The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-14


Detroit, Mich, Aug. l3.-With two men
in tie hotel sick-Unglaub and Lelivelt-
the Nationals dropped in upon Jennings
three-time pennant winners to-day and
administered a fine beating After being
Handicapped by a two-run lead piled up
by the Tigers, Washington came forward
with rush and won the game. to g.
Gray always frightened up just in time.
The contest was not filed with any
very brilliant fielding Neither team had
anything to boast Of in that line. but
there were intervals Of hard batting that
kept the SPECTATORS on edge. The Ma
ticnals developed the batting habit so
strong in the sixth inning that they drove
Stroud from the pitching box and counted
a quartet Of TALES. They made things
interesting for Loudell. a recruit. who
followed the departing Stroud
Gray pitched in a peculiar way. De-
troit had three hits of him prior to the
ninth inning. yet he was in serious diff
Guilty three times. Just as II looked as
though he had weakened enough to cause
his removal. he frightened up. In the
ninth, hitting a batter. a wild pitch. and
pass made things look bad, but he
wiggled out, Detroit finishing two runs
to the bad
The opening rounds were devoid OF
interest. Batters went 20 the plate.
swung. ran a little. and sat down. The
pitchers, Stroud IN particular. issued
many passes, but base hits did not
follow.
Home Run for Crawford.
In the fourth inning Sam Crawford hit
the first ball pitched on line over Doc
Gessler's head 1t struck a hard place on
the field and bounced into the bleachers
for home run. This is the first time in
the history of the Detroit grounds thar
a batted ball ever found its way into
these seats.
Moriarity singled 10 center field and
took second on a passed ball. The Of
fetal scorer ruled that Moriarity stole
but he aid not, as he was hat-footed
when the pitch leaked through Ainsmith.
MOriarity pilfered third Tom Jones was
hit by pitched ball Jones started for
second base, and Moriarity for the plate
Morlarity beat the pitch, and was credit
ed with a steal Of home. These two runs
were all Detroit made until the ninth
After going scoreless for five innings.
Washington made plenty in the sixth.
The Nationals batted all the way around.
and Milan visited the plate twice Milan
started with a single to left field. He
stole second. Killifer singled TO left.
and Milan was held on. third. Stroud
let loose a wild pitch that scored Milan
and gave Killifer third. Delehantyt tossed
out Elberfeld. From then on things hap
pened rapidly. Conroy drove a triple TO
center field Mcbride followed with a
single. Gessler tripled over Crawford's
head. Then Stroud was removed. and
Loudell took his place. He passed Henry.
who stole second. and walked Ainsmith
but Cray and Ailan were retired. -Four
runs.
Nationals Score Again.
In the ninth the Nationals added an
other when Moriarity booted Gray's
grounder. Milan singled. and Elberfeld
lifted a sacrifice fly into right field
Detroit did not die without a struggle.
and made things interesting for Gray
and his associates. One base hit and the
score would have been tied, but Gray
would not allow Il.
Crawford started the ninth with a
single. MOriarity forced him Bush was
hit by a pitched ball. Tom Jones singled.
filling the bases. With three on and one
out, it looked scary, Stanage forced
Bush, Gray to Elberfeld. and Moriarity
crossed the plate Gray made a wild
pitch. T. Jones took third. and Lathers.
who ran for Stanage, reached second.
simmons. batting for LoudeIl. was
passed. filing the bases again. One strike
had been called on Mcintyre when
OLeary was sent to bat for him.
O'Leary drew another strike and three
balls. The deciding pitch was over the
plate. and oLeary rolled an easy
grounder to Cray. That ended the most
exciting inning. and the Nationals left
the field two runs ahead,
The score.