The Washington herald., 1918-05-02

Opposed to Johnson was Carl Mays.
of submarine and bean ball fame,
who was handed his first defeat of
the year. One big inning of run get
ting held by the Nationals proved
Mays fall. although he was in tight
positions on a trio Of other occasions.
Carl worked all the way. and like a
stake horse. improved with the dis
tance. as after his nightmare in the
fourth the Griffmen were able to
do but very little with his offcrInSs
With johnson working ON the hill.
the Nationals looked lie an entirely
different club than that of yesterday.
as sensational running catches by
both Shanks and Milan helped the
speed demon over a few rough spots.
while the interworks, that have been
blowing away close games, played Gp
to the errorless expectations.
Even with the victory, the Nationals
did not get any of the best breaks of
the game, either at baseball luck or
umpirinG.
Dick Nallin. who worked behind the
plate, seems to still hold something
against the clan from President VIII
sons home, as three times today he
called them against the Nat!ona' 5.
In the second frame. when Shanks
was called out at the plate on a de-
eision that a blind man could not
have missed. Capt. George Mcbride
protested so severely that he was
handed the gate sign.
This is the second time this season
that Nallin has run Mcbride, and
when the captain left the fray today
the small crowd Of Beantown rooters
that witnessed the game gave Nallin
the laugh.
II was a heavy field and made the
going pretty slow. IS (it rained all
morning. but after b>rning the high
priced gas on the infield BarrYws
insisted on staging the battle.
Extra base clOuts by Ainsmith. Shot
ton and johnson would have resulted
In more scoring by the Griffmen IL
the field had not been so soggy.
while five times during the game the
Nationals were called out at the
initial sack on halls that hit in front
Of the plate. where most Of the soggy
mud and sawdust lay.
The Nationals went to work on
Mays in the second inning, when
shanks opened with bingle to right
and moved up IN Judges sacrifice
Morgan hit into a flelder's choice,
but Mays miscucd on his throw to
head OF Shanks at third. and both
runners were safe. Foster forced
Morgan out, but Ainsmith grounded
10 Shean, who threw to the plate to
head on Shanks. 1t was this de-
eision that sent Mcbride to the
showers. Shotton doubled with one
down in fhe next but Io,a, 81
Milan both sunk the ball into the
camouhase mud in front OF the plate
and were easy picSinSs at first base
Ihe next frame was the big one for
the Grinmen. Shanks grounded out,
oGt Judge caught one of Mays Bean
Balls on the elbow and walked to
nrst Morgan then hit to left. putting
Iudge up a peg. Foster popped out,
but Ainsmith tripled to center. plac-
ing Judge and Morgan across the pan,
Johnson followed with a triple that
scored Ainsmith and Tailed himself
along with Shotton, who was passed,
4 moment later when Lavan crashed
put a single The damage was all
over as Milan popped out, but the
big hve hung UP by the Nationals in
tnls frame proved enough.
Hooper hit safely on three occasions
with no one out, but his efforts were
all Tor nought, as each time he was left
stranded. The only time johnson was
m any real danger was in the ninth
"hen with two down Schang was
eassed and moved up on McInnis' hit
doohtzen then looked over four wide
ones. out Scott ended the rally by
s,oundlng TO Foster. The score: