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Show PENNANT FOR DETROIT SAVED BY DAVY JONES DAVY JONES of the )frolt Tlgera baa been a pinch hitting nnd Melding lii of the Chlcngo White Hox nnd wna very much a lioudoo to Coinu,-key'a Coinu,-key'a club In llinT when be helped beat the world ! chumplona out of another peiinnut. Ilo performed bin feat in one of the best games Kd. Walsh evur pitched nnd one of lhe hardest ones be ever lost. The lloelness of Jonea on the bases, hla wumlorriil running cutchea nnd his pinch blttliig achievements may be forgotten, but the glory of hla exploit tloptcmbur 18, at Detroit, will live In baseball history when other deeds are lost lo memory. Jonea' apeed that day helped save a pennant lor Detroit. Four clubs hud come In on the home atretch running neck nnd neck In f r""f'-T' 'iOw i . Davy Jones. the wildest race seen up to that time In tho American league. Comlskey a While Hox held tho lend In May. June and July, but Detroit forged to the front on August 2. Then ensued u merry acruinhle that kept the una of three cltlea In a stale of constant turmoil. The Athletics came up triim behind and took a lead three weeks before the season's close. Chicago went ahead ol Detroit September II, but a day later Jennings' men headed I'lolitor Jones' champions. Doc W hite bad pitched the White Hox to nieoosH In the Hint g ime of a double homier rteplomber is at n, trull. If Chicago could have won the scrum! gnmo thill day the Whlto Mux might huvo repented as champions of tliii universe. Fielder Jonea, realizing how much depended nn this game, sent Kd. Wulsh to the firing line. Ilo Kccmed an Impussuhle. barrier to tho Tiger hopes, lor Kllllan' win supporeil to bo no match fnr CoinlsKoy a great alnr. Not one hit waa maile nfT Wulsh or Kllllan up to tho loitrtu Inning. Klelder Jones put tl.o White Hox In the lead In the fuurth Inning when he wulked mid scored on Duvis'a single. sin-gle. Two errors und Hum Crawford a hit drove the Tlgera to (he front I lo 1 In the lust half of the fourth. Ciloom seized Tiger fandmn In tho alxth Inning when Fielder Jones walked did scored on singles by Duvln and Donahue. The score waa tied, runner were on second and third with two out. A shudder pervaded the croud win n Rohe came up In the pinch und drove the, bull over third and the huso ru litters li-tters started to advance. Hushed and br.uthlesa, the Detroit tans saw Jonea race toward the ipbere at full apeed while Manager Jennings aloud forth from tbe playera' bench to watch the outcome and Holder Jones urged his men home 'I bey were thrilled with delight us they saw Jones lunge lorward, spear the bull ind hold It securely. Fur several minutes they cheered that wonderful play. It waa becoming dark and Jones' great catch had saved the day, but his single sin-gle In the Tiger half won the contest, helped eliminate the White Hox from the pennant race, and defeated Walsh with only two blta reglaterad off all Itching. (Copyright. Hit, by Jostph D. Buwlrt.) |