The Washington herald., 1912-08-01

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two runs.
Credit to Lake.
Due credit should be handed this Lake
person. He used his spitball on an aver
age of every other pitch, and the pesky
thing broke in such a puzzling manner
that eight safe hits, well scattered. was
the best the Climbers could accumulate.
and out of this number Danny Moeller
grabbed three.
As Boston took a fall out of the st.
Louis Browns, the Nationals lost in one
day the amount of ground it took them
four to gain, and while this is bit
d sheartening, the Climbers are more de-
termined than ever not to drop another
game in the West. A careful analysis
of to-day's battle reveals the fact that
in only three innings did the Nationals
have a chance to score runs. Lake was
able to smother batting rally attempts IN
every instance. Had the game been
played according to Hoyle, the score at
the end OF the ninth inning would have
been 2 to 2, with the Nationals in as
good a position as the Tigers to win OUT.
Danny Moeller and Joe Lake We're the
batting stars, the former with three safe
blows and Lake with a home-run waliop
over the left-field fence. Moeller's record
is all the more remarkable for the reason
that two of his hits were bunts which he
laid down so cleverly that neither
pitcher, cathcer nor third baseman had a
chance to throw him out. In fact, none
Of them tried.
shanks and GandIl Star.
shanks made two pretty running
catches that brought him a lot of ap-
plause from the crowd, and Gandil put
up a beautiful game on first base.
MoeIier opened the game by beating out
a hunt which Stanage picked up but did
not attempt to throw. Danny then pro-
ceeded to steal second. and before the
astonished Tiger catcher could regain his
breath the Rochester rambler was on
third, beating a perfectly good throw by
half a foot. Foster struck out, and with
two strikes on Milan, Moeller foolishly
took a long lead of third and was caught
before he could return. A chance for a
run was thrown away right here, as
GandiI, a good pine hhitter, followed Mi
Ian at the bat.
Jay Carl Cashion made the Tigers a
present of a tally in the third, when he
walked Bush. and then cut loose with
two wild pitches in succession. On the
second bum heave Bush cantered home.
The Tigers earned a mark in the fifth
on a triple by Stanage and a single by
Bush. In Detroit's half of the seventh,
after Stanage had been retired, Lake put
the ball over the left field fence. Cash
ion worked himself into a hole. With
two strikes and three balls on Lake, he
was forced to groove the next pitch.
Detroits fourth run was another gift,
with the compliments of Eddie Ainsmith
and Cashion. Bashan walked. and when
Bush died on a grounder to Gandil, Mr..
Bashan romped to the mid station. Ain
smith in an attempt to catch Bashan nap
ping threw the ball into center field, and
sharp single scored Bashan. This swipe
would never have sent him home had he
been on second, as Shanks, who was
playing close, got the ball on the second
bound and would have had his man
easily.
triple and a pair of singles pro-
duced the Nationals only tally, when
two runs at least should have been the
result. The run came in the sixth Noel
Ter beat out his second bunt and took
on Fosters clean single to left |
Milan's grounder to Louden forced Fos-
ter at second, Moeller going to third. |
Milan foolishly allowed himself to be
caught of first base, a quick throw, |
Lake to Moriarty, snuffing him out |
and following this came Chick Gandirs
three bagger, a beautiful swipe to deep
right. With Gandil at third. Morgan
could not bring him home On Gandirs |
three bagger Moeller crossed the plate
and had Milan been on first he too
would have scored, and with the game
sewed up there Is no telling what might |
have happened.