Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-11
spccinl Dispatch to The Star.

Pccin1 Dispatch TO The Star.
DETROIT, Mich, August 11-One fat
inning was all that Washington needed
yesterday with Walter Johnson and
Charlie Smith in the~form that they
showed and backed in the style that
they-wer 1t came in the eighth. when
hope for the Nationals had almost fed.
and when the consensus of Detroit opinion
was that they would be lucky If they
escaped a shut-out at the hands of Null
len.
Two bases on balls. slipped into this
session. proved the incidents that doubly
wrecked the hopes of the Tigers and the
townfolk. They paved the way to three
Washington runs. Three was about all
that the Nationals needed. for the
champs had but two to their own credit,
and the eighth inning was passing into.
history when Washington scored.
1t ended with only the number of runs
made that has been mentioned. the score
being 3 to ,, with the home hopes taking
the more attenuated of the run columns.
The blow was an awful One 1t put the
spectators in the position of the rural gent
who lays down his ten spot and picks the
sheet under which the pea is hidden They
had it but they didn't. Mullen and john
son were the opposing gents. The De-
troiter has never looked better than he
did for seven innings. He had everything
that pitcher needs, and let but one
man have second base. In the eighth they
filled the sacks on him on two clean hits
and more or less lucky one, with one out.
Then he lost control, and couldn't get
the hall over. walking two men without
getting the semblance of strike on
either. That with put-out that followed
was enough.
johnson Had Bad Inning.
Of Null the n
Johnson. The latter also had one bad
inning. His trouble was that he started
with passes and allowed hits to follow.
With Mullin the hits came first and then
the passes were worked in. Charlie Smith
pitched the last two innings for Washing
ton, Johnson being derricked in the eighth
so that Mr.. Cantillon could hold his daily
review of his reserve forces.
Until the two pitchers found their bad
spots it was a game that looked as though
it might last from then until now. with
no one doing any run making. Detroit
couldn't get many men. on on Johnson.
and those who did get on couldn't get
around. Washington had about the same
trouble with Mullin, but its runners were
more accommodating. Instead of making
futile waits while somebody failed to hit
them home. like Detroit. they went over
the suicide route to the put-out column.
no less than four being tagged by Schmidt
in six innings. 1t looked like overtime for
certainty until Detroit's sixth.
Then the storm broke. Mullin was out,
and Mcintyre. who had walked. had been
removed from the scene on an effort to
steal second. when Schaeffer hit low fly
into right that got through Pickering for
two sacks Johnson went wrong with
Crawford. and handed him three bad
balls. Rather than give the Wahoo one
a chance tc zft at one that was over, the
Idaho hurle. purposely pitched the fourth
wide. allowing Crawford to walk. Cobb
fouled them an until Johnson was tired of
pitching to him. after which Tyrus
hit a slow h.sh bounder to Mcbride. get
ting an infiel6 single and filling the sacks.
This put it up T. Rossman. who was there
Johnson, kept iSem away from the big
fellow. but he yrached out and got one
with the end Of his club. putting 1t into
left field. Schaeffer scored easily. and
Sam did 1t on slide. Ganley threw to
the plate and Cobb and Rossamn improv-
ed the opportunity to snatch an extra base
each = was wasted energy. for Capt.
Coughlins well meant poke into left field
fell in the paw of Capt. Ganley, and both
runners were left. Subsequently first
base was occupied by Detroit but once.
and then to no purpose. as will be shown
later in this narrative.
Freeman Starts Trouble.
Up to the eighth inning Washington
had put but one man at second base
and he didn't threaten to get any nearer
home. Freeman was first batter in the
eighth and hit safely. Pickering drove
a fast bounder at Mullin, who blocked
it on a one-hand stop just enough to
prevent Schaeffer from getting the ball
for play. Warner was sent into the
combat to replace Kahoe: he bunted but
Mullin threw out Freeman at third base.
Then Mr.. Warner faded from the land
scape. Kelley being sent in to do the
sprinting in the event that any stray
two-base hits hoated to the distant field.
He had just set himself when Mcbride
singled to right field. filling the bases,
Cobb holding Pickering at third. Tame
hill was elected to hit for Johnson. and
Mullin went wild. passing the batter and
forcing Pickering home. Milan already
had two bases on balls, and here got his
third. scoring Kelley. With one out and
life for the cause. bunting to Rossman
who got him at first base. Mcbride, of
course. scored. Ganley was thrown out
by Downs
That won. for Detroit couldn't touch
Smith. who replaced johnson in the two
innings that were left. He had the top
of the list to start with, and got them
in order in the eighth. Starting the
ninth. Cobb was the hitter. He struck
out. but the third one was low. and
Street had short passed ball on it. Be-
fore he could pick it up and throw it
Tyrus was perched on first Rossman
fouled twice. then flied to Mcbride. Davy
Jones was substituted for Coughlin and
forced Cobb. Mcbride to Unglaub. Only
Schmidt was left. He hit one high, but
not far. Shipke was under 1t and the
game was over. The score:
DETROIT. ABB. r. BH Pc. A. E.