Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-24
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

DETROIT. Mich, August 2i.-The Ma
tonals got Detroit again yesterday in an
other eleven-inning battle just as hard
fought and just as well played on both
sides that of the day previous. One lit
tie slip by the Detroiters determined the
result a foolish effort to pull Off the
squeeze play in the ninth inning. with
the score tie. two Tigers on the sacks and
but one out. being frustrated by wise old
NAL" Kittridge, who was the all-around
star of Jakes band of athletes on both oc-
casions. Crawford, who tried the play.
ran into the ball
Detroit did not have another chance to
score, while the Nationals. some slow
work by Detroit in the eleventh. got the
run that determined things. The score was
to 4
There was no open trouble with Sheridan
yesterday. though both sides did a lot of
kicking, and the watch came out on one
occasion. Kitson being sent to the club
house this time for kicking on a decision
that cost Detroit run. and in which
Sheridan apparently erred. However he
evened things up, striking out two Wash
ingtonians. each time with a man on sec
ond on third strikes that were simply
laughable.
Beginning the contest 1t was a battle of
newcomers. Disch operating for the Tigers
against Falkenberg. the lengthy recruit to
the Nationals. Disch did excellent work
for five innings. when injury forced
him 10 retire in favor of Donovan. Falken-
berg looked good until the NINTH when a
streak of wildness displayed Itself and in
duced Manager Stahl to derrick him in
favor of Tom Hughes. The latter was in
two bad places. but pulled out. Donovan
got into one hole, and 1t proved little
too deep for him. Falkenberg had great
speed and a puzzling cross-fire delivery
Had NAL Kittridge and Sam Crawford
been excused from duty before the game
the teams might have been playing yet. In
Il sense 1t was one-man contest, Crawford
hitting in every Detroit tally. while Kit
who was in fine form, hir in three Wash
ington runs and scored another. homer by
little Mil being the only Washington score
that the little old gentleman from Worces-
ter didn't associate himself with
Three times during the contest it was
tied up. The Nationals first got to Disch
strong in the fifth, when Stahl led away
with triple, but was caught on the line on
Jones tap to Dsch. Jones made second
on the run down. and came home Kilt
ridges drive to center. Mil came up with
two out. and on double to left Kilt came
all the way home. establishing a new rec
ord for himself from first to the plate
This the Tigers tied up in their half, Cooley
beating an intield hit and Schaefer being
safe on Mis- error. Mcintyre sacrificed.
and Crawford singled to center. scoring the
pair. In the seventh Detroit broke the tie
doubles by Schaefer and Crawford scoring
a run.
Washington got 1t tied again In the eighth
on Mis- home run drive 70 the clubhouse
1t came up to the ninth with the score 3 to
3. and Washington went into the lead in her
half on pass to and steal by Stahl fol-
lowed by ktttridges drive over Schaefar's
head. Detroit rallied in her half Schaefer
leading away with a fine single making
second and third on wild pitches. MCINTYRE
was easy, but Crawford's fourth hit of the
day registered the German with the run
that tied Falkenberg was taken out at
this tuncture- Crawford stole second and
OLeary beat bunt. Right here the game
was blown Sam starting for home on the
first pitch TO Coughlin. high one that Bill
had no chance to reach. The out was easy
A minute later Coughlin slammed a long fiy
TO left that would have scored Crawford
easily with the winning run, but that was
valueless as 1t came.
Washingtons run in the eleventh was
cheap. Schaefer lost KnoIls bounder and,
Stahl forced him. Jones' was passed a fatal
error. The pair pulled of a double steal
kittridge chopped one at Donovan that
bounded of Bilrs hand. and Stahl who
should have been an easy out was over
before O'Leary could get to the ball Cooley
walked in Detroit's half. but his team
mates failed him. The score.