The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-31
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DAILY BATTLE TO
HOLD LEAD
Must Win at Least One Of Those
Games in Chicago Today to
Slave Of Athletics, II
Mack Cops Two.
Pitchers Are Going Finely and Team
Takes the Road in Fine Shape for
the Long Eastern Trip.
az PAUL n. RRusKE.

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.Doublc-headers all over the Ameri
can league today make the Tigers
light to retain their lead from the on
rushing Athletics who, during the
last few days have been making
havoc with the hopes of Boston and
are today scheduled in a double
header with the wind-splitters from
the Hub
At Chicago morning and afternoon
Il will be necessary for the Tigers 20
take mt least one OF the games, pro
vfded the Athletics perform the an
ticipated and make it clean sweep
with the apparently demoralized men
uf Lake. In that case the Tigers Will
still lead the league, though by the
small margin OF but one point. The
3o6s OF both the games In the windy
town will bring the Tigers within
striking distance of the days pas
times.
6peer and Mullin will undoubtedly
take care OF the two games, one or
which will be pitched for the Sox by
Burns. while either White or Scott
&vi1l b4srelied on for the other.
Pitchers Improving.
Innthesmeantime things are percep-
&ibly looking up in the Tiger camp
as had been predicted all along In
the advent OF the inevitable warmer
weather. The Tiger pitchers have
been acquitting themselves nooly OF
late. Killian, Wnlett. Mullin and
Summers have all won their last
times out and have done so in spite
Of the fact that they were pitted
Rgzinst crack pitching OF the two ag-
xreeatioms in this respect OF the
league. In all probability. Suggs, too.
twirled a swell game the last time
out. though 1t was a loser. Wild Bill
is as vet on the shelf. but the team
SIS sticking in the lead without him,
snd his advent will only tend TO make
things easier. Barring the Athletics,
whose pitchers are Just now going
the best in the league. in all proba-
bility. the Tiger twirlers do not seem
to be In a position where odds must
be asked OF any mans team.
Macks Must Come Back.
And Comics bunch has its whole
strength in the field and will retro
grade rather than improve Bender's
spring sprint cannot endure much
longer, IL precedent is to be SUD
served. and his FIVE undefeated ap.
pearances In the box are now respon-
sible more than any other cause Tor
the fact that the men of Mack are the
ones VINO are making the running just
now.
The warm weather is also doing
wonders for "Donie" Bush. During
the series against the eastern teams
the wonderful little shortstopper was
only an average good ball player The
sensational stunts which he was
turning of in the fall and Immediate
ly after the teams return from the
south were not III evidence. and not
until the Chicago series did DOME
get back on the Job with his normal
clip. Since that date, however, he
has been simply burning up that pas
ture between second and third. lie
will he relied on from now on TO give
the same old account OF himself
Another encouraging feature is the
return Of Schaefer's batting eye 10 It's
stage OF pristine clearness. On Fri
day he got three hits out OF four
times at bat against Burns and batted
in one or the Tigers two runs In that
historic contest On Saturday against
Big Ed Walsh the German was simply
having field day. His double in the
second brought in Moriarty with the
Tigers first run. His single in the
fourth brought big George again clat,
tering across the pan with the Tigers
third tally of the day. In the seventh
ne doubled again, advanced on sac.
rifice and scored on Willett's inheld
Rrounder. All the swats were clean
line drives over the shortstop posi-
ton and the end of the game found
him raging, bat IL hand, because there
was a man on second, waiting for an
other drive to bring him home, with
the side retired just too early to lei
him get to It,
Summers in Fine Form.
Yesterday, in Chicago, Hughit
trotted out Eddie Summers to lace
Frank Smith, and Eddie was right anc
good. Two sensational stops by Mattl
MCINTYRE OF balls hit down the fouI
line i'm the seventh. But was eatinl
ND safe hits all day. and the rest Of
the Tigers were playing the game as
was fitting. Three isolated runs they
secured by dint OF hard labor and the
sweat OF their manly brows and, wheI
the contest concluded, the SoX haC
only one.
IA unique feature OF the teams cam
paign during the past week is the fact
that. during the Washington series. Il
raised its batting percentage to its ole
team figure of .267. This represents
the clip at which the team travel:
right along when 1t Is right. In al
probability it will increase, rather
than fall away from that figure thii
wear. for the team Is far better fitte'
10 cone with left-handed pitching thar
before and Bush's superiority Owe
Couxhlin more than balances tn
siieht difference which may be In evi
denco between the averages OF Ross
man and Moriarty. At present, tn
latter is leading Claud by goodl!
marx1n I'm tho statistics, anyway.
And, when Il comes TO run.gettIns
the tenn n greatly enhanced In e1ec
fireuess over the line Of battle which
a presented In It's two prior pennan
on Day Tomorrow
Tonigaat the Tigers clear from the