The Washington herald., 1919-05-07
Harry Harper Has Indian
Sign on Barrows S Boston
Tribe.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

Boston, Mass. May 6.-This world is
funny one. as today Dame Fortune
deserted Clark Griffith and his Ma
tional tribe and jumped into the open
arms of one Eddie Barrow. That
Dame Fortune and all her luck was
with the Boston Red SOx in the initial
battle which the hopefuls from the
Capital City lost to Barrow's tribe by
a score Of 2 to goes without putting
1t into statistics.
A lucky break that only a gambler
who has been going upside down
would expect placed this contest in
the hands of the home team. 1t was
a case of a lone tally. if such a crack
on the willow can be called a safe
hit, that gave the Sox the victory. as
early the national pastime developed
into a pitching duel between Harry
Harper for the invaders and Ray
Caldwell of the home-folk clan.
Harry Hooper's scratch bingle in the
second frame along with "Moxie's'
w1ldness and a miscue by Foster gave
this Cape Cod club the inaugural. but
II took all the luck that old Dame
Fortune has ever wished upon anyone
to make possible the two counters that
set back the Nationals. 1t was a
tough one for either twirler to mark
against his yearly ledger as but twen-
ty-seven battlers faced the Hacken-
sack motorman during the seven ses-
sions he toiled in the center of the
diamond. while but thirty-one are
hung up against Caldwell in his stay
on the hill.
MoNie allowed BarrowS slugging
Hub tribe but two lonely bingles. which
-, ha. fyaT
while Ray Caldwell. of Panama, New
York and Boston. was punched out
foE a trio of safe swats. Each club
managed to ring up an extra base
swap, Amos Strunk connecting for
hfs three-base wallop in the opening
frame, while Joe Judge laced one for
two sacks in the second. There is no
use of attempting to convince Ban B.
Johnson that his umpiring staff is all
wrong. and that one Thomas Connolly
has lost his eyesight, but that is just
the way we feel about 1t. when Tommy
from up here somewhere in New Eng
land made possible the first counter
for the Red Sox.
ANY old alibi is better than none
at all. is the way most of the man
ayers. fans and players figure out
this old game along with many
far this season il is impossible to
look at Ban L. Johnson's staff of
supposed to be first-clasS umpiTes,
and then think of what he is miss
ing in the amateur leagues back
there in the District. Everyone
can be wrong. even IL they carry
the Car head of an Americ
League umpire. and Tommy was
all bad today when he passed Oscar
Witt with = count of Two and three,
which started all the trouble for
both Harper and his team mates in
the second frame.
Scott popped out. but Walters
,ofned the base path brigade when
Foster booted his slow Erounder.
Although things looked bright for
the Nationals when Caldwell whitfield
tie wind. the Barrows' hired men
jumped into the same circuit with
Dame Fortune. Harry Hooper
smashed one over second base on
the hit-and-run play. which Hank
ShAnkS raced over and knocked
down into right field after coming
close to making one of the great
est stops ever seen in Fenway Park.
While Hank Rice. Milan. Judge and
Janvrin were all attempting to re-
cover the pill that had bounced so
luckily OF the Louisville held DE
Hooper. the Red SOX had chased
across two tallies.
Caldwell pitched brilliant ball
against the Griffmen as he allowed
but five men to geS Cn the pathways,
while Joe Judge was the only one to
get as far as the midway station, this
coming as a result Of his two-basc
knock. Harper was never in hot water
after the second frame when the Red
Sox runG UP their two counters but
when Janvrin was given life in the
eighth on Scott's error of his offer
ing. Eddie Charity was used as
pinch puncher for the Hackensack
Iefthander and Molly o. Craft was
called in to finish the route. which he
did in real majOr-league style. Hal
Ianvrin was given a regular welcome
home by the fans as the former Bos-
ton infieIder was greeted with ap-
plause on all sides and on his first
appearance to the plate he answered
with a safe blow. Janvrin's fielding
was remarkable. as on two occasions
he knocked down hits while Harper
was on the hill and once on Craft
ne repeated with the best play Of the
contest
A.