The Washington herald., 1909-08-24
DROP FINAL GAME
Nationals Lose Weird Con-
test to the Tigers.
GIVE, PECULIAR EXHIBITION
Our ReJuvenated Troupe MIX sensa-
tiOnaI Playing with Amateurish
DemOnstrntiOn-Tige Drive Gray
and Groom to the TImbers-Un-
EIaub and schaefer Get HOmers.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 23.-The Tigers took
a Woody game from the Cantillonites
to-day, who finished their series in De-
troit for the year, by a most remarkable
exhibition OF alternate fine batting and
woeful fielding and pitching. The final
score was II to S, but the game was in
doubt right down 10 Detroits two last
periods at bat
Willetts survived the most severe Cruel
ing handed to any Detroit pitcher in,rs-
cent moons. Early in the game, ne mad
troubles with Ungiaub, who wound up his
pastiming by adding &c a triple and a
single n mighty home run with a man on
base. Schaefer also contributed a homer,
the longest on the local park this sea-
son. Conroy. with two corking singles.
both OF which came With men on bases,
was another mighty factor. All perform
ances. from the standpoint OF ehec-
tiveness. paled. however, before Sam
Crawford, of the Tigers. who, in his va
rious times facing Gray. Groom. and
Smith. whanged out a total OF two
singles and two triples, every solitary
one Of his drives coming with from one
10 three men on base ahead Of him.
A Peculiar Combat.
II was a combat Of the sort TO turn
a scorers hair to whiteness. All the
pitchers worked rapidly. Play followed
play with an almost bewildering variety
and speed The umpires caught the fever
and went crazy on several decisions, by
most of which the Tigers prohted. The
rather small Monday crowd alternatec
between JOY and despair. and went away
with their heads in a whirl.
Washington scored in the first, or
Unglaub's triple and COnroy's single. De.
troit did not get going until the fourth
when, after singles by Cobb and Craw.
ford. and Delehanty's sacrifice, MOriarity
walked, and two runs scored on Ton
Jones' sacrifice fly and Stanage's scorch.
ing single through Conroy.
Back came Washington in the fifth ant
forged ahead again on Brownies single
and Unglaub's mighty homer Tn,
Tigers were game IN their half. and tiet
and passed the visitors. on a hit By
Davy Jones. an error by Schaefer. Cobb:
sacrifice. and Crawford's two-base hit.
Groom Starts Well.
Then the locals were bafled for Z
while by Groom. who had relieved GRAY
after the swat above alluded to- In IN,
seventh, however. they broke loose again
when the tall boy lost control. II,
passed Jones. and Dayy went to third OF
a wild pitch Bush tripled and Cobb
walked. Crawford was 10 the fore will
another two-base smite. but Delehant,
famed. Groom then passed Moriarit,
and Tom Jones, forcing in run. an,
Street handed Mcbride a wild throw il
the hope Of catching Moriaritv mapping
This gave the Tigers a margin of fv,
runs, but little matter like that did no
discourage Canullons men. Up the,
came in the eighth and schaefer fiaiiec
between Cobb and Crawford. and almos
TO the center field fence, making IN,
circuit without much undue haste.
Unglaub walked. but was forced Con
roy singled, Milan hunted safe, and ivy,
runs came In on McBride's force Of Mi
Ian, Conroy doing daring work on Tn,
paths. This left the Senator'S only two I,
the bad. and the Tigers could not let &
so at that
Smith Relieves Groom.
Charlie Smith took UP the pitchint
burden and Willetts made first on Nc
Brides boot Smith then walked Dav,
Jones. Bush sacrificed. and Schaefe
made a mess Of Unglaubs throw. WI
let's scoring. Cobb walked and IN
sacks were loaded. On consecutive vii,
pitches D. Jones and Bush scored. Craw
ford singled 10 center. but Cobb was run
down on the paths.
II was time for substitute bate
when Washington came in for the ninth
and Cantillon. after Street had gone or,
produced Slattery, who thumped int
right. George Browne was hit by
pitched ball, and another spasm was i'm
minent when Willetts famed Schaefe
and held Unglaub TO a force play a
second.
Delehanty in Evidence.
The game was remarkable for III
sharp fielding Of the Tigers, Bush an
Delehanty in particular being on IN
right spot at the right moment. invari
ably. Cobb made one outneld catch, O.
which a double play resulted, so sur
was Milan, who was on first at the time
that the catch was an impossibility
Further variety was given the comba
by Umpire Connolly. who. after missin
several close decisions. got in tn eway o
a ball which Unglaub missed, and, 4
his efforts to escape, slid along the swar
for some distance on his ear. ID. Jones
who was the runner affected laughed a
Tommy. who refused 10 let him go I