The Washington herald., 1917-08-23

st. Louis, Mo-. Aug. 22-Drawing
an even break with the Nationals to-
day the Browns caused the sixth
placers to lose their first series in q
month. as it gave Fielder Jones two
out Of the three, and the Grinites
moved on to Chicago tonight A con-
trast they looked like champions in
the first and II was a 2-1 conquest
Then they turned around booted, made
wild throws. gave five runs in the
first round and were thumped "a. With
A 20 defeat for the Yankees the Ma
tionals would have gained a tie for
nth place. but now they're one full
lap behind.
Another lap was added to Walter
Johnson's winning streak In getting
the first victory over the Browns. al
though Walter pitched to only four
teen batters. The run scored by the
Nationals in the eighth. which proved
to be the winner. however. simply
prevented an extra inning battle. as
Walter was far too much for the
Brownies.
He went to the mound in the sixth,
when il looked as II Harry Harper
would slip. The southpaw gave only
one hit in four rounds. but in the
NTH SEVERED opened with a line sim
gle to left and Jacobson hit the right
field fence for a double, SEVERED scor-
ing, when Henry failed to touch
Severed sliding across the plate.
Opening the sixth. Harper issued
four wide ones to Magee and Sisler
drew two balls without a strike.
Then came the change and the ireball
king was the master. Sisler swung at
the first one and lifted a pop to
Shanks. Pratt rolled to Foster and
with Magee on second Rookie Smith
didn't get a foul in three innings.
It was cne-two-three in the seventh
and in front 2-1 in the eighth a base
hit would have tied Johnson, when
Sloan, up for Groom, was cracked on
the knee, with two strikes and no
balls. Shotton sacrificed. Then Wal
ter put on steam and famed Magee.
Sisler pushed a slow roller to Shanks
and beat the throw to first, sending
Sloan over to third base. Pratt.
though, was easy on a pop to Me-
uoskGy. and in the ninth Rumler fan
ned. SEVERED lined to Menoskey and
Jacobson famed.
The Nationals converted two of the
three passes from Groom into runs.
Foster opened the second with a walk
and went to second on Morgan's roller
TO Sisler. Charity singled to left,
scoring Foster.
With the score tied. the two teams
played nip and tuck up to the eighth.
with Groom improving. In the fourth.
fifth, sixth and seventh the Nationals
drew but one hit. Menoskey opened
the eighth with pass and Shanks put
down a sacrifice. Milan, with three
hits. was turned back on a roller to
Pratt. Rice came through with a
timely pop single in back of Layan
and Menoskey carried the winning
run across the plate.
Although johnson was far from
being winded. Griff decided to put
the second tilt up to Du Mont Griff
was convinced early that he made a
mistake and with the Nationals get
ting one on Davenport in the first.
At that they should have put CT a
rally themselves, as big Dave was
raped for two hits, two passes and
. two stolen bases, and this produced
a single score.
The slip came when Morgan famed
with a full house and one down,
Menoskey opened with a pass and ar
rived at second with a steal Shanks
was thrown out by Lavan, putting
Menoskey on third and Clyde Milan
scored Msnoskey with an in1eld
single. On the hit and run Rice
singled to center, sending Clyde to
third. Rice stole second and Foster
stroued, packing the pillows
Three on. one down. three wide
curves fooled Morgan. and the inning