The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
To-day's Schedule.
St Louis In Chicago.
Detroit In Cleveland.

The New York Americans played
smashing good game against the Wash
ingtons yesterday and shut them out.
to q. Walter johnson pitched for the
Nationals. but that didn't worry the
Yankees any. They hit johnson freely
and the washingtons couldn't damage
the cogent filings OF Ray Caldwell often
enough or hard enough to make a run.
Caldwell outpitched johnson by a wide
margin and in a positive way which
made II not so much an of day for john
son as an on day for Caldwell.
Probably those are off days in John
sons lustrous career on which lie is
jostlcd for eleven base hits. but the
pitching of Caldwell was supereNctllent
and would have required Johnson's best
TO equal IL. Johnson. they say, is going
in for more hooks now and less smoke.
but any widened scope he may have
opposed to the Yankees didn't increase
thu burden of hitting him. On the con-
trary he was literally raped There
was a blowout in his support here and
there, but there were enough clean hits
to beat him and the hits were cner-
geticslly punched
ON two occasions Caldwelrs support
sagged and allowed tho first batter up tn
reach first. on. of these was at the be-
ginning Of the game. the other when the
Yankees had "A two run lead. Therefore
each was at a time when the error might
| have made costly difference. But
[ then. as at all other times. Caldwell
pitched away unconcernchly and
B methodically with his long free swing
/ ing delivery and perpleXing curve. He
/ had "A good curve and pace so manip-
! ulatCd as to he hard to judge,
/ Boone mlshandled groundcr on
/ Acosta in the first inning. but sharp
| splash from Foster was smartly handled
by Maisel and double play clicked
/ off The next man to attain first ON
Caldwell was Ansmith in the third in
+ ming. He led of with "A walk. Me
Bride sacrificed. Johnson famed, Acosta
flied and Aiusmith went only half way.
Tho New Works had Il morr adven-
turous time In their part OF IN" third.
Boone singled, sweeney sacrificed. Cald-
well singl 4. Caldwell hit To left and
the eNultant Yell OF tho fans stopped
short when Rondeau's fauitless throw TO
the plate nailed Boom" BOSS Donovan
coached Boone TO his destruction. There
wa only one out at the time
The attacking career of the Washing
tons had little release rom the prOsaic.
Milan cut single Off Caldwelrs finger
tips in the fourth inning, but the in
f dignant Slim punished him by catching
him mapping He drove Milan back =
the base with one throw, and with a
quick repeat throw got him.
Cree started New Norks homeward
march. He hit to right in the fourth,
Pipp grounded to the right Of second
NJ, Ryan had To come M with the ball
fast to make any kind of a play and
couldn't get hold. cook made tho sec
~, L. 1
inpaugh stabbed safely to centre
Mian's throw in was too late to &c,
cree and moreover, II got away from
Ainsmth Thereupon Iipp hustled for
the plate lie would have been out had
Ainsmith made "A good return to the
plate, with Johnson covering, but mis-
toss was aImless. SO Inaccurate that |.
was with difficulty that Peck restrained
himself al third.
Shutting out mon who had reached
first base was speciality of The New
YorlIs There was Acosta in the first
who was doubled Milan in the fourth
who was caught mapping Rondeau IN
the nth. who got to second on an error
and an out and was touched on The
line by Nasel when Mcbride grounded
Milan in the seventh, who walked and
was forced by Gandil. Maisel ohciatei
in the taking off OF three of these pill
grims.
Hartzcll. the leading New Yorl, icon ,.
clast-he hit his distinguished opponent
for three sincles-walopcd to centre IL
the sixth. Pipp then inserted another
useful blow. lie burned two Dagger
past Gandil sending Hartzell to third
Cook trundled to Morgan and Hartzel
beat the throw to the plate. Peck due
into the turtles back with a hit which
bounced high The ball came down tC
johnson. but Gandil was so absorbed II