The Detroit times., 1909-04-20
10 DAY WELCOME
TO PLAYERS OF
BOTH TEAMS
Hgss Needed Chance To Gloaf,
While Maps Had Opportunity
To "Crab" To the
Limit.
Jim Mcclure Can't Understand Yet
How Detroit Got Moriarty Away
From New York Club.

now OcLIOlt Oot moiAoAy A""J
From New York Club.
BIZ PAUL II. BRUskE.
The rain Of Sunday night haNini
1aeooned the Bennett park diamond u
such an exte.t that Manager Hushl
N Jennings concluded II was too danger
Gus TO trust his Tiges upon It's sur
face. Detroit enjoyed on Monday IL
4 nrst lack OF a ball game since the sea
SON opened.
Considering the fact that the Tiger
have been favored with five May day
right In the middle OF tempestuou'
April and adding the consideration tina
Monday isn't much or basepah ia,
anyhow. the local management oor'
up under the strain OF the necessitate'
postponsment as well as could be CA
From eight till noon Secretar,
schumm counted and baied ths n,oheS
When no left the clubs office for ths
Peoples State bank where the cut
does it's business. he carried a speed
4 grip that was full TO OVERLOOKING and
4 II took i've trips before the transfer
was fully affected.
Yawkey Compliments Muilin.
President Navin and Vice. President
Yawkey were At home TO iriends al
.
dropped in from time TO time; Amons
these was George Mullin. pitching nero
\ the man who has won two games
hostiies 10 four hits in Is innings.
II was the nrst time that Mr.. Yaw-
key had seen Mullin face TO race TINS
oprfng and the first thing the nnancsai
bscker of the team remarked on was
Georges unusually boyish appearance.
How did you do IL. George asked
4 Mr.. Yawkey who admits he is getting
than wants TO be.
"Oh, / dunno" responded Mullin
With 2 quiet smile Just worked l
Come out to the park" INTERCEPTED
Wild Bill Donovan 10 the man who
stands In the background with the
check book. Well take a. on you
and get you into shape in hurry.
well. maybe will" assented Mr.;
Yawkey, who used 10 be some ball
player himself and likes TO keep him
self physically MT
Opsinistic Faa Wins Bet.
News drifted up TO headquarters, via
Herman Schaefer. that a 17-year-old
lad named smith who pals with
s'joie" Goldberg. with whom all the
Is al the opening OF the season that
the team would win five consecutive
games right from the start OF
course. Sunday made his wager good
~ schaefer understood IL. the bet was
made at odds of TO l. Any hand
book man would have laid Smith three
3 times this sum. but $40 isn't to be de-
sRsiss In these Da''0u' u"e'' never
Every once in a while somebody
would mention the name OF George
would break loose. Popular as George
% with the players on the club he
never did anything that so endeared
himself to his teammates as his steal
90 home on Sunday, with what proved
TO be the winning run. The Tigers are
particuiarly tickled from the fact that
extend at the expense OF Mig Clarke.
the Cleveland catcher. Though Clarke
could not. In all probability. have re-
& fact that the first he knew of what
was doing was when Moriarty slid
across the plate in front OF him. caused
the Tigers c 70 s s,Hs. su Se.t.
Clarke started out Saturday TO en-
deavor TO get the Tigers into argu-
ments. Things came TO a climax when
hsit ', gas Of 01 Dusty Sa RSosdes choicest st
ready 70 fight and did challenge Clarke
after The game v was over but tn the lat lat
went to bat had some canned" re-
mark ready fer Mig" and before the
frenzy. his wild throw to second ac-
tuaily letting in the winning run In
the Tiger batting rally. The Tigers
YOU'D better let up on that fellow
advised Bill Bradley 20 Wild Bill Don
ovan who. from the coaching lines was
poor Mig" while hostilities were at
their height. Look out or you'll get
who has to rely on knife" said Bill
and kept shooting I'm the gum.
Naps Are Crnbby.
Az for the Maps themselves, there
was never a more crabby lot OF ball
4 the men kept out OF sight all day in
their rooms, rather than face the de-
luded Cleveland bugs. few OF whom
hope OF seeing their pets come home
Z with one game OF the three.
Id Lsjois sat In a corner s,nn and and moodily
B is his lips ana phi Rspi m Aeeu're
This Morisrty Is surely grand ball
player, said he. and makes your
team look lot better. It's no sur
chance he made the most OF t. / tried
my best to get him from New York
when ! was managing Boston but they
How Navin ever got the man Is more
+ than know, but he certainly made a
grand business stroke when he did it.
And III bet the man cost him a bigger
chunk of money than anybody outside
the deal has any idea"
McGuire's Position.
Jim IS occupying peculiar position
with the Maps. Though nominally
only an assistant. IL Is an omen secret
on the club that he Is the man who
directs the team on the field. picks the
batteries and tends TO the head work
s whenever there Is an occasion demand :
ing IL. HIS presence on the coachIn q
lines and his advice before the game
are being banked on by the Cleveland :
ers 10 enhance the strength OF their
club enough 10 beat out the Tigers.
though the initial essays were lar
from encouraging. Later on Jim will
take the road and pick out new talent.
when arc you going to get into
\ somebody asked Mcclure
Along in October I'm the world :
series. was McGuire's reply
Up To date Lajoie and Mcclure have
gotten along as well as anyone could
possibly have expected. Every EFFORT
possible Jealousy on the part OF the
ex-king. He and MCGUIRE room to-
Eether and are said to hold many con
SITUATIONS. after which Mcclure comes
out and does as he originally Intended
s<cretary barnerd. who has been the
\ for several seasons-and the lob has
kepf him busy--is always on deck and
- carefully watching for any align az
a Qiscontent that he may nip IL in the
Had there been game No,asv
y Young would have pitched n and sncn
50 undoubtedly the Intention regardin 2
We possibilities OF Tuesday Jennings
81 Vii nave TO learn more about his colts
UEht away and the present looks 10
Nm hke sood opportunity OF trying
eeen In full game next
han BUYS Auto.