The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-24
WASHINGTON GIVES
GAME TO TIGERS.
VI. ALEER's MEN DECIDE 1T Will
NOT DO TO WIN TWO
IN A ROW.

Tho secret OF why the Boston
Nationals arc sometimes called ths
"rustiers" IL ut last out. They
are rustiinq for ono lone victory
to break their losing streak.
Kindly note that St. Louis 10
ahead Of Cincinnati.
OutfieIder Titus broke q email
bone in his ankle in sliding to tho
plate. He will be out Of tbs
game for several weeks. His loss
wsakens the Philiiss attack.
The rustlsrs have lost 10 straight.
And yet some persons Insist that
10 is not an unlucky number.
Pitcher Walter johnson relieved
tieing and winning runs on Detroit
by passes. johnson gets $1,000
year, too.
A New York scribe 10 authority
for the statement that Cincinnati
hasn't beaten Mathewson slnes
1907.
Mclean answered present with
two singles and a duo Of doubles
in four times up. Wonder IL ths
White sox couldn't use him now.
Russ Ford hasn't lost q game since
to 0 against him. He has won
six.
jackson, Lajoie and Turner were
all out of the Cleveland line
and tho Athletics proceeded to raid
the cri~-les.
OF course. 1t wouldn't do for Wash.
ington to win two games in success
sion from the Tigers. SO McAleer's
men threw the second game away at
ter having 1t almost in the bat bag.
Muilin was easy for the Washington
boys. They rolled up five runs in the
eighth inning. In the very next In
ming the Tigers got busy with Dolly
Gray, after Washington had scored a
run. The score WAS then to 4. Three
Tigers got around on Gray and john
son was sent in. with the bases full.
to do rescue act. Knowing that
the big pitcher would not be right
after his long lay-ofY. Cobb and Bush
were orered by Jennings to wait him
out. They did SO, and two bases on
balls forced In what proved to be
the tieing and then the winning runs.
Plank was back in form and the
Athletics beat Cleveland easily. De-
m OFT. a newcomer, went to the mound
for the Maps and was knocked out
in less than four innings. Mitchell
was wild, but was not hit to any great
extent.
1t took eleven innings for the Red
sox to decide. that. the. Browns yde-
served the second game of the press
ent series. Lake pitched for the vic-
tors. Karger went along In great
shape for ten innings but he looked
weak in tho eleventh and Donovan
sent In Hall. 1t proved to be a bad
move. Two singles. two bases on balls
and an error gave the Browns two
runs and the game.
Ford pitching. New York beat the
Chicago White Sox, Walsh up. The
game went twelve innings.
Brooklyn took a fall out OF the Pi~
rates, although the Pittsburgers got
two more hits off Scanlon than the
Superbas did OF Camnitz.
Mathewson had the Cincinnati Reds
helpless he exerted himself and the
Giants hatted Frank Smith when =
man got on. That accounts for the
victory OF the New Workers.
Roger Bresnahan's Cardinals won
from the Quakers 30 easily that Ii was
almost a shame. Tho Phillios are
having a slump, Harmon was on
the mound for the st. Louis boys.
stop the Cardinals.
The Cubs beat the sorrowfui Ter~
riers again. Brown and Richie on the
mound. Richie was hit hard in the
seventh and tho three-hngefed gene
tleman. in no wise to be confused with
tho Boston pitcher of that name, waa
sent in. He beat Oft the rally OF the
Terriers,