Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30
ATHLETICS GOING
AT GREAT SPEED
Defeat Detroit Third Straight
Game by Hard Hitting Be-
fore Big Crowd.
DAN MURPHY ON HIS JOB.
DRIVING IN FIVE RUNS
Jennings Used Three Pitchers.
Collins Hammers Out Five
Hits in as Many Times
at the Bat.
Special Dispatch TO The St.r.

Special Dispatch TO The Stsr.
PHILADELPHIA, July 29.-By win
ming this afternoons game before an
other tremendous crowd by II to ) tie
Athletics made three straight over the
Tigers and made the standing OF the
leaders so close that Mondays game
between the teams will be battle for
first place. Judging from the tremendous
enthusiasm which the series between the
White Elephants and Detroits has arous-
ed, the fans will be camping outside the
park by midnight sunday night.
The crowd this afternoon was almost
an exact duplicate of the record break
ing throng of yesterday, and if there Is
any difference in the total ATTENDANCE it
was only couple Of hundred less today.
The White Elephants jumped into the
lead in the first inning. when they put
together five runs, and the leaders We're
never able TO give them decent Scar are
afterWard, for Plank, while he did not
! twirl in his best form, was always able
| to check the Tigers when they threat
| ened to put together a bunch of runs.
Jennings tried three Of his young pitch
ers-Lafitte. Lively and Covington-but
none of them could hold back the
| worlds champions, who for the hrst
| time in several days had their eyes on
| the ball Collins led both teams AT the
bat with a two-bagger and four singles
! in five trips to the plate.
Drake Replaces Jones.
Drake, a right-hand batsman. was sent
| to left for Detroit I'm place of Jones,
who is a Ieft-hander. Manager Jen-
nings thought that the youngs.er would
have a better chance With PLANK :
/ south-paw delivery.
| The crowds eagefness to root was
gratified in the opening timing only
! three OF the Tigers faced Plank in the
| initial session, and the Athletics then
| went in and put together five runs OIL
| O'Leary and d sacrifice The best drivs
of all made by Murphy, who. with
| the bases filled, sent the cork center into
| the crowded left center field. Three men
were on bases at the time. but the
! ground rules gave Danny only twoS
! Dagger and permitted only two Of the
| runners to tally.
| Before the inning was half over Man
| ager Jennings realized that he had made
a mighty poor selection for his twirler.
| and he sent Lively. a heavily built right
| handler. out to warm up. The champions
| garnered their sixth run in the second
! chapter when Oldring went lmping 10
! first after being hit. Collins hit for two
bases, sending Oldring 10 third. Lively
| fumbled Bakers grounder long enough 10
| let Oldring score.
Murphy Was There.
Mack,s proteges let the third inning 20
| by without anneXing a run. but made zip
| for it in the fourth by getting two more,
| Collins singled. Baker did likewise and
| Barry walked. filling the bases. Murphy
singled, scoring Collins and Baker
The sixth was another nightmare for
the Detroit crowd. the Athletics adding
| three more buttons 10 their tally. Strunk
| beat out grounder Collins singled and
| Baker beat a bunt, again films the
! aseS. Strunk scored on Murphy long
| fly to right Collins taking third and later
| going home on a wild pitch. Baker
| landed on third in the same play. Nc
| lines got hit in the ribs after which he
| and Baker tried the double steal. Baker
| scoring This wound up the scoring for
| the Athletics
| Cobb made the first run for Detroit in
| the fourth, when he beat out "A grounder
| and went to third on Crawfords single.
! Delehanty also singled and THE Georgia
peach" went home. In this inning De
! troit had the bases filled, but fast field
| work by the Athletics pulled Plank ous
| of bad hole.
| In the sixth Detroit got another. when
| Crawford hit for two bases and was fol-
| lowed by Delehanty with single CraU-
| ford scored. The last scoring Of the day
| was in the ninth, when o'LeaTy walked.
Stanage singled 10 left and Nuii'a
walked. again filling the bases. When
! Barry fumbed brakes grounder O Lcarr
scored. Attendance was about ;;l,"n.
/ Score