The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-26
PITCHERS DO THE
WINNING FOR
.-
THE TIGERS
That Being So, How Cinchy 1t VIII
Be When the Singers Strike
Their Respective old.rime
Strides.
schmide Squares Himself For Dumb
Play Saturday By Acting the Hag-
gerty On His Next Time Out.
BY PAUL Il. 5RusKE.

present view of the Detroit-IleNSiahu
controversy may cali for speedy re-
y!s.on-the 'riges being now In the
Ohio metropolis ana scheduled lot
full series tEere-nevertheless the De
troit bug will have his little gloat ana
now is the accepted time.
Cleveland? Where is the town any
how?
Iaioie7 Why that's the name OF
the guy that made two expensive Ell
rors last week, each one OF which lost
his team a game.
The smuggling Maps? Well. they got
three hits OF Eddie Summers yester'
day In as many different innings and
no hits at al in the other six.
Detroit's traditional rivals? Well, II
: all the others are as easy. the Tigers
ought not 10 lose many games Tor the
rest of the season.
Contenders for the pennant. That
Is the biggest joke OF all. so far as
they have shown yet, for the Cleveland
bunch hasn't been able 10 take more
than one game out of four up TO date
: from the Tiges and has gotten no bet
ter than an even break from the
Browns.
Ne Excuses Go. Either.
or course, the Cleveland fans are
there with the excuses, The infield
is sadly crippled by the temporary
loss of Turner and Bradley. TO be
sure. Yet wait a moment. Did Ter
ny Turner In his prime ever play that
short field any better than Hincnman
did yesterday? Were there any nles
on Mr. Perring at third base or at the
bat where he whistled out a couple
that only accidental proximity OF field
Al nf
into outs?
To all intents and purposes Cleve-
land had he full strength in the field
and her pitcher was delivering the
goods very acceptably. only-well De-
troit was too much for the Ohio ath-
letes.
Aha, What a painful duty 1t Is for
the Tiger supporter TO reel OF line
OF talk like that,
Addie Joss says the Maps are not
bothering about any series this year
except the one with Washington. Per-
haps, before the season Is much far
Their advanced there will be some at
tention paid the Tigers over. in the
tomjohnson town.
oh. very well. Let ii go at that.
Murray for the Heaversl
Yesterdays game was fine illus
tration OF the versatility Of the Tiger
squad. Ordinarily the champs are ex-
pected 20 win their games by virtue
of the mighty smuggling deeds OF VA
hoo Sam. the Georgia Peach and our
stalwart frst-sacker Claude, OF Phil
mont The Tiger pitchers are suppos-
cd to hold the enemy TO four runs or
Whereabouts. The batting babies do
the rest
Well, up to date the Wahoo person
IS hitting In the nefghborh0od or .240
and the Peach about ten points less
ostentatiousIy. Our hard-hitting first
sacker. as we are proud 10 refer 10
him. has been picking them now and
then but tho others are behind their
normal clip by considerable.
But how does ii come that the team
has lost only three games out of ten
30 far?
The answer is easy
Batting support being not particular
ly In evidence. George Mullin and Ed
die Summers have taken the bits In
their teeth and, assisted at times by
Edgar Willett and gundry others-we
opine from his showing in Chicago Sat
urday that one Speer Will be heard
from more and more as the season adj
vanceS-they have gone ahead TO bull
the base-hit market 10 such an extent
as to make such indulgencies on the
part of hostile aggIegations virtually
out OF the question. The Tiger pitch
ers don't allow anybody run and
then. after the game has progressed
seemly distance DOME Bush or
Charlie Schmidt or George Moriarty
or somebody else comes along and
makes a couple OF doubles or steals
few bases OF something else ~ that
delicious character.
schmldtty compensates.
Yesterday will furnish grand ma.
terial for the daily gathering round
the cracker barrel a. Coal Hill. AXIS
popular grocery when the news drifts
IN, which Will be some time around
Friday The. burg's most famous citi-
xen went cunning for the aureole OF
Pitcher Wright and accumulated
perfect record for the day at the bat
He sacrificed unavsilingly If perfect.
~ the first time up. Schaefer having
paraded Immediately before, though
he failed to get around The next
time there was one out and none on
base. Detroit hadn't scored a hit as
Yet. though II was the sixth Inning.
Full scope was accordingly guaran-
teed Mr.. Schmidt and he took poke
at the ball. The suddenness OF his
onslaught, coupled with the north gale
somewhat confused the athlete tenant
Ing the Cleveland left field and the
ball got away nom him The crowd
opened up and EMBODIED IL. MIR
Schmidt took secohd. he advanced on
Summers ny to Goode, and scored
when Mcintyre rolled perfectly ride
ulous little srounder just out OF
Wrights reach and so slow that Hinch-
man didn't have chance to make a
play TO either base. he having laid far
out. expecting something altogether
different. Matty took second when
Bush walked. and scored when Craw.
ford clouted into center.
Once more and yet again already.
Mr.. Schmidt turned on the smuggling
stunt. His turn came I'm the next in
ming when his drive scored Schaefer
waiting on second base
Va All OF which was poetic Justice in
view OF the fact that, according To the
united testimony OF the Tigers.
schmidt lost the game of the day pre-
cbding az Chicago. by throwing 20
s third base wildly wnen he might iust
- vel have trotted down to the bag
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