The Washington herald., 1911-06-04
MULLIN In FORM,
HOLDING LOCALS
TO BUT SIX HITS
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Detroit Wins Third Game OF
Series by Score of z to 2.
~ WILLIAM PEET.


Chubby Mr.. George Mullin, Tiger
finger, had something UP his sleeve be-
sides his arm yesterday. and the slug
ging Nationals. heroes of fridays bat
tie. came down to earth with a sickening
thud, 2 to being the final count. Six
scattered hits off Chubby George tells
the story.
Walter Johnson's 5000 salary whip was
not working properly. and the men be-
hind him did not furnish air-tight sup
port; so, with such weak defense ana
virtually no batting strength. the melee
went to the champions by wide margin
Mullin did not show any strike-out cum
ming. as only four died via the short
route. but he had the happy faculty or
causing our athletes to either pop the
ball into the air or roll grounders at some
opposing infielder.
From a Washington standpoint, the real
features included Johnson's hitting and a
stolen base by "Gabby'' Street, the last
named incident noteworthy for the rea-
son that "Gabby's' base stealing record
is about as good as Bill Otey's hitting
against a southpaw twirler. Street was
in the game. every minute; he cracked
out hit. stole second, and came all
the way from first base on Johnson
terrific wallop to the center field fence.
Cobb Agnfn Shines.
OF course, Ty Cobb was the big noise.
There is always action when this gen
tleman shows hereabouts. Cobb mauled
johnson for a couple Of triples and q
single. On his third smash between Milan
and Gessler he tried to stretch It into q
home run, but was nipped at the plate
by an eyelash margin Such stunts as
these make the crowd sit up and take
wild-eyed notice.
Old wahoo Sam Crawford was also
very much in the foreground. He col
lected two hits or Johnson, both OF them
scoring runs.
Had the Nationals been able to come
across with some Of those Friday bingies
in yesterdays eighth inning, the game
might have been closer. for this was the
only round in which George Mullin Per-
mitted the home folks to tickle him for
more than one solitary hit.
It was a poor day for Mr. johnson, as
the Tigers went right after him in the
very first inning, three safe knocks and a
ghastly heave by Conroy gave the visi-
tors to our concrete fortress three runs
McAleer's troupe came back In the Sec
ond and kicked q tally out OF George Null
lin, when Gabby Street was hit by q
pitched ball and scored on Johnson's
slashing drive to the fence the ball SAIL
johnson slowed the Tigers down some
during the next three rounds, manag-
ing to keep the plate clean. but in the
fifth another run counted when Bush
singled and stole second, and Sam Craw-
ford sent up high one which Jack Leli-
welt could just reach with the tips Of
his fingers. the diminutive shortstopper
racing home like a streak of lightning.
Two More on johnson.
Johnson was again the air-tight kid for
a couple of chapters, but in the eighth
he was rumpled up two more runs worth.
Cobb started the trouble by slamming
a hot one over second, the ball shot
through Milans legs, and. Tyrus pulled
up at third. Crawford singled and Cobb
came home. Then Sam started to steal
second. Street made a good peg, but
nobody was there to get the ball and
Crawford chased all the way around to
the third corner. scoring few seconds
later on Delehanty's smash to right
The Nationals got their second tally
in the eighth, when, with two strikes
and three balls the umpires verdict
Walter Johnson dubbed q beauty to
right field fence for a triple. Milan
whitfield, but on Conroy's long fly to
Crawford Johnson counted. This was fol-
lowed by safe hits from Lelivelt and
Gessler. but the ammunition was wasted
q grounder to Bush.
The Tigers seventh tally showed up
in the ninth, Bush turning the trick on
a walk and Ty Cobb's crash to deep
right center. Tyrus himself tried to
reach home on the knock, but was
thrown out at the plate.
Germany Schaefer covered first base
during the last three innings, as Henry
sprained his ankle when he collided
no1o 1or ~ q
grounder to the Tiger first sacker.
The Teuton dug one throw out OF the
dirt and handled his other chance per-
feotly. He looked to be at home
on the bag, and as Henry is sure to be
out Of the game for some days, the
comedian will continue to do stunts on
this corner.