Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-24

pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star
DETROIT, Mich, May 24.-The set of
blanks that Eddie Killian handed to the
Washington club in its first game here yes
terday was one of the swiftest shut-outs of
the year In all it took the teams but
eighty minutes to play the game, which,
in view OF the fact that the score was 10 to
0, Detroit having the ten, is certainly
moving with some celebrity.
Possibly that is because Killan has ac-
quired the shut-out habit. The dose that
he handed the Nationals was merely what
New York was forced to take at his hands
on the Thursday preceding. Right now
the local left-hander is in fine form. Wash
fngton should have escaped a shut-out.
But, as Detroit was hitting the visiting
southpaw, Cantillons men had little chance
TO cop. Time was when a Detroit pitcher
to beat Case Patten had to shut out the op-
position. killian worked under the i'm
preston that the dates hadn't been
changed, and took them one, two, three in
four innings, and would have done it an
other but for a tumble on the infeld
Up to the ninth Washington had taken
but four hits from him, of which two were
inield taps. They got to him for three
safe ones in the NINTH which was one of the
two occasions in which a Washington score
threatened. Killian and Payne jointly at
tended TO the choking process in the ninth
with>a strike-out for one and an acrobatic
foul fly eaten by the other. Ty Cobb was
the stranger of the other threatening
period. the first, cutting off Jones at the
plate by throw from right field.
Both of the Jones boys starred, the Wash
lngtonian getting three hits and the De-
troiter making three runs. He made the one
that would win. in the first, when he beat
bunt. went to third on Coughiin's sacri-
nee and Crawford's- out, and scored when
COBB got to first in advance of Mills throw
OF mis- slow hit. This run looked to Pattep
70 be all mistake, and he frightened M
wonderfully until the sixth, when Detroit
clinched 1t.
one gone in this inning, Patten put him
self In bad spot by passing Jones' David
AT once stole second, and he went to third
when Patten threw wide in an attempt To
S "a. MN on the bag. Coughlin famed,
Out crawford singled home the run Cobb
doubled to center, and Sam stopped at
thlrd Then they injected little comedy
into it. Cobb thought Rossman would hit
certain pitch. and he dashed I'D so far
toward third that Warner had no trouble
TO get the ball to second, and stop him
from returning. Crawford led off third and
Cobo went up to the bag. Warner and
thlrd and home. Sam lodged around until
short throw by Warner hit him on the
shoulder and bounded into left field
whereat both Crawford and Cobb came in.
Before the eighth was finished ten men
batted and six runs scored. Killian was
gone when ID. Jones singled to left He
stole second. Coughlin was safe because
Alt1Zer booted his bounder. Crawford hit
to Jones, and Cobb's out Mil to Hick-
man, moved two runners up. Rossman's
single scored them. Schaefers hit put
Rossman at second, and Payne's hit to
right sent him home Ganley threw to the
plate to stop Rossman, and this gave
Schaefer and Payne extra base each
Both registered on O'Learys safe hit Kill
liam batted for the second time in the in
ming and ended it, Warner making a nice
play on his little tap.
The start and finish were >the Washing
tons only chances. Charlie Jones singled
with one gone in the starter and went to
second when a wide pitch eluded Payne
Lave Cross hit to Cobb who heaved- 1t
home. getting Jones at the plate. Ander-
son. in the second. and c. Jones' in the
third, got inf1eld singles to no purpose and
,Altizer's was safe in the fourth on Schae-
fers tumble. These, to the NINTH were
the only hits the Nationals got In the
ninth, c. Jones singled to left. Cross lifted
a fly that fell safe in center, Killian famed
Hickman, and Altizer lifted to O'Leary
The same gent knocked down Anderson's
base hit, holding Jones at third. Payne