Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-02

good as ever. though he may be bit
timid at the plate for while.
1t is the second time this season that
Shanks has been hit on the head with a
pitched ball. Early in the season Joe
Engel COPIED him with fast one during
batting practice. and it was fully week
before Shanks was back in the game.
These blows always leave bad effect
on the player who encounters them, for
the reason that it takes time TO stop
them from shying thereafter when at bat.
And yet that blow to Shanks may
have been blessing in disguise, for
there is no doubt that Mullin was
badly unbalanced by the accident and
tionals had scored three runs on
single hit. a double by Milan. Having
hit Shanks-Walker took his place
Mullin proceeded to make a mess of
GrOom's hunt and then he walked
Moeller. Fosters sacrifice fly allowed
Walker to score, and then Milan hit
for two bases. sending couple Of
more runs home. Though hit much
more frequently after that M Mullin
seemed to recover his balance as the
game progressed.
Dan Moeller continues 10 play bril-
liant ball Here In Detroit they think
to. for he looks to be the whole team.
Yesterday he walked twice and got
two hits, of which was three
Dagger. He again played a splendid
catches of a long fly from Cobb's bat
won the applause of the crowd for HIM
Strange to say, Moeller is doing all
this good work while not well man
not get out of bed until it was time
to leave for the ball park. He is
keenly interested in his team, however.
and wants 10 do all he can TO help it
| win. hence is staying in the game when
! many player would be under a
physician's care.
Clyde Milan gave a most c.ever exhibit
ton of base running in the seventh. which
would have done credit to cobb'S daring
He got on. on hit in this inning, which
scoi ed Foster. who had previously stolen
He allowed himself to be caught off
| first and. in the rundown. finally slid
safely into second. though the ball was
there ahead Of him. On the next ball
| pitched he started for third and Stanage
apparently had him easily, but he clever
~ hooked himself around the bag, and
then threw his body to one side that
Deals efforts to touch him We're futile
Detroit folks are used to seeing great
base running, for Cobb gives exhibitions
here almost daily, but they appreciated
what Milan accomplished and showed it.
Umpire Connolly made one of the most
peculiar rulings ever seen field yes
terday. In the sixth inning Cobb got first
on one of Fosters poor throws. He
got to second while Crawford was being
thrown out and then stole third He
also made an effort to stea. home, but on
a close play was called out by Connolly
: There was an awful kick from Jennings
and the Detroit players. who held that
Williams had failed 10 touch Cobb. Con-
nelly admitted that he was not in good
position to see the play. SO finally left it
to Hart. who was umpiring on the bases
and was standing IN the center of the
diamond about the time that Cobb slid
into the plate. Hart said that Williams
had not touched him and Connolly re-
versed his decision. allowing Cobb TO
score Ii is. of course. probable that
justice was done in this way. but it is
rather peculiar that the base umpire
should be In a better position TO a
play at the plate than the official who is
there.
Eddie Foster had a miserable day. con-
tributing errors which gave the Tigers
every one Of the three runs, but for all
that Foster is not 10 blame. He is play
ing every day with badly injured ell
bow which makes IL next to impossible
for him to throw. He has been under
treatment for the injury and is mprov-
ing but whenever he attempts to make
a fast play he loses control OF the ball
and three of his four errors Yesterday
were the results Of short throws to first
on plays where he was forced to hustle.
No one has ever questioned the batting
proc!ivities Of Cobb and Crawford. and
yet this pair look ike weaklings when
eyer Bob Groom faces them and he IS in
good form. This was illustrated yester-
day, WHEN Groom struck out Cobb and
Crawford one after the other in the
| fourth inning. Both of the sluggers got
hit off him. but they were scratchy,
and most OF the time lie had them swing
ing wildly. Crawford famed twice
against Groom and did not look impress
sive any time he faced him.
RAY Morgan managed To break into the
base hit column yesterday. He vent at
Mullins offerings with much more de-
termination than lie has. and he hit the
ball hard every time up. hut in the sixth
he caught one 10 his liking and sent il
on a Ions journey TO rlght center for
three bases. Long hits were unusually
numerous for the Nationals. OF tho seven
! hits credited To them. two were triples
| and the ether n double.
Today Walter Johns~-w>.'.i work for
the Nationals, and th:xe~ zen here to