Evening star., 1918-08-25
Johnson to Pitch Half
of Twin Bill Today

Two games for the price of admis-
sion to one is the delectable program
provided for the fans of Washington
at American League Park today. when
the Nationals will appear in a double
bill with the world champion White
Sox Walter Johnson will pitch one
of the contests. while Matteson or
Shaw will do duty in the other. The
first game will be called at 2 o'clock.
Washington pulled up to within two
games of second place by drubbing
the Indians on their last appearance
here q the season yesterday. Incl
-dentally they just about put a quietus
on the hopes of the Tribe to overhaul
Boston for the championship.
1t required fast fielding by Milan to
hold Speaker to two bases on his dou-
BILE to the scoreboard in the opener.
Woods drive, which followed. was an
even longer wallop. but was not so
well placed between fielders. and
Schultz managed to get under it a
few yards from the wall.
Schulte's double in the second was
almost a duplicate of Speakers, and
it was Iris who did the leg work in
retrieving 1t. Schulte's life on the paths
was shortlived as a quick toss from
Enzmann to Chapman caught him off.
All three of the Indian errors that
gave Washington its tally in the sec
ond consisted of poor throws. 1t was
a high peg to Johnston by Evans that
gave Shanks a life. After he had
been forced by Lavan the latter stole
second, O'Neilrs throw going to CEN
ter field. Speaker captured the ball
and his weird heave went by both
Evans at third and Enzmann, who was
backing up.
HarpePs failure to cover first gave
Bescher a hit in the third. Judge
made a one-hand stop of Bob's smash
but when he sought to toss to the bag
there was no one there to receive 1t.
Bescher made a neat steal of second.
but Chapman was unable to help him
around.
Harper carried Bescher. Chapman,
Turner. Evans and Enzmann over the
strike-out route in the first three
rounds. He failed to find a Whit VIC
tim in the fourth.
Lavan deprived Speaker of a bingle
in the fourth by capturing a rap over
second and tossing to Judge while on
balance.
swat off the wall perfectly in the
fourth. getting the ball on the first
bound and pegging on line to Tur-
ner to hold Judge at second.
Turner made a beautiful catch at
Schulte's expense in this frame, trav-
cling back into right center to get
his low fly. 1t saved a run. as Judge
was on third by reason of Milan's
single. There was no way to prevent
Judge from scoring on Shanks' line
single to center, but the two other
tallies chalked up in this session were
miscues by Johnston. After Milan
and Shanks had moved up while
Chapman was tossing out Lavan,
Casey grounded to Evans. When
Johnston dropped his peg Milan was
over the pan. Shanks also headed for
the plate and reached there in safety
Foster robbed O'Nei'i of blow in
the fifth when he n ade a gloved-
hand stab of Steve's s'ner.
Evans furnished som, fireworks by
his great stop and throw of Shotton's
wicked crack. and Enzmann followed
line drive. The ball bounded out Of
his hands into the air and he caught
it as it descended while running to-
ward second.
Enzmann's hit in the sixth was a
drive that nearly took Harper's hand
off. Lavan's peg nearly got him at
that.
Shanks' catch of Woods line drive
in the seventh was a pippin. He
speared the ball near the ground
while on the run toward second.
Chet Thomas started his famous vo-
cal attack when Turner singled to
center in the seventh. Terry pilfered
to the extent of helping Evans to a
walk. but the rally ended when
Shanks backed up and speared
O'NeilPs fly.