The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
RAIN CAUSES TIRE
DISAPPOINTMENT
Of CAME
Flag Day Clash Will be the First
Of Season Between Detroit
and Her Nearest
Competitor.
Tigers Back From st. Louis Only
10 Rest Again and Are Peeved
Because Of the Fact.


~ PAUL n. 6RuskE.
shortly before noon IL was an.
nouncsd from the Office Of the De-
troIt baseball club that. on &C
count Of the rain no attempt
would be made TO play the game
scheduled for today between the
Tigers and New York. The con-
test Will be played OF on some
Sunday later on In the season.
Just 40 we were all worked up to
high pitch OF excitement over the
scheduled clash OF the Tigers and
their nearest competitors, along came
shower about noon that necessitat-
ed the postponement OF the inaugural
clash.
The Tigers had arrived and were
crazy for chance to exemplify the
pastime. The New Workers had
been here for q night and professed
the same militant desire to go TO It.
Neither cared much for the comfort
ing information that there were q
couple OF vacant Sunday dates later
on In the season which would be
available for the purpose OF playing
the contest on Both teams are going
20 well that each hates 10 lose the
opportunity.
Four Idle Days.
The Champs have surely been up
against t. For four days now they
have been idle. Friday was an open
date anyhow. Saturday and Sunday
Il rained IN st. Louis and no play
was possible. Monday makes the to-
tai.
III win be all right II we don't get
out OF our stride" said Manager Jen-
nings. '.lt's hard for any team 10
loaf around . hotel and In q railroad
train for four days and then show Its
very best. If we have chance for
morning practice tomorrow. though,
that will help lot"
The selection OF pitchers Is mat
ter which neither manager Is likely
10 make before he looks over his men |
&C the park. Detroit will doubtless
use q veteran hurler and Summers
seems To have flrst preference. Stall |
slnxB says that he has virtually but
one veteran pitcher and this Is New
ton. Whether or not the dentist will
ret the call ID . matter OF doubt. Will
son, another clever left-hander. and
Joe Lake. StallingI best winner up
10 dnte. are both ready.
Meriarty Back In.
II the weather warns up according
to schedule. George Moriarty viii
doubtless take his place ut third |
base.
= uessrs. Jennings and Schumm, in |
charge respectively Of the playing and |
financial details Of the St. Louis series.
have returned with unkind thoughts
OF the Tigers stay In the Missouri
metropolis. The team took two of the
three games played with the Browns.
but that ID far from satisfactory when
one considers there were five chances
scheduled. One defeat calls for a |
OF about three combafs In I
q row now. from those voracious Ben
gals.
Az for Mr.. Schumm the fact that
the team lost two days and that one
Was q Saturday and the other n Sun
day In 0t Louis. nearly sets him wild.
He maintains high standard in his
returns from those road trips and corr
Iments with particular irony ON the fact
that the games played we're early in
the week when not much OF crowd IL
|prssent In st. Louis anyhow. From
hts posrt OF view It would have been
better 10 have had oil fhe games Of
the series called on except Sunday.
Todsys First o. Four.
The war between the league leaders
and their closest opponents-sounds
like last year again, doesn't twas
scheduled to consist OF four battles,
|opening today. The Highlanders have
been beating the life out OF Washing.
ktpn and Philadelphia all season and
have done pretty we'll against Boston.
; on their showing here VIII be drawn
IAN Idea OF the relative strength Of he
<eastein and western teams In the
31caeue Up to date there has been
mo Intersectional contest pulled OF
land the western clubs are wondering
whether or not they win succeed again
In diling up the FIRST division OF the
trace 30 tightly that no eastern club
WAS able to wedge its way in.
The fact that the Highlanders. tail
enders last year. have been the team
ITO leSd the other fasteners In the
<eamet played to date. gives ground
4 Tor the belief that the general run of
teasteru opposition will not be greatly
tCc0nGed from last year.
N q. StaIiInps Back.
A warm welcome av ATS the veteran
,3ecfge Stallings. formerly the mana.
,xer OF the Detroit club In the Western
hague days and. later on In he carly
.hit}ory OF the American. Stallings left
y hast Of friends here AMI his regime
81 baseball II always pleasantly re.
rallxd. He gave Detroit some good
hell seams--as good as .Ae town ever
fruneseed before the advent of Hughie
;jennines and they always played the
kame right up to the best OF their
6blruss.
volubje Dat Reaches Frisco.
I0AN FRANCISCO. May 10.-Batt.
80 Nelson n about Frisco today
rrnfnx loose HE usual torrent OF
lrss. He makes 4 plain that he will
neht Pecky Mcfarland July 6,
n1nme that the pulling on Of the