The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-23
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IF THAT old baseball Reyuof0
Comiskey lets any Of the American
league inagnates--his nvals-euchr4
him out OF the services OF Ed WaloN>
he will be open to action by the Do
bate courts when
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COMMN!
their own a4A1rK
~~ CleTeland's olIor "a
three pitchers. two OF whom have ~
sumably outlived their usefulness
while the other IL not good enough t@'
win a regular turn, Comiskey rofno0@
and with good reason, Berger's eaus4
ness has often been questioned, LSoo'
hardt Is an unreliable propositio0.
Falkenberg the writer regards q \
fine young pitcher. but seems destined
TO rust In Cleveland. That he II tho'
equal OF Walsh Is now 20 DC contend
ed, however.
The very fact that other clubs have
the nerve to make offers to Comiskey
for the services Of his star hold-ou1
and the added consideration that =
matter OF two or three thousand dol
lars Is allowed to stand between Com
ments that makes the general baseball
world worry over Comiskey's inteu-
tons regarding the man who leads the
cial, II incorrect, dope.
"Commy" must hang on to retain
his prestige In Chicago. To allow his
star twirler TO go to the Maps would
be to weaken his own team beyond
the possibility OF repair, while at the
same time II would be strengthening
an important rival most considerably.
All of which would be very bad pol
icy for man about to invest MIL
lion dollars or 90 In q new ball park.
This business Of housing G. dub team
In an expensive playing plant II one
that will worry more than one big
league magnate this year and for some
time thereafter. incidentally.
ND 1T ever occur to you that rs
II mighty lucky thing for the
Detroit baseball club that Ty Cobb,
the kingpin In the Detroit run-gettine
forces 10 an out
ielder and thereby
immune from the CAN'T
attacks OF hostile rvnns
base-rrsaers who.
with malicious In ~~
tent. might 60 after him with view 20
Gripping his team? It's q thought
we'll worth while. In fact, It's only the
preliminary to the statement that star
batters are far more valuable 70 .
team In the outfeld than in the inner
works.
Mcintyre, Crawford and Cobb are
enabled to stick In the play far more
games, year In, year out. than they
would II compelled to be sptke-d6dg
ing on the defense. Any team that
trusts its batting rallies 10 it, inneld
| IL sure to suffer more from accidents
than one where the wrecking crew In
habits q point farther from danger.
OF course, there 10 a flying pop-bottls
once In q while, but good dodger cal
evade these as a rule.
Incidentally. II In pleasing to nou
that. not even on the Cleveland club
which was 50 seriously crippled here
when Cobb spiked Bradley, was there
any charge that Ty had done the deed
Cobb merely slid for the
base. Bradley went over right In III
path to get the ball. The accident
was admittedly unprecedented and
universally deplored In fact, II u
true that never yet has Ty Cobb been
guilty of a dirty play. The instancea
where opponents have suffered At his
hands have been cases In which HE
path TO the bases was impeded. Then
the Georgian merely accepts the chai'
lenge with a fash Of steel.
The New York press Is urging JET.
fries to try himself out against some
weaker opponent than Johnson, be.
fore tackling the big Negro. With al
that big money In peril II he makes Z
disappointing showing! Not on your
life
A reader asks II President Taft'S at
tendance on O ball game II the nrst
on record OF president at such IN
exhibition. II is. Mr.. Roosevelt, In
seven years, couldn't be persuaded TO
sit passive that long. Had he been
allowed to pitch II might have been
different The excuses OF his prede-
cessors are not on record.