The Detroit times., 1909-04-19
BIGGEST BASEBALL
DAY IN HISTORY
OF DETROIT
Tigers Win Fifth Consecutive Game
With $4,000 Bugs Looking On
in Exceedingly
High Glee.
Moriarty Scores Winning Run Satur-
day and Comes Back True To
Form Again On Sunday.
By PAUL 4. eRuskE.

The biggest baseball day In the MS
tory OF Detroit-nothing less-is the
only manner in which the events OF
Sunday at Bennett park can be sum-
married. in \ way that Will do them
Justice.
The Tigers victorious for the hftn
time consecutiyely and winning their
victory by that combination of skill
and fnesse which should stamp
champion team In combat with It's
deadly rival: the people OF the city
turning out a crowd of dimensions
never before attained in Michigan and
but seldom eQualled in even the larg-
est cities of the United States. and the
whole throng handling itself without
single policeman TO keep II back-t
was surely some occasion TO remem-
Der for relation TO the coming genera
ton.
Once more we've got TO hand II to
Ban Johnson as the scheduled-maker
par-excellence.
Ban and Weather Man.
Ban, as will be recalled. had II so
arranged that every club played the
Tigers last year Just as 1t was threat
ening their Lead. Well. he must nave
figured that Cleveland. with all its
CHEEKY advance notices, would be
about In shape TO draw the people
here April IL. Accordingly. he sent
them. The day was fine and $4,000 In
round numbers saw the Tigers start a
batting bee toward the close and win
out after the most discouraging sort OF
q start In which they had put Edgar
Willetts so far In the hole, DESPITE MS
fne pitching. that there seemed 10 be
no chance.
Sunday, the weather man and Ban
again played together and 50 did the
same teams Back came the bugs
and brought hosts OF others with
them. 1t was the first opportunity a
large contingent OF the Tigers best
supporters had enjoyed to see them
at work and the park was full an hour
before the game started. For an hour
more they TANNED their way into the
enclosure SO that.-Xhen the teams
started play. they did so in the center
OF q vast circle OF humanity, 10000
strong, which completely hedged them
about. From 10 TO IL deep the over
fow struggled to get a view The
front row sat and held, in lieu of the
usual rope which had been early dis
regarded on account OF the record
breaking size OF the throng. The sec
ond row knelt. the third row crouched.
Back of these they stood on their tip
toes and rubbered. Outside the cir
Gle and In front of the stands was an
open plat around which frenzied fans
Of dimfnutive stature strolled UP and
down and bit their nails, their sole in
formation of the progress OF play COM
ing from what they heard
Sunday Ball In Good Keeping.
Only once did the great throng fail
to discipline itself and then. after
three or four breaks toward the Gen.
ter of the field. II was iollied back
into position again by the players OF
the two teams and their substitutes
Sunday ball was in the keeping OF
those for whom Ii had been provided
and they discharged their trust in the
spirit with which 1t had been extend
ed.
And the Tigers won again.
Hampered by their constant endeav-
or to lambaste the sphere into the
crowd, they didn't hit much but what
they did, counted nightly, thanks 10
excellent base-running. Each side had
two scoring innings, but In one of De-
troit's two runs were chalked up,
while Cleveland had to be content In
each case with lone score. The
run that meant victory as 1t turned
out later was scored Sunday as Sat
urday. by George Moriarty who is sig
nalizing his advent as a member OF
the team with a degree of eclat which
seldom surrounds the inaugural OF any
baseball career In a new city. On Sat
urday George scored the winning run
by taking advantage Of a rather poor
throw to second. On Sunday he again
made mig" Clarke the goat by steal /
Ing home. getting tremendous lead
and tearing all the way home while
Pitcher Wright was swinging his
trusty right wing round his aurora bo-
realis-topped conk. There were two
out at the time and George selected
a grand occasion for his stunt The
roar that went up when he pulled It
on was tribute OF dimensions sell
dom heard on a ball field.
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