The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
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one OF ,le new fsatarc~ ot interest
IN tle race of tae NATIONAL lcaS b. tt
1910. Will he tae rcs~.t ANA 't''i i1@''.
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WILL FOGEL Horace F"s
MNkE 'EM forts q 80 win
MINNfR>. ulug baseball siah
iu Phl laI-' -'ph.''
e---s proN't ID H'.A.
lists mat Ions II IS a peculiar ta.l
that ttc .Cfty uf alleged bfutNrliN lHFc
Try cobb diau't uud 70 500 uLt sac OIL
nomenclature still stlt Rs-iiAs HrN''
set won IL National league pchna"t'
though tat - uas hlWa3 ""1 "a rs
bali club aud has always hrtn l'Ftt
seuted .n tire Iugar. TIE Athletics have
Copped a pair oi uags tu Tire Anne i."h
league circuit ana have always u""
two seasons Hul thc poor old fnltirs
have bevn down in the ruck 50 ION :
that nobody really takes into aNS'"AL
the possibility ~ tnelr buttinS 10 on
the championship tght. aud they nave "
pretty tair sort OF ball Cluh, Zoo
Bat tae Philhts did come me- ~
lose one yc2r. 4Aat season W"s ,i
one IN which they had tAat s4ut lh-
band that has gone down into nlNtots
as the greatest bunch ever satAtrNl
under one banner neiohaufy. lajole--
Clements. Harry WoiN,rton, sam
Thompson billy Hamilton. Lave cross.
virtually everybody uU tHr tt0" was .
500 hitter and some were t'2 po,h19
better than that Ia addition. tAty ha"
the original signal stCa4lns bureau az
operation and what tLat iaheA ModtA
do 10 a hostile pitcher when lary AncW
IN advance Just what Was coming, Was
a sin and disgrace.
But the Baltimore clGb won the pen
uant, just the same turtheFMote'
though the Phillies' made $50 more HlIs
than the orioles they Jailed 20 take
single game from them al year Ia N.e
inter- league series
BObbic Lowe. now the Tiger scout
a. .t.Fr HI-fn
which was the third contender ANA lte
likes to recall some ot tac incidents OF
I femembcr one game in particular"
says Lowe. They made - nlts ana
we made one We won II. 70 o II
was SLUG. SLUG. slug with them and
they used 20 count their nits az night
and never bother about the runs.
There was another game that STANDS
ont brightly. We had them to IN
the ninth on our park in Hoston. and
Charlie Nichols was pitching great
hail Delchautv led OF in the ninth and
smashed Lac bail into confer neld On a
line against tne stone wall The bal
bounded straight back INFO ltlry
hands and h- held Deiehanty az sec
Oud lp came L2jote and lie almosf
duplicated Delehantys shot. Du1N
made another swell retrieve and shot
the ball 20 me. ! turned 20 fire it home
and there. TO NV surprise was Del, hug
giug third. with lAJcte on second
" olVertOn Was next as ] recall IT, lie
hit terrific line drive toward center
Herman Long went up into the air and
made one of his old-time one-handed
Sfahs lie fired 10 third and doubled
pelehauty Thr next batter hit one
on a line and aS hard as he could. over
FIRST base. Caick Stahl was play Ing
Well over and made another one-hand-
ed clutch. right ont on the foul line
There Mere folr consecutive line
drives all Of them re hard-hIt balls as
anyone sees almost IN season. and
Yet they never got man across the
plate
Fred Clarke sings two-year COM
tract We read in an esteemed eN-
change. Why we an thought taat Char
lie Dooln Of the Philites was the opera
bird of ta- National league
Interesting fact Groom who held
the Tigers 20 no rNns IN the latter half
% tke fS-iuuinE 30 game ~ Pen
nett mark last Year. was tile lealtuG
pitcter 90 tl". league last rcar i0 point
of defeats. ae scoring tot1' ot - ot.t
of ~ starts
TIC Europeans oucht 20 haye bought
Jack wilkes whose sale Trccrt'y
caused sensation down south B4t
he .sut trotter. he's BAH player.
\ peculiar freak ~ baseball chance
= the one that brings Ed Barrow and
George smith together on the Mon
tr,al club What viii hig ~ cay some
pleasant afternoon when sonebofy in
tho bI~achers accuses him ~ being
smiths b.othcr-in-ltw9 It's bound 20