Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
COULDN'T HIT WALKER.
Detroit Finds Nationals Pitcher
Puzzle in First Game.

Had it not been for the really wonder
full work of Clyde Milan. Dixie" Walk
er's good pitching would have gone for
naught in the first game 1t was the
splendid offensive work of the Nationals
little centerhelder that gave the locals
the victory, and the sturdy pitching OF
Walker which made 1t possible for
Milan's work 10 become effective.
Milan scored every one Of the runs his
team gathered In that first battle. He
made four hits, two Of them doubles. and
crossed the home plate three times. his
record for the game was clean. But
there was another individual who did his
share, though in quite different way.
IL was Red killifer who made the runs
possible by reason Of his clever sacritic-
ing. Four times Milan got on the bases
and four times Killifer moved him up oy
sacrificing. A record, undoubtedly.
Once on second or third Milan found 1t
possible to score. for the hit or mishap
was always materializing at the right
time.
II was Milan and Kilifer who made
the undoing Of Stroud possible. Without
them Walker would have gone down to q
i to defeat instead Of winning q to
victory.
Walker performed brilliantly once he
got warmed UP to his work He started
none too impressively. He seemed wild
and Ineffective In the second, but he
gradually worked himself into his stride.
and In the last five innings but one Tiger
reached first base His support was bril-
liant. nothing that resembled an error Oc-
curing behind him. Mcbride at short
was particularly strong. making numer-
Gus plays on balls which were labeled
for base hits.
stroud pitched a good game OF ball. but
the Milan-Kilifer combination proved
too much for him.
Tigers First to Score.
The Tigers were the first to score. 1t
happened in the second when Crawford.
the first man up. was walked. Mortar
TVS out put him on second and Bush
hunted perfectly down the third base line.
moving wahoo Sam to- third. Jones fol-
lowed with a single which brought him
home Walker was still in danger. but
when Casey hit a sharp grounder toward
second Mcbride scooped it up. touched
second and got the ball to Unglaub in
time to complete a double play.
The Tigers threatened again in the
third when. with two down, Walker gave
n pass to Deiehanty. Cobb drove a liner
10 right which would probably have been
q home run. but the crowd made ground
rule limiting hits into IL to two bases,
and this probably saved disaster, for
after Delehanty reached third and Cobb
second Crawford grounded out TO KILL
fer. ending the inning and putting an
end 10 threatening disaster.
After that inning Walker pitched bril-
uantly. while the locals tied the score in
the fourth. Milan led on with single
and Killifer promptly moved him up with
a sacrifice Conroy struck out, but Cess
Ter walked. and Mcbride came TO the
rescue with a screeching double into the
crowd In left. Elberfeld was called out
on strikes TO end the round
The sixth found the Nationals taking
the lead. Again Milan led on. this time
with a double. Killifer moved him to
third with the old system. and after Con-
roy had retired Gessler brought him home
with q hit
In the eighth another run was scored
Again Milan started matters with dou-
bic and again Killifer sacrificed him To
third, from where he scored when Conroy
rot q schatch hit, which Moriarty threw
wild to first Stroud followed by hitting
Gessier With o pitched ball, but Mcbride
Gnded the round tanning.
The nearest the Tigers came to having
n chance was In the fifth. Mcintyre
anew . pass then with one out, but or
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