Evening star., 1909-07-17
EIGHTEEN INNINGS
WITH NARY A RUN
RECORDB BASE BALL
Leaders and Cellar Champs
Battle to StandstilI.
Summers Goes Double Route for
Detroit-Gray Hurt After Hold
ing Tigers to One Hit in
Eight Rounds.
SpcciaI Dispatch TO The Star.

by indicating that in his opinion there
was not sufficient light TO warrant the
teams in going further. il looked as IL
Detroit and Washington would DO So
many things to the records that COM
pete revision of the guide might be nee
essary another year. AS 1t was the con-
test lasted long enough to allow the
widely separated teams-leaders and tall
enders i'm the Johnson circuit--to possess
themselves of all of the honors that WIZ
he worth while boasting about this WIN
ter.
At the conclusion of the eighteenth,
when the game was called and the atm
letes were sent off the field, the score
was O to O.
Eighteen consecutive scoreless innings
in major league game OF pan Is
worlds mark. Only twice, so Tar as
known has this performance really been
crowded Back in the early SS-1n -. II
memory is not at fault-the old ProVl-
dence and Detroit National League teams
played a 1-to-O eighteen-inning game at
Providence and that for years stood as
the classic of the sport. In fact. 1t Is
Yesterdays only real rival. Next TO TINS Is
the Notwithstanding game In Which
Jack Coombs and Joe Harris or the ATM
letics hooked UP September i, 1Ut Ihere
were seventeen consecutive scoreless
rounds in that game, Phlladeipnla MAX
ing a run in the third, Boston making a
tie in the sixth. and neither getting an
other tally until the twenty-fourth. Wheh
the Athletics won. Thus there were
seventeen complete runless periods in
row
AS far as Detroit is concerned. the
game beat all local records and tnen
had something TO spare. Ihe previous
local record was set in 1902. when Winnie
Mercer and Cy Young went fifteen IN
nings. Boston winning. TO l.
Summers Went Complete Journey.
Eddie Summers went the complete
route for Detroit, practically pitching
double-header His work was even
harder than would have come his way
in two separate nine-inning contests,
such as he pitched against the Athletics
last fall The exhibition was probably
the most brilliant he has given since
joining the club. and a wonderful bit OF
work for a man whom the physicians
pronounced. less than a fortnight since.
down and out for the season.
Summers support dug frequent pitfalls
for him. there being five errors on the
Detroit side. but the ,fielders made up for
this by brilliant work In pinches. Bush
especially played great game and pulled
off the prettiest unassisted double play
Detroit ever saw. There were two dou-
BILE plays of this sort. Rossman getting
the other. and each pulled the team out
of danger spots. Outside of the chances
aimed al short. the infield work was not
hard. The outfield played a grand game
all the way round. Ten men were famed
by Summers. Only once in eighteen in
nings. and that in the first period. were
two hits punched off him.
Washington used two twirlers, Gray
and Groom. Gray was stricken down on
the ball field and had to be assisted off
the diamond. He started the game. and
for eight innings held Detroit to a single
hit. which was made by the first batter
who faced him. Gray showed signs of
distress from the seventh. but did not
falter until he started pitching TO McIn-
tyre in the ninth. He gave Mcintyre
two balls. Then he called Street and had
the catcher notify Cantillon to get an
other twirer ready. Gray delivered an
other ball to Matty. but hardly got it
to the plate. and staggered and almost
fell as he handed 1t up. Donohue rushed
10 his side and caught him. and he was
assisted to the clubhouse
Gray Disabled on Field.
Apparently Gray either wrenched his
side or tore something loose. He was
in great pain. 1t was tough for him
10 have to leave after brilliant per-
formance. His team suffered nothing
however. for Groom. who succeeded. was
great, though In different way. II
wasn't so hard to get to first off Groom,
but 1t was extremely difficult to score
him, and he always was there TO grab
the ball and make the right play.
In the first seven innings Of Groom's
incumbency Detroit had ten men left. In
three OF the innings a fly would have
won the game. and in three other in
nings single would do. That was how
good Groom was in pincheS. Detroit had
numerous chances the best being in the
ninth and fifteenth. the latter started
MUCH augmentation. The first named
ordinarily would make this debating i'm
possible. because there would not have
been any overtime. The game really was
played in these two periods. Detroit had
made one hit in the first eight innings
and didn't do much else falling 10 profit
either on two errors and two passes.
Starting with the ninth. Mcintyre was
UP. Gray. as already told. was disabled,
and handed Matty over to Groom with
three balls and A strike the count
Groom at once passed Matty. Bush
bunted. and Donohue dropped Streets
throw. Crawford sacrificed. and. with
Cobb up. IL seemed to be the finish. But
Cobb chopped a bounder to Groom,
whose throw to the plate got Mcintyre,
and Rossman famed. First chance gone
Other opportunities crowded close.
but none so good until the fifteenth.
Schaefer got as far as third. with two
down in the tenth. on his hit and an
out Mcintyre walked TO start the elev-
enth. but neither Crawford nor Cobb
could help after Bush sacrificed. Mo
riarity and Stanage walked in the
twelfth one being out when Morey
strolled and the passes alternated with
other outs Moriarity hit and stole in
the fourteenth. but two were down.
Much Action in Fifteenth.
Then came the second grand chance
Stanage led off in the fifteenth and
placed hit in center. Summers hunted
to Groom, who threw TO center field in
effort TO force killifer the latter hav-
ing been put in TO run for Stanage. KILL
fer sprinted to third base Groom then
purposeiy walked Mcintyre. I'm order to
have force play at the plate and TO dou-
BILE to first IL the ball was hit on the in
field. Bush tried hard but fly to Kelley
was the best he could offer. With Craw-
ford up no one worried about that. Groom
got two strikes on Sam. The third time
he swung he chopped the ball on top and
IL rolled slowly toward first base. Killifer
dug for home. Groom went after the
ball He reached IL and tossed to Street
The play was very close. Street seemed
10 think the throw was late. as he started
for the bench The Washington infield
also began 10 come in. Detroit base run
ff,1 oil,