Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-05
Yesterdays National League Games.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
DETROIT. Mich. June 5.-Most of the
llmelieht 81 the opening encounter between
Washington and Detroit was played about
the rival leaders, Messrs. B. Coughlln and
]. Stahl. Scranton Bill was there. strong
I'm all lines He first attracted special at
tention in the sixth inning. when the Ma
tionals needed one to tie Catcher Wake
field made a good start for the. tally. and
thereby drew Captain Bill into the picture.
CoughIin made a remarkable barehand bat
down of a foul-line two-sacker, fell, recov-
cred the ball and shot 1t over TO Crawford.
waist high. in time to retire the runner.
Mr. Stahl attained note more by what he
said than what he did There were numer-
Gus close base decisions in the game. and,
following one of these in the seventh, the
Washington leader used some pretty strong
language. In the eighth. however, he
kicked on a decision by Common and was
chased.
In the interim he had distinguished HIM
self by failing to remember that he was In
order at bat to open the eighth He did not
discover the slip until Wakefield had fouled
out Then he notified Hurst, who declared
the out on StahL This sent Wakefield to
taDat again. his first at bat going against
Stahl and his second being for himself
Team Has Improved.
Stahl has much improved team In the
fielding way. and there never was anything
the matter with the stick work of those on
whom he is relying for the bingling. Kill
liam discovered this fact Edward. despite
ais victory being touched frequently. and
being saved from more because his outfield
camped in the shadow OF the fence and
there pulled down divers long distance
Clouts that looked good. but got nothing.
The first six innings OF the game closely
followed the batting chapters of the how
20 play base BALI booklets In the I0-cent
athletic series Detroit snagged four tai
lies each by the same process, which is to
say, in four different innings the first man
got on. twice on passes and twice on base
llits. the second man sacrificed him along
and the third or fourth or both brought him
home. three times on hits. once on long
Hy. following a wide pitch that put the
runner at third.
This was good goods for time. but the
system was put to the bad by one fierce
sling by Knlian.
Washington had tapped him for one In
the opener, on a pass to Altizer and a triple
by Grass. Hits by Schlafiy and Anderson.
with an infeld out. sandwiched. gave an
other In the nth. In the seventh twO-run
lead was demolished. Altizer opened with
a single. Schlahy laid down a bunt He
had the play beat. but kIlian. In his eager
ness 10 cut of one man. made a wild hurl
past Crawford When Cobb finally got
the ball back Altizer was home and Schla-
fly was at second Anderson's Lacquer
moved him up, and he scored when Hick-
man forced Anderson at second.
Tigers Big Rally.
This made some runs necessary at once.
Lindsay opened the seventh for Detroit
and ne opened il right. smashing one to left
Crawford was sent up to hit and he also
drove one TO left. taking second on an at
tempt to get Lindsay at third. Mcintyre hit
past short, scoring both runners. Cobb sac
r!dced. Coughlin hit to Anderson and Nc
Jutyre scored. This is where Capt. Bill
busted himself. stealing second and third
while O'Leary and Schmidt were batting
- Leary famed. but Schmidt scored He
was in the double steal that got Coughlln
home. Killan famed.
The eighth was much likewise Jones
walked, and Lindsay beat hunt Craw-
ford did the same thing. filling the sacks
Stahl got McIntyre's bounoer Jones scor-
ing. Falkenberg threw out Cobb Lind
say registering. Cross 1uggled Cough
Inns grounder and same scored Coughlin
being safe c. O'Leary wound up the
fireworks with home run smash TO
the club house adding two tallies-his
own and Coughlin's. Score: