The Detroit times., 1909-06-23
{. W|LLETT G0E 5
BACK To HIS
OLD TRICKS
Giant-Killing Again, He Lifts Scalp
Of George Edward Waddell in
Snappy, to 0 Diamond
Contest.
Tiges Mediate Taking Ont Copyright
On Accidental Squeeze Play by
Which They Scored.
BY PAUL n. BRUSkE.

Back To his old trade of Giant-Kill-
: ing, Edgar Willett yesterday trimmed
up George Edward Waddell. OF ST.
Louis. in a stirring ii brief and snappy
contest 10y score of one TO nit.
materially increasing the distance
which separates the extremes or the
league standings and at the same time
enabling mis- team 10 retain its mar
Sin over the Athletics who, in second
place, were also winning 4 game.
The pitching OF Mr. Willett is daily
becoming more and more of the big
league order.
Mention was made several Gays ago
on this page of the growing efficiency
OF the method in which the Kansas
Cyclone apprchends the ball when It
is batted IN his direction. This char
acteristic was more than ever in evil
= dence yesterday. as Willett threw out
no less than seven Of the struggling
Browns. IN addition 10 covering the
sack on very fine play. engineered
by c. Rossman 1t is not of that phase
OF his WORK that the historian intends
10 discourse however. Rather he
is moved to aduIation by the mar.
. ner In which Mr.. Willett consistently
the Browns 10 hit IT,
When the Cyclone blew into the
Michigan metropolis IL was as the
strike.out wonder OF the prairies. He
came equipped with an overhaul
speed an underhand raise. three dit
ferent kinds OF spitters aud a bunch
OF other deliveries, some Of which he
, could get over the plate and some ~
l4 n
against the front wall III the grand
stand IL was his idea that most Of
the FOE ought IN be forced 10 bite the
dust on strikes
But the batsmen in the major
leagues are not Of that character.
They have Il pesky inclination 20 let
enough doubtful baiis go by 10 put IN .
pitcher IN an excavation where it be
comes incumbent on him 70 aim one
over the center OF the pan. Where
upon they swing with a nasty accur'
acy. This happened several times
with Willett and ne began 10 learn.
Under the coaching OF Stanage and
Schmidt and with due Difference u
the advice OF Hughie Jennings, VII.
lett learned his lesson Anyone who
can recall Willetts first game and
will. then compare IL 20 the one he
twirled yesterday will appreciate the
difference
Every ball Edgar threw yesterday
had vicious twist or a fine burst OF
speed on IL but not a single Brownie
famed the air on the other hand
but two OF them were passed 10 FIRST
base and one Of these was Intentional
~ paraded Yet the Browns secured
but six scattered hits and were never
hut once in immediate danger OF scor.
Ing.
Three Pitches This Inning.
In one inning the Cyclone handed
up but three balls Two Of them the
Browns hit back at him for outs al
first. The third was high fly which
Tyrus Cobb strollcd under and ate VI
with that neatness and dispatch foy
which he Is world.famous.
The Tigers were also up against
some pitching, however RUDE Wad
dell was the artist and he was in tnt
form.
George" said McAleer on the bench
the Browns never call the southpaw
by the name by which he Is known
TO the baseball world--"it's a fine hoi
day today and you ought 10 be good.
like il very well was the reply
It's a pity to think how long thai
game might have gone, mad the TEN
perature been just TO the liking q
the king OF the southpaws Had thj:
been the case il would have taker
more than the weird and wonderful
play by which the Tigers scored, e
have counted of Rube. That play bS
the way, deserves a chapter 10 Itself
Tiges Pull of Funny One.
Mcintyre had doubled 18th one out
and took third when Bush singled ovei
short. Crawford, with two hits out o.
two attempts TO his credit, walked :,
the plate
George Edward shot up n curve, dc
signed to cut the inside corner OF tbs
plate. IL started its career straigh