The Washington herald., 1910-08-16
STANDING OF THl CLUBS.
BY WILLIAM PEET.

took another tumble down the soapy
chute yesterday in the presence Of a
goodly multitude, who braved the threat
ening weather TO give jim McAleers Ma
tionals the right kind OF welcome home
from the lest Western invasion since
the acknowledgements days Of Jake
StahL Final fgres-Washington 6; De-
t-oit, 4.
With Walter johnson geared Up FOR
high speed. the Job looked easier than
selling gold bricks in Alexandra. but a
couple OF bases on balls in the sixth and
timely stick work gave the Tigers three
runs. and sent chills up and down the
backs OF the faithful. In the ninth the
tribe OF Jennings again became danger
Gus. for with second and third loaded
and NOBODY out. a timely smash would
have tied the score. Johnson was equal
to the occasion and pulled the strings at
the right time
The Tigers did not look like the same
old dashing never-say-die bunch with
Leader Jennings absent from the coach
ing lines. and while they put forth their
best efforts. the "old pep" seemed to be
missing.
Two Runs I'm Opener.
Luck aided the Nationals 20 a Erea,
extent. In the first round two tallies
counted on the same number OF the
scratchiest kind OF scratch hits, and then
again in the fifth. when four large juicy
runs were hung UP. McAleer's henchmen
strapped Pitcher Works 10 the chair and
choked three bases on balls out OF him
IN row. Wild pitch. followed by an
other pass. with a timely two-bagger
produced four counters and gave the
home folks such a commanding lead that
the Tigers were unable 10 catch up.
What probably pleased the populac5
most was the snappy work OF the Ma
tionals-everybody was in the game al
the time The old uncertain manner dis
played during the Cantlllon regime mas
completely vanished. McAleer's boys went
into the fray with a we're ust-as-good-
as-you-any-day air.
Pinch" Mcbride was right there with
his timely little two-spot. driving IN a
couple Of runs In the fifth Wild Conroy
| Elberfeld, and Unglaub also came through
with hits that figured in the scoring.
! During Manager Jennings suspension
| Wild Bill Donovan assumed the role OF
acting boss. When Donovan learned thai
| Walter Johnson was down TO pitch. hi
/ decided not TO waste any OF his flrs
string twirlers. sending in Works for z
starter. Works had a lot OF stuff on hi.
fast ball and was getting away with 4
/ lovely until a sudden attack OF wildnes!
/ IL
came Loudell. who worried through IN,
chapter. and when the sixth opened
Stroud was on the Job.
DeI.'s Costly Error.
After Johnson had BANKED the Tigers Il
the opening round the Nationals cam,
back with rush and sneaked over
couple OF runs. Milan drew four bad one
and on the hit and run signal reache,
third. as KILLERS grounder hltere,
through Jim Delehanty's paws Elberfel,
died on a grasser to Works Conroy skip
ped the bulb over Works hay dome
| Bush came in on the dead run tried (,
gather in the ball but fumbled Mia,
was across the plate like a fash, and tn
Widow was safe at first, Killifer goinj
all the way 20 third on the out. Nc
Bride grounded to Works. who threw t.
Jones, choking of the former Killife
took a chance and beat Jones throw L
the plate Gessler ended the inning on
grounder 20 Delehanty.
At the rate Walter Johnson was travel
! ing, this two-run lead looked pretty good
/ The Tigers got one back In the thirt
when Johnson issued passes to T. Jone,
and Mcintyre. Delehanty spanked Z
single to right, turning the trick
The fifth saw the Nationals assum,
their big lead. Milan, Killifer, and FL
berfeld worked Mr. Works for trans
portation. The young man became nerv
Gus and cut loose with a wild pitch
Milan scoring. Then Umpire Connoll,
announced. Loudell pitching for De
troit" Loudell also failed TO locate tn,
plate. passing Conroy' and forcing fl
Killifer. Pinch" Mcbride whistled tn,
bulb past Moriarity at a mile a minut
speed. Before It could be recovered FL
berfeld and Conroy had counted. Thi
ended the run-gettlpg for the home team
Sohnson's one bad inning was the sixth
when the Tigers showed flash Of thei