Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
MIL AN AND KILLIFER DO
MUCH TO DEFEAT DETROIT
Former Scores All Runs of His Team in
First Game and Latter Makes Five
Consecutive Sacrifices.

that the team will chalk up at least
eight or ten more victories before the
season IL over. which would be a remark
ably improved showing. The double vic
tory yesterday and the defeat Of the
Maps gives the Nationals a comfortable
lead for fifth place. 1t will of course not
be an easy matter to hold this, though
there Is every reason for believing that
when the season ends McAleer's team
will be found at the head Of the second
division. better position than any Wash
ington team has ever occupied in the
American League at the end OF cam
paign.
Hughey Jennings is candid when he ex-
presses an opinion, and after the games
Yesterday he remarked: 'If the Washing
tons played against all others as it does
against US It would be In the first divi-
sion today. There have been few excep-
tons in the past few years when the
Nationals have given US anything but
hard fight. and while we have beaten them
a majority Of the games we always had
the better team, but 1t was never easy
and we had to extend ourselves to the
limit"
Jim McAleer has the nucleus for q
great ball team here. and II he Is
fortunate enough to pick up couple
Of strong hitting youngsters to nll
few positions he will be in the next
race beyond doubt
washington fans want their team to
finish fifth. Well, IL 1t is only Cleve-
land they fear. they can rest easy, Tor
we will put them out OF 1t when We
/ am sure" remarked George Moriarty.
Ty Cobb says that he is going stale,
and that he always does at this season
of the year. which he blames for his
poor showing in the worlds series for
~.
II can just feel myself losing energy
and speed" said he before yesterdays
game. IT feel tired most Of the time
and want to rest. something that never
think Of when l am myself. 1t has
been that way with me every fall. 1
work hard when am on the ball field.
and the strain begins to tell on me.
do not take on any weight during the
of season, SO have little to draw on
when the weather gets real hot. 1t has
been this which never gave me a chance
to do my best work in the worlds series,
because I was usually all In when we
struck these games. II It was my dis
1 would be better OF. but I am virtually
In continual training, and 1t Is this
which causes me to tire and fall or in
my work late in the season"
McBride's double In the fourth inning
of the first game would undoubtedly
have been good for three bases but for
the ground rule. The hit, however, scored
a run, but the rule cost one. Cobbs
hit to right in the third inning of this
game would have given the Georgia
Peach q home run but for the ground
rule. for 1t was hit on line and could
never have been relayed by Gessler In
time to stop Cobb from getting home.
AS It was the hit amounted to nothing
for Delehanty. who was on second, could
only 60 to third, while Cobb had to pull
mn at second. The next man up went
out and that ended the inning.
Dixie Walker did not start out any
too impressively. He seemed both un-
steady and weak, but as the game pro-
crossed he picked up splendidly, and at
the finish was pitching as fine game
of ball as he ever did since joining the
local team. In summing up McAleer.s
pitching staff Walker must always be
given q prominent position, for he has
been one of the teams most effective
pitchers this season, and at that he was
Crawford. Jones and Schmidt were the
only Tigers not to strike out against
johnson. Crawford. In fact, seemed TO
take Q particular liking to Johnson's
speed and he cracked out three two
baggers. OF course. the crowd helped
him materially, for his long flies. which
In one or two instances would have been
caught on an open field, fell into the
crowd and went for two-base hits.
Umpire Evans is not only a spIendid
fudge Of balls and strikes and base de-
cisions. but there is never a time that
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