The Detroit times., 1909-05-31
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DAILY BAT TIE TO
HOLD LEAD
Must Win at Least One of Those
Games in Chicago Today to
Slave Of Athletics, If
Mack Cops Two.
Pitchers Are Going Finely and Team
Takes the Road in Fine Shape for
the Long Eastern Trip.
aY PAUL =. eRusKE.

Double headers all over the Amen
can league today make the Tigers
1xht 10 retain their lead from the On;
rushing Athletics who, during INC
last few days have been making
havoc with the hopes of Boston ana
are today scheduled in douo'e-
header with the wind-splitters from
the Hub.
49, At Chicago morning and afternoon
e will be necessary for the Tigers -
take mt least one OF the games, pro-
vided the Athletics perform the an
ticipated and make ii clean sweep
with the apparently demoraliZed men
Of Lake. In that case the Tigers viii
still lead the league, though by the
small margin OF but one point The
IOss of both the games in the windy
town will bring the Tigers within
y striking distance of the days pas
times.
Speer. 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
will be relied oil for the other.
Pitchers Improving.
In the meantime things are percep-
&fibly looking up in the Tiger camp,
~ had been predicted all along In
VIC advent of the inevitable warmer
weafher. The Tiger pitchers have
boen acquitting themselves nobly OF
late. KiIlian, Willett, Mullin and
fGummers have all won their last
times out and nave done so in spite
OF the fact that they were pitted
against crack pitching OF the two best
knggregations in this respect in the
league. In all probability. Suggs. too,
twirled swell game the last time
out, though 1t was loser. Wild Bill
A as yet on the shelf. but the team
( - sticking in the lead without him.
h and 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
Afo be In position where odds must
+ be asked of any mans team.
Macks' Must Come Back.
And Comics bunch has its whole
nkfength in the field and will retro
trade. rather than improve. Bender
1Dring sprint cannot endure much
EIonger, IL precedent Is to be sub
SERVED, and his FIVE indicated ap'
Ebearances In the box are now respon-
0ible more than any other cause Tor
4l{e fact that the men OF Mack are the
znnes w1o are making the running just
now.
The warm weather Is also doing
WONDERS for ''Donie" Bush. During
Abe series against the eastern teams
the wonderful little shortstopper was
only an average good ball player. The
sensational stunts which he was
turning on in the fall and immediate
~ after the teams return from the
sGouth were not In evidence, and not
until the Chicago series did DOME"
N get back on the job with his normal
y clip. Since that date, however. he
has been simply burning up that pas
<ture between second and third. He
will be relied on from now on TO give
THE same old account OF himself.
Another encouraging feature is the
return of Schaefer's batting eye to 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 of the Tigers two runs in that
historic contest. On Saturday against
Biz I'd Walsh the German was Simply
having a 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
The doubled again, advanced on sac
|fifice and scored on Willett's inheld
,rounder All the swats were clean,
me drives over the shortstop posi-
lon and the end of the game found
Nm raging, bat IL hand, because there
ms man on second, waiting for an
<her drive TO bring him home, with
( &6 side retired Just too early to let
HIM get TO II.
M Summers In Fine Form.
Yesterday, In Chicago, Hughie
& NOTED out Eddie Summers TO face
vfnnk Smith, and Eddie was right and
~nod. Two sensational stops by Matty
< Mcintyre OF balls hit down the foul
line in the seventh. But was eating
<uD safe hits all day. and the rest of
the Tigers were playing the game as
& MAS hitting. Three isolated runs they
z1ecured by dint OF hard labor and the
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