The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-02
TIGERS OUGHT TO
/. HAVE EATEN THE
. GUBANS RAW
Charlie Carr Intimates That There
Was Some Mystery Connected
E" With American League
- Champs Defeats
Indianapolis Boss Also Explains Alu-
minized Batting Averages in His
+. League by Poor Balls Used
BY PAUL n. 5RuskE.

n' That the Detroit Tiser- must have
made their stay in Cuba one inclusive
of considerable more recreation than
is the wont OF that ordinarily very wel
Behaved body OF athletes is the only
eNP1anatlOn WbICh ChafTIe CdIF WaH7
ager OF the Indianapolis club and him
self the leader OF q transforming "trip
to the bloody isle a hit earlier in the
season. believes can m the case
Carr, who MAS in Detroit Ncdncs.
day holding speech with Frank
Navin. A. : Burkart and other base
ball lights. SAYS that the Tigers, II any
where near themselves. ought never
10 have lost 4 game 10 any Cuban team.
That IS his opinion, as based on The
performance OF the Cubans against the
Havana teams.
III indianapolis had even rea-
sonably decent umpiring. We ought not
10 have lost a game said be As i
was we whipped the HabanaS 10 a
froth and bested the Almendares by a
total OF eight games 10 six. The UNI
piTing was terrible and the conditions
were all against US. the fields AT that
time being heavy and so arranged that
the pitching was favored by high
winds-both OF which considerations
greatly favored HCht-hittiuG- aggreCa-
tons without much base running ahil-
fly. such rs the Cuban teams are The
Tigers ought 10 have cleaned mp cas-
lily II they were in any sort OF shape
Weak Hitting Explained
Carr has a novel explanation of the
weak batting which figured as SO prom
HDnpf y ~ 4fan CF ono
I'm the American association " will
be recalled that the ayera ges. recently
published showed that the league pos
sessed bnt one hitter Of 800 ability.
this being Hippo" Spencer, the Bos-
ton discard.
Carr Laws the apparent slump In bat
ting ability 70 the alleged fact that the
balls in use we're very dead
The association used the Reach ball
last season and found the spheres very
prone to lose elasticity In some cases
ne SAYS NJ himself cut balls open and
found-that the rubber core instead Of
being-in one piece, was split into frac-
tons Carr gave Il as his idea that
the balls furnished his league were
factory rebuilt" as the typewriter PEG
pie say. being. really discarded and
NOiu-Ohl SpllfltS NIldt IdN bFtl IL
Covered after the American league had
already used them once
OF course. having withstood for a
time the Singing OF Ty Cobb. Sam
Crawford, Lajoie. Speaker Stone. 81
al. no sphere. no matter how beauti-
fully embellished could be expected 10
exhibit much enthusiasm from the re-
suit of its collision with a club
To save his league and others from
The ignominy of another year Of
pitcher-supremacv and himself from
The degradation of an average OF 20
or thereabouts. Carr has equipped a
baseball factory and has il husilv ar
work. turning out &C. G. c.. balls
which are warranted hard as a nut,
livery ~ cricket and enduring as a
rock according 10 a prospectus about
TO te issued Rates on application.
Cash with order except 10 recognized
parties with ratings in Dunn and Brad
street.
Carr Boosts Schneider.
Carr speaks well OF Pitcher Schrei-
Der. the giant southpaw whom De-
troit drafted from the Central league.
He was formerly on indianapolis list
and showed all sorts OF ability Carr
thinks that the Tigers well known
scrappy proclivities will perform a
valuable service for the Young man
when he gets into close games