The Detroit times., 1908-10-09
.0'LEARY must DI1
WITH ONE HAND ]
IN BIC SERIES
THUMB STILL SAD
SCHMIDT ANOTHER cRlpPr1
-kILLlAk SURE TO TwlRL sATs
uRpArs GAME.
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(IaWI0fOs CT, SCDOII0s X
Cobb, RI, Chance. N, n
ROssnsan, HI, stelnfefdt, -,
Schaefer, IN, Hoffman, CT N
Schmidt or Tinker, -,
Dews., Is. s.eis.si Or
killian. y. Pfe1DtoR. =
UMPiREs-O'Day, shsrsAan, Ixls1
and Connolly.
Game starts at 2 .. nm.
When the Detroit Tigers take thu
field Saturday afternoon for the open
ing game Of the worlds series their
lineup will perforce include two men.
who. despite reports to the coutrary,
are In physical condition far from
promising. The cripple whose cond1-
ton Is the most dfscouragfng to HIS
team mates is Charlie O'Leary. wh0'
will be forced into the game ct short
stop.
Three weeks ago, OLeary injuro6'
his right thumb in a rough-and-tumhlo.
row with Pitcher Summers. The -
Jured member IL still In bad shape
Though the plucky little innelder ~
willing to try to forget the pain whichI
every ball handled by him causes, h16'
throwing has been particularly afIoctr
ed. as the bad thumb IL on his rfght
hand. He has taped II up with care,
however. and Ii probably the most
available man on hand for the. posi-l
ton to which Bush Is ineligible. not
having Joined the club in time to QuaL
lily for the post-season series.
At bat, however. OLeary's efforts
are really pathetic. He Is forced to
grip his club almost entirely In ono
hand. Never a hard and regular hit.
ter, the Tigers themselves figure that
1t will be necessary to do all their bat
ting with eight men and fear that
Charlie must be counted out.
In order to obviate OLeary's Inn
piled absence from the role Of possible
hitters. Jennings has about decided to
place him at second position In the
batting order, hoping that he will be
able to sacrifice In case Mcintyre. the
teams reliable leader In the order.
succeeds In making frst base.
Il got q three-base hit OF Pink Haw-
ley once in Baltimore when I had only
one hand" said the manager n ais
cussing OLeary's plight. land light
ming IL likely to strike with Charlie
the same way"
The other cripple in , the Detroit
lineup il Catcher Schmidt whose dis
ability last season did so much to ham,
per the Tigers in their frst battle
with the Cubs.
Schmidt's second finger on the
throwing hand Is again broken and
there Is scant hope that he will b
able to catch his usual game. II was
this break which caused his absence
from the concluding game of tha
American league season at Chicago.
ha v,lo In hVo WIN =
II and doing the sort Of work he has
accustomed Detroit rooters to expect
1t will be an exhibition OF nerve sek
dom eQualled In baseball.
THE finger isn't as bad as It was
last year." said Schmidt after prac.
tice this morning, though 1t In pretty
painful. I don't care though. II Il
doesn't get worse, for I can control
the ball pretty we'll and caught one
game with 1t this week just az bad -
1t is now. throwing out five Of the
sox. All / ask Is for the Cubs to take
me for an easy mark. feel sure that
can show them, though / cant help
regretting the accident occurring just
when wanted most OF all to b
right"
Killian will surely pitch the open.
ing game of the series on Saturday.
according to definite announcement BY
Manager Hughie jennings at the ball
park Friday morning. In his only brief
appearance in the post-season series
Of last year he held the Cubs score
less after Siever had been knocked
out of the box His last effort was
one-hit game against the Chicago
whitesox and the known weakness OF
the Cubs before left-handed pitching
is relied on to pull him through win