The Washington herald., 1919-04-08
YANNS BAT OUT
SWEET REVENGE
Johnson and Hovlik Hold
Veterans Safe While
Youngsters Win.
by JOHN A. DUGAN.

North Augusta, s. c., April THAT
fighting Yannigan tribe from the Grif-
fifth clan came clean today at Warren
Park with the sweet revenge act, by
handing the Regs the worst drubbing
In the history of Nationals training
here. With Walter Johnson, the pre-
mier hurting demon OF the Nationals
staff, Eddie Hovlik working on the
slab for the Yannigans, the Regulars
were forced to take nine fat zeros
while the kids" were lacing the
slantc of Thompson and Harper for
ten counters.
Johnson was the same speed mer-
chant of old, as he breezed them
through the groove on his teammates
in mid-season form which confirmed
the ancient statement by Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb that: "You can't hit what
you can't see." Barney set the
Regulars down without hit or run
and only one man got as. far as, third
base during his stay in the center of
the diamond, this coming in the fourth
inning when C. Milan was passed and
worked to the hot corner on an infield
out and pa Jsed ball.
Hovlik, who took up the burden
where the smoke ball king left Off,
hurled alright ball as three bingles
was the veterans allotment off his
overland twisters.
The Yanns took kindly to the south
paw twirling of both Thompson and
Harper, while Flaherty, who worked
one frame. got away in good style.
The wildness of the little Toronto
southpaw. coupled with misplays by
his team mates, made him the mark
for eight OF the scores rung up by
the Yanns in the first two sessions.
while Harper was given a lacing in
the lucky frame that he will re-
member for some time.
Brilliant fielding featured the con-
test, as Sammy Rice made one OF the
greatest catches off of the bat of
Horace Milan that has ever been wit
messed at Warren Field. Sammy raced
with his back to the ball to deep right
center and pulled down Milan's slam
which was labled for two or more
sacks. with a one-hand stab just be-
fore the ball hit the fence. Sammy
was shaken up a little by his drive
into the garden, but continued to play.
Ike Davis was all over the infield,
as he halted rally of the Iannigans
in the third inning with a great stop
which he turned into a double, and
again in the sixth he pulled down
scorCher that was passing the key
stone sack, which stopped another
counter Joe Leonard also broke into
the Iimelight with his fielding stunts
as he saved bingle off the bat of
Charity in the second by pulling
down. a singing line drive by glove
hand stab.
Lefty Thompson got away bad by
passing Leonard and booting Ellerbe's
attempt to sacrifice. as II. Milan
scratched a hit to Tommy. fill
ing the bases. Barney" struck out,
but Tommy presented the Yanns
with their first tally by granting
Mcbride free transportation. Sammy
Agnew then doubled to left scoring
Ellerbe and H. Milan. while Mcbride
raced across the pan when Picinich
singled to left.
Craft started the second frame
with a blow to left. Leonard hit to
right but Ellerbe forced Craft at
third on his attempt to move the
runners along. II. Milan whitfield the
wind. but Johnson placed the two
runners across the pan with a
smashing double to the rightfield
fence. Mcbride followed with a
two-base whack that counted
Barney"
Craft hit with two down in the
third, but no damage resulted, while
AItrock singled off Flaherty's Of
ferings under the same circum-
stances in the fifth. The Yanns stag
ed a nightmare at the expense of
Harper, in the seventh. when Hovlik
opened the frame with a two-base
knock. Mcbride, Agnew and Pici-
mich followed with clean-cut bingles
that counted the final two runs
gathered by the Yanns. The Regs
only threatened to score on one oc-
casion, this coming in the sixth
frame after two were out, when
Foster and c. Milan both singled.
but Sammy Rice was not equal to
the task as Hovlik forced him to
hoist out to Mcbride.
The score: