Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
SECOND WAS CLOSE.
Tigers Make Unexpected Rally in
Ninth and Tie Score,

A rally which gave the Nationals a
three-run lead In the seventh inning after
the two teams had battled along for six
innings on even terms seemed to cinch
the second game, but just when the
crowd was vending it's way to the exit
In the ninth the Tigers suddenly jumped
on Walter Johnson. made five hits, two
Of them doubles. and tied the score.
1t was one Of those unexpected rallies.
but fortunately It was not farreaching
enough to bring victory to the champions.
and in the last half OF the inning the
locals scored the run which gave them
dual victory.
Johnson pitched a brilliant game until
that fusillade Of base hits struck him In
the final round. He struck out twelve
and had allowed but five hits, when for
some unaccountable reason everything he
started for the plate was hit safely.
Summers. too. performed well In all but
the seventh inning, when he weakened
lamentably and four hits came In rapid
succession and turned the tide.
Johnson's support, too, was much bet
ter than that accorded the visitors twirl-
ers. but the overflow worked hardshins
on both pitchers. which. however. proba-
bly, broke even on the day. johnson seem
ed inclined to be wild during the early
innings, but he steadied nicely after q
while and seemed to be at his best until
have as much In that inning as in any
other. but every time a batsman swung
his bat he met the ball fairly. and n
sailed into fair territory. 1t was iust one
OF the pranks that base ball plays now
and then. but ii came near being disas-
trous.
Strange enough. both teams scored in
the very opening inning. and both be-
cause the crowd made a two-base lift DOS
sible when ordinarily 1t would have been
an easy hy.
Error Is Costly.
Johnson struck out Jones to start with.
but killifer made a mess Of Delehanty's
grounder. Cobb was thrown out by Nc
Bride. but Crawford lifted q high ny to
left which fell into the crowd, scoring
Del Moriarty walked. but Bush famed.
For the locals Milan walked It was his
fifth consecutive time to reach the bases.
Kllifer again sacrificed. and when Con-
roy hit to Moriarty he made . bluff
throw. drew Milan toward him and then
started to run him down. Milan got
back to second. but Conroy had also
moved UP to that bag and he was declar-
ed out. Gessler came along at this juno
ture with wallop into the crowd and
Milan scored.
Neither side scored after that. both
pitchers going along at a fast clip until
the seventh. when Summers lost effective-
ness. Elberfeld and Unglaub singled tG
start the inning and Beckendorf STRUCK
out. johnson hit a grounder at Mortar
~ which took a bad bound and Elber.
field scored. Jones' return was a wide
one and Ungiaub also came home. John
son reached second and scored when Mi
Ian hit safely. Milan stole second. and
when Cobb held the overthrow trying Il
get Milan to go he erred. for Milan wen,
10 third. beating Cobb's throw. Killifer's
grounder resulted In Milan being caught
at the plate and Conroy proved easy.
The ninth was an exciting inning and
the crowd was awe-stricken by he
Tigers unexpected rally which not only
tied the score but threatened to place
the visitors In the lead. Johnson. who
had been most effective. suddenly be
came easy for the opposing batsmen. He
was In form against Tom Jones. who
sent fly TO Milan Schmidt, however
singled and Lathers, who was sent t6
bat for Summers. drove clean double
to left center. Davy Jones got hit
scoring Schmidt. and the crowd became
worried. Delehanty also hit safely and
Cobb was up. The Georgia Peach SEM
grounder TO kiliifer. forcing Delehant,
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