Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10
WHITE S0X GIVEN
SETBACK, Il TO 6
Griffmen Hammer a Pair of
GIeason's HurIers for
Total of 19 Bases.
JOHNSON'S BAT A FACTOR
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
1t would appear from what trans
pired at the ball game yesterday that
IL Kid Gleason is banking upon Err
skine Mayer to prop his sagging
mound corps he is doomed to disap
pointment. In the five rounds he was
permitted to linger the Griffs hit him
with everything but the water-cooler
and then proceeded to thump the en-
thusiasm out Of an ex-Federal Lacquer
named Mcclure. This was an odd
procedure. for Johnson was pitching
for the home talent. So surprised was
Walter at the unusual backing accord
ed by his mates the visitors got to
him for five tailies in the closing Ses-
sions, but with the big lead amassed
for him he was never in danger, and
when the jubilee terminated the totals
read: Washington, IL; Chicago, s.
Four of the Griffs went hitless-
Judge. Murphy, Shanks and Picinich-
bit they were by no means inactive
on the offensive. Judge getting On the
sacks four times through walks and
errors and scoring three runs, Muir
NAhy reaching the paths three times on
talks and felder's choice and scor-
ing once. while Picinich drew pass
and later Tailed and Shanks drove in
q counter with a sacrifice fly.
Griffs Weld Their Fails.
Those who did hit did so with a
vengeance. Foster, Rice and Johnson
each got three; Leonard, two, and Mi
1an's lone bingle was a double. The
dozen safe swats went for an aggre-
gate of nineteen bases, johnson top
ping the list with total of five.
Although the error columns make
1t appear the contest was a loosely
low throw to Gandil that gave Judge
life in the eighth was the only rep
rehensible bit of work. the miscues
charged against Shanks, Leonard and
Collins all being on hard smashes that
were exceedingly difficult to handle.
But for some free and untrammeled
base running on the part OF the
Griffs. their run total would have
been much greater than it was. No
less than half dozen of them were
trapped on the base lines by reason
of uncalled-for daring. all three of
the put-outs recorded against them
in the ninth being effected between
sacks.
The combat was devoid of fielding
features, save for one scintillating
bit of work by Memo Leibold. when
he ran mile to freeze onto Picinich's
short fly, and Collins stop and throw
on Murphy in the fifth. With Milan
on third and Rice on first. Collins
grabbed Murphy's bounder with one
hand close to second and pegged
a verdict at the plate by a narrow
margin.
Mayer Presents Run.
Mayer practically made the Ma.
tionals a present of their first run
by walking Judge in the opener
Foster singled him to second, Milan
moved them up with a sacrifice, and
Mayer wild-pitched Judge to the
had he mind to, for Schalk lost
track of the ball and was tardy in
his pursuit. Rice made it easy for
him by whacking double to left
center. Sam was tagged stealing
third. and Murphy walked to no pur-
Two down in the. second. johnson
bingled and Collins erred on Judges
smash. Fosters double to left cashed
them. and Eddie was trapped after he
Overran second.
Collins miscue on Milan.s difficult
whack gave the Griffs another start
in the fifth. Rice's biff sent him to
third and he tailed on Murphy's rap
TO Collins. Sam and Spud advanced
notch on Shanks' out. and counted
scoreboard.
This wallop settled the outcome to
all intents and purposes. 1t settled
Mayors hash, at any rate. on
Mcclure, who succeeded him. q pass
to Rice, his theft, an out and Shanks'
secrifice fly Melted a marker in the
seventh.
Three More in Eighth.
In the eighth Pfcinich walked and
scored on Johnson's triple to left.
Judge got a life on Collins miscue
and an attempted double steal re-
suited in Johnson's death after a
deal of jockeying in which every mem
Der of the White Sox infield, includ-
Ing the battery, participated. Judge
sneaked to second during the throw
ing practice and Tailed on a single
to left by Foster. who was tagged
trying to reach the midway cushion
on the throw-in. Milan then doubled
to left. He registered on Rice's
safety to center and Sam died a death
similar to Fosters. four Sox taking a
Z hand in 1t.
Chicago's initial tally accrued in
the third on hits by Leibold and
Weaver with an out sandwiched in
between. Leonard's error on Leibold
proceeding safeties by Weaver, Jack
son and Felsch gave them two more
in the eighth. while Lynn, Eddie
Murphy, Collins and Jackson got
three counters in the ninth.