The Washington herald., 1916-08-10
Browns Beat Walter Johnson;
Speed King" Batted Hard
St. Louis Complies Enough Runs in First Inning
to Insure Verdict Triple Play Kills the
Nationals Chances-Score 4 4tOI
By SID c. KEEN Err,

he washingtOn Herald's St. Louis Correspondents
ST. Louis, Mo, Aug. 9.-The donation
from Griffith and his seventh-plaCe Ma
tionals for the benefit of the st. Louis
Society for the Relief and Prevention OF
tuberculosis. was today's ball game. This
was a benefit event which has been fea-
tured by the natives for weeks and weeks.
and st. Louis responded with a mob of
10000 The attendance, while not official
is fair estimate. Every seat barring
few in the bleachers was. taken, and al
though the pastime did not start until
o'clock, the park was half filled two
hours before the bell. The pass gate was
ignored. everybody paid and there were
5000 prizes for the fans who purchased
score cards, peanuts, soda, pop corn and
candy.
Prize number one, was an auto. each ar
ticle purchased contained a number and
the lottery process selected the winners.
Gets Piano for Two Bits.
One fan for a 25-cent score sheet was
awarded a $500 player piano But the
Nationals were not so fortunate-nOt
bit. They fell a victim to a vicious at
tack upon the mighty Walter johnson and
when the box score was compiled the
Browns owned a to l vicory. Yes, st.
Louis hears the pennant bee buzzing-the
first one since Charley Comiskey won the
American Association flag in 1888.
With the Red Sox tanning the White
SoN, and taking first place in this siz-
zling flag race. the Browns are hve and
a half games away from the lead. On
July . they were thirteen games out Of
first place.
There's only one way u explain this
rush of the Browns. They are playing to-
gether like a well-Oiled machine. They
have built a defense around their pitch
ing that is marvellous and they are
~ tE,o,g,
For instance. they brought in three earn
ed runs of Walter on four hits, while
Grir had but one run on seven hits
There's the difference, and there was one
slip by the Nationals that cost them this
game. 1t came when they were attack
ing the enemy, and threatened to pass
a 3-tO-1 handicap. Here's what happened
Morgan singled to left, and Rice put one
through Wallace. A tumble by Pratt put
Shanks and filled the sacks with no
one down.
Browns Were Shaky
The Browns were trembling a the
lnees-they were getting white around
'.e eyes. Then Charity bounced one
that was going over third, but Wallace
made a stop. just like he did back in
1895 for Cleveland. He stopped the ball,
turned around. pegged to SEVERED s
glove and Morgan was out at the plate.
'ircd Charity. Rice turning third. stray
ID of the bag. Sisler saw it and quick
- a flash tossed to Wallace. and Rice
vas the third out in a triple play. Tha t
finished the attack Of the Nationals.
Icy were through. not a hit in the last
three innings off Davenport. They
C~UIdn't put en- an open field
Tho Browns surprised everybody with
tH':r rush which started when they saw
Walters fast ball for the first time S~ot-
: VI lined between Milan and Rice for
r1uble. and reached third when Miller
"st out roller in back of johnson.
Walt nut on speed for Sisler and had
Two strikes when Sisler hit against the
LEFT field fence for a double, Shotton
md Miller scoring. Pratt tried to sacri-
. CO. he hit two fouls and followed with
rHC against the left field boards, SisIer
.@gi~terInS. Marsans was thrown out by
rNinsmith. SEVERED popped to Mcbride
md BOrtou popped to Mcbride
When the Nationals looked dangerous in
tine Third, Jones switched his defense
Mcbride singled. Johnson sacrificed, Mi
Ian singled and a single by Foster scored
Mcbride then Jones benched Hamilton and
sent Davenport to the hill. Sisler went
back TO first with Wallace 10 third Nor
San was tossed out by Lavan and Pratt to
SiSler retired Rice.
The Browns counted their last run in
the sixth. Sisler singled and went to
third on a passed ball. and wide throw by
Ainsmith. Pratt scored the run with
single. Score:
Rice counted his fourth assis+ in +ba