The Detroit times., 1909-05-03
Ilh sLUMPs As A
BASEBALL
ISAIAH
H 'gcRunavay Race For the
Tigers" Prediction Seems Far
From . FulAllment At
Present.
weather Conditions All Alike Fol-
1enninss' Mighty Mem Who Win
e At Home and in Chicago.
~ PAUL =. eRusKe.

Ef BY PAUL ~. 0HOONGs
wen. it's up to Ban oJhnson, presi-
dsnt Of the American league. az well
q. . bunch OF others. including few
rlGht here In Detroit. to 60 far toward
~ rear and take seats.
IAN opined. over his own signature
Int before the start Of the season.
th6t, whatever the result of the battle
might be, Il would develop into no
Funaway romp for the Tigers. OF
coarse It q still quito early in the race
70 predict that the Tigers will gailop
home on the bit, 80 to speak Never
thel6m fhsy have acquired lead In
the dypt three weeks Of play which.
according TO past performances dope.
viii make II necessary for them only
70 break . little better than even In
the rest Of their season to win the
American league pennant.
Ji1st think that over! It's a bit
ourp9ising when one recalls that only
IS games have been played by the
Champs. but it's true, nevertheless.
Some Joyous Dope.
Thera ara 15l games on the Ameri-
oons league schedule, a. everybody
lnogs. The Tigers have played Is.
1oavlng $50 stu on the program. AS
= rGao 4 team Is compelled to leave
one Scheduled contest unplayed, &C
c0rdlng to statistics on past races. It
- Int 10 estimate the Tigers az hav-
ing 1ss combats ahead Of them
10 win the pennant In any former
American league season but 1904 It
hrs been necessary to cop but 81
rameo. The Tiges have already grab
4 bed an even dozen. That leaves 70
the Tiges can lose 50 and still win
out One good swing round the east
Grn o1rcuit In the Tiges' old-time style
win turn The trick. provided the team
can merely break even In the remand
Or of its games.
And the Champs have not played q
single game yet with the teams that
the league considers weak. their activ-
Mics MP to date being confined entire
" 10 the three opponents who last
year chased them out to the finish
the occupants Of the first divisionl
Weather. footing. gales and more
favorable conditions ara all the same
/. 70 tl1pse doughty sT1ges. Here on Sat
urdav Thy licked St. Louis with q
( colt pitcher a. the box, pitted against
m&n who has In former years been
\ one 6fthe Tigers most feared oppon-
ants. In6If 6y6S wero fun OF snow
most q the time. but they employed
their ieetin6rxi1mpscy Of the ball to
nuch effect that the game was really
- doubt only eslee.
Few Lsft on Base.
-z On Sunday at Chicago In atmos-
E1>se even colder and facing Frank
18th, star of the windy towns pitch
81 brigade. they batted their way to
11y0ther victory.
4teadfastiy they have endeavored to
reduce the left on base department to
Tho lowest possible dimensions. They
are taking chances when chances
ahoglld be taken and playing safe when
Oooagion demands It. Little Hughie
hat his baseball machine working
gr<ndly.
Gucky7 OF course they are! Who
ever saw team that was playing a
mile the best ball that didn't get rs
PEI cent Of the favorable breaks In the
fortunes Of war;
9uch baseball as the Tiges have
hem playing IN the only possible mag.
ue4 which could draw to the playing
Ae.4 over 1000 persons on an after
no)o Ike that Of Saturday. Beyond
= (noction Il was the most uncomfort-
ab.o baseball weather that Detroit has
ox0r oeen. Twice the game had to be
st(Dpod because the players couldn't
- the ball and the crowd couldn't
~ the neld. Most OF the time 1t
q 1pod and part OF the time II came
an IA great, big flakes, which a
- hWest gale drove into the stands.
y 6rand day for q colt pitcher 20
pmrko bis debut was Hughie Jennings'
on Aup1Astic dictum and Ralph Works
ot6DDed 10 the firing line.
Ratphis Delivered.
nnlDh did astoundingly well I'm the
co4ditions. He was hit often but
br(cod In the pinches. His control
MO- oxcelIent and ne had fine speed.
h placed his curve ball wherever
0<tnaGe called for II and fielded his
po1)tion perfectly with one exception,
TIM being ny ball which he lost In
on4 aerial snowdrift. But for two
exG 1rbase hits the Browns would have
be1h shut out. As II was with Craw-
tort h0me-running for the cigars and
1Dorje. Mcintyre driving Il out
1oet q will. Moriarty doubling. trip
and INDUCING in his pet pastime
Ealing home, there was nothing
80, willett faced Smith at Chi
oGd mixed walk with two hits
y second inning after the Tigers
secured three runs In their first
- the slab Hughie yanked the Kan
&wlr1or and Mullin reigned In his
0eorge had some trouble warm
- end IN Sox tied the score.
@rUn (fer II was nip and tuck but
lcot never lost q smuggling match
a Kind in their lives. II was Ave
nn1ooe IN the seventh and then
1ces got the necessary run
$1,000 sss,ss F.ss.
~ o1roling second on Sulli-
800 ~0ermany Schsefer
10 49, called on him and
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- q he 0ox n showfng the
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