The Washington herald., 1917-09-23
TY COBB'S Home RUN
DEFEATS NATIONALS
Georgia Peach Crashes One in Pinch
Which Beats Grifmen. 4 to 0.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

A military blend was given the sec
ond game of the final series with the
Detroit Tigers yesterday afternoon
at the American League ball park.
when soldiery from the Third In
fantry of the District of Columbia
and the Twelfth Field Artillery from
Hume, Va. mingled in with the Cap
itars quota of the national army In
celebrating Clark Grifith's bat and
ball fund.
Ty Cobb and his mighty willow
spoiled the occasion for local fan
dom by crashing one on the nose to
deep center field for circuit swing
with two of his teammates station
ed on the bags. Although the score
is tabulated at to l. it was a
mighty swing that the Georgia
4, Peach put onto one of Walter John
sons fast ones that spelled defeat
for the Nationals.
1t was the pitching ability of Ehmke,
of the Jungaleers, that issued the
Nationals nine big zeros, as How
ards slants were only touched for
three hits during the afternoon fray,
and he kept these so well scattered
that only on two occasions did the
Griffmen reach the midway cushion.
johnson. of Kansas cyclone fame,
opposed the lanky Tiger pill pusher.
Walter was not himself. as Jennings
tribe stepped into his delivery for
nine safe blows. three of these COM
ing in the third session, when trio
of tallies were rung up by the vis-
itors.
Ty Cobb is sure a hard man to feel
in the pinch. as he has proven time
and time again in Ban Johnson's
circuit. Yesterday the Georgia Peach
outguessed three members of the
local clan namely Walter johnson,
Clyde Milan and Eddie Ainsmith.
Clyde Milan played an entirely too
short a center field position for Ty-
rus. as his crash easily cleared Mi
lan's' fieetfootedness by a few yards.
OF course Ainsmith gave the signal
to serve Ty a fast ball. and Walter
responded. What Cobb did to the
smoke ball kings fast one sure gave
some 6,OO0 fans a headache. as he
caused a relay from the center field
bagpole to the home plate. which is
recorded. from Milan to Morgan to
Shanks to Johnson to Ainsmith.
Veach obtained the first blow in the
second inning. but he failed to ad-
vance. as Walter famed Heilman and
forced Ellison and Young to pop.
The nightmare came in the Tigers
third session after two were out. Don
ME Bush singled to left and Witt
followed up with one in the same ter
ritory. Cobb. who had famed in the
first session. then faced Walter in
the pinch. The whack- that the Geor-
gia Peach made has been reciteG
above and three runs were tailed for
the Tigers.
In the sixth session after Veach
had been retired Heilman singled to
center and Ellison followed with an
infield blow. Young sacrificed the run
ncrs UP a peg, but Walter slammed
one into Stanase's' ribs. which filled
the sacks Bush hit a sharp infield
Erounder and Heilman dented the
pan. adding the fourth tally to the
Tigers total.
Mcnoskcy started the sixth with a
single and moved to second on Leon
ards inheld out to Ellison but Mi
Ian and Rice were not equal to the
occasion of the pinch punch and Mike
was left stranded. In the eighth when
the army boys were whooping it up
Johnson got on, on Wits error and
was granted the midway cushion when
MenOskey looked over four wide ones.
but Leonard and Milan could not
come through with the timely wallop
and the Nationals were forced to take
zeros. The score:
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