The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-29
TIGERS SCORE THE
WINNING RUN ON
BRAND NEW PLAY
Dash for Third to Draw Infelder
Over, Followed by Drive Through
His Position, Again
az. Successful.
0'Leary and Killian Heroes of Most
Interesting Ball Game Played in
American League This Year.
ey PAUL n. BRUskE.


The Detroit Tigers have brand
new baseball play.
Built up by the resourceful brain or
kt Hughie Jennings and designed for
emergencies where one run makes All
the difference in the world, II won for
them yesterday what, from all points
Of view must be considered the most
interesting ball game In the American
league series up TO date, regardless OF
park, length OF duration aud personnel
| of contestants.
The Tigers have been developing the
play To a certain extent all season and
" nave already used 1t twice with erect.
the utter confusion OF Pitcher Groom
4 OF Washington having been worked by
II its assistance in a game early In the
4 week
! Briefly described, II is a sort OF hit
1 and run with a man on second base,
1 and either one or two out.
4 on a signal from the man at bat
4 that he is about 10 hit, the man on
second starts for third. Immediately.
n OF course. the man covering third on
steal runs over to take the throw from
Il the catcher. This leaves his position
\ open and the batter spanks the ball
uOWH inc zap
Zines out OF ten, the shortstop has not
run over TO fill. The man from second
being well under way, turns third and
skates home before the left fielder
can retrieve the ball.
rs Play Ended Great Game.
~ The play was employed yesterday
10 put a most fitting climax to that
Grand game Of ball In which the wits
III e ha no. "A IA
II were pitted to the finish.
II The fourteenth inning. two out, Cobb
on second and O'Leary at bat. the
score ! 10 /. and the crowd roofing
like mad while thousands OF suppers
4 rested cold on dining room tables all
a over our beautiful city-such was the
y situation. Worse yet, there were two
n strikes on the batter, and he had sure
~ done his share of the hitting during
the long period or play that had pre-
D coded
The sign was flashed and the crowd
held its breath as Cobb started his
n dash for third. Purtell ran over TO
take one OF Sullivan's unerring throws.
Burns put every ounce OF his strength
on the ball he served up TO O'Leary
<Charlie whipped his bat around and
y connected Squarely through the po-
sition left vacant by Purtell the drive
tore on it's way. Cobb started TO slide,
recovered and dashed for the plate. A
4 shrieking multitude urged him on and
he came with all the speed which has
n made him the famed heet-foot OF the
N national game. pougherty came in.
\ fTnade a clean pickup and fired for the
plate, but Sullivan dropped both hands
q and paid no attention 10 The ball. for,
Yards ahead OF 1t and almost holding
his own in the race with the flying
sphere, Cobb had hurled himself across
the plate aud there was nothing TO do
Dut pack up the bats.
sox Gloomy; Tigers Gay.
Gloomy and disappointed at the loss
of the game which they had tried SO
hard TO win, the Sox came in TO their
y bench. Outwitted and outplayed at
4 the finish, they had nevertheless gone
down with colors flying and had play.
ed out their string gamely TO the I'm
4 ish.
4 On the Tiger bench jollification
4 was In progress. Big Ed Killian, who
had pitched a game that stamped him
as right up TO the very best form he
Il had ever exhibited in Detroit, reha-
blitated In popular esteem beyond
" shadow of doubt. slapped O'Leary
81 the DdCk NueH hc SdihV III AiOAAi
Y second base-yes, he had touched first
without the least hesitation, and had
Kept on with his sprint until the
3 shrieKs OF Joy told him that Cobb had
scored A wide grin overspread each
face turned clubhouse-ward. And the
crowd filed out of the park with JOY
n ful mien, each man as happy as II ne
had lust been informed of the death
of forgotten maiden aunt, who had
" bequeathed him bundle OF dough.
Il Why Il Was interesting.
In more respects than its length was
the game OF yesterday remarkable In
local annals. There have been IA inn
n ings played on our lot more than once
before. Never. however, has one OF
these games been so productive OF ex-
element.
This was no game In which the
pitcheTs moved down the batsmen as
fast as they came up, fine twirling
combined with a mutual batting slump
~ contributing to this end with both
sides laying back for the chance blow
Il which should break IL up. This was
a game in which one side or the other
4 had men on base in nearly every inn
Il ing OF the contest. There were plays
al every base. There were situations
OF almost every possible character.
The crowd alternated between hope
and despair, applauding Killian as he
pulled himself out of one excavation.
IL only to come back by tearing their
N hair when some astounding play by
Purtell. Parent, Welday or some OF
the opposition, retired the Tigers In
their turn at bat
Time and again the heavy hitters OF
both sides--left-hand stickers most oil
them-faced a situation where one
drive would have meant the game, and
failed. Time after time the lower hall
a of the batting order OF Sox and Tiges
n started hitting and populated the
IN sacks. I'm way that called for
red signals. At least a score OF times
the game seemed on the verge OF be
ing ended and one hit would have
done Il. II took IA innings for one
\ team TO get the second run which was
necessary TO victory. after both had
II scored i'm the seventh.
II O'Leary to the Fore.
II Mcintyre. Cobb and Crawford could
y do nothing with the delivery Of Chi
Cages great southpaw. Moriarty hit
in hard luck all day. on Charles