The Washington herald., 1917-06-10
Wild HEAVES help
SOx CAPTURE FINAL
Base on Balls Along with Timely
Clouts Gives Chicago Game.

Someone wished an abbreviated
March wind on the Florida Avenue
Stadium yesterday afternoon, when
the Nationals and the White Sox
staged the final game Of the series,
which. resulted in the large gather
go-as-you-please sort Of q game.
OF course the Sox won, to 4, and
since they won, the blame for the
wildness OF the many hurlers who
decorated the mound during the day
can only be laid at the door of
mattered not who was chosen to do
the duties. the atmosphere around the
box forced them to cut loose wild
heaves and Issue base-on-balls.
Hackensack Harry of Harper junk
company fame started the mound
work for the Nationals. but one-third
Of an inning was enough for the Old
Fox, as Harry managed to make Buck
Weaver pop out but j. Collins and
Z. Collins were placed on the sta
tIon by the free transportation route.
Bert Gallia followed the Hackensack
metal agent and Immediately fiiled
the bases with pass. Felsch then
put the Sox' first tally across with
a long fly to Shanks, but Gandil
hit into a force play, ending their
"Death Valley" Jim Scott got away
to q bad start for the. White-hosed
tribe and one inning was enough for
the big hurler. Judge and Milan hit
and Foster was passed and by the
way Of adding a little to the wild
ness Of the day, this Death Valley
finger cracked Joe Leonard in the
ribs with one Of his fast ones.
Even with the one-run lead gathered
by the Nationals, Bert Gallia was not
able to Withstand the wild and woody
atmosphere that Jeems O'Day had
wished on the hurling mound, as he
RULED q record stunt in miscues by
cutting loose four wild heaves in this
session that paved the way for Row
lands league leaders to gather in
two more tallies.
Two hits and a sacrifice added an
other to the Windy City mines total
in the next frame, while Risberg,
who Is considered weak member
with the stick. placed himself in the
sluggers' class by clouting out a cir
-cuit smash over Milan's head in the
next inning for the Sox' final counter
This same wildness that was so
prominent with the flinging of the
local hurlers in the early going sprang
to life on Relief Pitcher David Dam
forth in the Nationals fourth, when
a base on balls to Leonard paved
the way for the Nationals tally. Aim
smith followed Joe with an infield
bingle and Gallia looked over four
wide ones. filling the bases. At this
stage of the game the Old Fox sent
Joe Judge to the showers and sub
stituted Eddie Charity. who immedi-
ately contributed a base wallop that
scored Leonard, but the run-getting
was ended when Foster and Milan
popped out.
Danforth finished out the route for
the Sox, but he made possible plenty
of chances for the Nationals to score
by issuing seven bases on balls dur
ing his stay in the center of the dia-
mond, while Bert Gallia added another
wild heaHe to his record in the NTH
inning when he passed E. Collins
and hit the wire netting on the grand
stand with the first ball pitched to
jackson.
This March atmosphere that Jeems
ODay had wished on the ffring-line
players came within an ace of al
lowing the Nationals to even the
count in the ninth when Shanks hit
with one down and moved a peg
when Leonard drew his fourth base
on balls of the day. Ainsmith crash
ed to left field and Shanks Tailed,
but Walter johnson, who was sent
in to pinch hit for Mcbride, grounded
to Weaver. who touched third and
doubled the smoke ball king at the
first corner. The score: