Evening star., 1920-05-21

preceding.
Until the final frame ii was a con-
test. as exciting a battle as could be
wished for. with a draw in prospect
unless one of the contestants cracked.
: The Nationals did that thing and the
fans filed out of the park q few min
utcs after O'Clock. after seeing Wal
ter Johnson given one of the most
severe single-round drubbinGs he has
neen subjected 10 in his long and
brilliant career. Ii was Roth who
started Johnson on the chuteS. With
out his two-base muff of an easy fly
ny Jourdan, the first pale hose up. II
is doubtful if the Sox would have tai
lied at all in the sixteenth. but this
r7iscue gave them an opening, and be
fore the frame was finished Barney
was as pitiable a spectacle as ever
was presented by the veriest rookie
Walter was simply all in and had
aothing with which TO prevent the
visitors from simply slaughterinS tho
hail, which they did until, fearful that
The gathering dusk might cause the
game to be called and the score 10
revert TO the previous inning, McMut-
lin allowed himself to be called out
On strikes on his second appearance
OF the round.
Courtney First to Blame.
The fact that the Nationals did not
win IN regulation time was due 10 the
poor work of Harry Courtney. Grin
starting pitcher. Singles by Judge.
Rice. Roth and Harris netted the To-
Gals two runs in the opener. The Wis
itors got one of them back in the sec
ond. hen Courtney was reached for
three safeties, one double by jour
dan, and the southpaw faded from the
picture in the fourth after all but
tossing away his teams chances.
With one out and Felsch on third as
a result of his clout 10 the score
board. Courtney fell all over himself
FelSch scoring. Jourdan Tailed from
first when Milan stumbled twice in
trying TO corral McMullin's safety,
which went for three bases as re-
suit. the third sacker dying in an at
tempt TO reach the plate on Shannon's
Schalk's little roller and converted il
into q two-base life by firing the ball
into the new box seats. whereupon he
was yanked in favor of Erickson.
and wild pitch by Faber enabled
the Griffs to knot the count in the
seventh.
Erickson exhibited sterling form
during his regime on the mound.
permitting only two scattered hits in
the more than six rounds he toiled.
and the wisdom of removing him may
be questioned. This was done in the
tenth. when Olaf reached third on
his single and another one by Judge.
and died a t the plate on Milans high
bounder to Faber.
Sox start ON johnson.
Johnson walked two Sox and was
located for bingle in his first round,
the eleventh. but escaped undamaged
until the fifteenth. when a pass,
Weaver's double and triples by f.
Collins and Jackson netted the cham
pions two runs. The spectators were
on their way out of the park when.
with two down. Milan scratched
single through Weaver and took third
on Rice's safety They stopped when
Eddie Collins did the unusual for
him in fumbling Roth's bounder.
Milan scoring and Rice reaching sec
ond. and the fans trooped back for
seats when Harris again came
through with productive bingle that
registered Rice and tied the score. |
Ellerbe left Roth on third when he
rolled to Jourdan
II was getting pretty dark at this
juncture and Umpire Connolly would
have been justified in having the
contest set down in the record books
as draw. but he figured another
round could be worked in and this is
what happened:
Iourdan went to third on wild pitch
after Roth dropped his fiy and Tailed
on McMullin's three -bagger TO left
center Gharrity's passed ball on The
third strike on Schalk permitted Nc
Nullin to tally. and when his throw
10 Judge hit Schalk in the back the
visiting catcher continued on to
second. Johnsons pep had complete
~ evaporated by this time and he
made no effort to field Faber's bunt
which went hit. The bases were
flled when Schalk got back to third
ahead of Gharrity's throw of Har-
ris' to neg to the plate on Murpny's
rap and then was safe at the plate
~nen Harris made a poor throw of
: Collins offering. Weaver selected
this spot to clear the bases with q
two bagger. Buck stole third
aud continued 10 the platter when
Iilerbe muffed Gharrity's peg. With
seven runs and no one out Jackson
started another attack by singing to
center and he scored on Felsch s
triple. Hap being erased on Harris
rciay from Roth in attempting to
make the circuit. Jourdan lined to
Milan and McMullin. acting under
orders. got the agony over with by
taking three strikes. Charity with
single was the only Grif TO reach
base in the last half of the Dktcenth-
IN one respect Urban Faber pitched
= rcfns liable game Yesterday He did
not walk a single one Of the sixty
four men no faced him His per-