The Washington times., 1913-05-19

| DETROIT, Nav R-Walter Johnson
and Ty Cobb met yesterday in a strenu-
Gus combat before PASS Americans ana
| Canadians at Navin Field and though
the Griffmen no5ed out ahead in the
struggle. winning to /. their individ-
ual battle was a draw. In the seventh
| 1'y beat out a hot hop to Laporte. and
| raced to third on the freball fingers
| lurid leave to Gandil.
A moment later he 1tole home while
| the huge throng roarsd It's approval.
But in the very next inning johnson had
his revenge for. with two down. he pass
ed Sam Crawford to get the Georgia
Peach, and then forced him to hit
puny push to Laporte for the third out.
The fnal clash between the Griffmen
and the Jungaleers was teeming with in
terest from first to last. The specta-
tors. drawn hither by the announcement
that Johnson was to pitch for the in
Vaders, fringed the playing field and
packed every seat within the incloeure.
They were kept OIL the qui vive. too,
most Of the time. for never was the game
settled one way or the other. and not
fan left his seat until Jean Dubuc had
expired in the ninth. ending the battle. !
In winning his ninth straight victory |
the freball finger looked like world
beater for six innings, holding the |
hardest hitters of Jungleland in the hol- |
low of his hand. But he tottered in the !!
seventh and eighth, and, quick as a J
nash, the Tigers were upon him, trying |
Mcbride went to his assistance. giving !
him words Of cheer. and he finally \
emerged from the pinch still a victor
But those few Capital City rooters pres
was over and down in the books.
Hughey Jennings sent Carl Zamloch.
who Is a sporting editor in the winter
out In Missoula, Mon. to oppose the
appeared to have little on the bill. yet
he held the Griffmen generally power
less. Indeed the Griffmen seem to hit
food pitching better than they do the
lopsy wopsy stun served up to them
yesterday But for couple of errors
Johnson might not have copied the
glory of winning his ninth straight con-
test. Zamloch certainly was not re-
sponsible for the defeat.
Three Big Innings Count.
The real stor7 Of the game is con-
fined to three sessions. the first Of the
:hird. when the Griffmen landed their ,
two runs, and the last of the seventh
and eighth. when the Tigers we're dam !
gerous. Hank shanks, the Monaco
Marvel. opened the third by driving a
clean single to center. He kept right
on and reached second while Cobb was
n5v all r.sNsg owsT ns sns mocs ss ,nsm
out Johnson. Moeller came through
with a swinging bunt past Gamer that
scored Shanks. and then In rapid sue
cession the Rochester Rambler stole
When ne bolted for third Red"
Mckee. whose bright auburn locks were
the lone spot of color on dull and
1reary afternoon. peggcd perfectly to
and SO Moeller picked himself up out
Of the dust and dashed over the plate.
After that the Griffmen scored no more.
Has Six Good Innings.
For six innings johnson was himself,
Gamer alone reaching second By getting
away with lucky double to left. The
seventh saw johnson beginning TO wob-
Die. and as soon as Mcbride had thrown I
Tut Crawford. Cobb hammered a hot Cne G
oward third that Laporte stopped with y
lis bare fine too late to get the feet v
ooted runner. johnson tried to catch
lin of first base and shot the pill to e
light field. while Cobb tore around to "
bird base. With Veach, left-handed e.
litter. standing at the plate waiting for d
free ticket Cobb made brilliant dash p
or the plate. o.
The fourth ball to yeach was low. II
md for a moment it looked as IL Ain m
mith had got the runner at the dish,
nut Connolly saw that Cobb had eluded W
he hand of the Climbers backstop and nj
n
ecame one yelling mob. But the eX- q
iteruent was not vet over. a,
Veach had walked and johnson hit 81
iatnor with fast one. almost break :,
lg his arm. This made two on. with io
ut one gone. and the throng howled ~
Or another run to tie the tally. Moeller -,
anne in fast for Moriarty's fly, but ~
brew poorly to the infisld, and both az
lnners went up a station. 1t was I'D Is
, Red" Mckee to work the trick. and oN
ne best he could do was to roll to La U
orte, ending the rally. W
Huehey High, no bigger than a pint of VI
came to bat In place of Zam-
'ch in the eighth. and drew a pass m
lat started the mob yelling again til
IcBride raced over into foul territory &C
,r Bush's pop. and Milan easily got un- de
pr Wits fly. re
Up came that terror of pitchers Sam 70
rawford. One of his slashing driv s ar
ito the crowd might be fatal to the tu