The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Boston Gathers Four Hard
Clouts Off the Smoke Ball"
King and Beats Nationals.
PINCH HITTERS FAIL
By WILLIAM PEET.

Boston, Mass, May 4.-After a be.
lated start. the Nationals and Red Sox
| today finally managed to get together
and while the thermometer was filr,.
| brigade fiirted with Walter John.
sons shoots for enough timely hit:
! to put over two runs all that was
scored by either side.
Ahbis we have nix. Washington
| rumpled up George Fosters offer.
ings for a half-doZen hits. The Red
SoX reached Johnson four times, but
; half of the home teams wallops in
cluded triples and the clouts bobbed
up when most needed.
Frigid weather kept the players on
the jump. The game itself was
played in remarkably short time
one hour and twenty-six minutes, to
be exact. This was the real feature
from the standpoint of the scorers
in the press box
Double plays by the Red Sox hosts
in the first. second and fourth chap
ters raised havoc with the business
like plans of Clark Griffith, ct al.
Chick Gandil sort O. came back into
his own today with a double and pair
of singles. grabbing off just half the
hits credited to the Nationals.
Pinch-hitters Fail.
Griff tried to start something in
the eighth with a pinch hitter, but
there was nothing doing. In the
ninth with one down, Milan and Gan
dill singled in turn. but Foster was
too much for the following batsmen.
With the exception of a tumble by
Milan in the Red SoX seventh, which did
no damage, the Nationals played f1awless
ball afeld. Boston contributed two er-
rors.
1t was unfortunate that extra base
slams off Walter Johnson should have
resulted disastrously for the Nationals
Walter pitched great ball throughout and
was frequently appla uded by the crowd
for his fine work.
The game opened auspicously for the
Griffmen. Moeller reaching first on
Scott's tumble. Foster singled to left
putting Moeller on third. Milan hit into
double play. and then Gandil flied to
Hooper.
One was down in the Nationals half
of the second when Morgan singled to
center. Ainsmith's Grounder to McNally
resulted in another two-ply killer, much
to the disgust of the Old Fox.
In Washington's third Mcbride, who
had walked and was advanced by John
sons sacrifice. never saw the plate. as
Foster frightened up and retired the side.
anOtner Cndnce tossed into tne discard
pile.
Gandirs single in Washington's fourth
was also wasted for he was put on second
by Rondeaus sacrifice but when Nor
gans line drive rested in Speakers hands
Chick was caught before he could scram-
BILE back to the keystone bag for the
third double play executed by Carrigan's
gang.
GandI Makes Double.
In the seventh. Gandil smashed the ball
over Speakers head for double but in
attempting a sacrifice Rondeau popped
up to Foster and Morgan was thrown
cut at first by the pitcher. Rippy Will
Ii2ms sent in as a pinch hitter was easy
picking. Wagner to Hoblitzel for the
final out With Foster out of the way
in Washington's ninth. Milan and Gandil
both singled but Rondeau popped to
Thomas and the game was over when
Mor.an's grounder to Scott forced Gandil
at second.
Boston managed to put over a run in
he first inning johnson walked Hooper
for starter and Speakers triple did
the rest
Lewis smashed to deep right center
for hreebagser in the Red Sox sew
nth and crossed the plate on Hoblit-
gers single through the box
Griffith sent up Charley Pick to hit
'Cr Mcbride in the Nationals eighth but
Pick died on little tap in front of the
slate. Neff PLAYED short-stop during the
inal half of this inning
The score:
" WASHINGTON ARR HRR SR SH SO rOk r