The Washington herald., 1918-08-05

While Washington and the Tigers
played double header this after
noon. and the visitors captured the
nrstj in convincing fashion by the
score Of to o II was the second
in which the. 1000 fans absorbed
to the extent Of losing their dinner
and many Of them church engage
nsents- All because Walter John
son was scheduled to do mound
duty.
whenever Walter apepars in ae-
ton at Navin Field all hands real
lie that . baseball battle is on that
will create the most insistent Of
the "work-or-hght" order. While
the Tigers tamely submitted to
shutout at the hands of DOC"
Ayers in the frst AFFAIR they looked
like q different baseball aggregation
when they enterd upon tn second
contst with the, behemoth OF the
pitching fraternity matched against
them
TO oppose Walter. Manager Jen-
nings sent Carroll Jones to the mr.
ing line, this being the same young
chap who was supposed to have been
rixen his card of dismissal from
major league affiliation the other
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There were strings to Jones' dis
naissal and well there were for per-
haps there wouldn't have been an
eiettesn-inning struggle on Sunday
II he had gone on his way as had
been intended The Nationals only
xoerone safe drive OF jones in fve
frames and in, the sixth two more
were added and a couple Of runs
due principally to cobb's boot OF
Nilan's hit
N the eighth with the score to
3ttn. favor of the Tigers, Harper
heaved wildly after catching Judges
Az for the second out and Foster
and Judge both of whom had been
passed advanced to second and third
respectively and II was easy for the
pair to score on Milan's single to
deep center.
Although Jones got through the in
nfng without further counting against
him. he weakened most percepuoly IN
the ninth. Shanks. the first batter
up. singled. followed by a safe hit by
Lavan. Then Jennings waved Jones
out Of the box and George Dauss
was substituted. Aimes was sacrt-
ficed and Jones flied out to Cobb.
Shotton then poked one that car
rorned around Bobby Veach's corner
In such a manner that when the
Tigers left gardener got his hand on
the ball Shanks and Lavan had cross
ed the plate with the two runs that
tied the score and landed Shotton
on third. But that was the last
count Griffs men could make in the
long-drawn-out struggle that went
into eventide.
II was the eighteenth when Bush
led OF with a clean single into Shot
toms territory. r. Jones laid down
q perfectly good sacrifice that allowed
the midget short stop to run to sec
ond. Then Cobb came to bat. Tyrus
had twelve chances in the two games
previously, but the best he could do
waste get a scratch hit Of johnson
IN the seventh frame.
But he made 1t two hits in thirteen
with his last chance and a hit that
belled the feat for johnson. 1t was
such a terrific drive that 1t ordinarily
would have been credited as a triple
but 1t only required a two bager to
score bush, 80 that Is what the drive
goes at in official score. The drive
was a hit that sent the fans home in
an exultant frame Of mind and pro-
vided a pleasant impression Of the
Tigers last Sunday game in Detroit
perhaps until after the war.
Although, johnson gave eight bases
. on balls, only one of these helped the
scoring for Detroit Daush during his
nine innings occupancy Of the box
struck out six. the same number cred
tied Johnson in the eighteen innings.
In the tenth Daush had three strike
out victims Manager Griffith did not
witness the record-breaking game,
having remained over in Cleveland,
where he attended the American
League meeting on Saturday.