The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
BROCKETT HANDED
USUAL DOSE BY
THE CHAMPS
Perennial Experiment Blighted in
One Big Inning by the Tigers
Who Barely Saved
Willett.
Everybody Happy as the Result Of
thinning Victory Over Stallings
New York Club Yesterday.
BY PAUL n. BRUSkE.

BY PAUL n. BRUskE.
AS has been remarked before this
year and In years preceding. New
York's press and public gets TO think
ing very highly OF King" Brockett,
the languid pitcher, until, on some uh'
lucky day. ne is started against the
Detroit Tigers. Then the opinion has
to be revived. Such was once more
the necessity yesterday, though Brock
EFT lasted much longer than usual, the
defamation not coming Until the sew
enth inning, when singles by Moriarty,
Schaefer and Stanage, with two errors
by Austin, who was the scapegoat OF
the Tigers speedy base running.
swung the pendulum OF victory.
Some day the perspiring Mr.. Brock
EFT will win game from he Tigers
IL he starts often enough This is the
first season out of the many he has
started In American league company,
in which he has lasted long enough
TO take two whirls at them before go
ing back to the Eastern league and
this fact In itself should give him vast
encouragement.
Willett Starts Badly.
The Tigers. as usual, got away
badly yesterday. Ii took Willett one
inning TO settle down, which was strict
ly according 10 precedent. He hit
Cree and Keelers single and an error
by Moriarty filed the sacks. base
on balls forced Cree home and Keller
scored on an infield out. More runs
were threatening but Edgar braced
and started pitching, just IN time 10
escape holocaust.
The Tigers gave him two-run mar
gin In the seventh, as related above
and IL looked safe. whereupon he dem
onstrated that prosperity was unwel-
come by allowing a pass TO Laporte,
a triple TO Demmitt and an infield hit
to Hemphill. Both the last mentioned
were pinch hitters and there were two
out when they faced Edgar. Somehow
the manner in which those emergency
batsmen make good against the Tigers
these days is simply weird.
That tied the score ana Willett and
Mcconnell, the latter the exBuffalo
mastodon, started to fight 1t out.
This time Edgar went along without
a wobble. But Mcconnell was also
there with loads OF speed and spit
ball that was a beauty.
Nothing doing in the ninth. and the
battle went into extra innings. Moth
ing doing In the tenth and the crowd
OF 10000 was in a frenzy.
Bush, Cobb, Schaefer!
Came the eleventh and Bush opened
ND with a hit Jennings besought
Crawford to end things right there.
but Sans line drive was right at
Cree. Cobb, however. came through
with a drive TO left and Bush was
on his way before the ball was pitched,
going all the way TO third. whence he
scored when Moriarty's drive to
Knight took a high bound. delaying
the play long enough to allow the fly
ing "Donie" 10 make the plate.
New York had run out Of pinch hit
ters at this stage and could do moth
ing with Willett's underhand curves
and so ended the combat.
Roth departments of the Tiger out
ut we're hugely pleased over the result
of the game. The players were glad
because they won IL, increasing their
lead over their nearest rivals TO SS
points and putting them that much
nearer a worlds championship divvy.
Secretary Schramm likes 1t pretty
we'll from his point OF view, as he car
ried away his share OF one OF the larg-
est gates Detroit has played to on the
trim and the turn out had been pretty
fair all along the line at that.
Hughes Policy indicated.
Jennings was pleased because, In
the face of hostile array OF home
critics who have always maintained
that any pitcher allowing two runs in
an inning should Immediately be
benched he left one In with such
situation in force right off the reel,
and finally copied the game with his
original starter still occupying the
box.
An interesting episode took place
before the game when Ty Cobb march
ed over to the New York. press box
and spoke his mind regarding the cali
her of the scribes of Gotham. Tyrus
was peeved because somebody had
written a story In which he was criti-
cized for playing to the stand In tho
early practice by warming up with the
pitchers and fussing around at first
base, as is his wont.
II Ty wins the argument he will do
more than any other ball player who
ever yentured TO cross swords with an
aggregation which always has the last
saw. II Is difficult for the Georgian to
realize that popularity for so damag
ing an athlete as he has always been
10 the hopes. of opposing aggregations
Is a mighty difficult goal to attain. The
New York scribes are all rooters and,
when their team loses. they are par
ticularly given to taking 1t out OF the
opposing athletes, who have been In
strumental to that result.
Today's Pitchers Doubtful.
The pitching selections OF both man.
ayers will not be determined until the
teams arrive at the field this after
noon. It would not surprise those on
the inside, IL Jennings should decide to
use Mullin. though Suggs and Killian
are both possibilities, and Works looks
worth a trial on his good showing OF
the opening day OF the series, when he
relieved Summers and shut the Yam
KEGS out in the closing periods. DON
ovnn and Chesbro are both waiting to
make a start and the workout preced-
ing the play will probably tell the
story.
Hit EN- Far But Seldom.