hugh famed for the
second time. Pipp then was caught
stealing. Not a great deal of nourish- |
ment in those innings.
Ynnks Threaten Trouble.
But in the last two rounds the Yankees
crowded so much action into their attack
that johnson was lucky to save the hair
line verdict. In the eighth Caldwell |
batted for Miller. He bounced a mean
hopper past johnson that Mcbride Just |
barely got with his finger tips The play
on Caldwell at first was so close Dfneen |
might have given 1t either way He gave
it out. Hartzell. for Boone. singled and |
stole. Kruger struck out. Shawkey sin
gled. but Mcbride made n fine stop be-
hind the base and Hartzell was lucky
to get back safely to third after he over
ran the bag. Cook forced Shawkey.
In the ninth Peckinpaugh watched the
third strike whiz past. Baumann then
singled to right and Pipp singled to left.
Baumann took third when High forced
Pipp. Hugh put the winning run on sec
ond with a pilfer. but Birdie Cree. who
had been injected into the game. was
Just bit too gun shy after he mfssedll
4 healthy wallop at one of Walters fast
est. The score:t II