Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
MILAN AND kIllIFER
DEFEAT DETROIT
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he does not display splendid judgment.
Evans undoubtedly avoided an ugly row
in the seventh inning yesterday by his
quickwittedness. Milan had been caught
between third and home, and Summers
finally touched him out, but In so doing
struck Milan a rather hard blow IN the
back with the ball Milan started Tor
the big pitcher. making a protest. and the
partisan crowd was ready 10 stand by
its favorite player Evans. as quick as
a flash, was between the two players,
showed them aside, and then taking Milan
by the arm walked him toward the plate
The whole affair was over in a minute,
but had it not been for Evans alertness
there might have been an ugly mix-up.
Davy Jones also had a kick coming. In
sliding into second in the seventh inning
in an attempt to steal George Mcbride
deliberately struck Davy with the DALI
Jones was out by feet, but he came in
viciously with his spikes and Mcbride,
angered by the unnecessary attack, lost
his head for an instant and let the ban
fly at the FRUSTRATED Jones.
1t will be remembered that on the
Tigers former visit here Jones in trying
to steal was caught by ten feet. yet he
slid into McBride's finger. a fact which
Mcbride evidently has not entirely for
gotten.
John Lelivelt, though far from being a
well man, broke into the game at a most
son in the ninth and started the inning
with a rafting two-bagger to left, even
tuaily scoring, when. after being sacri-
feed to third, Killifer was hit by Willett.
Conroy walked. filling the bases. and
while Gessler was forcing the latter on
his slow roller to Delehanty.
Monday the ST. Louis Browns open here
for their final series with double-header.
While the Browns are tailenders. they
have not been any too easy for the Ma
tiona,s this year and ii will take some
hard playing to win a majority of the
games from O'Connor's team.
Walter Johnson is I'm fair way TO
beat all American League strike-out rec
ords. He added twelve of them TO his
list yesterday. There have been few
games this season In which Johnson has
failed to strike out seven or more and
there have been several instances where
he has famed ten or over.
1t seems unfortunate that an umpire
of Billy Evans ability should be hooked
up with SO incompetent an individual as
KERN. About the only decisions he gives
correctly are on fly balls. With KERN
umpiring seems 10 be matter OF guess
ing, and he is very poor guesser.
There is never a day that he is on the
local lot that he does not make some
ridiculous decision. One is sometimes
forced to wonder if there can be any
lltnk wrong WIFI htTln , ~ III lhCf
third inning of the second game. for IN
stance. Killifer hit a ball over third base.
Moriarty made a good stop of the ball
and splendid throw. but, OF course, IL
was too late, for Killifer had crossed the
bag before Jones got the ball. Yet KERN
called Killifer out, much to the amuse-
ment OF the Detroit players. especially
Moriarty, who made the throw.
This is the first season since Walter
Johnson has been with Washington that
he has more victories than defeats to his
credit. Johnson has pitched thirty-th
games to date and eighteen Of these have
been victories
When there is q crowd such as there
was yesterday the precaution should be
taken to stretch ropes SO as to keep spec
tators off of the playing field as much as
possible. In the ninth inning the crowd
swarmed about the diamond, and this fact
seemed to discomfort Johnson. On another
of the Nationals out. motioned the crowd
to advance, which ii did. Cobb figured
on bringing them in close when the
Tigers went to bat. Umpire Evans
stopped the game. however, and had the
crowd put back.
II will be a long while before Killifers
record OF five consecutive sacrifice hits
will be equaled In every instance the
play was perfect, Killifer laying the ball
down where II was impossible to make
any play on Milan.
Milan gave an exhibition Of his speed in