The Washington herald., 1910-05-28

rare fielding ability. His double play
IN the fifth cut down a threatening De
trolt batting rally. Unglaub also played
gilt-edge ball. despite the one costly er-
ror charged against him.
The Tigers fought desperately for this
game; they backed up Pitcher Stroud In
faultless style. The only approach at a
black mark was on a wicked grounder
Milan hit at Bush. which came along
too hard for the diminutive shOrtstopper
70 handle properly.
The Tigers, on the other hand, have
this same little Bush TO thank for saw
ing them from shut-out and tying the
score In the fourth with a rare exhibit
ton OF daring -base-running.
Milan. after shooting open the first
inning with a single. and going 10 sec
ond on a sacrifice. perished at third in
an attempt to steal. thus blasting our
hopes Of a run for starter
Nationals Score Run.
In the second. however, the crowd
yelled itself hoarse, when. after Gessler
had famed, Unglaub uncOrked a single
70 center and took second on a wild
pitch. Killifer popped to Delehanty and
Mcbride drove the pill through Bush.
With Manager McAleer coaching on
third, the Boss promptly grabbed ing
laub and showed him back on the bag
when il was plain that Cobbs throw 10
Moriarity would have caught Sir Rob
ert. Lucky he did, for on the next bail
pitched Mcbride stole second and
Schmidt whipped the ball TO Bush. ing
laub sprinted for home, Just making the
plate. as Bush's aim was poor and the
throw was high.
For the first three innings not a single
Detroiter saw second base. but in the
fourth the hopes Of the fans received
horrible jolt as Bush poked lucky sin
gle over Killifer's head Cobb famed
and Crawford skipped a slow bounding
grounder at Conroy who snapped the
ball 10 Unglaub ahead OF Wahoo sam.
Little Bush saw third uncovered. and,
rounding second, came down the path al
fun speed. Unglaub shot the pill TO Nc
Bride. who was on the .ob a trife late.
the BAH missing George by two feet. and
finally ending up at the grand stand. and
permitting Bush a safe journey home
In the fourth and ffth. little timely
hitting might have unknotted the tie.
but local hits We're as shy as some OF the
girls over in Alexandria
All Up in seventh.
Remembering that ofttlmes the seventh
brings change for the better. every root
er in the stands stood up when ii came
time for The Nationals 70 bat-the press
box gang smoked up Tor good luck, and
waited with baited brcaths for the out
come. Talk about your lucky seventh
this was our sure enough big inning
Jnglaub. first 10 appear took three
healthy swings. Killlfer was hit By
a pitched ball Mcbride faced Stroud
and, as he had alreaIy connected safely.
the bleacherites expected great things.
Before the gentle George could swipe al
the ball. Catcher Schmidt let the pin
slip away from him on a high pitch, with
the result that Kilfer scooted for sec
ond and was safe. Then our great short
stop walloped the pellet on the label and
sent It shrieking into left field. out Of
sight into the crowd. and Kulifer trot-
ted home with the winning tally. amidst
a mighty roar Of applause from the fans.
During the remaining five innings only
one Tiger saw first base, and he got
no nearer second, as Mcbride figured
In a double play. Johnson was simply
az his best and Il Is doubtful Il any
ball club in the world could have beaten
him Yesterday