The Detroit times., 1909-06-03
A6ERs FAILED TO.
PLAY TO SCORE
! N BOSTON
Mistakes in Judgment to Blame for
Aggravating Defeat at Boston,
Not the Pitching Of
3 Ed Killian.
= Wolter, Veteran Colt, Gets Fluke
: Homer and Lake Gets Away With
More Daring Strategy.
BY PAUL II. sRusKE.

Why didn't Hughie take Killian
gut,
That Is the question that is on the
tongues OF several hundred thousand
Tiger supporters today, raging over
Abe 6 to defeat by Boston which fea-
tured the Detroit opening in the east
10 csterday.
Why didn't he? Well, as the judge
unmarked after listening TO the forty
Ufth hour OF wrangling in a recent
case In a Detroit courtroom. there
\ Utems much 10 be saie on both sides.
"A close analysis OF yesterdays game
&hows that there were other folks TO
blame beside Killian. Most prominent
@nppears the fact that the Tigers failed
& 40 play to the score" as baseball peo-
pie say.
# The first of. these mistakes in judg-
Jnent occurred in the seventh inning.
LAT that time the Tigers had knocked
&Arellanes out OF the box and had Bos-
ION 5 to /. There were two out and n
man on first base. Lord singled 10
Center and Sam Crawford, instead OF
Rlaying the ball to second and letting
1he other man make third in peace.
4ried for the play that would have
been in order were the score close.
and threw to third. The ball got away
from OTeary and Boston scored run
(which she should never have acquired,
rs the next man was an easy out.
X Some More Bulls.
Il That made the score TO 2. Gessler
ppened Boston's half with a hit.
Hooper hit 10 Schaefer. The latter
elected to play for second base, in
stead OF allowing Gessler TO advance
and secure a certsin out at first. Cess.
Der beat the throw. This was mistake
No. 2.
* Then occurred the most grievous or
Nor or all. Wolter raised short drive
,>Dver second and Crawford came tear.
ing In, risking all OH doubtful chance
J, foT catch. The ball got through and
khere was no chance for anyone TO
back up the play. Wolter making the
rompfete circuit of the sacks driving
The other two runners in ahead OF him
and tieing the score.
Wagner walked, Took second on n
sacrifice, and scored on safe drive
by Donohue, who mad been put In 20
bat for the pitcher. These last de-
Velopments would unquestionably
have been different mad Crawford
played VOTERS fly safe. allowing the
sacks to remain filled, as would doubt
sdly have been the case had he played
10 the score.
Now was Killian to blame for all
this? 1t is hard to see where the
hope could be so construed. Ed was
b1tching a fair game of ball but was
(getting the sort Of support that fur
Hnishes the subject matter for the tale
ybf many a woe-begone spouse in the
xiivorce court. That was all.
81 Rossman Final Goat.
81 A pathetic element involved Is the
.sSact that poor Ciaud Rossman became
1.-THE final scapegoat OF the occasion, ne
sbeing put I'm TO bat for Bush In the
[kninth with men on second and third
dnnd one out. There was one strike
ION Bush at the time and DOME" had
/ 6hown but little liking for the curves
k3bf Morgan, who had relieved Chech in
4 1he box. Claud took two more and
Miles threw out Crawford, ending the
a timing
II was Just one OF those games IN
which everything one manager tried
Wgs n success, while everything the
pther did turned out well. And the
players OF the team that was getting
Il I'm the neck couldn't do anything
right II they tried and try they did.
though to the most gloomy sort of n
result
Boston, is today lauding the STRAIT
seey OF Manager Lake. who yanked
(. Chech to send in a pinch hitter, be-
4 cause he got away with II, while Jen-