The Washington times., 1922-06-29

cticking in the tight places. but I
which would give them the victor,
one had died, when "Oil" Smith
walter Johnson his ninety-seventh
Hank Shanks. first man up in thnt
ninth inning for the Milan gang,
hammered clean single to right c,n'
ter. He had failed to get the ball
out Of the intield before that. so ef-
fsctivs was Waite Hoyt. the boy hero
Of the 1921 world series. But when
1t was most needed. Hank delivered
the bingle.
Turkey Brewer, much as ne might
have liked to swat the pill out toward
that right.field wall, followed orders
religiously.. He laid down a neat
hunt. McNally made q beautiful
jumping play on that ball, getting
Brewer with plenty Of room to spare.
Sh3nks was perched on second with
one gone.
Bucky Harris, who had done moth
Ing at all all day, save to set hit. was
at the platter swinging his choked',ip
bat. He never had q chance to do
anything because Hoyt uncorked q
Ia the middle OF the back. He totted
down to first base. 1t was up to
"Off' Smith, the sheriff from Ports.
mouth, Ohio.
smithy had come within foot
of driving the ball over the right
field wall In the second and the
fans loudly howled for another sim
uar drive. "On" came through.
pounding the pellet over Wits
head toward the distant scoreboard.
In came Shsnks, giving the Griffs
the victory, l to 0.
Some 10000 fans enjoyed the bitter
battle to the limit. They cheered and
jeered the Busting Bambino. They
reared with delight when Walter
johnson, who never pitched q better
Rarne In his life, famed the side in
the second. They sat and shivtred
when Wally Pipp tripled to the cen.
terrified fence In the ninth. They
came to their feet with q roar when
''ON" Smith won the game with that
tworbase slam in the last OF the
ninth.
Hoyt, who spent the afternoon
fighting George Moriarty as well ss
the Griffs, pitched sterling ball.
Smiths double in the second was the
lone hit off him until the eighth,
when Joe Judge ripped a single 10
left with one out. The two hits in
the ninth brought the total up to
four, which indicates the ability
shown by the young Yankee. He
was never In any real danger until
that ninth, for that matter.
~ TT
son permitted seven hits. and on
three different occasions had to show
Ill his great skill to choke off Yam
But the Kansan had the goods. He
emerged safely from all three crIses
He was truly master Of the mound.
In the very first frame, McNally
singied with one down and romped
all the way to third on Babe Ruth's
srass-scraping single to right. Then
johnson famed Bob Meusel and
tsssed out Pipp himself. crushing
that attack.
whitley" Witt opened the sixth
With . single to left and went to
third on Ruth's second sizzling sin
gle 20 right. johnson again famed
Meusel for the second out, and
when Ruth perished pilfering sec.
ohd, that second attack had failed.
Everett Scott got a cheap double
when his grounder down the first
base line hoped into one OF the field
boxes, but he stayed there when
Judge raced out into right and
dragged down Hoffmann's foul fly
The third dangerous assault upon
Johnson's stuff came in the ninth
after two were down. Wally Pipr
cracked the ball out between Rice
and Smith. 1t rolled to the wall a.
the long.lesged Yankee tore around
the bases. He sailed into third safely
and then waited to be brought home
Nothing doing. johnson did rot
intend losing q game like that
Aaron Ward popped up a short fly tc
right field, and Bucky Harris, run
ming after II like a mountain goat
dragged 1t down while going toward
the fence. 1t was a great catch and
Il cut Off a certain tally.
Johnson's victory was his third
straight shutout. Not since the st
Louis Browns drove him from the
box. on June II, has the enemy
scored against him. He has now
pitched twenty-seven scoreless