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 ana
laughed at Ralph Works Herman also
made speech. Ralph liked the speech
and laughed. Four balls was all Works
pitched to the bowling Schaefer and
I every one OF them was wide. He was
stil giggling over what Schaefer said
when Milan came to bat and he also
walked Milan. Conroy filled the sacks
with 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
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
ball near the fence. 1t would have been
a triple for a 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. Leli-
welt sacrificed and Gessler flied but Mo-
riarty made 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
infielders and was caught.
Cunninghams 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. a 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' 3
weak base running beat Washington out
of a tally in the eighth. Lelivelt and
Gessler singled to start the inning. Nc
Bride hit to Ness and the first sacker.
get the ball to Moriarty ahead of Leli-
Welt. 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. Lelivet 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 Stanage's 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 Delehanty struck
out. The Tigers Stored again in the sixth,
when Delehanty got an inf1eld hit, with
bases packed A base on balls to Smaller,
Stanage's sacrifice. Works double, Jones'
out at first and McBrides error on Bush s
grounder gave Detroit two In the eighth.
Delehanty tripled off Hughes in the ninth.
but was run down on Lathers' grounder
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-sacker
made a bounding throw, and the ball
bounded out of Somerlot's mitt. Lathers
was over first before Somerlot recovered,
and Crawford was home with the winning
run.
Score ~ ho