The Washington herald., 1917-05-20
Nationals Timely Hitting
Wins Fifth Straight Game
St. Louis cIubmen Get Ten
Hits Off Johnson, Count
ing Five Runs.
d. IoHN A. nrGAN.


St Louis. Mo-. May 1S.-A fighting ball
club that puts over the old punch in the
pinch is hard one to beat and Fielder
Jones and his Brown-legged tribe, from
this Mound city realized this fact to-
night as the Nationals came from behind
and trimmed st. Louis this afternoon in
the second game OF the series. to 6.
trio OF aee-high hring-line Fingers
went down on this occasion. Nile a
down-trodden, earnest worker at laAt has
succeeded in turning in his first victory.
From the way these Brownies jumped
on the smoke that Walter johnson was
serving up. one would think that he
was looking at a world championship
club, but the foxy plot Of the Ma
tionals figured correctly or just how long
TO leave the mighty speed hurIer on the
mound which accounts for the Nationals
finally being on the long end Of the
count as Johnson proved no puzzle to
the Jonesmen today. Ten safe blows for
five runs was the lambbasting Walter
received. while two Brownie fingers will
long remember the hitting ability that
the Nationals showed here today.
Davy Davenport started against the
great speed artist, but Davy was forced
out under fire in the sixth when the
Nationals evened the count and the Phe-
nominal Dixie" Sothoron placed in the
shooting pit In order to be fair to this
Dixie" youngster, who has turned In
six straight victories, II must be said
that he appears to have everything that
goes with a good spit ball hurler. but
the Nationals just had on their clouting
clothes and were not to be denied as
SOthOron was touched for eight bingles
and a quartet OF tallies during his three
and two-thirds innings that he faced the
Capital City cian
Dr. Wyatt Yancy Ayres is credited
with the victory for the Nationals. which
is the first one that he has hung up this
season toward that extra bonus contract
which he holds. Ayers took up the bur-
den in the sixth and set the Browns down
In one. two. three order until the ninth
when he let up a trihe and three clouts
were obtained on him, Miller's smash
going into the right field bleachers for
a circuit cloUt.
Ray Morgan. the watch-charm second
sacker, who has been clouting the old
Pill for fare-the-wel on this Western
like. put through the punch today that
once more pat the Nationals on even
terms. while Clyde Milan, Elmer Smith
and Eddie Ainsmith settled all questions
on Sohoron's ability to fool the Nationals
by busting the horsehide for the over
margin Of runs scored by the Griffmen.
Three hits and Milan's boot gave the
Browns flying start in the opening in
ming but the Nationals evened the count
In the second. when Rice hit and Morgan
was passed and Ainsmith smashed one
down the third base line for two bases.
LAVan's single, Shotton's double, cou-
pied with Austin's hit and Rice's error
gave the Browns a two-run lead in their
hah OF the second. while Jacobson's
three-base clout and Cranes rniscue on
Severeid's grounder added one more TO
their total In the fifth.
Davenport heard the echoes It the
shower in the Nationals sixth W. en- the
score was tied. Foster and Milan started
with base blows and Rice pushed both
runners scross the counting block by
policing one to left center. Smith ad-
Vanced Rice. and Morgan tailed with a
clean clout to right field.
After Ainsmith met one on the nose
Fielder Jones rushed in his great Dixie
Sothoron, who stopped the slaughter for
the time being. but in the next session
the Nationals went to work on him and
two tallies counted of four hits
Judge and Foster singled and ad-
vanced when Austin threw bad to John
son. Milan crashed to center field and
both runs tailed with no one down.
Ainsmith kept up his good work in the
seventh by leading on with a two-base
blow and scored on the squeeze play
when Ayers landed down a neat bunt
In front of the plate
The final National tally came in the
ninth. when Milan singled and scored on
Smiths triple to the center held
bleeChers.
Miller was sent in to bat for Sothoron
In the Brownies final half and clouted
out a home run, while Shotton and
Austin followed with hits, but Ayers
never seemed worried as he set Sisler
and the slugging Jacobson down in an
easy fashion. The score: