Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24

out Yesterday afternoon to witness the
double-header between the Nationals and
Detroits saw three hours and half of as
exciting base ball as the most rampant
fan could wish for, the locals winning
both contests the first by the score of
to : and the second 3 to /. The Nationals
are charged with an error in each game,
while the Tigers had three in each con-
test. and every misplay was of the costly
sort Mixed with the errors were plays of
the hair-raising order and the batting was
of the timely kind The attendance ran
over the 5000 mark, and the crowd was
kept on the tiptoe of excitement almost
continually.
Pitchers Wolfe and Donovan were the
heroes of the afternoon. the former pulling
the first game out of the fire in the eighth
inning after Falkenberg had been chased
to the bench. leaving three Tigers on the
bases. and Donovan being the victim of
losing contest after he had struck out
eleven batsmen and allowed but five hits
Falkenberg had been doing fairly we'll for
seven innings. and when the Tigers came
to the bat In the eighth the score stood
to T. and it looked as though the game was
"cinched" After retiring Mcintyre at first
Lindsay was hit by a swift inshoot. the
he passed the next batter. Crawford then
unsettled matters with double into the
. crowd in right field, scoring Lindsay Cobb
was also passed filling the bases, and then
Manager Stahl decided 1t was time to call
Falkenberg off
Wolfe Saves the Game.
When Wolfe walked into the center of
the diamond there were many loud-voced
thought Hughes or Patten should have been
called to the rescue. But they We're all
wrong, as Sir William made Coughlin pop
a fly to Cassidy, and Drill closed the inning
with foul fly to <ittredge. 1t was ire
mendously deep hole, and too much praise
cannot be given Wolfe for the way he saved
the game. When OLeary went out the
excited crowd arose to its feet and for sew
eral minutes yelled like Indians.
Kiliian on the other hand. had held the
Nationals down TO four hits in the first six
inn ings, and his team was two runs to
the good. defeat seemed certain when the
locals faced him in the seventh inning.
o Leary started the trouble with a tumble
on the first man up, and then the fusillade
of hits began-three singles. two doubles and
a triple being recorded before the last man
went out. What Killian lacked In pitching
he made up at the bat, getting triple,
double and a Single, but to close followers
OF the game it appeared though this
biEgling and chasing around the bases
proved his undoing. as the cannonading of
the Nationals came after he had hammered
out his three-ba gger.
In the second game wild BIZ Donovan
had world of speed and good control and
should have won his contest hands down.
In the first four innings he famed seven
batsmen. and it seemed impossible for the
locals to hit the ball, let alone place it into
safe territory. But Bill started his own
trouble by pinking Stahl in the ribs, as the
latter scored the first run of the game.
Wolfe, the other hand was hit in
desultory fashion from the start. but the
Tigers could get but two slams together in
inning. and these batters were left
roasting the sacks when the third man
went out
Cassidy the Star.
From fielding point of view Joe Cas-
sidys work stood out like chalk mark on
a blackboard. He started his sensational
work in the second inning of the first game,
and from then on to the finish it seemed
impossible to get a ball by him. One
handed stops and lightning throws were
his speciality, and the way he killed off
brCding base hits made the spectators sit
uD and watch his work with bullying eyes.
Little Mil at third ran Cassidy a close
second in sensational work, and Joe Stan
Lex caught fly back of second that
brought the crowd to it's feet with
mighty shout.
were, for the most part, easy, but Lew
Drill chased a high foul to the grand stand
and pulled it in, and Cobb in left made a
ms gnificent throw to the plate that killed
off a run.
Charley Jones was taken sick after MAX
ing a magnificent hit in the second inning
OF the first game, the clever center fielder
1allnS hard on his face as he was tearing
for home and had to retire from the field
His retirement pushed Hugh Tate. the new
man from Cumberland, into the game, and
the spectators were given a treat as the
youHsster made good from the start His
triple in the seventh inning of the first
game was mighty swat to the center-field
fence sending two runs over the rubber,
which tied the score In the second game
he was the only who faced Donovan
with any confidence, making two of the
five hits credited to the locals. Mr.. Tate
may lack experience, but II would take
considerable of an argument to convince a
big majority of the spectators at the game
yesterday that he is not natural ball play
er from every angle.
''Darning Needle Started Wrong.
In the first game Pitcher FaIkenberg got
away under a stir handicap as he threw
the ball into the right-feld stand in trying
to catch Lindsay off first, the runner going
all the way home. But the crowd soon felt
better as the Nation ais made two in the
Secohu ana went 10 the 'front.'. With one
down, Stanley singled to right, and went
to third on hiiiian's bad throw TO first.
Kittredge was passed, but Falkenberg's
long fly to Crawford scored Stanley. Kit"
going to second on the throw home. zones
then whipped double into left and Kit
tredge scored. Mcintyre returned the ball
from left badly. it going through both
oLeary and Schaefer into right field and
Jones dug out for home. In turning third
Tor home Hughes, who was coaching. gave
him a push in his desire to help him land
1t Knocked him off his stride so that he
finally went down in heap The bail was
then coming in, and Jones was easily put
out on the line.
In the fourth Detroit went to the front,
scoring three runs, the result of q single by
Schaefer, double by Crawford and a
homer to right by Cobb. the ball striking
the tips of Andersous fingers and rolling
under the bleacher seats out of reach
This lead was held until the seventh when
the Nationals hammered the bali for keeps
and scored six runs. Mil was safe ON