The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
Hildebrands Bone and
Milan's Error Beat Griffs
Clyde Allows Grounder to
Go Through His Legs
to Fence.

Detroit. Mich, Aug. 19.-If Umpire
HiIdebrand hadn't seen fit absolutely
TO Ignore the rules, the Nationals
might have won today's game instead
of being beaten. 2 to l.
Manager Griffith has protested the
contest and has such a weight OF evil
dence including the affidavits of
number OF prominent Detroiters to
support him that he may win the
protest though Ban johnson seldom
has been known to allow anybody to
grab an argument from one of his
arbiters.
Ty, in his desire to help the Junga-
leer's cause. went out, to coach at
third base when the home club came
up for its last turn at bat. The score
was then 1-to-1, and Ehmke and
Ayers were having a pitchers battle
that promised to last forever. Burns,
first man up in the inning. hit sin
gle to centerfield. Milan got well
poised in front OF the ball and then
let it go through him to the fence.
Burns went tearing around to third
and then stopped.
Cobb. who could see that Milan was
out by the flagpOle with the pill, and
that Burns could walk home, ran up
shove, and George went on home,
where he arrived before the pill was
in the diamond.
Immediately the entire Washington
club swaTmed around Umpire Hide
brand with a demand that Burns be
called out because Cobb had touched
him. Practically everybody in the
park had seen the Peach" lay
violent hands on Burns, and Hide
brand admitted he had done SO but
ruled that as the ball was at the
time a good quarter of a mile from
the plate. he would not grant the
Nationals their pound Of flesh.
The Tigers had a good chance to
score in the first inning, when Witt
hit and Cobb walked with one out.
Neach grounded to Ayers, and He'll
man to Foster. however.
Morgan sinsled with one away in
the secoEd and was forced by Char
rity. who took third on Ainsmith's
sirgIe, only to be left when Ayers
flied. Detroit was handed one in the
closing half. Burns singled and went
to third when Ayers threw badly try
ing to catch him mapping. Young
rolled one to Ward first that Char
rity picked up too late for a play,
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principles.
The heaye was bad and Pep" went
to second. The next three couldn't
help him.
Washington tied in the fourth. Rice
started this chapter with a single and
scored on Fosters double. Morgan
grounded to Ehmke, who held Foster
at third. Charity popped to Young.
Ainsmith walked and Ayers fouled.
Detroit was given a good opening in
the sixth but fell afoul of a double
play. HeiIman beat a bunt and went
TO second when Ainsmith made a wild
throw trying to snag him of first.
Burns damned a fine liner TO left, but
Menoskey seized it and doubled He'll
man. who had kept on going for home.
Ayers singled with one out in the
seventh. but a force play and a fly
and a force play ended the round.
Milan singled to start the eighth and
Immediately stole second. Ehmke
helded Rice's roller to third in time
to get Milan. who overslid the bag.
Rice then pilfered. Foster popped to
Bush and Morgan lined to Veach.
Nothing more happened until the
Burns-Cobb episode.
The Tigers for the first time in sew
eral days looked like a ball club on
this occasion. Ehmke pitched very
well, keeping the Nationals seven
hits well scattered. except in the
fourth when Rice's single and Fos-
ter's double produced a run. Howard
was outpitched by DOC" Ayers at
that. The doctor allowed only six
hits, and would not have been scored
on without the aid of errors. Two
miscues figured in the making of the
Tigers first tally and Milan's awful
faux pas in letting Burns single get
through accounted for the other. The
score: