The Washington herald., 1916-07-29
By II. v. WILCOX,

The Washington Herald's Detroit Correspondent.
Detroit, Mich, July 2s.-Washington
dropped the fourth game of the Detroit
series today, failing to get tally OFF
Dubuc's floaters. The score was to O,
and the Tiger victory gave the jungle
| band a clean sweep for the series.
Ayers pitched most of the game for
Washington, Du Mont finishing after
Moeller had batted for the doctor in the
eighth
The usual errors were present, but they
played a part in only one tally, the other
two being earned.
The Tigers played errorless ball. and
the defensive work at times was sensa-
tional. Dubac hurled for Detroit, and
won his third game of the series. In the
first and second games, Jean worked
as final relief man, getting credit for the
victories i'm each instance. Today he
chucked all the way.
Only Two Washington Chances.
Washington had only two real scoring
chances during the game, and another
occasion when they might have put a
! counter across had they been lucky. In
the second, Acosta singled to right, and
reached third when Henry caught the
hit and run signal and showed the ball
past first for a bingle. Two were out,
however. and the runners were stranded
when Veach caught McBride's fly. Veach
toted a mighty sore face as the result
of his mishap yesterday, but played a
swell game, regardless of his wounds.
In the fourth Rice singled with one
out. and perished stealing, and in the
sixth. Foster and Milan were safe on
!nfieId hits. the latter getting away with
a swell bunt toward third. But flies to
the outfield ended all scoring Opportuni-
ties. With one out in the sepulcher. Nor
1 ga q
help. The Tigers almost scored In the
first round. being checked by a play that
will go down in baseball history as a
classic. Bush shot line drive into
left. 1t bounced high over Acosta's head
for a triple. The Cuban threw wild to
Foster, and DOME tried to score. Foster
recovered and threw to Henry in time
to block off the midget Tiger shortstop
who slid into the bulky Henry with both
feet and knocked the ball loose. But
DOME failed to reach the plate. and was
tagged out by Charity as he lunged for
the pan, the flrst-baseman having run up
in time to grab the ball and make the
play.
Veach tripled to left center in the sec
ond. and scored on Crawford's sacrifice
fly. In the fourth, Burns doubled to the
sCoreboard, and took third when Milan
threw wild to Foster. Cobb then flied
to ACosta. and Burns tailed on the sac
rifce. With no one out, Veach was safe
on McBride's boot" and took second
on a balk. Ayers frightened and pre-
vented further scoring.
Rice Nearly Pulls n "Boner."
Burns bounced a double over Acosta' 5
head in the sixth, and Veach's sacrifice
fly brought him home. That ended the
scoring for the game. Running catches
by Cobb and Veach featured the joust,
and Rice very nearly pulled a spectacu-
lar catch that would have put him in the
John Anderson class Only frantic yell
ngi by the rest of the club saved the
rookie" from ignominy.
In the second inning, Veach was on
third and but one was out Crawford
drove a foul almost to the right field
screen. Rice set out in pursuit and made
a wonderful sprint. He got under the
ball all right, but just as he raised his
hands he heard the warning shouts of
his teammates. Had he made the catch
there would have been no chance for a