The Detroit times., 1909-06-03
'TlGERs FAILED To
PLAY TO SCORE
At BOSTON
Mistakes in Judgment to Blame for
Aggravating Defeat at Boston,
Not the Pitching Of
Ed Killian.
Wolter, Veteran Colt, Gets Fluke
Homer and Lake Gets Away With
More Daring Strategy.
sy PAUL n. BRuskE.

why uluuI huSle tdhe hiAlian
: put?
That is the question that is on the
) tongues of several hundred thousand
: Tiger supporters today, raging over
: the 6 to 8 defeat by Boston which fea
(. tured the Detroit opening In the east
. yesterday.
Why didn't he? Well. as the Judge
remarked after listening TO the forty
NTH hour Of wraS Cling in a recent
case in a Detroit courtroom, there
seems much to be said on both sides.
A close analysis OF yesterdays game
shows that there were other folks 70
blame beside Kiilian. Most prominent
appears the fact that the Tigers failed
70 ''play to the score" as baseball peo-
pie say.
The first OF these mistakes in judy
. ment occurred in the seventh inning.
. At that time the Tigers had knocked
Arellanes out Of the box and had Bos-
ton s to 1. There were two out and a
man on first base. Lord singled 10
center and Sam Crawford. instead OF
playing the ball TO second and letting
the other man make third in peace,
! tried for the play that would have
! been In order were the score close.
and threw to third. The ball got away
!. from O'Leary and Boston scored a run
which she should never have acquired,
~ the next man was an easy out.
Some More Bulls.
That made the score TO ?. Gessler
opened Boston's half with a hit.
Hooper hit TO Schaefer. The latter
elected to play for second base. in
stead of allowing Gessler to advance
and secure a certain out at first. Cess.
Ter beat the throw. This was mistake
No 2.
Then occurred the most grievous or
TOR of all. Wolter raised a short drive
over second and Crawford came tear
ing in, risking all Oh doubtful chance
for a catch. The ball got through and
/. there was no chance for anyone TO
back up the play. Wolter making the
completes circuit or the sacks, driving
the other two runners In ahead OF him
and tieing the score.
Wagner walked, took second on a
sacrifice, and scored on a safe drive
by Donohue, who mad been put in 20
bat for the pitcher. These last de-
velopments would unquestionably
have been different had Crawford
played VOTERS fly safe, allowing the
sacks to remain filled. as would doubt
edly have been the case had he played
to the score.
Now was Killian to blame for all
this? 1t is hard to see where the
dope could be so construed. Ed was
pitching a fair game of ball but was
getting the sort Of support that fur
nishes the subject matter for the tale
OF many a woe-begone spouse in the
divorce court That was all.
Rossmsn Final Goat.
A pathetic element involved is the
fact that poor .Ciaud Rossman became
the final .scapegcat OF the occasion, ne
being nut. In to bat for Bush In the
ninth with men on second and third
and one out. There was one strike
on Bush at The time and "Donie" had
shown but little liking for the curves
~ Morgan, who had relieved Chech in
4he box. Claud took two more and
Niles threw out Crawford, ending the
1nning
- It~was Just one of those games In
which severything one manager tried
was a success. while everything the
other did turned out well. And the
players OF the team that was getting
It IN the neck couldn't do anything
right n they tried and try they did
though TO the most gloomy sort of q
3 result
Boston is today lauding the STRAIT.
egg OF Manager Lake, who yanked
Chech to send in a pinch hitter. be-
cause he got away with ii, while Jen
nings' similar attempt that went