The Washington herald., 1907-10-01
SPECIAL to The wsshtnrton Her.1d-

Special to The Washington Herald
Philadelphia. Sept. 80.-The greatest
game ever played, but all for nothing!
Such was the verdict Of 24.127 temporarily
insane spectators who raved and beloved
for more than three hours and a half at
Columbia Park this afternoon, intentIy
watching the spectacular seventeen inning
tie contest between Detroit and the Ath-
letics. When night had fallen, electric
lights had been lighted, and I02 men had
been retired, Umpire O'LOughlin dra-
maticaIy called a cessation OF play with
each team having nine runs 70 its credit.
Nothing in this city ever equaled the
great struggle. The thousands who were
so fortunate 20 bear eyewitness 10 the
seventeen long. nerve-rackng, tense IN
nings will never forget the wild excite
ment and almost rlotous demonstration
that they produced From the first 10 the
seventh the great mob sang, cheered,
yelled, and gestculated; yes, even gloated
over a prospective victory.
WaddeH WeaLzens.
The score then stood 10 1 in favor OF
their idols. But the scene changed as
suddenly as q tropical electric storm.
Two errors. a base on balls, d smashing
twO-base hit and Detroit had crossed the
plate four times. This only served to in
crease the din. The Athletics came back
vs-s4F L.
the eighth Detroit scored again, making
the game stand Athletics. S; Detroit c.
Game 10 the core. the swapping Tigers
cast a saddening silence over the vast
throng in their half Of the ninth, when
they tied the score on CrawfOrd's single
and CObb's terrific drive over the right
field fence for a home run.
Then. with no one out. the erratic Wad-
dell, who had electrified the spectators
/ by a wonderful exhibition for seven in
uings was relieved by the reliable Plank
In quick succession the next three bats
men were retired IN order. The game was
temporarily saved.
scores in Eleventh.
Then from the ninth to the seventeenth
another fierce struggle ensued. the battle
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were. Men acted Ike lunatics, and even
women forgot their gentle nature. IN
ming after inning passed. Both teams
! scored in the eleventh With TWO out,
/ Cobb doubled 10 right and came racing
home when Rossman crashed a clean sin
/ sic to center. The Athletics would not be
oUtgamed. and again was the score tied,
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saJion Of hostiliUes. All the excitement.
yelling. noise-making and cheering that
/ had proceeded the fourteenth inning was
I like silence compared 10 the thUnderous
/ inferno aroused in this inning. Davis.
the first man at bas. drove out a long fly
1 TO deep center. Racing ike a mad man,
Crawford caught up with the speeding
sphere. but just as he was IN the act OF
catching the bah a policeman shot out
/ from the crowd. directly in. front of the
I play, causing Crawford u drop the ball
after il had struck his glove. Davis
reached second,
Detroit Claims Interference.
I In a moment the Detroit players had
crowded around Umpire Connolly. claim
/ ing interference. Connolly waived them
/ TO OLoughli1. A long wrangle followed,
players Of both teams participating. Fin
( ally the argument between Monte Cross
and Rossman became so heated that
| fight was threatened.
In another second the crowd on the
field had broken from its leash and
horde was on the diamond. Everything
was confusion-men. women. boys. patrol
men. -sergeauts, lieUteuants. captains, and
I even a superintendent of police. running
hither and thither. Big Ruhe Waddeu, in
street clothes. ran out from the players
bench and wanted TO thrash every one
present. He was hustled 10 the bench. IS
were Cross and Rossman.
Davis Declared out.
Finally something like normal order was
restored and the crowd driven back 10
the reservations behind the ropes. Mean
while the players were arguing with I'M
pire OLoughlin, who had declared Davis
out for the pauolman's Interference. The
Athletic players protested violently. but
of no avail O'Loughlin threatening to
forfeit the game if they did not resume
the contest Murphy finally took his
place at the bat, and cracked out d sin
gle 70 left. which would have scored Da-
Wis. and ended the grueliing strife.
Detroit had men on bases in every in
ming but the fourteenth. after the score
was tied in the eleventh inning. but Plank
was unhittable when d safe drive would
have yielded victory.
Donovan InvincihIe I'm PiRches.
The Athletics had similar opportunities
to win. but Donovan was simply inyinci-
bic after runners reached base. Athletics
runners were on bases in every inning
after the eleventh. except the sixteenth
The Athletics used three pitchers in their
efforts 20 vanquish Detroit Donovan.
crafty, game. skillful, bore the brunt OF
the twiFling strife for Detroit.
In the early innings wild BIZ was
simply slaughtered. but as the contest
progressed he found his normal form, and
but for a poor effort on the part of Jones
and his own wild pitch IN the eleventh
inning would have won o great triumph
In the last ten innings he was only hit
for six hits and famed seven batsmen
in the last seven.
Dygert Knocked Out.
Dygert started the game fer Mack. but
only lasted an inning and a third. when
he was relieved by Waddeu The big
left handler had terrible speed. striking
out six men Of the first eight that faced
him and allowing but four hits up TO the