The Washington times., 1912-08-04
Vaughn In Wonderful Pitch
ing Duel With French
Canadian.
BY SENATOR"

DETROIT. Mich, Aug. A wonder
full pitching duel between Tiny
Vaughn, the Climbers Texas giant,
and Jean Dubuc, the pitching star of
the Jennings Jungaleers, with the
breaks in the luck falling toward the
squat French Canadian, closed the
series between the Tigers and the
Climbers. the best Griff's kids beiog
able to do was an even split in the
four victories. Yesterdays honors
went to rhe Tigers, 2 to l.
In the first place 1t was no day for
baseball. the cold winds and dark gray
skies lie -ping the crowds down In num-
Der and silent throughout. The men or
the coaching lines, except Jennings,
who was kept warm by his own fiery
spirit, appeared wrapped closely In
their jackets and so chill and uncom-
Portable was the day in general that II
might well have been a funeral pro-
cession before the fans instead Of
terrific struggle for diamond suprem-
acy.
Cuts Off Comedy Act.
Had the Climbers funny pair. the
goat club" composed Of Herman
Schaefer and Nick Altrock. been allowed
to cut up their monkey shines possibly
there might have been some amusement.
However. Schaefer is suspended from
the coaching lines and silk" O'Loughlin
threw a scare into Atlrock before the
battle opened. Whatever he said to the
human gargoyle was enough to keep
him dumb as any oyster throughout the
whole nine innings. And so the fans sat
and shivered.
Jean Dubuc pitched great ball. becom-
ing stronger as the game progressed.
and yet the breaks in the luck carried
him through one of the toughest games
he will have to pitch this season. The
Climbers were ever seeking after the
safe bingles and the little Frenchman
had to work his head off to keep his one
run lead to the end
On at least three occasions the Climb
ers had chances to shove across a run.
Walker was on third and Moeller on
first In the second and stayed there to
see Cobb get under Fosters short fly.
Foster ambled to third in the fifth and
then Sam Crawford raced almost to the
line for Mlans attempt for a double.
walker reached second In the seventh
and saw Cobb gallop back three miles
and seize Moeller's powerful swat 1t
kept the Climbers from marching into
the lead. They made seven bingles, two
more than their foes, but were unable
to get more than a single tally with
them.
Should Have Won His Game.
Jim Vaughn pitched superb ball. even
though defeated. In only two innings
did the Jungaleers bunch two together,
In the first and the eighth, yet 1t was
the big fellows misfortune to have two
runs sail over the dish in the first in
ming and have them count enough to de-
eide the victory.
Vaughns support was spectacular on
occasions. No matter what kind of a
hop the ball took, Foster, Mcbride, and
Morgan nailed 1t and got his man. In
the first frame, with Cobb straining at
the leash on third. Mcbride leaped
high in the air for Louden's bounce and
6ot him at first.
His peg was so true and swift that
Gandil was able to double up Cobb at
the plate.
Foster played remarkably smooth
game in the field. He took several slow
his man every time. 1t did not matter
to him much how the ball came, he al
ways seized 1t and tossed out the run
ner.
Milan Kept Busy.
Out in center "Zeb" Milan raced all
over the lot for long flies. He made a
beautiful running catch of Dubucs hard