The Washington times., 1920-01-26

runa. ana tnen jumped on MIN lot
three more in the sixth.
Sad Day for Detroit.
1t was a sad day for Detroit and
the Tiger fans. While the sensa-
tional recruit Adams was making
monkeys out Of the Tiger sluggers
Donovan and Mullin. the crack Tiger
boxmen were as Ineffective as a par
OF back-lotters. Between them they
walked ten men and hit another. In
the matter Of hits Pittsburgh only
made one more than Detroit The
Pirates scored eight runs on seven
hits.
II also is sad to relate that on the
day when Detroit fought Its most I'M
portant game the famous slugging
pair OF Tigers-Cobb and era Word
were the most impotent The ia
nous Tyrus twice sent easy little
easy lifts to Clarke. Crawford only
hit one ball hard. Clarke capturing
II after run.
Despite the iop-sided score the
game was one of the tough,
oatties ever fought ON the diamond.
me Pirate-Tiger series had BEEN so
close that lot OF bitter feeling had
been aroused, and in this crucial game
II reached the blood-heat stage. No
Giant-Cub game ever developed more
rough stuff. Men went into bases
riding high, with no effort to dis-
guise their attempt to drive their
pixies into the shins or thighs Of any
body who happened to be in tn. way.
In the very first inning By ne d
10 be carried Off the fe d, and George
Moriarty. who got" Bobbie limpnd
ut OF the game in tn next innink
Byrne was hit by pitchel ball in tn"
hrst inning, and took Second on
-.cach's sacrific. Byrne then tried to
cal third. but Moriarty had ~hi n
blocked of. There was quite a
mash-up, in which Byrne's leg was
prained so severely that he could not
get up. while Moriarty was badly
jhaken ,up.
In the second inning. George had
hin-kiCking match with Abstein tina.
ended the former for the day
casualties In third bascmen ran very
high. 1t was quite an afternooni
Crazy Double Play Comes
In the third inning Miller led OF
with a single and Abstein followed
18th a double, but on Wilson's tap to
Bush both men got of tneir moor
ings, and a crazy double play resulted.
Miller being caught at the plate and
Abstein of second base. Had tom
Jones been more alert a triple play
could have been made on Wilson at
irst base.
Mullin tried his luck in the fourth.
and he wasn't able to keep the Pitts
purg runners Off the bases any better
than Donovan. His pitching was OF
The same grade as Wild Bill had ex
hibited. After retiring Adams. George
walked Hyatt, and Leach followed
with single. Clarke advanced the
runners with a sacrifice, and a pass
to Wagner filled the bases. Miller
cracked a single to right, and Hyatt
and Leach tore home.
In the sixth inning the Pirates be-
gan running amuck again. and when
three more OF DreyfuEs' athletes
darted over the plare everybody In
the City of Straits xnaw IT was all
OF.
with one out In this inning Leach
doubled and the patient Clarke again
walked. Hyatt. who followed, got IN
a lovely soak, crashing a triple to
deep left, which scored Leach and
Clarke. when Jones made a poor re-
turn, Hyatt. too, ambl' home.
Pittsburgh's eighth run in the eighth
came as the result OF Cla ke's fourth
base on balls Fred stole second. took
third on wagner's ny to Crawford
and scored when Wahoo Sam spilled
Miller's fly
And thus ended the last game of
the 1000 world series and the game
that Detroit rather would have won
than any other contest In the base
ball history OF Tigertown.
fCopvriaht 1920 by Al Munrs E1iaal