The Washington herald., 1908-08-22
WASHINGTON. 3: DETROIT. 1.

hASAasNtHt tON. - BE1 lhOAI, I.
Joe CantuIon's penuaat killers Jumped
Z into those Terrible Tigers with such great
. force. enthusiasm. and vig0r yesterday
that at the end Of the opening COMBAT
I the visitors had been tanned TO the tune or
to l.
II was a sd day for Hughey and his
proud herd. for il was their third con
secGtivo defeat the Yielding Yankees
having taken the last two games at New
YORK. and they had come 10 our fair city
with fond hopes Of making a clean
sweep Of the series and thereby re-estab-
fishing the big margin that separated
them from the Browns before leaving
home But. alas. what q fan and what JOY
3 % The $500 fans
Out5atteG and outfeIded. but avaHing
+ themselves Of every opportunity 10 i'm
prove their condition. the Nationals out
PLAYED the champions. and had il not
been for q little strategic baseball that
went wrong at the wrong time. nine
! ,ipAers would have been Detroit's share
Of scores The visitors lone tally came
as result OF a base on balls. the punk
est sort Of a llt. that would have been an
out but for wild bound. and a throw To
second. the ~sturu OF which the runner
from third bent home with but a foot %
spare. Had Tie throw 10 second and
. back gone through as Per programme. the
Tigers would have been BANKED.
strong with Men on Bases.
Walter johnson. Tie idaho thunderbslt
pitched gnoa BAH While ne was touched
up for five singles. gave two bases on
balls. and had "a uId pitch 20 his dis
credit. Johnson had such terrific speed
that whenever the Tigers threatened o.
le uY the game Ee stopped them cold
Twice after the second inning the cham
pions worked men around as far as third
and promised % make things decidedly
Interesting. but each time johnson was
on rEe Job and turned them back before
they accoup- their object
EDDIE WLlett. U=t-oit-s clever rzf-Ier.
also pitched some ball. and in the matter
~ actual hits had the better Of johnson.
but rHe visitor was unsteady al critical
times and did not receive such excellent
backing as was aTa-ded his rival
II tie field the Nationals put I'D The
same sterling same as has characterized
their work in nearly all OF the contests
since returning hone Two errors. one q
Wild throw by johnson and the other
dropped ban by Freeman. were CHARGED
up but barring these two mechanical
llispia-s the work was excellent Nc
Bride and TuEiaub made several diff
cult chances look easy. but the most spec
-cular play was made by Capt. GsaIav
in the ninth inning. when he gauoped in
back Of short and suagEed liner from
Schm-d-'s stick that threatened TO cause
a lot OF trouble
Clyde Milan Injured.
The only rarre-tat-e feature Of The d9v
came in WaSairgto1's last turn at the
bat. when Milan tried 20 take second On
a wild pitch. and. in sliding into the bag
twisted his leg so badly that he had 10
be carried OF the field
Washington got enough runs in the first
Inning 10 win Milan singled 70 right and
stole second and third After Shipks had
flied out Ga1ley walked and advanced on /
Cuglau5's sacrifice. Milan remaining on
rri-d- It was Up 20 OTIS CIy-er. and lie I
proved equal 90 the occasion by tearing
on perfect hit % center. which scored
Milan and Gauiay- The Nationals wasted I
a hit IN The third. and after that went out I
In order until the seventh IN the lucky |
session Freeman singled. took second on /
wild pitch, reached third On NIcBride.s 1
out at first and walked home on A wild
pitch tGat went almost 10 the stand.
With two out for Detroit in the second /
Schmidt walked. and when CoughIiu sent
a 5oander toward first the ban took ]
Wild leap and went over Freeman-s head 4
Schmidt making third and crossing the
plate when Street threw TO second to head (
or CoUghIin. and the ball was returned 4
10 The plate 700 late % catch Schmidt. 4
VINO sid across with the Tigers only run
Cobb Fails in Pinch.
in the third. Detroit had j man on first
and another on third. as a result Of two
singles, but Cobb was not equal to the
emergency and made the third out when
he flied TO Milan In the ffth the visitors
had their best chance Freeman dro7ped
the throw on OLeary's grounder TO short.
and in trying 10 catch the runner OF first
Johnson threw against the bIeache- fence
O'Lcary going 10 second WiTIett's ont
advanced his team mate. and McYntvra
took his base by being hit by a pitched
ball ScEaefer lined 70 TngIaub. who
started fast double play that sent the
Tigers into TIE field r-inless.
With Cobb out IN the ninth. Rossmar
walked, and took second On a wild pitcn /
but Ganiey nailed SchmIdts hard chance.
and Davy Jones. hitting for CouEhiin /
raised fly 90 Mcbride
The Score.
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