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for third and made the base, but was
left there as McGill was hit by pitched
ball and double play was made on
Burke's grounder to Elberfeld. The To-
calls We're still one behind. McGill opened
Detroit's half by giving Barrett a base,
but after Slater sacrificed and Willie gave
Elberfeld his third present McGill made
a fine stop of line fly by Buelow and
doubled Barrett out at second.
In the eighth was Cronins explosion.
After Slater had muffed throws from
both Elberfeld and Cronin, giving Geier
and Glenalvin safe places on the sacks,
Lally sacrificed and Isbell drove the first
nail in Cronin's professional coffin with
good hit to right field on the fly. Dun
gan, Slater and Ryan were fiocking
around it like crows around a dead mule,
but none of them got to the ball in time.
Hoffmeister logged the ball to center
field and 1t went up so high that Barrett
fell backward trying to crane his neck
up to see 1t. While he was picking him
self up again Hoffmeister cantered to
second. and when Shugart flew to Dun
gan Isbell came In with another run. Sam
made a nice throw to the plate. and II
Buelow had held the ball he ought to
have had IsbeIl, but he did not get him.
Spies drove the ball into left for two
bases and scored Hoffmeister, but Heine
was caught mapping at second. accord
u.
At that, 1t did not look as though Spies
was out and Heine insisted that he was
not, expressing himself so emphatically
that he was ordered out of the game.
Before he went out he made a feint as
though as to assault the umpire but did
not Even at that it Is a question
whether or not Umpire Mannassau will
not report him to the president of the
league for suspension.
McGill threw out Cronin. but Ryan was
presented with a base. Stallings gave
Shugart high one, but DUNCAN landed
safely on the ball for the fourth time
billiard struck out, however, leaving two
on bases.
st. Paul went out in order, and it be-
came asquestion Of time only. apparently
But Barrett put one at McGill and Glen
alvin so hot they could not do anything
with 1t and Slater poked a safe one into
left. Willie gave Elberfeld his fourth
base on balls and there was his fatal err
ror. Buelow flew to Burke, but Barrett
scored and home run would win. Cronin
had a chance to save his own game, but
struck out Ryan, however, hit to CEN
ter field for two bases, and both Slater
and Elberfeld came in, the latter tying
the score by a pretty bit of sliding that
fooled Ritter, who had the ball at the
plate in plenty Of time. But Stallings
only gave Glenalvin a pop-up, so the To-
Cronin was in a dilemma. The Detroits
were apparently playing for rain, and the
impending storm made the stoppage Of
the game a matter of but a very short
time. Indeed, 1t was almost dark enough
to stop then. Four wide ones and Glen
alvin walked to first. Lally met the ball
again, dark as it was and liner over
second put a second man on the bag Is
bell hit hard one into right field for
two bases and scored Glenalvin. Cronin
filed the sacks with Hoffmeister. Shu-
second sack as though 1t had been aimed
therefor. Lally scored. Ritter hit to
billiard, who threw out Isbell at the
plate. McGill tried hard to pull out his
own game and hit hard one into right
via the first sack. Burke forced Ritter
at the plate, but four runs were in al
ready. McGill was thrown out between
second and third. and the visitors had to
get four to tie or else delay the game
until the storm broke.
ChauIlcey Fisher went into the box.
Geier made a nice catch under DUNCAN
breaking that worthy's long record Of
safe bits, and Isbell stopped billiards.
grounder. But Barrett, Slater and Elber-
field got on a batting streak and two
more runs came in. Buelow had another
chance where a home run would tie but
this time he poked a light one at Fisher
who threw him out and ended the agony.
The crowd had not been loaded on the
cars before the storm broke in all its
violence. The score: