The Detroit times., 1909-12-02


more apparent fac
GIT WORE tor I'm the winning
BNTTI>.. of games there Is
It's EN>i' remedy az hand
. which will Do IT,
beyond question. and that without A
single change in the codes OF rules
which n0w govern the sport.
All tadt would be necessary would
be an increase ia the proportion of rub
ber employed In the component parts
OF the baseballs which form the med
ium of play.
Charlie Cars interview in the
Times in which he attributes the fall
ing of IN batting IN the American asso-
citation last season to the dead quail
ties OF the spheres in use, only serves
10 emphasize an idea advanced IN
these columns before. II the crowd
really wants 20 see more OF a running
game than baseball Is able 10 show
az present. livelier ball will surely
dll the bill In addition 10 the in
creased number of safe hits made pos
sible by the added spced OF every
cleanly-net ball. the outfielders would
be given. more opportunity for start
liaC catches. long drives 10 the fence
renee. the hit.and-run play--one of the
prettiest In the game-could easily he
made twice rs effective and the game
would suuer in bur one respect. this
being in The buntation department A.
that. there are more than a tew pat
rons Of the game who have always
maintained that the bunt ought 10 be
eliminated. while a still larger pro-
f.,f, Na a.
evil invention.
or course. the writer isn't advocat-
ing the playing OF baseball With "rab-
bit sphere The ball can assuredly
be TOO lively ~ permit OF successful
work ON the inheld. Some OF the trick
halls tha1 have heen tried out hy
crooked managers have been so lively
a. to positively endanger the safety Of
the third-baseman and pitcher against
whom they were in use. There must
be a sort OF average. however. between
the rabbi and the present punky ar
ticle
Were the writer personally identi-
fed with any minor league organiza-
ton. which-Glury be-he Is not, he
would most assdredly insist that ball
considerably more lively than the
standard article be employed. II one
could be secured Aside from the ad-
.ditional interest mentioned above, the
game would be surely protitabIe Tor the
maguates who. az The end Of the year
would be able 70 show the big-league
scouts assorted varieties Of 800 hitters
and home-um wonders II might not
b. strictly according 20 precedent bur
II would surely get the money Tor the
club owners.
Some ume in the near future cap
tain L. to he selected by the lively
Mttlc Spaiding basketball team Man
ager Bob Grogan tells me thar one cleo
rlou has been held already. There
were six players present and all voted
Merz. Bullion and Clhrich each re-
ceived two votes Some terrific wire
pulling is said 10 he in process at pres
ent. pending a renewal OF the right or
suffrage.
In another column the Times repro
duccs Tim Murnane's recollection OF
tho play which all Detroiters will prob.
ably cOncrde 70 have been. the best In
he history Of Bennett park. Aside
from The fact that Tim makes the
PLAYS on OLearv and Crawford con-
tinuous his recountal Of the deeds Of
Brown. King et al is substantially
correct. too.
The daily Michigan-about-tO-r
to-the-conference story in the Chicago
papers is quite entertaining 10 those
in these parts who may have wondered
whether II was the conference or
Nf:rb{oan that would 40 the Worrying
Frank Gotch has now forfeited some
thing like $40 900 to Dr. Roller but
keeps on trying vainly 10 throw the
dentist nightly with the Jeffries SHOW.
The champion is surely a plucky ath-
letc
By the Wav What became Of kala-
mazoos bid for the Ieffries.Johnson
go'