Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
CHAMPION TIGERS
OEvOUR NATIONALS
Crawford, Cobb and Moriarity
a Great Batting Combina-
ton Against Walker.

The Nationals shot great scare into
he ranks of the champions yesterday al
ternoon for seven innings. but In the last
two rounds the smuggling Tigers solved
Walkers delivery and scored Victory
by the figures s to g. Every one OF the
Detroit players had his eyes glued to
the big scoreboard in left field. and when
II was seen that the Athletics had TRIM
med the Browne they put forth every Ell
fort and by sticking everiastingly at II
won out.
Dixie Walker, the coal miner from
GAINESVILLE looked very good for seven IN
nings, although Ave hits had been bunch
ed on him in the fourth. but in the maj
rounds he appeared to lose his cunning
and the ball was batted right and ieit'
Walker never lost his nerve and was just
as confident at the close of the game as
when he started He evidently made up
his mind that the Tigers were due yes
terday, and no twirler could have held
them UP.
In opposition to Walker was George
Mullin, and the big fellow never went pet
ter in his life. With perfect support the
Nationals would not have scored a run.
as he allowed but three scattered hits and
in six Of the nine innings retired the side
in the regular order of the batters going
to the plate.
Great Batting Trio.
Sam Crawford, Ty Cobb and Moriarity
had a splendid day with the bat, the first
named lacing out two triples, double
and a single and the second three SIN
giles and a double. Two OF Moriarltys
three singles sent runs over the rubber.
In the fielding line Jake Lelivelt. DOC
Gessler and Mcbride were the bright par
lit 1od
most remarkable catches ever seen on
the local field as he ran over IN 'front.' OF
Moriaritys line fly in the second inning
put up his right hand, and, to the aston
ishment OF the CROWD, neio on ~ .ne oa r.
The catch would have been good one
had Lelivelt pulled the ball down with
his left hand, but to twist his right arm
and side around into an almost impossl-
BILE position and then grab the sphere
made it one of the most freakish plays
imaginable.
In the first inning Crawford lined
fly into right field. very much on the
order of Lelivelt's drive In Tuesoays
double header. Gessler came tearing In
and made a dive for the ball, which ne
captured not more than an inch from the
ground. 1t was similar catch to that MADE
by Cobb, with the exception that DOC
remained stretched out on the ground In
stead of standing on his head. In the
fourth inning Gessler again shot into the
spotlight, when he caught Tom Jones NY
and then threw Crawford out at the plate
by one OF the truest throws imaginable
Mcbride There Again.
Another ringer play bobbed up In the
sixth inning. Crawford was on third
with one out when Schmidt hit a wicked
grounder to left. Mcbride made bril-
liant stop and then pegged for the plate
SO correctly that ''Gabby'' had the sphere
waiting on Sam to slide into it. There
was nothing doing in q remarkable way
on the Tigers side, as Mullen pitched so
strongly that the locals were lucky to
touch the ball. let alone hitting 1t hard
enough to make the chances dimcut for
the felders.
walker got a good start in the first
Il, inning when he famed Davy Jones and
Bush, but Cobb hunted safely. stole sec
ond and went to third when Street threw
into center field. Gessler then made his
great catch of Crawford's fly and closed
the inning.
For Washington, Moriarity booted and
funtbled the rollers of Conroy and Milan,
and Unglaub sent them along with a
nice sacrifice. Gessler followed with
tremendous drive to the right field fence
for three bases, pushing Conroy and Mi
Ian over the rubber. Lelivelt then hit q
Fast roller to Bush, which Mullin par
TALLY stopped, and while he was being
throw nout at first Gessler crossed the
plate. Yohe closed the inning with
bounder to Mullin. That ended the Ma
tionals' scoring for the day.
Tigers Get Hungry.
Detroit started things in the fourth.
Cobb sins:ed to left and Crawford to
right. Moriarity singled to center and
Cobb scored. Schmidt singled to left and
Crawford stopped at third. T. Jones flied
out to Gessler and Crawford was doubled
up at the plate by Docs" beautiful
throw to Street. OLeary bounded one
over McBrde's head and Moriarity
scored.
The Tigers then trailed along one run
in the rear until the eighth inning. Cobb
again started trouble with single to
left and Crawford pasted one to the left
field fence for three bases. Ty scoring.
Moriarity beat out a slow roller to right
and then stole second. with Crawford still
on third. Schmidt tore off a clean single
into center, pushing Crawford and Mori-
arity over the rubber.
In the ninth Davy Jones reached first
on slow roller to right and Bush sent
him along on a sacrifice. Cobb then dou-
bled to left and Jones scored. Crawford
soaked another one. this time to the club
house, for three bases and Cobb scored
Moriarity then singled to left and Craw
ford scored. The next two batters died
easily. 1t was a great batting fest.
Following is the official score of the