The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
Smokeball Johnson Proves
Too Much for League Leaders
Speed Demon Gets Sweet Re-
venge by Holding Pacemak-
ers Safe Before Big Crowd.
MILAN HITS In PINCH
BY ERNEST ]. DANIGAN,

Baseball Expert Of the Cleveland Leader.
Cleveland, Ohio, May I.-On again,
gone again. lost again.
Cleveland's Indians. playing before
reCord-breaking crowd, dropped their first
Sunday game Of the year today, Walter
Johnson leading the Nationals to a 4-to-O
win over the paCe-setters and cutting
down their margin to half a contest
The decision was in doubt up to the
ninth. and then Johnson started to set
tie 1t in his clubs favor by shifting a
mighty double to left. He scored later
when Clyde Milan pushed a single
through the drawn-in infeld.
Bagby, for the first time in weeks.
proved a nOnrescuer. He pitched only
Dne inning. and the Nationals got to him
for the two hits and the one run hereto
fore mentioned
The Indians. in an effort to maintain
their Sunday percentage of 1000, made
one Of their noted eighth-inning rallies
and gathered three runs off the best
pitcher in the American League, Terry
Turner, who was a fielding hero as well
as a timely hitter. driving in CIeveland's
last pair Of markers. The Dunnmen's
pioneer counter was hammered home by
Bob Roth, who was doing a pinch-hitting
trick for Coveleskie
In Pitching Duel.
Stanley and Walter had a tight pitch
ing battle for seven spasms, Washing
toms first run being due to the over
eagerness OF Bill Wamby to start a
double play. Ivan Howard also was
overambitious in the ninth. However
the tribe got into the game and the scor-
Ing column through a blunder by Nor
gan and Washington. with all the errors,
probably would have won anyway.
The way the Indians tied it up in the
eighth was this: Howard was hit Wam-
grounder, Roth doubled. Graney famed.
Turner singled and Speaker was thrown
but, Judge TO Johnson.
The Nationals could not drive the ball
put Of the infield when they renewed ac-
quaintance with the cursedly cool Cova-
leshie. Turner made a wonderful stop on
his infield rival, else the sphere would
passed through the opener safely and
Easily.
COyaIeskie Fans Two.
Henri Rondeau, the Frenchnan from
Erishman Joe Cantnlon's Minneapolis
club. walked, leading the second, and
Judge tried the hit and run with him.
Joe put up a tall fly. which Wamby in
hailed. Shanks singled. and Coveleskie
,anned the next pair. Johnson duplicated
his work of the kickoff period.
Just as IN the second Coveleskie walked
the first man in the third This man 6as
Walter Johnson. Like Henri Rondeau,
be never passed beyond the halfway bag
After beating Coveleskie's throw of
AOrgans bunt there. Stanley the smil-
ing, worked himself out of this hole by
tanning Foster, by making Milan foul
10 O'Neill, and making Rondeau ground
10 Turner.
Again nothing doing for the Indians.
With two out in the fourth, Ainsmith
singled on Turner's glove, whereupon
COveleskie picked Cambridge Eddie OF
first. Ed couldn't return and he didn't
get to second. In their fourth attempt
1t johnson, the result was the same-nO
result at all
There was wild cOmmOtiOn in the fifth,
but no runs. Cleveland alone threatened
the plate. After having retired twelve
men in a row, Walter Perry slipped up
Dn batter. No. 13 He was Elmer John
Smith. and he set the bugs wild by
hammering a double to right. Gandil,
trying to sacrifice, did even better, lay
ing down an Unneldable bunt. Howard
then unfortunately lined to Mcbride, who
doubled Elmer John off third.
Washington should not have scored in
The sixth. but she did. Foster retired,
Milan trudged and would have been
doubled up with Rondeau on Henris
grOunder to Bill Wamby, and the one-eye
eaguer in his eageTness, blundered. Judge
sent Milan home with an electric double
against the right field screen. Speaker
saved another run by a stirring catch
IN Shanks. his throw home being so
perfect Rondeau made no effort to leave
third
WASHINGTON picked two more in the
Eighth on doubles by Judge. Shanks and
Ainsmith. The thrilling accomplished
thereafter by bottle clus has been told