The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
DETROIT
boys
SUCCEED.


SUCCEED. have a little look
az the way De-
troit boys are get.
ting along In their efforts TO dazzle
baseball humanity In the various
small or powerful leagues In which
baseball Is demonstrated by Its most
skilled opponents.
julie kustus. the famed protege OF
Tony Kloka-and. by the way. what
has become OF Tony-is making good
by q handsome majority in Brooklyn
and has appeared in the outheld in
every game the team has played. He
is hitting finely. fielding we'll and
showing superb Judgment on the
bases. The old champion Hillsides
have developed quite a few rafting
good ball players. but Kustus appears
Ia have a right TO the greatest con-
sideration. He is one Detroiter who
has made good in the big league. OF
the many OF the present generation
who have tried.
John Cocash. who got In bad down
south by his fiery temper and failed
thereby to get a prolonged trial with
the New York Giants. being farmed
out for the season To Little Rock, Is
leading on in the batting order for
the Arkansas Travellers" and Is hit
ting them hard and far. as well as
playing a swell game at second base
"a position which he has always tried
TO sidestep, when possible.
Heine Steiger. the Detroit southpaw
who was once ON the Tiger lists and
started the season with Little Rock
has been returned TO Springfield. He
arrived just In time TO be injected
into the opening game OF the year,
Thursday. nipping an opposing batting
rally ala G.. Mullin.
Stewart Guerney settled his differ
ences with the Dubuque club OF which
Forrest Plass. another Detroiter. is
manager. and twirled the opening
game OF the year. He was hit hard
and lost.
"Morrie" Reynolds. sole representa-
tive OF ID. u. s. In professional ball. Is
occasionally for Indianapolis
and Is always busy warming up pitch
ers when not In the game.
Bob Grogan was batting like fiend
for Dayton I'm the Central league. play
ing shortstop. He made an error one
day and Manager Mexican Is said to
have called him. Bob's Gaelic gorge
rose promptly and the result was a
complete rupture of relations between
the player and the club. Bob will
shortly turn up on some good team
There Is nobody who ever maintained
that he was not a grand prospect.
Nudge Craven. that peculiar little
old man OF the sea. who never really
let people know how good he was
until he began to settle down to do
nestle middle age. Is again with South
Bend In the Central. He Is leading
of In the batting order and playing
right field. Last year he was the
base stealing champion OF the uni
verse, regardless OF league. This year
he Is again at his old tricks.
Bill Harms Is catching good ball for
the Racine team in the IllinoisWis-
consin league.
Quite a number OF Detroiters are
still on trial In various organizations
with varying chances OF holding on.
or course. there are a dozen or so
that are inhabiting the pastures OF the
South Michigan. and most OF them are
established stars. with whom we never
get out OF touch.
Frank Coffee" Lerchen Is first
basing as gracefully fer Springfield in
the Three I. as he aih fer p. A. G. and
Claud Stark is playing the same po
sition for Rockford.
Eddie Cicotte comes mighty near be-
ing a native Detroiter. and probably
ought TO be considered In the above
list. though. when he made good he
came from a suburb which has since
been annexed. He Is pitching fine
ball for Boston. at any rate. and Is
SO prominent that a Boston bug wrote
one of his papers the other day TO
find out how to pronounce the chunky
little twirler's name. The answer? II
was easy. Spiel IT "Si-kot." was the
reply. Shades of the muskrats.
III the Tiges win a couple more
games at st. Louis we can see where
maladies get grips on
Crawford and Bush.
lust think how the Tiges' standing
would drop without those six wins by
the pride OF Wabash. Ind!
John I. Taylor predicts that Sun
day ball will soon be played Ia All
the eastern cities. Awful blow. Yet
perhaps Sunday games In Detroit may
still be possible, In spite OF John is
as a prophet.
Among the other crops materially
fostered In the growing weather Is
that OF the baseball double-header
And. in the words OF the old gospel
HYMN. What will the harvest be-