The Washington times., 1920-03-01

on balls and a tumble by ST Nichols
: filled the bases in the seventh with
none out. Crawford followed with a
double scoring two, and before the
third half of the inning was over the
Tigers had scored block Of four
runs. The Athletics got ono back in
their half. giving them lead OF 10
>, with only two more innings to go.
But Waddell no longer was strik-
ing them out. and in the eighth in
ming the Detroits whackcd out an
other run. And then, two runs be-
hind. Detroit came up TO bat in
the ninth for its last stand. Sam
Crawford. first man up. cracked out
single, and then came the blow
that killed father. ,Ty Cobb smash-
ed Waddelrs first pitch over the
rightfeld fence for home run. tying
the score, SIS. All of the six-run
Athletic lead had been frittered away.
Waddell was yanked out before he
could do further damage, and Plank
was sent to the rescue with none out
Eddie got rid Of the side without any
more scoring.
ReEsins His Own Cunning.
And then began remarkable
! pitchers battle between Donovan and
the Gettysburg southpaw. Though
battered to a pulp in the early in
his cunning, and from the fifth in
ming on the Athletics could do little
with him. There is no great game
on record where q pitcher showed
such a reversal Of form as Donovan
displayed in this game.
Detroit took the lead for moment
I in the eleventh inning, the only time
/ they had the lead during the gam.
| Hits by Cobb and Rossman put over
/ run. but the Athletics tied 1t up
again on a single by Nichols, wild
pitch and a sacrifice fly.
| In the fourteenth inning came the
4 play which aroused Philadelphia "a
such a frenzy. Harry Davis opoGs
the inning>,yith drive to center field
| which went into the crowd. Craw-
against the crowd, which as invari-
ably is the case refused to open up
| for a hostile player. As Crawford
ran back for the fly. a policeman ran
| in front of him. The Detroit play
ers called O'Laughlin's attention to IT,
| and he made himself everlastinSly
unpopular in Philadelphia by calling
Davis out for interference. In Phil
| adelphia the argument was that tho
| policeman ran out to chase a small
| boy who had run out on the field.
| Anyway, despite the angry means
| of the crowd and the rosrs of the
Philadelphia players, OLaughlin stood
by his decision and threatened to for
! felt the game to Detroit IL the
| Athletic players did not return to
their stations. 1t looked as though
! tho game would result in a riot. but
| a small army of police reserves held
| the angry mob in check. After play
was resumed Danny Murphy tore q
long single TO center. on which Davis
easily could have scored the winning
| run.
As a result OF the seventeen inning
| tic. Detroit left Philadelphia a full
game In the lead. The Tigers then
proceeded to mop up the Washing
| tons in four straight gamces. The
Athletics clung on to the finish, hop
ing against hope that Washington
might stop the new leaders, and
were beaten out by six points.
Waddelrs collapse after he had
been handed a six-run lead in this
game cost him his Job with tho Ath-
letics, the team with which he per-
formed his most spectacular feats.
Connie stood much from Waddell dur
ing the eight years that RUDE was
with the Athletics. but his poor
showing In this crucial game was tho
straw which broke the camefs back.