The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
LICKING
&NOEO OUT BY
THE Maps
6nmsd Tigers With Donovan Pitch
lng and Showed Fans That It's
Occasionally in the Cards
To Lose.
N Il Be Possible That Wild Bill Is
I Going to Succumb to His Bad
Third Year Habit of the Pastl
BY PAUL II. zRusKE.

- somewhat of a blow TO our pride
/ les smitten by those somnolent Maps
yesterday when they produced a twirl-
3 able to out-pitch our Wild William
)onovan and proceeded 10 hand US
liking by q brutal count OF 10 l.
And yet 1t is, presumably, all for
- best.
The Tiges have been threatening
lEoin to put the American league race
b the bad. They hadn't lost game
iut OF the last seven on the local
lark. they had been going through
heir rival western clubs with the ease
Il q hot knife through a chunk OF cleo
nd it's mighty salutary piece o.
1uoiness to have IL demonstrated once
h . while that there are pitchers they
amt hit and teams that can pull on
Satting rallies at their expense.
A q result OF the trimming or yes
;orday. combined with the double VIC
,ory OF the Athletics over Boston, the
Irlgers' lead has now been reduced 10
less than 80 points and the race. as
.1tece Of competition looks much better
han before.
Bill Not Himself Yet.
| What allied Will Bill Donovan Is
|Btill q mystery. That he wasn't near
III himself was evident after the Sec
md inning. Heretofore Bill has never
had trouble with that delicate flipper
of his, after It was once in shape The
81. Louis game which he pitched last
week made II look as IL he mad arrived
Yesterday the arrival again became
doubtful matter Bill wasn't whipping
~ han no
right He was fussing around with
slow one; he tipped few In under
hand; he slung with an appearance OF
ennui foreign to his normal style.
Perhaps well be hailing Bill as the
old star again when he cuts loose next
lime. It is as logical TO expect that
% the other thing, at any rate. How
0ver. there are those who recall that
Bill, according TO past history, is due
10r q bad season every third year and
he has Just finished up two dandies.
IT'S probably a lucky thing for the
Tigers that the mastodonic Mullin Is
It'll feeling well. They may need all
he has to give them. before the year
- over.
OF course, Joss was the big show
Any singer that can drop In and hold
the Tfges TO four hits Is going some.
ana Addie turned that very trick. He
- said to like best to pitch in the cool
weather. II SO. IL is probably a mat
tersof congratulation that the weather
was no cooler than 1t was. Other
wise. the Tigers wouldn't have gotten
more than couple of dilly fouls. in all
probability.
Tiaes Led for While.
All went merry as a wedding bell
until the third when the Maps got a
run and tied the score. Things
Gloomed up preceptibly in the seventh
when the Maps forged ahead with an
Qther impression on the score board.
~ the ninth they simply buried the
Door Tiges In an avalanche OF blows
~ the great glee Of the few Cleveland
rympathizers who happened to be in
our midst and who hadn't had an op-
portunity to open their faces on the
day preceding.
There will be an interesting syndi-
cate article making its appearance
o!ong about Dec. 1 when the name OF
the author, Addie Joss, In bold type
- the head, relating How | Tanned
the Tigers Back in June" And il will
- worth reading. too, for Addie is
olmost as strong at the little typewrit
q AZ he is out there on the slab.
Pay Day Hoodoo, Too.
The writer had the fact tipped off
% him before the game started by a
Duperstitious bug who pointed out
mat the Tiges had not won a single
payday game this year anyhow. AS
i was pay day yesterday. the defeat
was therefore according to precedent.
However, two games a month is the
limit OF that nemesis. The next one
. not due until July 10.
The Tiges are now in Cleveland
where they are due TO play three
GAEies. Sunday they play a double
header In st. Louis and come back
with one more game Monday. Two
more games in Cleveland next week
complete the little tour and they re-
turn to Detroit for the second home
stand against the eastern clubs.
In all probability, Willett and
Rhodes will do the twirling today and
he former said yesterday that his
Dore elbow still made its presence felt.