The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-19
10 DUMB TERROR
IN MANLY BREASTS
! OF TIGERS
Though Boston Took Series. Champs
Can't See Them as Pennant Prob
abilities and Point Out
Faults.
Got Away With Lucky Contest Yes
terday by Virtue of Success in
Forlorn Hope, That's All.
BY PAUL n. RRuskE.

wei, they came, iheg SAW, tney con
Quered and the baseball public
OF Detroit was left, gritting its teeth
over the way the final and deciding
game OF the series turned out
II was game In which the visitors
took a chance which the Tigers had
refused. Had Jennings substituted a
speedy runner like Jones or Moriarty
for Stanage IN the ninth the pastiInc
would never have gone into extra in
nings. In similar circumstances in
the tenth. Lake yanked Carrigan. his
catcher. out of the game and subsd.
tuted Wolter, famed hot-footer. From
second base Wolter scored the win
ming run on an infield hit. cleanly
handled by Bush To Rossman. Glands
throw being some yards over Stan
ege's head.
Now far be II from us 10 repine over
that throw. True, bitter words were
spoken OF our hard-hitting frst-sacker
In the stands and bleachers. He did
unQuestionably have the easiest sort OF
chance to throw Wolter out. had the
heave been anywhere near terra firma
ct the time II reached the plate. New
ertheless. the remark historically ap-
piled to the western piano player is
eminently In point.
a Mr.. Rossman is doing the best he
can. His hits have been as frequent
~ his reputation as great batsman
would have us expect. He has been
Z gathering in the thrown balls in bril-
liant style all year. II be simply cant
hurl them back, we'll have to grin and
bear 1t. content TO see him heave a
game away now aud then. only TO bat
couple back on the winning list TO
make up for those slips.
Morlarty at First.
There has been some chatter 10 the
effect that, when Moriarty got back
into the game II would be at first base.
leaving O'Leary on third. In all proba-
bilfty, this Is chiefly bunk.
Before finishing the sad duty OF sit
I ting on the remains. II might be wise
20 call the attention of Mr.. Willett TO
a the fact that he has grand under
hand curve ball. Alternating this
curve with the raise ball shot from
the same delivery, Mr.. Willett is prac-
tically unhittable. He was yesterday.
The only trouble was that he omitted
s TO use the underhand thing enough.
The moment they started hitting he
confined his efforts to an overland de-
livery which the Boston gang pasted
right merrily This was the case IL
both the opening and closing spasms.
In the first inning they whacked
around two runs which, with the one
pinched In the sixth, permitted the
Tigers only TO tie when they had their
daily scoring inning. In the visitors
tenth they thumped for two more and
Il was all on
n Considered In the light OF the formal
returns, the Red Sox would seem to
have II on the Tigers. Their famed
<secOnd Cobbs look better than the
4 ordinary brand and may stick. Speak
3 ~ VAS I'm fine form yesterday and
pulled on sensational stunts at bat and
Eln field. Arrellanes got his hits scar
Tered pretty well and looked like a
very fair sort OF pitcher.
But the Tigers themselves refuse to
quail.
Every Dog Has His Day.
They've got a lot of fast men and
x1fy chance they took they got away
- was the way one OF the veter
kH1n 1xed II up Cleveland and st.
LIMB looked Just as good at one
otnge last year. They'll go back with
the slump that is sure to put in an
appearance"
And really, the closer the matter is
considered, the more this seems III He
the truth.
The most effective batsman on the
list here was Jake Stahl, who never
In his life hit as he did in the series