September 3, 1901 - Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) - Record Assists
TIGERS' 2 GRAND VICTORIES
DEFEATED SENATORS 5 TO AND REPEATED 7 TO 4
CRONIN PITCHED FINE BALL AND BROKE HIS HOODOO.
SENSATIONAL WORK BY THE INFIELD IN THE AFTERNOON.
FIVE FAST DOUBLE PLAYS SAVED MILLER TROUBLE.
Big Crowd Also Treated to Some Grand Base-Running.
DETROIT played the finest kind of ball yesterday and took both games from the Senators, the morning contest by a score of 5 to 2 and the one in the afternoon, 7 to 4. There was a great crowd on hand in the afternoon, over 8,500 people being present, which necessitated ground rules for the overflow meeting in right and left fields, two bases being allowed on every hit into the crowd. There has never been a finer exhibition of fielding at Bennett Park than the game the Tigers put up in the afternoon. Not an error was made and the infield was a veritable stone wall, as will be seen by the number of chances accepted by Elberfeld, Gleason and Casey and the fact that the outfielders had but two chances. The work of the infield was lightning fast and no less than five double plays were completed by the Detroit team. Elberfeld, at short, was all over anything within reach and he took part in four of the five double plays, accepting 15 chances without an error. Gleason also played a brilliant game, figuring as the middle-man in three of the double plays and accepting all of 11 chances. Casey at third had six
chances, live of which were pretty assists. The Washington men also put up a good game In the field, but Detroit was too fast for them and the five. double plays cut off as many
chances for runs. The feature of
Washington's work was the fine backward running catch by Foster, the player landing in the crowd in left field as he caught Nance's long fly in the fifth inning. Sammy Dungan also made a nice catch in right.
DEFEATED SENATORS 5 TO AND REPEATED 7 TO 4
CRONIN PITCHED FINE BALL AND BROKE HIS HOODOO.
SENSATIONAL WORK BY THE INFIELD IN THE AFTERNOON.
FIVE FAST DOUBLE PLAYS SAVED MILLER TROUBLE.
Big Crowd Also Treated to Some Grand Base-Running.
DETROIT played the finest kind of ball yesterday and took both games from the Senators, the morning contest by a score of 5 to 2 and the one in the afternoon, 7 to 4. There was a great crowd on hand in the afternoon, over 8,500 people being present, which necessitated ground rules for the overflow meeting in right and left fields, two bases being allowed on every hit into the crowd. There has never been a finer exhibition of fielding at Bennett Park than the game the Tigers put up in the afternoon. Not an error was made and the infield was a veritable stone wall, as will be seen by the number of chances accepted by Elberfeld, Gleason and Casey and the fact that the outfielders had but two chances. The work of the infield was lightning fast and no less than five double plays were completed by the Detroit team. Elberfeld, at short, was all over anything within reach and he took part in four of the five double plays, accepting 15 chances without an error. Gleason also played a brilliant game, figuring as the middle-man in three of the double plays and accepting all of 11 chances. Casey at third had six
chances, live of which were pretty assists. The Washington men also put up a good game In the field, but Detroit was too fast for them and the five. double plays cut off as many
chances for runs. The feature of
Washington's work was the fine backward running catch by Foster, the player landing in the crowd in left field as he caught Nance's long fly in the fifth inning. Sammy Dungan also made a nice catch in right.
