The Washington herald., 1918-08-09

The players with the exception
OF the pitcher who started the game.
finished at their regular positions.
Matteson. Hovlik and Altrock all
took q vhirl at pitching. johnson.
Morgan and Casey. were inserted as
pinch hitters. the former tanning.
Morgan cracking out a two-base hit.
while Casey walked. Shaw ran for
Casey. so there's your complete
roster.
Doc Ayers didn't seem to have o
thing when he started to pitch ex-
cept the unhappy faculty of not
knowing just where the plate was
located. Graney walked and with
the count three and two on him
Chapman did not offer at the next
pitch Ball. shouted Umpire Nallin.
Ainsmith evidently thought the offering
was a strike. and threw the ball in the
general direction of second base,
No one covered. and Graney kept
right on for third. Milan recovered
the ball. and cut lose with a low
throw to third which put Chapman
on second. Speaker shot a single
TO left which scored Graney. but
Chapman stopped at third. Roth
took a third called strike, but Wood
sent Schultz back to the wall in
right center for his sacrifice fly.
Chapman scoring. On the hit-and-
run Johnston singled to right,
Speaker racing to thind- Johnston
stole aided by a short passed ball,
and followed Iris home on Turner's
single to left. a high fly that
neither Shotton nor Milan could get
to, being too far out.
The Indians boosted their run total
to fve IN the third on Roth's triple
to right which Schultz tried to bag
with his gloved hand and Johnston's
line single to right with the infieid
pulled in.
The Nationals broke into the run
column in the fourth on a gift TO
Milan, an infield out and Shanks'
double. fter LAayan flied out, Aims
mith walked and johnson batted for
Ayers but struck out.
Matteson relieved Ayers and got
by the fourth canto all right but was
touched up for a run in the fifth.
Speaker singled and took third on
Roth's single to left on the hit ana
run Roth stole and the bases were
filed when Wood walked. Johnston's
sacrifice fly to Shotton sent Speaker
home but Turner pounded into a
double play, Foster to Judge, a bare
hand stop of a wicked bounder back
Of third by Eddie.
With one gone In the sixth, Schultz
singled through Johnston, reached
third on Shanks' healthy dodble to
right and rang the bell when Coveles-
kie knocked down Lavan's smash and
threw him out. They added another
IN the seventh when Morgan. batting
for Matteson doubled to left center,
took third on Shotton's single to CEN
ter and scored when Foster forced
5hotton. Judge singled but Milan
ended the chapter by hitting into a
double play.
Hovlik was on the firing line In
the Indians half OF the lucky stanza
and Chapman dragged q safe bunt
along first. Speaker fouled out and
Chapman was caught stealing, but
Roth made the circuit on his single
through Foster, Shanks' tumble Of
Woods bounder and Johnston's single
to right.
The Mats didn't give up, and after
two were gone in the eighth Lavan
doubled to left and Ainsmith smashed
= line triple to the bleachers in left.
Casey. batting for Hovlik. walked.
and Shaw ran for him. Coumbe re-
placed Coveleskie at this stage and
Shotton forced Shaw.
Altrock was on the firing line for
the Nationals in the eighth and
o'Neill greeted him with a double to
the bleachers. Steve completed the
circuit on a delayed steal Of third
and sLavan's wild throw to Foster.
Chapman also doubled in the same
round. but the fans gave Nick hand
when Speaker flied to Schultz for the
final out