The Washington herald., 1907-06-18
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.


decorated for yesterdays game - the
whole Detroit outfit with laurels or the
Nationals with bushel of lemons-but
suffice to say that il would be easier for
& large-sized camel to wiggle through
the eye Of a small-sized needle than it,
was for the Tigers TO win in ten in
nings by 8 to I.
Jennings men have more than a hun
dred enga agements before the end of the
race for the flag, but il is doubtful if
they viii ever again experience as
much difficulty in ekeing out a victory
as they did at National Park yesterday.
The visitors showed considerably more
class than on Saturday. but at that the
Nationals should have come out ahead,
for our nine put up a game fight after
losing the lead in the second inning,
and finally tied the score In the ninth.
only 10 lose out in the tenth, a pair of
doubles doine the trick after one man
had been retired.
L was a hard one to lose, especially
as there were more than 5000 fans on
hand. but it is doubtful if any one who
made the journey to bid farewell to the
Tigers would deny that he had a run
for his money and was given q thrilling
exhibition of the grand and glorious
national pastime.
Change of Pitchers.
There were lots Of funny features about
the game. Cantill0n figured that q south
paw ought to prove troublesome to the
Tigers. so he called upon Oscar Graham
70 do the finging stunt; Graham survived
the first inning, bit only one third Of the
second round had passed when the Cali
fornian commenced TO weaken. In the
first. however. the Nationals had taken
uuwonted liberties with the delivery OF
Sievers. so when il came to the pitchers
turn % bat in the second, Jennings Sc
lected George lIuIlin To hit for Sievers.
This was a tip for CantiIon, and Tom
Hughes was sent in to pitch while Case
Pattsn chased behind the stand TO warm
up One of Hughes curves was just
what Mullin wanted and ne soaked it over
Jones head for double. scoring Two,
and a hurry call was sent TO Patten. The
sidewheeler was not in working order,
and with a man on third he made wild
pitch which allowed Il run.
This put Detroit in the lead by one
run and kiliiau, who succeeded Sievers.
and Patteu allowed no more scores until
the ninth. In the opening half the Tigers
got one on a double, a sacrifice, and 4
fly. and it looked as though there was
nothing to the game SO far IS Washing
ton was concerned. I'm the closing half,
however. things happened. With two out
Gauley beat "a huut and Jones singled %
left. Two runs were needed TO tie it up and
DeIehantv proved the man for the
emergency. for he tore off a double 20 the
left field fence which counted two run
Eers
The fans who had started home before
Gan.ey hit returned TO their seats, but
their joy was short-lved for, with one
down iu the tenth, doubles by Downs
and Cobb took the game out Of the Ma
tionals' grip and placed it on the left
side Of De-roits percentage column.
Nationals Lose Chance.
In the eighth the Nationals had a royal
chance 20 win. for. before any one was
out. the bases Were loaded, but there was
nothing doing, as nil famed and Perrine
lit 20 the pitcher. who threw the runner
out at the plate, and PerTine was doubled
az first
In tie opener Gauley went to first by
the big four route Jones singled, and
both advanced on Delehauty's sacrifice
and then came Anderson with a mighty
swipe TO center. which went for a two
bagger and scored both runners. De-
trolt made three in the second on two
passes, a single, "a double, and wild
pitch
In the eighth the lack Of a timely hit
or Ions fly proved costly 20 the Cantil-
lonites, but in the ninth the visitors in
creased their lead. Schaefer doubled, was
sacrificed to third. and beat the throw
home after a fiy. With two gone in the
second half Gauley was safe on a bunt
and Jones single. then came Dalehanty's
clout, which scored both men. In the
tenth successive doubles by Downs and
Cobb decided the issue.