The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
IDLE DAY WELCOME
TO PLAYERS OF
BOTH TEAMS
Tiges Needed Chance To Gloat,
While Maps Had Opportunity
To Grab" To the
Limit.
Jim Mcclure Can't Understand Yet
How Detroit Got Moriarty Away
From New York Club.
ny PAUL II. BRUsKE.

By PAUL n. BRUskE.
The rain OF sunday night having
iagooned the Bennett park DIAMOND 10
such an extent that Manager Hughie
Jennings concluded IL was too danger
Gus to trust his Tiges upon its sur
face, Detroit enjoyed on Monday It's
first lack OF ball game since the sea-
son opened.
Considering the fact that the Tigers
have been favored with i've May days
right in the middle or tempestuous
April and adding the consideration that
Monday Isn't much OF baseoatl Jay
anyhow, the local management bore
UP under the strain OF the neeessitattu
postponement as well as could be eN-
pected
From eight till noon Secretary
Schumm counted and baled the money
taken In on Saturday and sunday
When he left the clubs office for the
Peoples State bank where the cluo
does It's business. he carried specld!
grip that was full TO overlooking anu
II took Ave trips before the transfer
was fully affected
Yawxey mpliments Muilin.
President Nav.n and Vice Presideh.
Yawkey were at home 10 irlenus a.
the office and severaIof tAs-Iigets
dropped in from time 10 time. Among
these was George Mullin, pitching nero
the man who has won two games
for the Tiges already and mas helu the
hostiles TO four hits In Is innings.
IL was the first time that Mr. faW
key had seen Mulin face 10 race TINS
spring and the first thing the financial
hacker OF the team remarked on was
Georges unusually boyish appearance
How did you do IL, George asked
Mr.. Yawkey. who admits he Is getting
a bit heavier than he wants 10 be.
''Oh. dunno responded Muiin
with a auiet smile. Just worked
s"come out to the park" interjected
Wild Bill Donovan To the man who
stands in the background with the
sheck book Wen take II of you
well. maybe Will" assented Mr.;
Yawkey. who used 10 be some ball
player himself and likes to keep him
self physically fit.
Optimistic Fan Win. Bet.
News drifted up TO headquarters, via
Herman Schaefer. that lf-year-ola
lad named Smith who pals with
.,Joie" Goldberg, with whom all the
ball players are acqualnted, wagered
IS at the opening OF the season tndt
the team would win fve consecutive
Course. sunday made his wager good
As Schaefer understood IL, the bet was
made at odds OF TO i. Any hand
book man would nave 1a,a Sin ~ h sh ses
spised in these parlous times, never
theless.
Every once In Wnlle sOUltpOQy
would mention the name OF George
Moriarty and then the enthusiasm
would break loose. Popular as George
Is with the players on the club he
never did anything that so endeared
himself 10 his teammates as his steal
OF home on Sunday, with what proved
to be the winning run. The Tigers are
the feat was performed TO a certain
extent at the expense OF Mig Clarke.
the Cleveland catcher. Though Clarke
all afoh M re-
covered in time to make the play. the
fact that the first he knew OF what
was doing was when Moriarty slid
across the plate in front of him. caused
the Tigers to gloat hugely.
Get "Nig's' Goat.
Clarke started out Saturday TO en-
deavor to get the Tigers into argu-
ments Things came 10 climax when
he tipped Cobb's bat, causing Tyrus 10
hit one of Dusty Rhoades choicest
high into the air. Cobb came bacA,
after the game was over but the lat
ter paid no attention. After the Cobb
episode. however, every Tiger who
mark ready for Mig and before the
contest was over he was in fne
frenzy. his wild throw to second ac-
the Tiger batting rally The Tigers
unquestionably won the argument
You'd better let up on that fellow.
advised BIZ Bradley 70 Mid BIZ Don
poor Mig while hostiiities were at
their height Look out or you'll get
I'll take a chance with any man
who has 20 rely on a knife" said Bill
and kept shooting in the gun.
Maps Are Crabby.
As for the Maps themselves, there
was never more crabby lot OF ball
players In Detroit hotel. Most OF
the. men kept out OF sight all day in
luded Cleveland bugs, a few OF whom
had remained loyal to the last in the
hope OF seeing their pets come home
with one game OF the three.
fsatofe sat IN n corner and moodily
pulled away at a pipe. Jim MCGUIRE
biz his lips and philosophical.
This Moriarty is surely a grand bali
player" said he. and makes your
team look a lot better It's no sur
prise 10 me that. when he got a real
chance he made the most OF 1t. l tried
when was managing Boston but they
wouldn't talk to me on any terms
How Navin ever got the man is more
than know. but he certainly made a
grand business stroke when he ala n
And I'll bet the man cost him a bigger
chunk or money than anybody outside
the deal has any idea"
- McGuire's Position
Jim is occupying a peculiar posltion
with the Maps Though nOmlnally
only an assistant. II Is an open secret
VI VIZ NiNb tiAaN nt IL the man who
directs the team on the field. picks the
batteries and tends TO the head work
whenever there is an occasion demand
Ing IT, His presence on the coaching
lines and his advice before the game
are peing banked on by the Cleveland
ers 10 enhance the strength OF their
club enough To beat out the Tigers
though the initial essays were Far
from encouraging. Later on Jim viii
take the road and pick out new talent
when are you going 20 get into
"A Il - ..tss
somebody asked Mcclure
Along In October In the worlds
series. was McGuire's reply
Up TO date laioie and Mcclure have
gotten along as well as anyone rouIa
possibly have expected. Every efYort
has been made 10 guard against my
possible jealousy on the part az the
ex-klng. lie and Mcclure room 10
gether and are said To- hold many CON
sultattons. after Which MCCLURE comes
out and does az he originally intended
Secretary Barnerd. who has been thc
official pcace-naker or the Ohio oufd,
for several scasons-and the fob has
kept him busy--is always on deck ara
n carefully watching for any sigr of
tiscortent that he NAV nip II I'm the
bud.
Had there been game Mondav
Young would have pitched "a and sucb
II undoubtedly the Intention regarding
the possibilities OF TUESDAY JennIps-s
viii have Co learn more about his coils
right away and the present looks 10
him nike good opportunity az twin,
thorn ont. Probably Taftte viii 10
\ seen IN fuli game next
|lry Hot GAME This.