The Detroit times., 1909-04-29
GLORIOUS T|GEs
RETURN FROM
CLEVELAND
find Browns Here But No Chance
For Any Pastiming This
Afternoon and Scant Hope
--A. For Morrow.
'Cleveland's Last Attempt To Win the
Worst Of All. Young Being a
Sad Loser To Mullin.
BY PAUL n. BRsskE.

Stilng by three consecutive defeats
~ the hands or the Whi,ssox, in all
OF which they were shut Out, their OPP
\ poncnts coping by one run. the ST
Louis Browns. headed by ihe doughty
\ James. McAleer drifted into DetroiI
today - underfoots the pavements were
carpeted with a siushy covering o.
/. snow, The atmosphere was filled
With driving wetness. AS the bunch
Ciamored into the omnibue boom OF
4 thunder smote their ear-drnms.
That's the Tigers at Latting prao
tice." suggested fan .ho was an
interested spectator OF the embarka-
ton.
The sally raised n little smile. Such
noises have not been :nade by the
sticks OF the Browns up 10 date this
4 season except in some OF their games
with Cleveland and everybody hops
lon the poor. over-touted Maps this
spring.
Dope Favors Tiges.
Up to date the Tigers SEE INTO have
the edge on the men from Missouri.
They have not met In the regular
league series though they did trim the
Brownies twice in the south, practice
games being the media. The two.
have, however. been playing against
identically the same teams and the
Tigers have shown SO marked a super
iority that they are now snugly en-
sccunced In firstp lace. while the
Browns are battling sixth.
McAleer was naturally a bit dis
heartened a the prospect OF inability
"a practice today. Also, though he
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the conditions don't look any too prom
ising for tomorrow. However, there
n always the consolation that his
team will probably be in better shape
BY the time double-headers come
around.
VIII He Claim 5umpus!
Considerable interest attaches 10
McAleer's dealings with the Detroi.
club regarding "Bumpus" Jones and
one or two others OF the local pitching
stan which must soon tie pruned
down. McAleer told the writer In
!. Texns--and the information appeared
(. 1KRt on this -pake-that he was In the
Y m6rket for Q good, young pitcher or
two. ffiat his team IL aging rapidly
& Ii no secret TO him. Jones is assured
1ytworth more prolonged trial in big
Ieague company than he has gotten
X from the Tigers. McAleer and Jen-
nings will confer this afternoon on the
matter in all probability.
As Fer the Tigers. -th@-ys'--fetHFf4eti
from Cleveland in fine settle. feeling
their oats. II is a remarkable fact
that, whereas the Maps last year took
4 ave out of the first six games from
! the tigers, the latter have exactly re-
I yersed the result this year, the only
eame which they have lost to the
team that everybody was praising so,
all winter. being out in which they
tried out a colt twirler whop roved TO
be the recipient OF poor support an5
the victim OF misfortunes all through
: the contest.
And the Maps have been going stead
I f1r from bad TO worse. Yesterday their
poor work came to climax In game
4 In which George Mullin let them down
with four hits OF which only one was
real whistler, while their own pitch
efs suffered a terrific Dombardment
fro mstart to finish, the veteran Cy
Young on whom so much confidence
had been placed. being the main SUI.
ferer and being finally knocked out OF
the box IN the eighth.
The score -wasSS TO and that SEEM
ed to represent the virtual difference
between the playin liabilities OF the
two clubs, as they had stacked up in
the series.
Where Was Addie?
The fact that MCGUIRE. concededly
the man in charge of the Napoleonic
pitchers. once more lodged the issue
with Joss who has pitched only part