The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
specisI % ne Washington Herald


Detroit. May 23--ThroUgh no fault Of
Gray's pitching. but still traned success
fully by the Nemesis which has attended
the California Ieft-handers work IN the
box. Washington lost a close. Ight-hitting
game 10 the champions today by a score
OF 20 .
II was a freak battle in several re
spects, bUt most prominently in the fact
that at the close Detroit had not a single
casualty 10 contribute 70 the left-on-base
column, every man who made first having
scored. with but one exception. this he
ing Cobb. who was thrown out trying 20
steal -Four hits the Tigers got of Gray's
delivery and four runs they secured by
them, materially aided. however. to the
last one by wild throw TO second b
Street
brilliant Work by Gray.
To appreciate Gray's good work it Is
necessary only 10 call attention TO The
fact that not q single Tiger reached first
base in SIX Of the eight innings. The
sOuthpaw was IN fine form. his curve
ball was a thing Of beauty. and his sup
port, particularly by Browne and Nc
Bride. was gilt-edged. the only lapse be
ing the throw by Street, alluded 10 above.
On the other hand, Willetts1 was also
n good form. though by no means 50 in
vincible as the Washington pitcher The
Nationals wasted as many hits as De-
troit got in the whole game. the Tiger
twirler invariably braciIg when there
were men on bases.
The game started with Moriarity al
first base for Detroit. Rossman had been
benched for poor throwing, three OF De-
troit's recent defeats having been very
largely chargeable 10 his poor work in
this respect
Browne Hits for Three Bases.
Washington opened with rush, Browne
hitting the first ball Willet pitched 10
the score board in left center and taking
third Conroy hit 10 WiHett. who threw
10 third. endeavoring 10 catch Browne
mapping The heave was wild and got
away from O'Leary, Brownie scoring and
COnroy taking second. The latter moved
w on Delehanty's sacrifice and trotted
home on a prodigious fy which DOno-
hue raised 10 Crawford
The Tigers came hack IN a way that
made the crowd think II was going 20 be
treated 10 an old-time slugging bee. Nc
1n1yTe slashed into center and Bush
waited them out, being the recipient OF
Gray'S only pass 70 first Crawford
hunted a pretty sacrifice. and Il vas up
10 Cobb. who. with two strikes and three
balls, lashed out wildly for a single 10
CeEter on which both runners scored /
Cobb wss-eat stealing. however. and the
Tigers had 10 be content with a tie
There was nothing doing for either
81 in 10
opened Washington's fourth with q drive
over first that was good for two sacks. /
Clymer advanced him 70 third BY sacri- /
nee Willett got his first Strike-Out OF
the day on Mcbride. however, and street /
was heaved out by Bush
The Exciting Seventh.
TIE fifth saw both teams retired In
order at the bat Milan singled in Wash /
1ngtOu's sixth. but there were two out and
he died The seventh, however. was full
OF excitement OLeary robbed Mcbride |
Of double by his fast work IN fielding /
the shortst0p's drive over the bag. Street I
then drove between Crawford and Cobb
for a clean double. Gray and Browne
lifted flies TO Crawford. however. and De- /
IrOit took a turn at #
~Ae-F-t-N y - ne iAESL lpr aTG EoL the 4
better Of a very close decision al first On 1
DOnOhUe's toss 10 Gray. Cobb was logi-
cally played for a sacrifice but. instead /
he blszed away with all his might The
ball tore into left center. eluding both
Browne and Milan. and Crawford came 4
al the way home. breaking the tie.
Cobb took second on the throw 10 the 4
plate. and led OF TO draw a throw from 4
Street The catcher thought he had a 4
chance TO get his man, but his throw 70 4
Delehanty was far over the Iafters head /
The OUtheld had been pulled into left /
and there was no one 70 field the ban /
Cobb scoring the fourth and final run OF /
the game
WiIletf TfEhtenE In.
Washington's ineipient rallies IN the
eighth and ninth were nipped by WTletts 1
each time. no runner getting past first
base. though Delehanty and Mcbride 4
each succeeded in hitting safely.
IO-days game was not regularly scbed-
uled. and Wednesday las been left oDen /
as a result Providing there is no bad
weather the Nationals viii have an