Evening star., 1909-07-14
! NATIONALS LOSE
FIRST TO TIGERS
Shut Out, 3 to 0-Line-Up to
Be Changed -"Speed"
Kelley Looks Good.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Especial Dispatch TO The Star.
DETROIT. Mich, July 13.-When the
sNatiorals go onto the field this afternoon
10 meet Detroit in their second game II
IS probable that the lineup will be
/ changed considerably from that which suf-
fered 3 to defeat here yesterday.
/ Conroy will be out of the game. For the
present speed Kelley. who made good
! showing, will be third sacker. Delehanty
/. may be given a rest, Cnglaub taking his
place. though this change is somewhat
dependent upon the arrival Of Collins.
J the new outfielder. II Is expected that
Ielivelt will be back in the game.
AS it played yesterday the team IS
rretty well crippled aggregation. One or
! two men who should be out were kept
I IN to get as much strong right-hand hit
ting against killan as possible. Detroit
will have to use a right-hand pitcher
today, and Cantillon can revise his line
up to suit himself. The team played
little listlessly Tuesday. due in part to
It's crippled condition. 1t also was Sc
! verely handicapped by the absence of
Charlie Street, whom Manager Cantillon
insists Will rejoin the club in this city.
They Didn't Work Together at All.
That oneness of thought and unanimity
of action that makes a perfect battery
was sadly deficient In the case of Gray and
Rlankenship in the first inning yesterday.
AS consequence there was considerable
romping around the bases by the Tigers
and incidentally two runs were tailed
Just one clean hit was mixed up in tReir
scoring Those two talies proved to be
enough. though Detroit scored a third
one later in the day.
Any one of the three runs of the game
would have been enough for Detroit to
win on. Washington not only could not
score on killian, but threatened to do so
only once that being in the fifth. when
speed Kelley. Cantillon's newest won
der. got to third base with but one down.
only TO have his life snuffed out at the
plate on the next play. Gray pitched a
fair game and Killian a really good one.
Only once did two Washington men get
on the bases at the same time, and then
there were two out. Kelley was the only
visitor to pass second base. and only two
others got far the keystone sack.
each of these doing 1t with two down.
Cinched the Game Early.
Detroit had the game before the first
inning was done. After Mcintyre was
gone, Mcbride made low throw on
Bush. the runner being safe. He stole
second and scored when Crawford hit to
center. Conroy was slow to the ball. and
juggled il when he did reach 1t, and Sam
took second. passed ball put him on
third, and a wild pitch scored him. All
this happened while Cobb was batting.
Cobb drew four bad ones. and Blanken-
ship let the fourth one go by him. So
Cobb took two. He died trying to steal
third. and Rossman was easy.
In the fourth Cobb hit into left and
made two bases his drive by good
sprinting He stole third. Rossman hit in
front of the plate and Cobb scored while
Blankenship was throwing out the big
fellow. Moriarity followed with another
two-baser, but was caught mapping off
second. Detroit had men on in every in
ming after the fourth, but had only one
real chance to make more trouble. That
was in the eighth, when Stanage, on a
hit and Mcintyre, on a pass, were on
third and second with one gone. Bush
got three and two and the runners dug
ahead on the next pitch. 1t was a strike
out. however. and Stanage was nailed at
third base.
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