The Washington herald., 1908-05-24

Tom Hughes. the dean of the Washing
ton pitching staff. reversed the usual
order of things yesterday. and. by crowd
ing all of his worst work of the after
noon in the first inning. allowed Detroit
TO win, by TO ?. before a crowd Of
5000.
In all Of his previous games. Hughes
threatened the fans with heart trouble
by letting up toward the close. allow
ing the opposition to almost tie the score
and then Tightening up and ending the
inning before real damage had been done.
Yesterday the big fellow allowed the
Tigers to get a flying start by giving
three hits and a wild pitch in the first
inning, with the result that when the
Nationals came TO the bat for the first
time they were already two runs TO the
bad. which is a mighty handicap against
any team, but especially against Detroit
But even this lead did not beat the Ma
uonals, for they kept plugging along
until the sixth. when they succeeded in
tying it up. only to lose out in the alleged
lucky seventh. when a double followed
by a single gave Detroit the score that
decided the battle.
Timely Hitting Does Trick.
At times Hughes was very. very good.
but when he was bad. he was ratified.
From the beginning Of the second to the
opening of the seventh he had the visitors
at his mercy, but in the two innings in
which Detroit scored IL was timely hit
ting that did the damage.
Killian. the southpaw. had the Ma
tionals on his staff FOR nearly half Of the
distance Until the beginning Of the fifth
only one Washington player got to first
base. and that was on an error. In that
period only three balls were hit past the
infeld. and it appeared as though 10 0
would be the final score. In the fifth. af-
ter couple OF hits. the Nationals worked
the squeeze play. and in the next round
a batter hit by the pitcher, a sacrifice,
and single gave Washington the run
that tied the score.
The good humor OF the fans lasted only
a few minutes. for in the next inning
Schmidt for Detroit. led off with a dou-
bic and crossed the plate on Texas
Lacquer by Killian.
Steady In Field.
While remarkably steady. the fielding Of
the Nationals lacked the brilliancy OF the
games earlier in the week. and It was
only the instructions 20 favor the batter
in case there Is a question between scor-
ing an error or hit that saved Washing
ton from being charged with couple of
misplays
With Mcintyre out in the first inning.
Schaefer whipped perfect single into CEN
ter. reaching third on a high bounder to
Delehanty by Crawford that Wahoo Sam
beat out. On a wild pitch that rolled TO
the stand Crawford scored, and schaefer
tailed from third on Rossman's hit
These two runs were all that were
made until the fifth. when the Nationals
got their first hits. Warner singled TO
left and made second on Freeman's in
field hit. McBride's sacrifice advanced
both runners. As Warner is a slow run
ner the Tigers were not fearing the
squeeze play, but when Killian COM
menced TO wind up Warner started for
the plate and was safe when Bill shipke
-iN~@- AN''iAfaAA HA1Af hNlTu on the play.
With two strikes on Hughes, Freeman
sterted to steal home but Hughes hit
at wide one and the side was out.
Milan Ties Score.
At the beginning Of the seventh. one
Of Killian's twisters caught Milan on the
wrist and the Woodworking outfielder
sauntered TO first. and slid into second on
Ganley's sacrifice. On Delehanty's single
TO center Milan registered the run that
tied the score.
Schmidt started the seventh with
liner along the first base foul line that
Pickering missed by inches. and Schmidt
scored when Killian poled a safety over
Freeman's head.
In an effort 10 win out in the ninth
Cantllon sent Street In in place of War
ner "Gabby'' singled and gave way TO
Altizer. Gates, batting for Freeman. flied
to left. but Altizer got as FAR as second
on McBride's bunt Kahoe. in place Of
Shlpke. made the third out when he
raised a high fly to Schmidt.
The Score.
WASHINGTON. AB. p II Do