The Washington herald., 1919-08-20
HARPER GIVES
TIGERS final
"Moxiie S . Southpaw Slants
Won't Behave and Grifs
Lose to Jungleers.

DelEOllp Mlcnp aug. l5.--ADllly 10
cluster hits after runners had been
franked to first, plus a muff by Sam
Rice far out in right field, save the
Tigers the odd game of the series with
Washington today, to >.
1t was the poorest exhibition of
the national pastime seen here in some
time, for johnson and Shaw battled
the Jennings outfit every inch of the
way. Harry Harper was indifferent.
however. and he suffered a licking
because he couldn't locate the plate in
pinChes
Three Of his four passes aided ma
terially in producing runs. while only
one pass was directly responsible for
a tally, the others moved runners into
scoring position and the Tigers were
just good enough to meet the ball
squarely when the bases were popu-
lated.
Rice Nips FIaEstesd.
Harry started off well. as he does
many a time. but he fell by the way
side in the fourth when the Detroiters
went into the lead on IIeilmann's
single. pass to Flagstead and Jones
single to right, on which Rice made
nice return and nipped Flaggie at
the plate. and once in front the locals
were never headed.
Washington got over the first run
in the third on Leonard's double to
~ nd 10
per's high bounder. which cleared
pauss' head and rolled to the out
field. Detroit came right back in
the same canto, however, and
knotted il. Dauss walked and so did
Bush, Young moved them up on a
buut. and Cobb's line drive to left
allowed Dauss to beat Menosky's
peg to the plate by a foot. Agncw.
however. caught Bush going into
third on pretty shot to Leonard.
MoxIe Takes Count.
The fifth was the undoing OF the
invading southpaw. Rice dropped
Dauss' fly. which gave the outfelder
a chase to the far end Of the bleach
crs Dauss reached second and was
safe at third on Bush's bunt. which
Charity threw high to Leonard.
Young forced Bush. Harper to
Shanks. but Cobb beat out a bunt
towards third. filing the sacks.
Veach skied to rice. Dauss scoring
and Heilmann hit one so hard it got
through Charity. Young and Cobb
counting. Heilmann died stealing.
Zachary took fing,at the Bcngal3
in the sixth. and held of scoring
though plunked for four hits. Bush
and Cobb could have scored in the
seventh. except the former tried to
stretch A single into double and was
nailed by Rice, while Ty breezed
slowly to second, expecting Young to
dash home. but Pep held third and
Shanks got Neach. Gill passed Flag
stead in the eighth. and Jones hit
him home with a triple against the
right field screen, scoring minute
later on Ainsmith's drive to center.
1t was one, two, three for the Ma
tionals from the third to the ninth,
during which period Dauss hurled
brilliantly. He let down in the last
frame. however and jammed the
bases. A poke by AGnew would have
caused trouble, but Sam was unequal
to the occasion.
In this stanZa, after Milan had been
disposed of. Rice singled to center and
Menosky dropped. a double down the
lefttield foul line. Jones made a great
play on Charity. and left Rice at
third. Shanks slapped a base knock
to right, and the final counter was
over. Leonard walked. but was forced
on Agnews grounder Bush to Young.