The Detroit times., 1909-05-01
SECOND COURSE OF.
SOUTHPAW DIET
IS DUE TODAY J. !.
Waddell Or Bailey Sure To Do the
Singing For McAleer's Band,
But Tiges Hope for
Rube.
Graham Course, Served Yesterday,
Proved Fairly Toothsome Morsel
To the Champs.
BY PAUL n. eRUskE.
when Rueben comes to town. ;

When Rueben comes To town..
Merrily this little ditty. 40 reminis.
cent OF pink tights and bright lights
fioated out OF the Detroit teams mod
est little home out at Bennett Park
this morning.
The robust baritone OF George Nor.
iGrty started IL and support gathered
Immediately. And the coryphees who
did the singing seemed just as an
ticipatory OF good time. following
the advent OF the hero Of the song,
as the shapely maidens had who sing
II first before the fotlights that shone
back from the counterfeit paves and
lofty stories OF New York's famous
Great White Way.
RIeben was In town. according to
the most veracious report. In fact,
he had been seen on the day before,
but had remained for the time In semi
obscurity The real reception OF Reub-
EN- was booked for Saturday afternoon,
May /. at 3 o'clock-note the hour
ana a disappointed bunch of Tigers Il
was surely going to be II Jimmie Nc
Aleer decided TO keep the RUDE In
retirement another day, for use later
on In the series at st. Louis.
Tiges Have a Plan.
The name OF the great Waddell used
once to send the chills IF fear down
the spines OF the batsmen who were
due To oppose him. But that was long
ago. Only once In a while does hs
come out OF the shell of comparative
inenectiveness and pitch grand game
of ball.
II he shows signs OF doing SO to-
day. the Tigers will be waiting with a
hnnn m Of In
crbation for period ante-dating even
the departure OF the team for San An
tCrio.
Whenever Rueben is good this year.
the Tigers will devote .heir sole ef-
forts for FIVE innings toward making
him pitch many balls AMI field many
hunts That Is the whole plan in a
nutshell.
III every batsman who faces him
during this period. makes RUDE pitch
him three balls and two strikes and
then fouls OF Jour more. Hughie Jen-
Rings won't care. II every man An
ishes up by bunting a bail where the
Rube will have TO handle II. the scrap
by little boss of the Tigers will not
be down-hearted.
Waddell has OF recent years, devel-
oped marked tendency.to start OUT
with all the stun for which he was
famous in the old days and then begin
TO weaken after the middle OF the
game has been passed. That Is what
the Tigers are counting on.
And II Mr.. Bailey proves to be the
opposing pitcher, program very sim.
jlan Is likely to be called into play.
southpaw Diet Suits.
This steady proposition OF south
Paw diet, promised by Mr.. McAleer ia
not so extremely toothsonle, one must
admit, but the first course, served
out there on the soggy Held OF play
Friday. was digested nevertheless, and
Graham has been considered the Nc
Aleer leader and head-liner, too.
Two patient walters on the Tiger
batting order were really the primal
cause OF the Graham undoing. The
discontinue of the left-hander came
In the third inning. Oscar Stanage
got a hit and Summers hunted out.
Mcintyre and Bush we're passed. I'LL
ing the bases.
Aha. Whom have we here? Why
none other than trusty Wahoo Sam.
hearing on his shoulder his famous
large copyrighted stick. copies for sale
at all sporting goods stores
Sammy took a poke at 1t. az was
eminently fitting. Past Tom Jones the
abused sphere squirted on It's way.
Over the pan came Gathering the
hurrying footsteps OF Stanage and Nc
Intyre. Graham cut of the throw TO
the plate from right field and tried
to get Sammy at second. The heave
was wild. hurried by Sans swell head
first slide, and Crawford was safe.
Bush observed the error and never
stopped at third but kept on to the
plate. Three runs. Two were the best
the Browns could do, In spite OF the
climatic difficulties which prevented
Summers from pitching the sort OF
hall 10 which the Detroit public has
become accustomed
Bush Had to Do II.
Not to be forgotten was the way that
irrepressible DOME Bush short-stop-
ned ALI day. The Hoosier midget has
. double motive In killing off base hits
Yesterday. In the first place. he was
saving the game for his fellow-towns-
man and personal chum. In the sec
ond Mace. he knew the fans were COM
narIng his work to that OF Bobbie Wal
lace. iong.famed as the king OF the
American league shortstops. In the
Arst norton of the endeavors he was
successful beyond question. He rang.
Cd off TO do either side with equal
hr,Iliancy. but sensational throw OF
a hall Moriarty had tried for In vain.
was his brightest effort Several OF
his stops came in pinches. Time ana
again the yells OF delighted fans
echoed across the oozy mud. as
"Donie" pulled of some corking play.
As for the Wallace dope. there was
M comparison. The famous star or
Tho Browns. however, was right IN
deck. though not favored with the op'
nortunity TO make the stirring plays
turned off by Bush. The reverse may
no in evidence today. for Bobby must
,eal,ze. after yesterdays display. that
hts reign is as indeterminate as that
n Turkish sultan. with so young
,arty springing into such prominence
Cobb Wins Argument
Secondary among the events OF the
law was the manner In which the
crowd gloatlng in narrowing the soul
Of Mr.. CrIger. who had mentioned
according to the st. Louis papers,
what he was going to do to Ty Cobb
on the bases.
Ty made good his boast that he
would steal on Criger the first time he
got an opportunity IN = championship
game by going down on the first ball