Evening star., 1911-05-25
DOPEY WORK ON BASES AND
IN FIELD NATIONALS FAULT
Wideawake Playing Would Have Won All
Three Games Played in Detroit =
Injection Of Ginger Needed.

tying run. The Teuton was elected pincn
hitter for Groom in the ninth He stepped
to the plate. leaned on his bat and and
made speech; Ralph liked the speech
and laughed. Four balls was all Works
pitched to the bowling Schaefer and
! every one OF them was wide He was
still giggling over what Schaefer said
when Milan came to bat. and he also
walked Milan. Conroy filled the sacks
with a short single to left, and Walker.
who was running for Schaefer. scored
Washington's fifth tally on Lelivelt' $
and which Delehanty could not get to
first quite in time to double Lelivelt.
Tyrus Cobb saved the game for De-
troit, at that, and prevented Washington
from winning by his great catch. With
Somerlot on base and two down in the
tenth. Long Thomas Hughes met the ball
square and belted 1t to center field fence.
Cobb was playing deep and got good
start, but he was running as fast as he
ever ran in his life when he caught the
ball near the fence. 1t would have been
a triple for lame man.
Works was just about as Wild as
Groom. He started the game by walk
ing Milan and Conroy. He walked five
times that many during the contest. 1.eli-
welt sacrificed and GeSsler flied. but Mo-
riarty made a boot of McBride's ground
er and Milan scored. Mcbride started
halfway down second on an attempted
double steal He failed to play with the
intielders and was caught.
Cunningham's base on balls. Somer-
lots sacrifice and Henry's single handed
Washington a tally In the second. and
they got two more In the third on Mi
lan's single. wild pitch. Gessler's base
single.
Cunningham's weak base running al
lowed Crawford to throw him out at sec
ond on his hit in the fourth. which looked
like a sure double. Lelivelt and Gessler
both singled in the fifth. Washington
might have done some scoring then had
not each man tried to steal second and
expired in the attempt. The sixth and
seventh were uneventful and Lelivelt's s
weak base running beat Washington out
of tally in the eighth. Lelivelt and
Gessler singled to start the inning. Nc
Bride hit to Ness and the first sacker.
not an extra good thrower. managed to
get the bali to Moriarty ahead Of Leli-
velt After Cunningham famed Som
erlot forced Mcbride.
The ninth should have proved a winner
for the Nationals. Schaefer walked and
Milan did the same. while Conroy's single
filled the sacks Lelvelt forced Conroy
at second and stole. Gessler walked. but
Mcbride flied. How Mcbride flied to Bush
after Gessler was purposely walked IN
this same inning Milan slashed the ball to
deep right for what looked like a sure
double and possible triple, but Craw-
ford got Clyde at second with the best
throw Crawford has made this year.
Detroit was helpless before Groom till
the fifth. when Ness walked and took
third on Stanages single. Works lifted to
Somerlot. but Jones scored Ness with a
double, and Stanage took third on that
play. Cobb hit to Somerlot, and while
the first sacker held the ball, Stanage
scored Crawford and DeIehanty struck
out The Tigers Stored again in the sixth,
when Delehanty got an infield hit, with
bases packed a base on balls to Shaller,
Stanages sacrifice. Works double, Jones
out at first and McBride's error on Bush s
grounder gave Detroit two in the eighth.
Delehanty tripled off Hughes in the ninth,
but was run down on Lathers' groundeI
to Somerlot
In the eleventh Crawford singled. with
one down, and stole second. Delehanty
flied out. Crawford stole third as Mori-
arty walked. With two down and Craw-
ford on third. Lathers hit an easy ground
er to Cunningham. The second-sackel
made bounding throw, and the bal
bounded out of Somerlot's mitt. Lafhers
was over first before Somerlot recovered
and Crawford was home with the winning
run
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