The Detroit times., 1909-07-21
WILD BILL IN FOR
BAD SEASON :? It
LOOKS LIKELY
Lost Control Yesterday at a Fatal
Moment and the Yanks Scored
a Winning Majority I'M
mediately.
Crawford on First and Jones IN
Center Is Latest Order Of the Tlges
and Both Star.
BY MILTON r. PALMER

II looks as ii Wild Bill Donovan
was In for another bad season similar
TO the one that he had IN 1906 IL Is
10 be hoped that this pesimistic sur
mise may prove groundless But Ger
taiuly. the Smilers arm has obstinate
IL refused To get into shape up 10
this time.
That erratic faculty of losing the di'
rection of the plate. which early earn.
ed him the sobriquet of Wild Bill,
was greatly in evidence Tuesday art
ernoon. There was not quite the oii
lump on the fast ball, and when BIZ
tried to put them over at top speed
he could not convince Umpire Egau
that they we're over the plate. The
slow ones were easy for the Yankees.
In the twirling OF WARRIOR. whom
Detroit let slip last year, there was
not a flaw. He had perfect control.
kent the Tiger hits scattered and was
entitled 10 a shut-out. had perfect sup
mort been accorded him. A fast UNI
derhand delivery was his principal
stock In trade and the locals Kept mt
ting 1t up in the air so that the neid-
ers had plenty OF time TO get under
meath.
Ttqes MOT AT ! nelr bese'
One-sided as was the game, IL might
have beer worse. Also, il would have
been better II the fielding and pitch
ing OF the Tigers had been OF separ-
-ateiy instead of simultaneously III the
seventh inning. An error made the
scoring in that inning possible, Dono-
vans wildness and another pair or
misplays following made the loss or
the game almost inevitable right there.
II was the seventh inning that count
ed for the contest. Up TO that time
both sides had been hitting in scat
tering way. New York had one man
on base i'm each of the first three liz
nings and two In the fourth but with
out results. The Tigers also got a hit
In each of the first three sessions.
Their only chance TO make start In
the early stages of the game was cut
short when, after Schaefer had stolen
second cleanly in the third, he was
called out
Each side got run in the fifth.
With one down, Kleinow doubled. but
was caught on the line when War
hop grounded TO Bush. That left the
little pitcher on second. where he had
and two men out Demmitt came w
and poled out a triple that scored
WARRIOR. We evencd when Cobt
doubled, Jones beat out tap and
Kleinow's low throw to first got away
from Chase.
The Fatal Seventh.
That brought ii up 10 the seventh.
I-aporte sent singer down to Bush
which the little shortstop threw Wild.
Kleinow sacrificed and WARRIOR foul
ed out That left Laporte on second,
two men out and the exasperating
Mr.. Demmitt at bat. Donovan pre-
ferred to pass him to first. But he
got the pass habit and sent Austin
the same way, filling the sacks. Egan
called four wide ones on Chase and
a run was forced in. Then Elberfeld
grounded to Schaefer. The latter's
ding to Crawford was wide and low
and Demmitt scored. Crawford tried
to get Chase off second, but he pegged
wildly also and Austin hurried In.
After that there was not much to
It, Donovan's control was still loose
in the eighth and ne started the IN
ming by passing three men in success
sion. a shower Of runs seemed i'm
minent. but the fourth batter fouled
cut, force play at the plate was made
on the next and the sixth man sent
a fly to right.
Chase's very questionable hit start
ed the ninth for New York. Keller
came along with another hit and tho
only stolen base of the game A wild
throw by Schmidt and Laporte's sin
gle scored these two.
Nothlnu Lost by Shift