The Detroit times., 1909-06-22
mo Bill READY;
! WHIPS BROWNS
I IN SHUTOUT
Keep Your Eye on the Tigers Smoke
From Now on to the finish
of the American League
Race
McAleer's Old Gentlemen Start Series
of Five Games in Detroit This
Afternoon With Greedy Tiges.
BY PAUL a. eRuskE.

oJ TN06 SfhO0fN1s
Kindly observe our smoke from now
On.
The answer TO the riddle over which
the rival American league managers
have been worrying their souls has
been given at last Wild Bill Dono-
van Is right and can be relied on 70
| take his turn on the firing line from
now on All stories that had him In
for a bad season may be set down as
fathered by the wish. rather than the
belief
Pitching against the Browns who. in
spite of their shortcomings. have
never been justly charged with tack
OF ability TO hit the ball. Donovan yes
terday won HIS game by a shut-out.
showing steam of all sorts and strik-
Ing out no less than nine of the
Brownies. Five hits he allowed and
scattered them in the style for which
he is so world-famous. The fact that
he had to do Il makes Bills perform
ance all the more impressive. He was
pushed to his top efforts, for Graham
was also at his best
Sammy Gets Double.
Neither side scored In the first five
innings Then the Tigers got one
when Crawford doubled. took third on
wild pitch and came home on Steph-
ems throw To Ferris, which failed to
connect.
Prior to. this time BIZ had been
moving them down for fear ST. Eouis
would get lead. Succeedingly he
had to continue the same clip TO hold
the margin which he had been given
by his mates.
Not until the ninth was the Tige-
margin increased. Then Cobb hunted
down the third base line and Bailey,
Il who had relieved Graham when the
latter was benched 10 allow Crisis 10
try at bat, heaved wildly 20 first al
lowing Tyrus 10 make the complete
circuit.
Both teams left together for Detroit
on a train due about noon today and
the battle is scheduled 10 continue
here. The series will be for five games
on as many days.
Tiaes Should Get Fat.
With the Tigers going as nicely ana
< the Browns as badly as they are the
occasion would appear to be one which
should be taken full advantage OF by
the home hosts. Form would lead one
TO expect that the leaders should
trounce the taii-enders in about four
of these combats- But you can never
tell Remember what happened al
Washington
Regardless OF the result Of the SER
les that sat hand, 1t does look as II
the Browns had blown. The team that
last year. made the. running for the
Tigers through the last three months
Of the race, seems TO have been who'll
Y ly demoraliZed and mas been humping
the bumps with regularity. since It's
home series against the eastern clubs.
II is peculiar condition which Nc
Aleer's men present, but IL is po-
culiar ball club anyway.
Four years ago McAleer started ont
TO build St. Louis new ball club. He
brought Into the league a couple OF
young catchers, two or three young
pitchers end a bunch of young infield-
ers, including Nordyke. Rockenfeld,
- ifaftzell and etheFs-He- made Stone
a star and league batting champ.
II looked as II ne had the nucleus for
the sort of a team which Detroit has
since organized In fact. the two were
seldom far apart in the standings OF
the league and seemed TO be develop
ing together.
Went Back 10 Vets.
Then Jim seemed to- get dissatisfied
with his young talent and went back
to the veterans, making deals for the
services of such men as Williams,
Ferris, Hoffman, Waddell, Dineen and
Criger. Last year his aggregation
could boast more years OF experience
y than any aggregation in the league
and II looked for time as If he hal
done wisely AS is so often the case,
however, when a veteran suffers a
change OF base, one good season is his
limit. The man, realizing that the
change is a patent hint that he is los
ing in effectiveness, pulls himself 70.
gether. sticks rigidly TO training re
gime and plays a grand game OF ball.
Having made good in his second try
out he then naturally lapses 10 his old
styles of play in the following season
and this is just what Is happening
with the St Louis club.
In all probability. viewed in the mel
low light of experience McAleer
would have done better to hang 20 his
discards I'm every case with the ex-
ception of RUDE Waddell George Eli.
ward has been a tower OF strength 10
the Missouri team and we'll worth the
price paid Connie Mack for his re-
lease. whatever that figure may have
been For over two months IL was
WaddelI's work that kept the Browns
out of the cellar.
Where McAleer Erred.
McAleer's chance for 1909 appears
TO be gone. He has failed To take ad-
vantage of numerous opportunities &c