The Washington herald., 1922-08-21
JOHNSON BEATEN
BY BOONE, ROOKIE,
IN PITCHING DUEL
Kid Hurler's Hit Resp0n.
sible for Tribes Over.
time Victory.
By RAY HELGESEN.


In what was probably the best
played and most interesting ball
game staged at American League
Park this season, the Cleveland In
dams yesterday defeated the Ma
tionals in twelve innings. winning
by a 2-to-O score. The Tribes vic
tory closed their last visit of the
year to Washington and gave them
three straight games over the Griff-
men. Speakers men are now
lodged safely in fourth place. hav-
ing game and half lead over
the White SoX who lost to the
Yankees in Gotham. to 5.
Age aginst youth. veteran against
rookie. in the persons of Walter
johnson and Daniel Boone. re-
spectively. fought for eleven long
innings without either being able
to gain an advantage. Then came
the twelfth and with IL the Tribes
victory. Their first run. which
would have been enough to win.
was the result of a clean hit. though
a lucky one. a sacrifice and an
other clean hit. the last one off the
bat of DAME! Boone himself. Their
second tally was the result of Sam
Eice's bad throw from center field
which bounced past Picinich al
lowing the numbering steve O'Neill
to score all the way from first.
Pitching Duel sparkIes.
Boone and johnson were hooked
Up in pitching duel from the
opening bell The great Walter was
nicked for eight hits. two of them
coming in the twelfth. while his
youthful opponent allowed ten
safeties. Even at that and not
wfthstandinS and nevertheless and
all that. the recruit pitched quite
as brilliant game as the Big
Train Daniel was in trouble more
often. it's true. mainly because Of
his own ineXperience in fielding
and general big league technique
hut he pitched himself out with the
GOODNESS of veteran and fully
sustained the confidence reposed In
him by Iris Speaker. the Bald
Eagle Of Texas.
Brilliant fielding bits follow ed
one after the other as fast as a
string of freight cars. The two
teams split about even in this re-
spect but the Tribes plays. at least
two OF them and both by Cuckoo
Jameson. once a siCner of the Ma
tiOnals' payroll. kept the Griffs
from winning within the prescribed
time limit.
Cuckoo Cuts on Harris.
In the third inning. for instance.
with two out Harris doubled to
center. Judge followed with
whistling single to left and when
Bucky tried to score from second
it required a perfect throw by
T..
throw was straight and on a line.
50 Harris returned safely TO third
while O'Neill pegged the ball to
second trying to flag Judge when
the first baseman attempted to go
down on the throw home. See
ing O'Neilrs play. Bucky again
started for home. but was caught
by Stephenson's peg to O'Neill
Again in the eleventh Jamieson's
arm cut off a Washington run
which would have settled matters
there and then.
After Rice had singled to center
and moved to second as Harris
was walked. Judge again came
through with a sizzler into left.
Charity, coaching at third, waved
the speedboy home. but when he
arrived there he found the ball
waiting for him. Jamieson's throw
having beaten him by a couple of
yards.
Until the twelfth the Indians had
managed to get only one man to
third and three to second. In the
third Stephenson crashed a scratch
hit off Bobby LaMotte's shins, was
sacrificed 70 second. and went TO
third after Wood had flied TO Brow
er. johnson. however. whitfield
O'Neill to end the inning.
Then in the ninth came one of
the star plays 81 the game with
Picinich and Harris doubling in the
hero role. and none other than
Speaker himself being the victim.
Val Flags Speaker.
speaker lashed a double to the
siGuboards in right with one out.
With Stephenson up Speaker took
a long lead Off secord and was
fiag=Cd by Picinich's snap throw to
Harris. Iris attempted to argue
the matter with Umpire Guthrie, but
Ban JOhnsOns newest arbiter sim
ply refuses to argue. An outs an
out. and don't fuss with me. says
this Guthrie party. and most of tine
players around the circuit have al
IeatN peSun 10 take MIN SeTlouSly
In the tenth. with two on. Boone
almost gave the big Sunday crowd
heart failure by crashing a fast
"ue right back at Barney. Walter.
however. stuck out his gloved mitt.
purely AZ matter of protection.
and somehow OF other the ball
landed in IT and stuck. AS 1t hap
p"ncd. il merely delayed the blow
or.
DUNN baseball cost the Griffs at
least a good chance to score in their
eighth. picin'ch. first up. rolled a
slow one down the third base line.
II hung between being foul and fair.
now rolling fair and now foul.
Picinich. however. merely remained
at the plate watching the ball.
Val Caught Mapping.
When Gardner saw Val had made
no move toward first he grabbed the
hall as soon as it again rolled into
fair territory and winged II to first
The jeers of the crowd accompanied
Val to the bench. where Milan
slipped him a healthy tongue lash
ing. a managers prerogative.
Here's the story OF how Boone,
descendant of pioneers and big
league rookie. won his own ball
game.
Joe Sewell singled TO right to
open the twelfth. and ~as sacrificed
to second by Wood. Gardner few
to Rice. Sooner than take a chance
with Steve O'Neill, Johnson gave
him an Intentional pass. thus bring
ing p our hero.
Boone looked at one and then