Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-19
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, Mich, May 13.-Becomng des-
perate because of two failures to get on
the diamond Is as many days. Manager
Stahl agreed with Manager Armour yes
terday that 1t would be well to play on any
old sort Of field, as long as the rain did not
fall. The decision, of course, lay with the
Detroiter. but the Washingtonian, after
the game had gotten under way, rather re-
GREETED his cheerful acquiescence in Ar
mours plans. The infield, after its long
drenching, was extremely muddy around
the bases. The Detroiters played like Am
phibians. and were not bothered. Wash
ington, on the other hand. could not keep
it's feet when called upon to move hastily.
The poor mudding qualities of the Nationals
really put them out of the game. They
had no chance to win. of course. as they
made but two hits. neither with a man on
bases. and were shut out. But their slip
ups cost two or three runs, so that the two
tallies that are usually enough for Patten
when he faces Detroit, would have been
useless.
The bad field helped Detroit to runs. but
does not of course. explain entirely the de-
feat. That was due to Washington's ina
bility to hit Killian, the local left handler.
The Nationals had chances to bat IN
enough men to win three games. kilian
took all kinds of chances in his efforts to
induce Washington batters to go after bad
ones and as a result walked no less than
nine men. in addition to Huelsman, who
was hit by a pitched ball. These ten gifts
Washington put to no account Consider
ing the fact that ten men were passed ana
that two hit safely, it was an odd thing
that in but one inning did the Nationals
reach third base. Killian once filling them
up and forcing a man to that sack. Inree
times Washington had two men on, but
N,,I eara1 ftrSt no
Weak flies and strike-outs were the order
whenever Killian got into hole. How
good he was in the pincheS is SHOWN by the
fact that Joe Cassidy waved weakly at
three with the bases filled in the thlrd.
without coming close to hitting any of
them.
First Hit for Hill.
Hunter Hill got the first Of Washinston's
hits in the opening inning. and died trying
to steal, after Stahl had famed. In the
second inning both Huelsman and Nil were
walked, but Knoll flied to left. and Kilt
redge hit to the pitcher. The third was
the real chance. Patten got base on
balls and Jones forced him. Hill was an
easy in-feld out. Schaefer juggled StahI $
grounder. Jake beating the throw. Then
Huelsman was hit. filing the sacks. AT
this juncture Cassidy was famed, the last
two strikes being slow curves that iooKeu
made TO OT0eT 1OT IWO-udSS-Il4l III ifCo.
Knoll walked. with one out, in the fourth.
and died at first Hill and Huelsman got
passes in the fifth. and Cassidy flied to Nc
Intyre retiring the side. Knoll and Kit
redge walked. with one gone, in the sixth,
but Patten fouled out and Jones hit to the
pitcher In the seventh Huelsman singled,
with two out. Mil walked to open the
eighth. but was forced by Knoll. who didn
pass first. The ninth was the only inning
In which Washington failed to put man
Detroit's first batter scored, Schafer walk
ing being sacrificed to second, and tally
ing on Crawford's clean single. The mud
field misplays opened up in the second
Hickman hit to left and Huelsman los.
the bounds, making 1t good for two bases
O'Leary undertook to sacrifice. and Hill s
throw so bad that Hickman scored.
Sullivan tried to sacrifice, and Nil, who
covered first slipped in the mud, Patten's
perfect throw going to right field. O'Leary
made third, and Killian sacrificed Sullivan
to second With Schaefer out on in
field fly, Cooley singled to center, scoring
two more runs. Crawford opened the third
with his second single and was safe at
second. when Cassidy first muffed the throw
on Coughlin's bunt and then did a high
dive in the mud that lost a chance to re-
cover. Hickman sacrificed. and O'Leary
worked the squeeze" play, bunting to Pat
ten. Crawford coming in with the pitch.
Case slipped UP on this bunt, and Coughlin
would have scored also. but for Nil. who
backed up Stahl and got the wild throw,
nipping Bill at the plate. After that Case
was touched up a bit, but no more runs
were scored. The bonde-haired boy did
not have very good control and was not
hard for the locals to hit.
Double-Header Today.
Today the two teams play the first double
header Of the leagues season. to get the
crowd while these clubs are fighting. and to
save a double header later, when the sched-
ules will be crowded. Detroit will use Kit
son and either Donovan or Mulin. Stahl
says that all of his men are ready. but that
Townsend and Jacobsen are the most likely
selections. The weather Is good, and indi-
cations are for a good turn out. Today's
Detroit twirlers are more to Washington's
fancy than those that worked yesterday.
Manager Stahl was rendered q reception