The Washington times., 1907-10-02
DETROIT, AGAIN SHOWS
REAL BASEBALL NERVE
AFTERSTARTINGBADL
Rally That Won Due to Teams Spirit and Not to
Luck-Connie Mack Making Him
self Look Foolish
By THOMAS S. RICE.

By THoMI
Detroit made good yesterday when it
won that game from Washington by
3 TO ,
Perhaps no team. not even the Chicago
White Sox, has been boosted as much
for its nerve and fghung spirit as the
Detroit Tigers. In fact, that line OF
talk became somewhat wearisome 70
readers of baseball gossip. but after
the exhibition here yesterday We must
give it 10 the Tigers for being about the
neTviest bunch that ever performed in
this mans town.
The sprinter who gets of with rush,
. leads all the way, shows consistent
form, and never falters, is the candy
kid. the fellow who starts badly, makes
foolish mistakes. then grits his teeth
and makes a headlong rush for the tape
without regard to the other competitors,
is The boy To get the real praise-and
that's about what Hughey Jennings
trusty henchmen did yesterday.
The third inning performance by the
Tigers was a joke. The entire team
went into the air higher than Wash
lngton pitcher having bad inning-and
that's 50 far you can't see 10 from the
top of the Monument. Three errors, all
rank, and a case Of rattles that would
have done justice to the valedictOrian at
a high school commencement, made the
Tigers bear a close family resemblance
TO a Class d team on opening day There
was not a whole lot of Improvement in
the fourth inning, and at the end OF
the fourth Washington was TO the good
. rIrNrrFe ~, IL "a
johnson going strong.
That was where ninety-nine ball clubs
out OF a hundred would have died. not
SO .nuch because Of Washington's lead,
but because Of the manner in which II
was gained. Did the Tigers fade? Not
10 any appreciable extent.
Steadying themselves in the fifth in
ming by nearly making a run, they
showed their true worth in the sixth.
With two out in the sixth, the Tigers
jumped upon Johnson for a single. two
doubles in succession, and another
single. How's that? 1t was no case of
being favored by luck. That slugging
was simply the savage attack OF men
keyed up to the highest point. who did
rot think because two hands were out
they should make few perfunctory
passes al the ball. and wait until the
next inning before trying TO deliver the
goods They were at bat and intended
10 Get everything in sight before the
umpire chased them into the field
2 here's the spirit the American League
needs in the clash for the worlds cham
pionship.
When Jennings first appeared here this
year and got or his line of gibberlsh. II
looked silly. Everybody turned out for
a look and to throw gibes at the auburn
sCIeeCi-er- Now his coaching has taken
a neT aspect and, instead OF being tire
some. as ii was earlier in the year YOU
can help feeling Jennings is putting
lie In his men every time he lets out
one one OF his discordant whoOps His en-
thuslasm and excited actions get right 70
you. and stir UP the opposition sans to
point where they can't resist the
temptation 10 break loose themselves on
the slightest prcvocation.
AL9Ietlme, Jennings coaching was
CONSIDERED grotesque to the point OF vul-
gSrlty, and II the same peculiar tactics
were tried by any other man he vvo1,Id
oe sneered down as merely showing or
out with Hughey II Is So obviously an
AZ ~ SSslon - 3n OF MS own intense feelings
'Hdt we take him as he takes himself
waiter Johnson,s explosion in the
SlALn ALn inning was so sudden and 81
thS'atp4ete that @ there were even dark hints
tI TnaI some one was tipping off the
washington signals. but the answer
was PROBABLY that great n,vsferI, ~
noseoe!i-the li-the tendency Of any pitcher.
enced or levelheaded. to 20 to pIeces at
luOst unexpected moments Johnson 49,
tcen pcen remarkably free from this taint.
put that IL was sure 10 bob IN moro
or less often in his career was a desd
neral certainty and because II bro[a
out yesterday is no reason WHY he
Pitcher. 81
Inat the Tigers are wrapped up in
f,rnns1+ - ano their Chances for the
iooIi.a LII lis - apparent to any one who
IvoA5 them over at The hotel a news
Ps.Ler man who is travelling with them,
Il am sore on the team and on nv
self I have heard so nTuCh ba sabs}I
ana II Is so drilled into me morning
roCn. and night, that I forget To 'sbay7eI
and nave TO be called twice Tor meals
Inc entire outfit is so nutty on the
SUBJECT Of winning the coming game
Ihat you can't get any sense out of
mem, and all the stories we get are
9oouJ Ine payers, not from them They
don discuss the games passed b1it
Keep harping on those to come. what
pllchers Jennings will use. what pitch
e eLs Ihe otner fellows will use. the char
aCter OF the grounds. the ways of beat
ing tne sun. and such like I don't
Hiind travelling around the circuit but
SSACuSe me from trailing after another
ounch OF crazy men such as these I
=, Connie Mack's howl that Silk o'Louqh-
~ 81 Hil fJANlCe 10 lnNuenCe him in
dCcloinS Crawford was interfsred with
IN the Seventcen-inning Detroit-Athletics
same IN Philadelphia on Monday. is NOT
going 10 get him or his team anything
except rUasts. II Will only cause
tnousahds Of fans to assert that Connie
Is as shy en- nerve as the ball PLAYERS
say his team Is
10 put up. q roar fiat the decision
was dead wrong was perfectly natural
but for Mack TO get into ancient his
tory ,and claim O'LouChlin would be
such N fool is 10 take such an occasion
70 vent personal malice is little less
than childish. He should have had
seEse enough 10 know he was making
ar assertion Incapable Of human proof
When he said OLoughlin's mind was
biased by an incident II at happened a
year ago Even among his own loyaI
rccters there are many who say
Q OLoughlin was perfectly justified. and
Il must not be forgotten that Connolly
also an experienced umpire. concuTred
WitE OLoughlin.
Detroit plays a double header today
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