Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-28

All doubt as to Johnsons condltion
vas removed by the exhibition he gave
against the Macks. After Clarence
Walker whacked one over Milans neao
for two bases in the first inning not
another visitor got semoiance Oh
bincle until the ninth. when Ihoinas
was credited with blow on rap 10
deep short, on which he won the de-
cision against O'Neilrs arm by the mar
rowest sort of margin. when '" am
or followed with clean Din 10 ieL.'
Thomas advanced notch. oeiis u.
only Nackman aside from THY 10 get
as far as second. Walker was ioiceo
bv Dugan to end the brief battle: Ihese
two alone of the visitors managed 10 se'
ON the runway. Thomas being given
short life at first in ROUND o. WIG"
O"NeiI fumbled his bounder.
Walter Fans Only Two.
An interesting angle to the pitcn,ns
performance Of Johnson was that stI,he
outs usually his forte when setting
marks for other hurlers to shoot at. en-
tered but little into it. Barney fanneo
only two of the AS. Walker swinging
Intellectually in the fourth, WhlF strui'h
had a third strike called on him IN the
fifth. 1t did not require sensational sup
port for Johnson to breeze through tne
pastime, either Sam Rice ran mie
TO drag down Welsh's distant clout to
left center in the eighth but aside from
this a smart stop by Shanks OF be-
vhiskered rap from Perkins bludgeon
In the second was the only fielding feat
worthy of more than passing comment
At the halfway mark-four and one
half innings-the clock on the right neid
wall showed only thirty minutes mad
been consumed. This pace. maintained
to the end of the contest. would nave
set a brand-new figure for a big league
hattie. but at this juncture the Nationals
concluded it was high time to vary the
nnonotony Of scoreless base ball and the
run-making that followed served to slow
I'D the battle appreciabfy
. Roy Moore. Mack's little lefthander.
had the Griffs stopped for four frames.
Milan dragged bunt past him in the
opener and Rice walked. only to have
Roth hit into a double play. o'Neill's
bingie in the second was unsupported
and another dual killing followed pass
to Judge in the third. Shannon started
things in the fifth. however, with crack
to the far end Of the scoreboard for three
bases. and. with O'Neill disposed Of.
Picinich cashed Maurice with a wallop
Of equal distance over Walkers head,
Val counting after Strunk shared john
sons liner.
Grins Get Busy Again.
Safeties by Rice and Roth in the sixth
were wasted. but not so a quartet of
bingles amassed in the seventh. With
Picinich disposed of Johnson initiated
the offensive with a single to center
and Judge was credited with another
when he socked the ball through the
box with bulIet-like speed. Moore's
hand was injured in trying to stop the
drive, and after pitching two balls to
Milan he gave way to Rommel. Zeb
greeted the latter with a crack to right
that registered Johnson, and when
Welsh's peg went astray Judge also
Tailed, Milan pulling up at third. Rom
mel stopped Rice's drive, and with
some assistance, killed Milan of on the
line, but not before Rice sprinted around
to third, from where he walked home
when Roth blistered a double to left
Shannon's second safety. a single to
right in the eighth. developed into
run No. 6. wheE ONeill followed with
triple down the left field line, and
after Picinich walked and was forced
by Johnson, Jimmy scored while
Walter was being erased at second
on Judges roller.