Evening star., 1909-06-16

head. Instead of jumping and losing the
play. Moriarity just extended himself
the limit put up one hand and held on
to the ball.
In the eighth inning. with two on bases
Milan whipped line fly into right di-
rectly over first. Moriarity apparently
jumped a couple of yards into the air
batted down the screamer and then beat
the speedy batter to first. Had the ball
gone clear it meant two runs and pair
OF sacks.
Orth Collins. the Buffalo right fielder
who was in the city yesterday morning
visiting friends. must have felt unusually
good when he got back to the oriole CITY.
as he didn't do a thing but make five hits
out of seven times up in the double
header. In the first game, he was at the
bat three times and got one hit In the
second game he went up four times ana
hammered out quartet of hits Wish
we had him in Washington.
The crowd apparently held it's breath
in the seventh inning when Unglaub drove
out his double, which scored the tying
run The ball hit directly on the chalk
line as seen from the press box. and was
so close that many thought Egan would
call it foul, but the umpire had it right.
and yell of delight ascended when 1t
was seen that he was allowing the bat
ter to continue running.
Mr. Tyrus Cobb robbed Conroy Of hit
in the sixth inning. when he ran over
near the foul line. grabbed "Wids fly
about two inches from the ground and
then slid along on his face, holding up
the ball.
The half tone today depicts the scene
around the plate after Browne had
scored the winning run. Egan was di-
rectly over the plate and declared George
oiplS n mi
the fleeing runner. and it only resolved
itself into the point whether the home
plate had been touched. Willetts ran
in and is seen pointing out where
Brownies spikes cut the dirt. while
Schaefer is back with Egan. giving tongue
to the words that resulted in his ban
ishment. Manager Cantillon tried to save
Dutch" by pushing him away from the
umpire. but the unruly boy wouldn't have
it and kept shouting until Esan lost
patience.
An incident occurred yesterday in the
grandstand Illustrating the ardent spirit
animating even the small boys of the
country with regard to the national game,
and demonstrating why the sport has
such firm hold on public favor. A boy
of about nine years sat with his father
throughout the game and showed the
most acute and Intelligent interest In
every play. He was obviously rooter
for Detroit. Crawford's hits were as ice
cream and cake to him, while Cobbs
hard. long diving catch in the sixth
pleased him more than new bicycle.
When Washington tied the score in the
seventh the world began to take on a dull
gray hue to him. but he pluckily kept
hoping for the characteristic burst of De-
troit speed that has won SO many games
for Jennings Tigers. The eighth inning
broke his heart. He was morally GER
tain that George Brownies foot was not
within yard of the plate. and he con-
realms of the hopeless region. In fact,
he couldn't see Egan with high h-power
telescope. When the dust blew away
and the scoreboy hung up the fatal ~
for Washington as the net result of that
skirmish, Billy's amaZement was inde-
serbia BILE.
What" he exclaimed to his father.
they?''
Yes. Billy, they hung it up. It's
too bad. it's the way the game goes.
We may win out yet
Billy was overwhelmed. He said not
word, but flung himself against his father
and wept. Only the sound Of Ty Cobb
bat as he cracked out the last hit of
the game aroused him from his heart
ming eyes to see the figure of his favor
lite at first base. and gripped his hands
to hold himself together. When Ty
made the fatal slide to second base and
was nipped by a yard by Streets per
feet throw he gave up in despair
Parental consolation was useless for a
few minutes, but the happy specta-
tors filed down the gangway Billy had
regalned his power of speech sufficiently