The Washington herald., 1917-09-04
NATIONALS LOSE TWO
GAMES To ATHLETICS
Gallia Is Pounded in First Contest
and Johnson Laced in Nightcap.

Philadelphia. Sept. Before 49,
900 fans. the largest crowd OF the
season, the Athietics twice de-
featsd Washington today. Scores.
Z to and 3 to ?.
In the first game the Athletics
knocked Gallia out OF the box in
the second inning and hit Shaw
hard in the fifth. Joe Bush. whose
suspension was lifted by Mack.
started for the Athletics. but was
relieved by SchaueT in the fourth
inning and Washington could not
score after that.
The second game was a battle
Of Johnsons. in which Jing. of the
Athletics, outshone the mighty
Walter. BY scoring six runs on
hits in the third the Mackmen
drove W. Johnson out of the
game. Gallia took his place. An
error in the ninth deprived Jing
of a shut-out.
Bush and Gallia were the pion-
eer curving adversaries of the in
troductory combat.
Mack's forces took an early
lead A pass to Bodie came after
Growers single. Strunk whipped
safety to right and Grover
scored. The lead put on flesh in
the second inning. Witt singled
to first and Dugan pushed him
ahead on his sacrifice.
Bush lost control in the third. and
the Capital chaps knotted the score.
Henry walked and so did Leonard.
who held Gallia's bat. Menosky sent
a buntsky to thirdsky, and was out.
Tho sacrifice promoted the pair. Both
trickled home on Shanks' single.
Shanks stole while Bush was employed
in whiting Milan. Rice walked. Fos-
ter dubbed a single. scoring Shanks.
Rice tore ahead and when Grover
booted the return throw. Sam de-
posted the tieing run at the plate.
In bold charge. the Athletics broke
the deadlock in the nth. Shaw passed
Bodie and Strunk escaped the WASH
ington vice through Morgan's tumble.
The diamond chamber-maids tidied
things while the Athletics rested, and
at the end of the ten minute recess.
the teams lined up for battle again.
II was a feud of the johnson clan.
cur Jins unsheathing the sword
against mighty Walter.
In the first inning with two out.
Ping Bodie thumped a johnson pitch
TO the wall in right center for three
bases and strunk walked, but Nc
Innis had not much and hoisted a
fowl to Leonard who covered first
base Charity being removed from
ONCE.
The fighting Mackmen were sue
cessful in the second. Witt punched
a single to right and flew to third on
Ii Hung Chang's wallop to right for
a base. Meyer banged a fast one
straight to Shanks and two were
killed. Witt crossed with the first
run of the game. Jing johnson flied
to Rice.
Six runs was the toll collected by
the blood-thirsty Mackmen in the
third. Seldom has the distinguished
Kansan been has the distinguished
Gallia, who had been stormed on
the peak in the first game. took Wal
ter's place on the hill in the fourth
inning. when he stopped the hitting.
All the time Jing Johnson had been
holding Washington safely in check.
A miscue by Witt deprived Jing
johnson OF a shutout in the ninth.
The little shortstopper made a wide
throw on Milan's gTounder. Rice lash
ed a double to right, scoring Clyde.
Foster popped to Schang and Morgan
walked. On Growers triple-x-stop
OF Leonard's grounder there was
force Of Morgan at second. Foster
forced Leonard. The scores: