The Detroit times., 1909-07-26


Lake chaperoned his band OF alleged
speed BOYS out OF Detroit last night.
and there was 10 band on hand to pay
tribute to the occasion with martial
airs.
Tonight the Tigers. after occupying
rinRside seats at the Fair Grounds
and picking their teeth In leisure, VIII
fade similarly. Detroit is going TO
have along respite from baseball ana
will have 10 worry along with GTaId
Circuit races, contests between inc
gasoline juggernauts. the sport Oh
kings and national championship
rowing regatta. For three long weeks
this Is TO be the case. Not until sun
day. Aug. 10, will our boys-as we
are wont 10 term then when they nave
acquitted themselves with credlt-pc
lack on the job at the home lot. Tor
they play in Cleveland. New YORK
Boston, Philadelphia and Washington
before they're home again
Goodbye, boys. take care OF your
selves.
Win II. Lose 6, With the East.
It's been a good home stand. every
thing considered. Against the western
clubs the Tigers. by their feat OF trim
ming the Browns in eight games In as
many DAYS. put themselves well 10 the
good Against the eastern clubs they
won II games and lost six, which Is
about their normal clip. Nobody has
been catching up with them In fact.
the Athletics suffered a slump worse
than the one that hit the Tigers wheh
Mack's men were here. The pitchers
are going finely, the shirts mat Man,
ager Jennings has made In his inneia
have apparently worked Tor goou' al
Is lovely and the bugs can almost
hear that pennant tapping.
The fond memories that remal'
from the long home stand are not cen
tered in the final combat--the parthiah
shot. as IL were, fired by the Boston
gang. however II was not good pan
that the Tigers played on Sunday, anu
this was a fact which they lamenteh
all the more because of the presence
of so many OF their friends and sup
rorters. Had The Peach only held
Miles fiy after long run; had Wahoo
Sam only heaved true to the plate
little later: had Red Kilifer only Tag
eed those runners that came siding
into second like an accommodation
train on an upgrade. after Slanase
had handed him the ball wherewith 10
nut them out--all this in the first In
ninp-dewey eve might have FALLEN
with the ball yard still Inhabited. AS
II was. Klllian should have had SMUT
ont lust as Willett should In his
game the day before-though the lat
ter had TO wait IL innings before win.
ming. 10 /.
The Tiges did not support their
pitchers in the style TO which they
have become accustomed as runs the
old phrase so often heard In the d.
vorce court.
But all this Is vain retrospect The
Tiges lead the league, lead II by
bigger margin in games. condition and
IN prestige than at any other period in
the race up TO date 1t is the general
belief OF all wise guys that they viii
lead Il at the finish.
craword's Batting Feats.
In the meantime 1t is a pleasant
duty 20 call attention TO the fact that
Wahoo Sammy Crawford is likely to
be leading this league almost any
old day. Sam hasn't had 10 so hitfess
10 bed since July ~. on which event
full date the other riges SlVgged
Brockett and Chesbro into AFFECT sub
mission. Saturday he batted in one
OF Detroits two runs and scored the
other himself in the twelfth inning,
after spanking the hall into the cen
ter field crowd with force that. in diff
ferent conditions. wonld have netteh
him even more than ! two.base larrup
Southpaws-what plague we have
had OF them Of late-are as easy for
him as the others. When his mates
were suffering from famine yesterday.
Sam was banqueting OH three resound-
ing bingles. IL was a pity TO be sure.
that they were all wasted. but one OF
them might have been good for some
thing but for the fact that the drive
was followed by a superhuman throw
to the plate on the part OF that human
catupult. iris Speaker, following