The Washington times., 1908-05-24
Hughes Wild and Ineffec-
tive in First
Inning.
ONE WELL-DESERVED
RUN BY NATIONALS
Singles, Sacrifice, and Squeeze
Play Figure in It-Milan, Ganley,
and Delehanty in Another.
By THOMAS S. RICE.
Washington, 2; Detroit, 3.

What appeared TO be an unseemly and
perverse effort upon the part of Tom
Hughes 10 inject iI-timed levity into the
proceedings caused Washington to be
beaten by Detroit yesterday. to p
The entente between the two teams
has been very close for two years.
and each has not only been anxious
10 take the scalp of the other, but
10 pull OF tricks at the others ex-
pense. IN the first inning yesterday
Hughes. who was as steady and as
sober as a Down East reformer in the
remaining innings. We touched for
three singles, made a costly wild pitch.
and delivered another eccentric shoot
that was charged 10 Warner as a pass
ed ball but might well have been
wild pitch. This series of undiverting
diversions gave Detroit two runs in that
first round, and these, with an earned
tally, in the seventh, caused Washing
ton to lose.
Killian in Good Form.
Krlian was in excellent form for De
I'VE hits. one Of Washington's runs was
earned by high-grade baseball OF the
best kind. while the other eventuated as
the result of Milan getting a shot o..
the arm, followed by Ganley's sacrifice
and Delehanty's betty blow to center.
On the whole it was rather a dreary
game, especially as Washington was
headed in the initial round, and gave
score was tied in the. sevchth, was
there any real excitement. but after
that there was plenty doing Both teams
helded smoothly. and handled nothing
extraordinary in the way Of difficult
chances.
AT odd incident was McBrlde's acct
dental death in the seventh inning. He
ducked to dodge a wild inshoot. the ball
hit the bat protruding over his shout
der. rolled toward Bill COughlIn. and the
unfortunate Mcbride persol was thrown
out az first.
BOttle-Scarred Evans Gets Busy.
Another sad mishap was the extlnc-
ton of Otis Clymer BY Umpire Bar
barous Bill Evans in the fourth inning.
ClymeT made a noise like a loud pro-
test over the decision of the bottle
Scared hero, and was bounced TO the
clubhouse When the ninth inning rolled
around and Washington was sorely in
need OF extra hitters CIymer was be-
You'd the pale This thing % non-com-
batants chipping in with too much cous-
tic comment is a dangerous practice.
Washington's first run was well worth
the price of admission. Warner opened
the fifth inning with a clout to left.
Washingtcn's first hit Of the day. Free
man followed by beating out a sneaky,
little crack toward Germany Schaefer.
Then came the real stun. Mcbride sac
Tihced toward first. advancing both
runners. In such a critical tuncture
BIZ Shipke. woe is Us that we must say
it. is not worth much as a timely tap
per. but lie did the next best thing to
a safe swat. He made a perfect bunI
toward third when the squeeze play sig
nal was given, and although he himself
persisted. Warner was home without
giving Coughiin a chance at the plate.
Ganley and Del to Rescue.
The other Washington run was almost
equally as inspiring. Milan was knock
ed down and nearly out by an untamed
Eeave from Killian and naturally reached
first Ganiey laid down a sacrifice that
vas a dream. and DeIehanty followed
with one Of the family brand Of smashes
TO center that brought Milan in from
second.
In the ninth inning Street batted for
Warner and singled. Gates batted for
Freeman and flied TO Mcintyre without
helping Street. Mcbride sacrificed. Ka-
hoe batted for Shtkpe and fouled 10
Schmidt.
Mcintyre, first up for Detroit in the
first inning. retired via Hughes and
Freeman. Schaefer singled to center
and let out joyful yelp by way Of
kidding CantillOn. Crawford hit past
Delehanty. Many said it was an error
but some said not, as they believed
Delehanty could not have reached the
bali, so It went for a single; sending
Schaefer to third.
Disastrous Wild Pitch.
In trying 10 fan Cobb. Hughes made
his disastrous wild pitch and Schaefer
scored. Crawford taking second. Cobb
was thrown out by Hughes. Crawford
getting third ROssman hit past Ne
Bride. scoring Crawford. Rossman ad-
vanced one base on a passed ball, but
Shipke threw out Coughlin and 1t was
all over for that session.
Detroit won IN the seventh. Schmidt
doubled. the only extra base hit Of
the afternoon. OrLeary. popped IN a lit
tie foul that assembled about four feet
and nobody was more surprised than
Jack Warner when it fell in his mitt
<illian singled 10 right, scoring Schmidt
Mcintyre went out to Freeman un-
assisted, and Schaefer fled to Milan,
The Score.
Washington. ABB. r. II. o. A. E
Milan, cf..---...... 8 0 0