The sun., 1919-07-07
WALTER JOHNSON Is
SAME OLD ENIGMA
Yankees Get 10 Hits Off Speed
Ball King, but Can't Bunch
Them for Runs.
CIRCUIT DRIVE DECIDES
Menosky Gets Second Homer
Off Russell in 2 Days=-Sep-
ators Win by 3 to !.
By FREpERIck G. LIEB.

By FREpERfCk g. LIEB.
Walter johnson, the Washington sat
ling gun, skill Is prince Of pitchers. No
question about II The Eapsan cyclone
is spending his thirteenth season under
the big tent, and still can buzz them
over with the same terrific speed as on
the day he broke In with the Senators
Q beardless boy in 1907. Long ike
johnson made a neat fob Of subduing
the Yanks on the, Polo Grounds yester-
day. The home club did get aboard
Walter for ten base knocks, but with
mon on bases he was supreme When
Walter had 10 pitch and extended him
self to the last notch, every time the
ball struck val Picinich's glove 1t
sounded like an explosion. johnson
captured the eth game Of the present
series for Griffith by 3 score Of to l.
The Yanks have been playing the
Senators 80 long that they can hear
the bark Of Clark Griffith in their sleep.
They started at 1t In Washington last
Tuesday, and have played eight con-
secutiNe gaines 1t was planned to top
on the series with q double header to-
day, but the Yanks are pretty we'll
Hinded 80 only one game will be
played.
eNeH $3.50 = 49,.
Though the Grifmen are in seventh
place. the Yanks have not been feed
ing of them as well as they had ex-
pected. The eight games played so far
have been split on the hfty-ifty basis.
The Yankees expected a. better divvy
than that.
1t also was evident that the New
York fans have had their NIL of the
Washington club, as the Sunday throng
L.. q L. -.
However. threatening skies held down
the attendance. But Grif can afford
TO smile. He will take q bigger check
out of New York than any seventh
place Club ever picked up in all base
ball. history.
That ieaden sky yesterday was made
TO order for johnson. With a dull gray
background WaIfer usually is we'll nigh
unhittsbIe. The wonder of it is that
with such setting the Yanks cuffe !.
johnson for ten hits. They hit him
safely in every round but the second and
the ninth. but never were able to bunch
more than two bingles.
Russell Tries . Comeback.
Allan Russell. who was knocked out
Of the box in less than an inning on the
previous day. took another whack at the
Senator's yesterday and pitched clever
game. The Baltimore boy had only one
bad spell, but pitcher opposing Johnson
can't afford even one lapse from grace.
Russell held the District OF Columbia
lads to only seven hits but they punched
four of them In the fourth. One Of the
hits was homer by Meposky and an
other triple by Milan. Three runs
were scored by the Senators after two
were out and they proved enough for
johnson.
The game was snappy, we'll felded
exhibition. and contrasted strikingly
with the wild double header of the previ-
Gus day. Both teams felded without a
flaw and the only base on balls did not
come until the ninth inning, when Rus
sell walked Milan.
Peckinpaugh usually plays a magnif-
cent game at short but yesterday he
overdid himself He handled eleven
chances, many of them difficult His
banner play came In the seventh when
he knocked down Picinich's fierce drive
in short left and threw Valentine out
at first. Pipp completed the play by
making pretty catch OF Rogers low
throw as it came to him on the first hop.
Shanks also made some circus plays at
short for Washington.
Peck Gets Daily Btngle.
Peck also got his daily hit, and ran
his string of consecutive games in which
he has hit safely to twenty-seyen.
Rogers bingle was a bit scratchy IT
was a bounder to the inf1eld, that John
son tried to stop, but Walter merely de-
fected 1t with his glove.
The fourth was Washington's big
round. Leonard opened up with a sim
gle to centre and Fosters grounder To
Pratt was converted into a double play
with the able assistance OF Peck and
Pipp.
This should have got Russell out
OF trouble, but as on the previous day
ell his misfortunes befell him with two
out. Milan punched a triple into right
centre, and Rice hit q bounder over sec.
ond base. Pratt made a play for It and
II wes close play at frst. Billy Evans
gave the Senators the benefit of the
doubt and called Samuel safe. 1t scored
Milan.
MenOsky BREAKS It Up.
Mike Menosky apparently is Russslpl
infant terrible. During the wild arsi
inning on Saturday Mike knocked 4
homer into the right field stands witt
two out. Nike let fly another homer In.
10 the right field stand. II was o pom
derous waliop 1t struck in the deepest
corner of the lower stand and ueI
bounded out into the little nlchs bstgee1
the concrete stand and the bleacners
Rice scored ahead of Michael. IT lief
Russell wabbly. but Rodie pulled hin
out of more trouble when he ran al
most to the Harlem River for Picinich'I
long drive.
The lone Yankee run came In the sixth
when with two out Pipp btrched doubl,
10 left and scored when Pratt drove
hot eipgle over the FIRST base bag
The only other real chance the Yam
KEGS had TO score was bungled Up b.
poor base running in the eighth. Baker
led off with a single and was forced b.
Lewis. Pip lifted TO Milan and Prat
dropped single over Jsnvrlns thatch
Lewis started for third and then changed
his mind and returned to second Thi!
threw Pratt of as he was half wa,
between the bases. Del was trapped
hut got TO second and then the chss
shifted TO Lewis, VINO eventually wa!
tagged out by Leonard. The score:
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