The Detroit times., 1909-12-18
NEWS OF THE DAY GATHERED FOR THE DETROIT TINES
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ONE Of the new features 81 interest
IN the race ~ the Aati"n"l leasu, ~
1910. viii hc The result aud att"nd@n'
s----l--~ circumstances 90
.oe., Horace Fosels ct
utkE .t,N forts to got win
IMMENSE Mus baseball club
lu phi Adtiphia,
e----s provided Horace
lasts that ioEg "a peculiar thNt
That the city of alirgrd hrotheriy love
Try cobb dian nnd 10 So hli ttF OLD
nomenDl nature stu stl' ~ las never
set won a National itASu~ pchnRht az
though the city mas always had "a has"-
bail club and has always he"n repre-
rcnted in the legut Tie Athletics nave
copied pair 90 haSs in tie America
League circuit and nave always had
winner. with ti.r exception ~ one or
two seasons Rut thr poor old Philll"s
nave been down Ia the rucS 80 long
that nobody really takes INTO account
the possibility OF their butting IN ON
the championship night and they nav" q
pretty fair sort OF ball club too.
But tht PhONcs did come uigatN
close one year That season was the
one IA which they had that sluggi nS
band that mas gone down into hstorN
under one banner polcbanty, l~aloi e
both On their prlm'-r biN Doug las,
clements Harry Wolverton. sam
) Thompson Billy Hamilton. Lave Cross,
virtually everybody ou th' Vten WAS =
{ 500 hitter aui some WEI" lUo points
better than that In addition theS atd
( the original sigma stealing bureau IN
operation and what that blnch womb
? 30 70 A hOstii, pitcher when tieN knew
IA advance Just What was coming WAS
SIN and d. grace- -,
Rat the Baltimore club won ~" pen
nant tust the same. Furthermore,
though tie PhtAles made 80 more Lifts
than the Orioles. they failed 10 take
sin.ie game from ta,m all year yea tie
Bobble lowe. now tie Tiger scout.
was then second sing FOR Boston
which was IN" third contender ana lie
likes 20 recall some OF Tao incidents OF
that year
II remember one game In particular"
says Lowe. They made - hits and
We made one. w won u. 1 10 q. IL
was slug slug slug with them aud
they used 70 count their hits at night
and never bother about the runs.
There wac another game that stands
out brightly We had them 20 IN
the ninth on our park IN Boston. and
Charlie Nichols was pitching great
bali Delehanty led on IN the ninth and
smashed the bali Into center field on
line against The stone wal The ball
bounded straight havk mo iunY
hands ana he held belehcntN at Sec
oud. Up came Iaajo!r and he almost
duplicated pelehanty's shot. Dufy
made another swell retrieve ana shot
th- haN 10 me i turned 10 IRE 10 hom"
and th"vr 10 ms surprise was Del. hug
ging third with ial0ie on second
WpiVerton was next. As ! recall u. tie
iit a teri &c line drive toward center
made one of hts old-time one handed
Stabs lie hred 10 third and doubled
Delehauty The neXt batter hit one
on a line and a. hard a. he could. over
first base Chick Stahl was playing
well over and made another one-hand-
ed clutch. rixht out on the foul line
There were four consecutive line
dives. all 81 them as hard-hit balls a
anyone sees almost in season. and
yet they never got man across the
plate
Fred clarke sings two-year con-
tract We read IN an esteemed eN-
change Why We all thought that Char
Ne Dootn of the Phiilies was the opera
bird OF the National league
Interesting fact: Groom Who held
the Tigers 20 no runs ia the latter half
'"t the lS-inning 10 . game AZ BEN
nett park last year. was TIE leading
pitcher or the league last year. iu point
ot defeats. lie scoring a total % IS out
~ starts
The Europeans ought 70 have bcu GIT
Jack Wilkes, whose sale recently
caused sensation down south Rp;
BE ism a trotter he's ball player.
\ peculiar freak % baseball chance
IL the one that brings I'd Barrow ana
George Smith together on the Mon
real club. What will big Ed say some
pleasant afternoon when somebody IN
TIE hif-CheTs accuses him OF being
smiths brotAcr-in- law? It's bound 20
come