The Washington herald., 1908-06-22
DEFEATED AT START
Burns Easy for Tigers in
Opening Innings.
FIVE RUNS IN TWO ROUNDS
Big SOuthpaw Unsteady Until the
Third, After Which He MOVS Down
Detroit Batters-Shipke's wild
Throw Proves CostIy-NatiOnaIs
Score I'm Eighth and Ninth.
So % 40 wasinrton Hcrld.

Special 10 Tho Washington Herald
Detroit. Mich. June 21-The Washing
ton club closed its regular Western series
with a defeat to-day al the bands OF the
champions, who got to Bill Burns early
and hard. and won by . to 2 Cantillon
had restcd Burns since the victory with
which he opened the local series on
Thursday. and the southpaw seemed to
have every bit as much speed and curve
as he showed in the former game. Early
IN the contest. however. he had a bit Of
trouble with his control While he was
aiming them over the Detroit batters
were doing things. and the five runs
scored by the Tigers was the result.
Burns steadied after that and not a
Tiger saw the home plate after the
second. except TO meet It when he came
UP 70 bat
The southpaw was benched 20 allow a
substitute 10 hit in the eighth, and Kee-
ley finished the game
Burns handed Mcintyre three curves
wide of the plate. In Detroits first. and
then shot a straight one over, which
Matty hit into left. on a hit and run,
Schaefer threw his bat at the ball FOR a
single 20 right, Mcintyre taking third.
Crawford flied TO Ganey. who held Nc
lntyre at third. Three men had come IN
10 back UP a throw 10 the plate, and
Schaefer led half way up the line toward
second GanIey whipped the ball 20
Shipke. who fired toward first base. The
ball went 10 the pavilion fenQ Nc
Intyre scoring. on Cobb's grounder
Schaefer was run down between third and
the plate. but Cobb took third on the
play. and scored on Jones single 10 Nc
Bride.
Three for Detroit.
In Detroits second Coughlln was pass
ed and. with one out Burns threw Kill
fer's sacrifice poorly 70 first Summers
after two swings that missed by n foot
connected luckily for a two basger past
Ganley. Coughlin scoring. Killifer scored
on McIntyre's sacrifice fly to Pickering
and Summers came I'm when Schaefcr hit
the left field fence with a two-bagger
The Tigers played like demons IN the
early innings. and simply ate up the hard
drives which the Washington batters were
shooting az the infeld. Crawford's hand
ling Of thrown balls was almost miracu-
A-'Nf olA " tso4AAt NNll AlAlfA 70 ktk Il lAltA4
to third base until the seventh.
THIS inning Ganley opened with a per
/ feet bunt and advanced on Pickering,
out. Altizer hit safely into right. and on
Warmers fly 10 Mcintyre Ganley scored
the outhelder dlscarding a fair chance tc
get the runner at the plate. and preferrinl
to hold Altizer at first Joe Cantllon call
/ ed on. the reserves IN the eighth inning
which Shipke opened with a single &
right. Clymer batted for Mcbride, ant
Summers reaped his only strike-out o.
the game. Tannehin bGued fer Burns
and lifted a high fly 10 Killifer
| in the ninth Washington scored its sec
ond and final run on Killirer's boot o.
/ |Ganley's grounder, Alters single 10 cen
ter, and Freemans hit TO right. Shfpk,
ended the game by shooting a fast ground
er over first base. which Crawford spear
ed. and the Nationals retired with two or
/ base.