Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-03
JOHNSON TOP|TCH
FINAL HOME GAME
Griff Wants Edge on Yanks
When Team Leaves Home.
Play Today at 3 O'Clock.
BY H. C. BYRD.

| Walter Johnson will pitch the get
! away game today for the Nationals
Griffith said this morning that he
| intended to send the big fellow to the
! slab in an attempt to get the margin
! on the Yankees before the scene of
| the games is shifted to the Polo
! is to do slab duty for the Yanks with
! the chances good that the former will
( get the choice.
Today's game begins at ) o'clock. 1t
was necessary to set an early start in
ofder TO enable the team to catch
/ tram for New York before night.
Gritilth wants to get his men in Goth
am before midnight. so that they can
obtain good nights rest before fac
ing the Yanks at 1890 O'Clock in the
! morning. If the game were called at
the usual hour the team could not get
away until the midnight express,
which does not suit Griffiths purposes.
Nationals have three games to he
played off in New York-two that
resulted in ties ana o"c that was
postrCu d pn.y one of he three is
to he Schedu ed on the trip which
begins tomorrow, that being set for
gins stated yesterday that 1t was his
i intention to leave the two other
games for the next visit of the Griff-
men to Gotham.
This arrangement of the schedule
gives the Nationals four games in
are the usual morning and afternoon
holiday affairs, and the extra con-
test Saturday forces double header.
1 q attlt hn Wit he
way Grifiith's athletes pummeled the
ball Yesterday in order to obtain
6-toi victory over the Yankees.
I Right in the first inning they began
to land on the sphere and, with the
/ exception of an inning or two. had
! the New York hurlers in hot water
! all the time. Thormahlen was yanked
! after Shanks had led off the sixth
with c.ean SINCE to center, and
/ Mogridgc. who took his place, got out
! lit the last half of the seventh TO let
O'Doul bat for him. In the eighth,
! the one inning that Nelson pitched.
l.the Nationals got three men on, but
! did not score.
| Jim Shay was in great form. In
I one or two innings some fast fielding
| helped him considerably. but the big
| fellow for the greater part Of the
| contest held kingiy sway over the
| visitors. lie had fairly good con-
troll and all the speed any pitcher
! needs. That curve ball he has also
was working well enough to send
! eight men back to the bench on
| StrikeoutS.
| The Yankees pried open the first
/ inning by getting two men across.
After Wick had flied to center. Peck
: inpaugh hit, went to third on Baker S
! double and scored on Gharrty's err
| ror Lewis then came across with
| another double along the right field
| foul line and counted Baker. Shaw
| then struck out Pipp and forced
! Pratt to go out on an easy Grounder,
| Shanks to Judge.
| Griffith's players also got run
| across in the first period. Judge
/ walked. Foster went out on fly to
/, left and Milan singled. Judge taking
I second Rice walked. filling the
! bags Charity hit sacrifice fly to
! Lewis. scoring Judge. and Picinich
! ended the inning by grounding out
! Thormahlcn to Pipp.
! While Judge led Off the third inning
/ with a single the Griffmen really did
| rot threaten again until the fourth
| Rice got a scratch nit when his rather
! eaSy grounGer took a bad bound and
| hit Thormahlen in the chest. Char
| rity attempted sacrifice. which
| Thormahlen and Hannar stood over
! debating who should pick it up, al
! lowing Charity to get hit on the
! play. Picinich sacrificed. Thormah-
| len to Pratt and Shanks delivered a
I slashing single to center, which
! scored Rice and Charity. Grover
| and Shaw ended the inning by flying
: to ri s'lt and farming. respectively
! 1t was in the sixth the Nationals put
/ the game ION ice" Picinich started
, the rally with a bingle to center. and
/ Shanks followed him with sacrifce-
Grover got another drive to center,
=, after Picinich had scampered across
on a wild throw to catch him at sec
/! ond and third. Shaw then proceeded
+; to strike out. but Joe Judge delivered
a triple which rolled to the score
board in right field, counting Grover.
/ Baker mussed up Fosters grounder
and allowed Judge to count. Milan
hit safely. sending Foster to third,
but was himself caught at second
when Peckinpaugh made good
stop of Rice's grounder and stepped
/ on the bag.
With the score standing to 3
/. against them, the Yankees were in a
| fair way to tie things up in the ninth.
Grover erred on Pratts grounder and
Rice fell down when he had almost
got to Bodies long fly to right. Bo-
| dies rap went for a triple. scoring
Pratt. Hannah walked and Fewster
was put on TO run TOT MIN "nen jim
| Shaw took wind up FeWster ran
, easily down to second. That put men
on second and third with nobody down
| and three chances to deliver a hit,
which would score the runs for an
overtime session. However. Shaw was
| equal to the emergency and famed
! Wickland. sent in to bat for Nelson.
| Picinich ran up against the dugout to
catch Vick's foul fly. and Peckin
baught lifted fly to left. ending the
game as one of the New York
! scribes put it. with the vanquish-
ing of Higgins hopeful athletes"
In the fourth Pipp led off with a
| long fly to right center, which seem
ed in a fair way to roll against the
scoreboard but Sam Rice went back
and with final leap grabbed the
ball with his back to the plate. 1t