Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-25

The double-helder Saturday afternoon
between the Washington and Detroit clubs
was battle royal from the start to the
finish of both contests. the locals winning
the first game by the score of 3 to and
tn" Tigers capturing the second by the same
score. The splendid thirteen-,nning contest
of Friday the promise of some more good
ball and the two games for one admission
drew out one of the largest crowds of the
season. the bleacherites overcrowdIng the
cheap stand and forming line around the
right field. Neither side could claim VIC
tory until the last man had been retired.
and in consequence the spectators were
kept on tiptoe OF expectation all the after
noon. AS In all the previous games The
Senators did the most brilliant work in the
field. as the chances offered the Tigers were
of the easiest sort.
In the first game Townsend was coupled
up with the veteran Kitson. and the local
man had far and away the better of the
argument The Tigers started off in the
first inning as If they would make short
work OF Townsend. but 1t was their dying
effort. as ciphers were served out to them
for the remaining eight innings five hits
for Il total of six bases being the best they
cou'd do of the puzzling curves of the boy
mum i'3tiNf'it. III W pIlCH liz a.
gilt-cdged game. Townsend batted most
timely, his two hits being responsible for
as many runs.
Ki,son had the misfortune to allow the
Senators to bunch their hits in the sixth
inning four being made then. which result
ed IN two runs, while two more in the next
inning sent the one run home that was nee
Iry TO win.
The features of this game were the old
trick Of hiding the ball by Coughln which
N no frSt inv h.a-
ing the victim, and at time when matters
looked bad for the Senators. and a great
catch in right field by Donovan in the fifth
inning. which was in reality not made.
kitson hit the ball to deep right. ard Don
ovan apparently got up To II and made The
catch with one hand. Instead the ball
missed his glove by the fraction of an inch
but bounded up immedia tely into his glove
so that the play completely fooled not only
Umpire Dwyer. but the players of both
teams as well. Donovan refused TO ne
made a hero by claiming that Wood. who
was on first. was out at second on his
throw to Mccormick. One man was as
suredly out at any rate, and Umpire Dwyer
decided to have Kitson retired. The play
was one OF the most remarkable seen on a
ball field and created no end of talk among
the spectators
In the second game wild BIZ Donovan
and the new Senatorial recruit Wolfe. from
New York. were the firing line and this
time the Detrolter had the better of the
argument. as he kept the hits scattered in
all but one inning. when one run was scored
by the Senators. Donovan used his head
instead Of speed to worry the Senators. and
was very successful. his slow curve being
very deceptive. Wolfe. on the other hand.
resorted to speed. and his work for SIX
innings was all that could be asked, but in
the seventh Lowe tore off a double Buelow
triple and OLeary a Texas League sin
gle. which resulted in two runs In the
ninth Crawford's double. a sacrifice and
Rohnspns long fly to O'Neill scored the
one additional tally needed 10 win.
In the first inning two unusual plays were
made. when Wolfe caught Mcintyre nap
Ping and threw him out at first and then
Donovan performed the same trick on
Scughlin. but 1t required four men to run
Scranton Bill down.
In the second inning the only sensational
play OF the game was pulled off when
Barry Mccormick jumped into the air and
pulled down Roblnson's line drive toward
right. and then throwing the ball to Cas-
sidy who covered second. also retired
Lowe.
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