The Washington herald., 1917-07-20
Walters S Wildness Is Costly
Nationals Fail to Solve
Sothoron S Slabbing.

81. Louis. July 1s.-The strain Of
pitching In an eleven inning tussle
Tuesday and returning to the mound
today was too much for Walter
Johnson Mighty as he has been,
mighty as he Is, Walter could not
zip his fast ball into Eddie Ainsmith's =
glove with the usual speed and he
had to bow to the tail-end Browns,
TO q
With double headers and a. short
'hinging stan. the Nationals have
been forced to call upon johnson for
more than his regular turn. Facing
the cellar, although in sixth place,
Walt was asked to fool the Browns.
He operated upon the hill for eight
frames. was raped for eight drives.
issued two passes and handed over
a wild pitch-which is not the stride
for Johnson when he is in form.
The Browns opened with two runs
on johnson on three hits and a pass,
came back with one score in the
fourth and another in the seventh.
While this was going on, Allan
Sothoron. graduate OF the Portland
Pacifc Coast League) club. was dish
ing out ciphers. 1t was a single here
and a pass there, but not with pros
poets of a rally against the young
pitcher.
When the books for the seventh
round closed, the Nationals had but
three hits, with no one to third base
and Sothoron had a 40 lead. He
flddled around in the last two frames
and gave 4 run for each. but the
Nationals tcould not come through
with the bunch to catch the game
and save & from the defeat column.
For instance, Judge opened the
eighth with a double, but Shanks lined
to Jacobson. Clyde Milan. who had
a line single to center in the sixth.
couldn't repeat his drive and was
thrown out by MCGEE. Judge NOV
ing over to third. A single to left by
Rice scored the run and with Nick
Altrock coaching for a rally the in
ming closed when Lee Magee tossed
out Foster.
One came in the ninth and without
a hit because Sothoron, after Me-
nosky popped to Magee, became care
less. Four wide ones put Leonard on
first He went to second on a wild
pitch. Ainsmith couldn't find the
splitter and famed.
Johnson had a double in the third
and this time he rolled to Lavan. A
low throw, which hoped away from
Sisler, put Walt on first and Leonard
crossed the plate. A homer by Judge
would have tied the score, but foul
to SEVERED closed the game.
Forter singled in the second with
one out and stole the middle bag.
Menoskey famed and Leonard rolled
to Nagee. johnson doubled to left in
the third with one down. Judge fouled
to SEVERED. Shanks strolled. Milan's
brounder to Sisler was tossed to
Sothoron for the out at first. Leonard
opened the fifth with a pass. Ain
smith lifted to ShottOn, Johnson to
jacobson and Judge to Magee.
The Browns started on Walter In
the opening inning. Shotton walked.
Austin sacrificed. Sloan singled to
center, Shotton scoring. Sisler singled
to right. A wild pitch advanced the
runners-something unusual for Walt
TO heave a wide one. SEVERED singled
through Leonard, Sloan scoring.
Sisler also tried to count but Joe
recovered and tossed to Ainsmith who
tagged SisIer. In the fourth, Sisler
tripled past Milan and crossed the
rubber on Jacobson's sacrifice fly to
rice. In the seventh Jacobson hunted
safely, Sothoron singled to center, and
Shotton repeated, sending Jacobson
Hama Tho ScOra.