The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-22
NOTHING DOING,
ELEVEN TIMES
Pitchers Battle Between
Townsend and Mullen.
SEVEN ERRORS BY SENATORS
Steadiness of Washington Pitcher
Saved Game-Anvil Chorus Was
Suddenly Silenced.
SEVEN ERRORS BY SENATORS
washington. 0; Detroit. 0.

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Nothing to nothing after eleven innings
In one of the freakiest contests ever
seen In Washington was the result Of
the ball game yesterday between the De-
troit Tigers and the Senators.
1t was one of the hair-raising, startling
games, through which good and bad
plays were scattered with generous pre-
fusion and the spectator never knew
whether he was going % see brilliant
circus feat or one Of the worst errors
ever There was something doing all the
time except In the way Of runs
Townsend a Surprise.
Jack Townsend was given his try-out,
and threw the greatest surprise into the
fans that they have had since Cain an6
Abel had the measles. There were many
-disheartening remarks when he was trot-
ted out. and predictions that he would
explode before five innings were over.
Did he make good the predictions Of the
croakers2 Not on your life He pitched
for eleven innings rs II he were Cy
Young in false whiskers. and when UNI
pire Sheridan called the game on &C
count OF darkness he was still handing
up the real thing wrapped in gold foil
He was as steady as the matron of
an old woman's home. With men on
the bases he did not go 20 pieces and
try TO puncture the first baseman, IN
der the impression that h was the
catcher nor did he soak the batter IN
the ribs with the bali and force in
runs. On the contrary, ne sent 'em
over with the precision Of an American
battleship at target practice. and re-
fused to get ratified.
Calamity Hurlers at Work.
In the sixth inning. Barrett got to
first on what was charged to Coughlin
as an error. but it could have been a
hit. 1t was just one Of those slow boys
runs in his anxiety to complete a quick
play. This sad accident was followed
by a pass 10 Mcintyre. Then the ham
mer artists began their celebrated stunt.
The knocking they did was enough TO
beat horseshoes for all the nags in
Washington. The I-Told-You-So bro
theirs joined in the anvil chorus with
such fervor that some Of them sprained
their tongues.
But here Townsend got in his best
work Robinson made three Intellectual
attempts to Ount and retired on bunt
strikes Then came Sam Crawford, the
heavy swattist. lie tried to hunt the
ball into Its original component mole
cules Poor SAM The best he could do
was TO hand an easy one TO Townsend.
who kept his head. threw TO third and
forced Barrett Greminger fouled Il
Drill and the excitement was over
In the eighth inning Mcintyre again
got pass and was sacrificed 10 second
by Robinson. Crawford whanged a
on third Greminger got one IN the
short ribs. and the anvil chorus opened
with On especially strong bass Here
again Townsend was Foxy Phil by clos
ing the incident with Carr's out, second
IN the ninth inning Wood reached first
and BuelOw ran for him. He was sac
rinCed TO second and went 10 third on
Mullins fly. Then did a mistake save
the game. Townsend made a wild pitch
and Buelow started 10 sail into port.
Jack ran TO the plate and Drill began
digging Cor the ball. He got IL and sent
il 10 Jack in time TO sink Buelow. II
was a remarkably close decision, and
while rendering all due thanks for the
faVors OF the fortune OF war II GER
tainly appeared from the press stand
that Buelow-but this is tipping or a
good thing.
In the tenth round Robinson doubled
and persisted at second, and BuelOw
turned The same trick in the eleventh
inning
Luck Has Changed.
Luck seems to have turned FOR the
Senator's. and II It viii only stay turned
for awhile they may yet set out Of the
hole. They made TO less than the
sacred number seven in the error line.
and maybe that saved them. Four times
did Detroit reach first on errors. and the
fact that none Of these chances mater
ialized into runs goes 70 show that there
Il 4a4 Bt Nltllltnl u 4uEh III baHtBaAl.
Everybody except Moran, Setback and
Townsend made a misDiay, and Barry
Mccormick forced the luck with two.
AS for hitting Muilin. II was out Of
the question. His ball was as hard u
find as a lump Of coal on a dark night.
Eight times did a Senator cleave the
nothingness around him instead OF
humping the sphere or the Your hits
that were made of Mulun only three
were clean. and one Of those was q
double by Barry Mccormick. Of all men,
in the second inning
Mccormick Alone Reached Third.
Mccormick was also the only Senator
20 get beyond second. In the fifth inning
he got 10 first because Crawford drop
ped the ball. He went to third on
Stahls biff 70 right and things look ed
good. as there was none out. But Null
lin did few stunts Orth was retired,
pitcher 70 first; Townsend famed, and
Moran flied 10 center
The rest of the game was a sickeninG
rehearsal Of one-tw0-three order and
will not bear telling.
The Score.
WASHINGTON r. H. PO. A. Z
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