The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
GAMES TODAY.
Chicago at Detroit
sTANpNG on THE rEAMs.
srANDr.G ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.
By WILLIAM PEET.

me NauOndlS maze the llgelS pump
the bumps Yesterday in an eleven-inning
frolic sending them back 10 Jungletown
in second place and tying one hard knot
in said Tigers tail. besides finishing
Up the week end with q peppery, scrappy.
exhilarating drawn battle. Final score,
8 70 g.
"Ea-Yah" Jennings and his tribe want
ed to stay here as our guests until the
stars came out. but as game is booked
In Tlgertown Sunday afternoon. the two
time champs were forced 10 make
hasty exit at o'clock in order TO
scramble aboard the o'clock express
and by mutual agreement Umpire Egan
called the game al the close OF the
eleventh
Another eighteen round scrap might
have been pulled Off but for previous
arrangements. yet the loyal District
fans had a certain hunch that the Can
tillonites would snatch the bacon, as
Groom was working like a well-oiled
machire and had the foe breaking their
backs after his sweeping curls
-Four TyvirIers in Game.
Two pitchers scaled the mound for
both clubs. Gray and Willett on the Job
as starters The Nationals solved Mr..
Wnlett's assortment, and were going
strong when Summers showed up and
checked matters. The same happened
true Of Detroit. The Tigers were rapid
~ getting Dolly Gray's goat. when
relief expedition in the shape Of Bob
Groom appeared, and Manager Joe's
judgment was safe apd sane in ordering
the shift. for the lanky finger butted
IN at just the right time, and piloted
the Nationals ship safely through a
black looking storm.
Umpire Jack Egan, at the plate, was
the real storm center. He was bothered
with a couple of close decisions at home
which might have been decided either
way. At one Of them, in the eighth, when
Crawford tried TO sneak across on a
single 10 center, and was declared out
Chief Jennings muttered volumes Of
NUTS. and heaped columns Of abuse in
big head lines. at his umpship-all OF
which got Jennings in bad with the
arbitrator. and the peppery one was sum-
marily chased. viewing the closing chap
ters OF the struggle from behind a big.
Fat special cop, near the Detroit bench.
This was merely one Of the many ex-
citing Incidents of a particularly exCit-
ing game.
Capt. DOnOhue Hurt.
More hard luck strikes the Nationals
camp. Jiggs Donohue is out Of the game
for two weeks with a sprained ankle.
due to a collision at first in the ninth,
when Jones spilled himself all over the
Nationals captain in attempting TO reach
the bag ahead Of Conroys throw one
OF Jones spikes found a resting place on
the Jigger's right ankle. and three OF our
boys luggeG the MANNED leader to the
bench on their shoulders.
When the Nationals took 20 the field in
the tenth, the umpire announced that
Slattery would play first base. and every
body asked everybody else. WHO the
dickens is Slattery2" What league did
he come frOm? Old expert testimony
IN the press box informed the bunch that
Slattery was the son of old man Slatte-y.
and so the newspapers are able 10 tell
their constituents all about him. Never
the less, Mr.. Slattery took care Of his only
chance and displayed true Nationals
form at the bat. so we are willing TO give
him one more chance.
Milan, as usual. pulled a lot Of nice
words from the crowd by his fine field
a ing, while George Mcbride was the same
y steady kid at short. Little Ownie Bush.
for the Tigers, was particularly sassy, in
his position, and looked after eight
chances without the semblance of a boot
or a kick.
Bush Gets a Double.
Bush started the game in an aggressive
manner by popping one just inside the
third base foul line for q couple OF has
socks. AS Jones died. Mcbride 10 DON
ohue, Bush reached third. Ty Cobb lifted
the pill 10 Browne, and Bushie came
rolling home. One run. and. not dish
washed by the locals.
After the troublesome little Bush had
been brushed aside in the third. Dolly
walked Jones. Cobb dumped a two-bag-
ger into right, sending Jonesy 10 third.
Crawford rolled bad bouncing ground
or ct Schaefer, and while Dutch was
making desperate stabs at the pellet
Jones scored. Ty Cobb tried 10 put one
over, and count on the same play, but
Donohues slam TO Street caught the
Georgia peach two inches from the plate
Rossman hit TO left center. and Crawford
thought he would take a chance at reach
Ing third. Bet he's sorry now: for Lei
ivelt's throw TO Conroy got him easily.
Score. Tigers 2, Nationals Q.
Tho second half Of this inning saw our
brave heroes peddling ont the come back
stun strong. for two gray-legged run
ners crossed the rubber sewing up the
game for the timo being
II al happened IN this manner: Browne
boat out bunt Schaefer sacrificed also,
and, thanks 20 Mr. Rossman. was safe at
frat as Claude mufled the throw, Browne