Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-20
WILLIAMS DRIVES
GIVE LOCALS GAME
Substitute First BaSeman
Yields His Bat With Tell
ing Effect.
RED SOX PLAY POORLY,
MAKING SIX MISPLAYS
johnson Allows Six Hits, But
Should Not Have Been
Scored On.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Alva Williams played most import
ant part in the Nationals victory over
the Boston Red Sox yesterday in that
he was directly responsible for every
one of the runs the Nationals scored
four in number-and as this was just
two more than the visitors obtained
Williams really won the ball game.
To begin with he contributed three of
the Nationals six hits. and one Of these
was a triple, which came with two on
the bases and two out in the eighth.
giving the Nationals the lead by which
they won
Prior to this he had hit safely to lead
off the second, which hit did not net
| anything in the way Of runs. but his
second single came in tho sixth and
| tied the score. Aside from this VIII
liams covered first base.
For five innings it looked very much
as If the Red SoX were on a fair way
To make It two straight from the To-
calls. They had scored couple OF
fuky runs at Johnson's expense. while
| a Young man named Mays was holding
the local batters in the grip OF his
hand.
hard run around the bases and hard
| Jolt at the plate. from which he weak
ened In the sixth. when the Nationals
tied the score. and he retired In favor
| of Collins Though the other two runs
were scored while Collins was pitch
| ing, it was not his fault. The way for
these runs in the eighth were paved by
three consecutive infield errors. fast
| double play with the bases full and
none out which followed seemed to
have lifted Collins out OF the mole
again, but along came Williams with
that triple base wallop and the Ma
tionals were placed in the lead.
Johnson pitched good game Of ball.
| and with any sort OF luck would no
doubt have scored shut-out The Red
! Sox scored in the first because john
son made mistake on grounder
Johnson's Error Costly.
Hooper opened with a double on a
grounder right over first base. Wag-
ner hunted to sacrifice. and johnson
booted the ball. Speaker hit long fly
to Milan, which allowed Hooper to
score Lewis sharp grounder to Eos
ter resulted in a double play.
The Nationals started off fairly we'll
| too but could not score. Moeller MI
! safely, but Foster was out at first
| Milan forced Moeller on his tap te
Janvrin.
with hit, and Morgan was safe wher
| Hoblitzell dropped Janvrin's throw
But two force-outs at third followed
and Mcbride was out at first Ihere
was little doing thereafter until the
fifth, when the Sox scored their second
| run Janvrin was safe when Mcbride $
! throw pulled Williams off the bag
Thomas popped up, and then JanVrln
| was out stealing. Mays hit safely. and
! Hooper came through with high NY
that seemed to be foul by ten feet. But
Shanks set sail for it, and the wind
carried it back on fair territory and II
| fell safe. Mays scoring In doing Sc
| he hurt his ankle, but he samely
pitched the next inning.
! Here is what happened in that round
! After Moeller had flied out Foster sot
| a life on Wagner's tumble. Milan hit
! safely to left, and Lewis fumbled. Eos
| ter taking third and Milan second
| williams came through with screech-
| ing single to right. scoring both run
| nerS.
The game was won in the eighth
| Johnson got on when Scott fumbled his
grounder. Acosta hunted, and JaAVrih
! toss was dropped by HobitzeN Jan
win then fumbled Fosters grounder
/ and the bases were full Milan. how
| ever hit to Collins. who threw to the
| plate in time to force Johnson. and
( l,arrigan in turn got the ball away &c
| first in time to double up Milan.
J Things looked gloomy about this
time but Williams came through with
/ a three-base hit to left center scoring
! the two runs that formed the margin
nv which the Nationals scored then
| victory The score: