Evening star., 1912-09-14
LOST AFTER 1T
APPEARED ALL WAS SECURE
Great Uncertainty of Base Ball Never More
Clearly Demonstrated -Engd Hav-
ing Decisive Experiences.

Grifflth lnSinuated that when ne was
pitcher he would never have feared Cobb.
That was a def which Cobb would not
allow to go by unnoticed, and he there
and then challenged Griffith to step out
on the rubber and try to fool him. Moth
ing seemed to suit Griffith more, and
then the star twirler of years ago gave
a splendid exhibition of tw1rling. Cobb
was at the plate for fully five minutes
and he has yet to hit the ball out in
i front of the plate. He fouled a few and
not hit the offerings of the Old Fox,
much to the latter's delight
Jennings seems to have picked up a
good hitting outfielder in Veach While
he is credited with but one hit in yes
terday's game, three-bagger, he hit
the BAH hard every time up.
Milan and Cobb shared honors as star
fielders. Milan made a remarkable for
ward running catch of Veach's liner in
the second, and Cobb robbed Gandil of a
home run in the fifth, when he jumped
high in the air after running backward
for many yards and pulled the ball out
of the air with one hand. The ball was
marked for the extreme center field cor
ner, and there would not have been a
chance of stopping Chick from making the
circuit
But for Fosters wild throw in the tenth,
which brought home the winning run. it
is almost certain that the game would
have been called on account of darkness
and a double-header played today. 1t
was so dark at the time that the spec
tators in the stands could not see the
ball, but. having started the inning. Um-
pire Connolly naturally wanted to finish
1t. But had the Tigers failed to score
there is no doubt that he would have
called a halt.
CYriff1th'S nlavprS hnSv right from
the start yesterday. scoring three runs
in the opening inning on clean hitting.
Moeller opened with double, one of
three he got during the game. Fosters
out moved him to third, and he scored
when Milan hit safely. Milan went to
third on Gandirs hit and both scored
when Laporte hit safely.
There was a lull for several innings.
but in the fifth hostilities were resumed
After Henry had been retired. Engel
walked. and Moeller drove him home with
a double to right, scoring himself when
Louden made a poor throw to the plate
trying to catch Engel.
Three runs were gathered in the sixth
on clean hitting. Gandi opened with a
hit and Laporte doubled. Shanks brought
both men home with a hit. was sacrificed
to third by Mcbride and scored when
Henry singled.
That ended the Nationals run getting.
and then the Tigers got busy. They
scored their first run in the fifth on a
pass to Onslow, the first baSeman, his
steal of second. and Stanage's single. In
the seventh they took advantage of
Engels wildness. Foster got his pitcher
in trouble when he made a mess of
Loudens grounder. Onslow forced him.
and then Stanage and Jones, who batted
for Boehler. walked. A pass ball allow
ed one run to score, and the bases were
! filed again when Bush was hit by a
| pitched ball Gordon. however. forced
Jones at third. but Crawford came along
| with hit. and two more runs came home.
| The eighth saw the Tigers come within
| one of tying the score. Veach led of
with three-bagger. but Louden's ground
| er to Foster brought Veach low at the
plate. Onslow hit safely, and then Engel
walked Stanage, and he was taken from
the game. Hughes took his place. and
Jennings sent Moriarty to bat for Cow
ington. who. in the meantime had taken
Boehler's place. Moriarty cleaned the
| bases with a double. but could not score
himself.
Though Cobb opened the ninth with a
Hughes had retired Veach and Louden
Onslow hit a little grounder right at
Gandil. but he allowed 1t to get away
from him, and the result was that the
score was tied.
The end came in the tenth Bush was
walked with one out Corridor flied to
Moeller. and then Crawford hit a low
fly to left which Shanks could not reach
He threw to Foster al third, who, in turn,
tried to catch Crawford coming into Sec
ond. But his throw was wide and Bush
ran home with the winning run. The
score: