The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
BASE ON BALLS PAVE
WAY FOR JUNGALEERS
Eight Passes Issued by johnson Give
Tigers Gaihe. 4 to 8

The wrong way was the right way,
or at least 1t proved so for jennings
Jungaleers in the first game Of the
series with the Nationals at League
Park yesterday, when the Tigers won,
: to 8. Walter johnson was in-afid-
out, doing his end Of the ceremonies
one time the right way and the next
time the wrong way, while Umpires
Dfneen and Owens We're given a great
panning from the fans, for doing their
end Of the Job the right way and
It was sure an off-day for Bill Di-
neen. as he just could not call them
the right way, and when Bill insisted
on staying in this channel his COLI
league Brick Owens, Joined In the cho-
rus. Admitting that Johnson was
trlfie Wild. there has been no time in
has issued eight bases-on-balls, and
II was these free passes that were the
undoing OF the Nationals.
Ten Jungaleers whitfield the air, and
on only two occasions did Dineen call
the last strike. Only 2nce the II
they did not count IN the rum getting,
showing that the free transportations
paved the way for Jennings crew.
By Dineen being off-color he made
the going rather tough for the Coffey-
vile Cyclone, who has the reputa-
ltOu du ONcI ln6 1OT tlOt MIA
ing when the jumps miss. Walter was
in hot water all the time,, and pro-
tested more yesterday than at any
time since he has been in the big
show.
"Blg Bill stood for plenty of rag
chewing until the seventh inning, when
Grin believed he called one bad on
Sammy Rice, and let out real "In-
dian" yell. Dineen did the right cali
ing on this occasion by sending the
Foxy Pilot to the Showers
These decisions were not all against
the Nationals, as the Tigers were hav-
ing their troubles, too, but the So
termed breaks In the umpiring line
all broke against the home tribe, max
ing Ban B. Johnson's hired men look
a great deal worse than they were.
"Eanky Bill James had his troubles
with the Nationals for six innings
when the "Peppery Hughey" stopped
what looked to be a real run-making
rally by shooting Bernie Boland. Of
southpaw fame, against the Grill
men. Bernie got away bad In the
seventh, but after this session he was
the master. as 1t was one, two, three
for the Griffmen in the next two
BY ~the way of two bases-on-balls
and a hit batsn1an, the bases were
filed in the Tigers first, but no run
resulted, as johnson forced Heilman
to poD to Judge and Burns 10 WnHL
In the third two passes, sacrtfiee
hit and. a sacrifice fly netted the IT,
gers one run, while in the fifth pass
to YoLng, Cobb's single and stealS and
the hitting of Veach set the stage for
the Jungaleers. Walter cut loose a
wild pitch. chasing Young across the
pan, and Cobb tailed when Crawford.
batting for Heilman, sent long ny
The Tigers final run came in the
seventh, when Cobb was issued n base
on balls and stole second. Crawford
beat out an infield hit to Leonard, and
Cobb counted when Witt bingled to CEN
ter field. -..
The Nationals opened fire on James
in the first inning Foster hit to right
field but was thrown out stealing.
With two down, Milan hit to Cobb.
who allowed the pill to get away from
him and the Tennessee Flyer pulled
upr at the far corner. Rice followed
with a blow to right field, scoring
Milan. -. -.. -.
With one down In the third, Judge
hit to left field, but was forced out
by Foster Milan was passed and Rice
again came through with a clout, SCOT
ing Foster The final tally came In
the seventh when James issued john
son a base-on-baIls. Judge was also
passed, this time by Boland, but john
son was thrown out sliding into third
base on an unexecuted hit-and-run
play. Foster flew out, but Milan and
Rice followed with safe clouts, push
ing Judge across with the counter.
The score: