The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
Nationals Land Final Game
From Morans World Champs
NJ GEORGE L. MoRELAND.

Cincinnati, April II.-Pat Moran:
Thank the Lord that's over. l
feel like the man after the railroad
wreck-don't know just what hap
pcned but glad to be alive"
Clark Griffith: my only regret
is that previous engagements pre-
vent our playing the Reds all
summer. On TO Boston and glory"
What the rival managers might
have said
With eight games out of thir-
teen packed up in their bat bags
and chests visibly enlarged, the
Nationals, conquerors of the cham
pion Cincinnati Reds boarded a
RATHER tonight to the intense re-
lief of Pat Moran and the whole
population of the Queen City.
rhey are headed for Boston, where
On Wednesday they open the
American League season with the
Bean-eaters.
Poor Base-Ranning.
1t took Clark Griffith's Comanches
ten innings this afternoon to scalp
the defenseless Reds. largely owing
to base-running a la Fred Merkle.
They rolled up hits like a pTofiteer
cashing in on government contracts.
but IL they remembered anything
about wisdom on the sacks they
were keeping 1t carefully hidden.
However, alPs well that ends well:
the Nationals came Under the wire
to the tune OF 8 to and retrieved
the drubbing of Saturday.
Ring and Sallee. who last Oc-
tober stood IT. the autumn cleaning
like supermen while the badly licked
White Sox crept off the field in lock
step, looked about half life-size to-
day. On the other hand. Walter
Johnson and Shaw, who divided
hurting honors for Washington.
doomed up like towers of strength.
Furthermore. their teammates wal
loped the pill to the tune of twelve
hits. while the Reds could garner
but seven off the smokeball artist
and his running mate.
Rice's Blow Counts.
The big noise started when
Washington batsmen strolled up to
the pan in the rst inning. Judge
walked and took second as Milan
perished. He came home on a clean
single by Rice. whose contribution
to the afternoons amusement was
N
Shannon's long fly to left field Rice
tried to advance. but was nailed at
third by a good throw. Milan,
meanwhile, had scored. however.
The Reds looked good in their
end of the inning. After Rath had
flied to Shannon, Kopf knocked
what should have gone for a single.
Sam Rice. hitting in great form
but off on his days fielding, let the
ball get away from him and the
Clncy shortstop took third. He
scored after Roth had made a great
catch from the bat of Groh.
Reds Tie Score.
In the fourth the Reds tied
things up. With two down Rousb
singled. stole second and scored on
Duncan's base knock.
~ ioOhco ike curtains Tor Cln-
c1nnati in the seventh. the Nation
ais garnering three hits. but being
unable to put run over. 1t was
reminiscent of old days on the Geor-
gia avenue lot. Altrock balled
things up when he ordered Shaw
home on Milan's single to left. with
two out. The big pitcher was
caught mile off the pan.
Shaw made his second hit of the
game in the tenth, but was nailed
at third when he attempted to ad-
vance two bases on Judges single.
While Shaw was being dispatched
Joe sneaked up to second. He was
sacrificed to third by Milan. and
scored moment later when Rice
knocked out his fourth hit.
Attendance was about 5000, the
fans reacting to the Reds easy vic
tory of yesterday. The day was
warm Washington's cohorts de-
parted at 6 o'clock. They will have
plenty Of time to rest up at the Hub
before tackling the Boston bunch.