Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14
PUNCHED b|NGLES
BEAT DETROIT
Nationals Fall on Stroud for
Three Singles and Two
Triples in Sixth.
DOLLY GRAY HOLDS
TIGER BAND SAFE
Gets Into a Mess in Final
Round, But BraveIy Works
Out of 1t.

DETROIT. Mich, August bright
after Mr. Cornelius McGillicuddy and the
hope of the east completed the task of
taking three out of four games from the
three-time champions. along comes James
McAleer with his crippled Washington
army and by intrusting the mound duties
to the left-handed Dolly" Gray he adds
torture TO the wound by beating the
Tigers to 3 in a contest that had
nearly every real dramatic situation the
diamond can supply.
Two of Detroits runs, the first two and
which made up a lead they held till the
sixth inning. were strictly la Francis
Merriwel, with George Moriarty and
Samuel Crawford in the heroic roles The
former got around by hitting a single
and stealing second, third and home, while
Samuels run came because he hit the ball
into the right field bleachers, something
which he has been trying to do ever since
they were established and a task which he
alone was qualified to undertake, as eff
forts in the past have fully demonstrated.
The big scene was in the last half of the
ninth The curtain rose to find the Tigers
three runs to the bad with Dolly" Gray
holding his own in hercuiean style. Craw-
ford smashed the ball at Gray. The pitch
er stuck out his glove in self-defense
and the ball hit it and bounded to
Mcbride. The throw to first was good
but tardy. MOriarty forced Crawford and
Bush was hit on the off limb with a
pitched bali.
Tight Place in Ninth.
Tom Jones filed the bases by rapping
single by Mcbride. Under these cir
cumstances Oscar Stanage, strictly heavy
weight in all dimensions, came to bat.
He hit hard, and the ball bounded high,
but McAleer's hero, Dolly jumped into
the air and stopped it. Gray had an
easy force play at the plate before him.
but he chose 10 throw to third, trusting
that Elberfeld could double Stanage off
first. But the Kid did not readily find
the ball, due to his surprise at Gray's
sudden play, and Moriarty scored, while
6tanage got to first.
Chick Lathers was asked to run for
Stanage. and Acting Manager William
Donovan sent Simmons, right-handed
batter, to the plate in the place of LOU
dell. Simmons walked, again filling the
bases. The first ball Gray pitched to
Mcintyre was called strike, and Dono-
van asked Charlie O'Leary. also right
handed, to take McIntyre's place.
OLeary showed a desire TO wait them
out, and he got down to that classic
coun. of two strikes and three balls.
Gray shot the next one over the plate
and OLeary hit bounder to the box.
Cray tossing the runner out and ending
the game.
Ralph Stroud, who performed with
credit against New York, started the
finging for the home hopes. In the first
five innings he allowed four of McAleer'S
men to walk, and he was touched for but
two hits, which failed to benefit the Ma
tionals in the scoring. But the sixth inning
saw the heavy artillery of the Nationals
turned on the hopeful recruit.
Milan drove a single to left and stole.
kilifer singled to the same spot, sending
Clyde to third. Milan scored on a passed
ball. and killifer reached third. Delehan-
~ tossed out Elberfeld, which was fol-
lowed by ripping triple past Cobb from
Conroy's bat, Killifer tallying. Conroy
Tomped home on McBrides short hit to
center, and Mcbride also crossed the
plate because Gessler hit over Crawford
fer three bases.
Here Stroud scratched himself from the
program and Loudell, the Texas Lacquer,
took up the duties where the heavy hit
ting of the Nationals forced Mr.. Stroud
TO leave them. The youngstcr got bad
start. He walked Henry, and Henry
stole. He filled the bases by walking
Ainsmith. No more scoring was done.
however, as Gray and Milan both hit
short flies.
Loudell Looks Good.
What Washington did in that one in
ming would have been enough and they
did not seem to have much of chance
against Loudeil, who walks like Davy
Jones and pitches in the style of Edgar
Nillett, using an underhand and over
hand bali curve and fast one. He held
them safe in the seventh and eighth and
cHould probably have been successful in
the ninth rad not Moriarty made a.
wild throw on Gray's grOunder Gray
got to third on Milan's single to right
and held that station white Moriarty
threw out kiliifer, but when Elberfeld
flied to Crawford Dolly" brayely sprint
cd home.
From a Detroit viewpoint the only con-
ISOLATION can be derived from that smash
OF Crawford's. which opened the fourth
inning and which has been described.
Sam was the first man up. Moriarty
was the next man up and he singled to
left. "Morry'' stole second. He quickly
followed this theft by stealing third
Ainsmith making a good throw, hut
Moriarty sliding around EIberfeld Tom
Jones was hit by pitched ball and, while
Gray was winding up for a pitch, MORT
arty started for the plate. A,nsmith
frantically yelled for the ball. but by the
time Gray could unwind himself and
throw Moriarty was starting his slide
Tie throw was low, but Morarty slid
under Ainsmith's glove. just as he was
catching the ball. The score: