The Detroit times., 1909-06-30
|ROssMAN LAUGHS
AGAIN At HIS
OLD MATES
Three Drives by the Roman En-
peror Of Cy Young Put Tiges
On Winning Side in First
Game.
Turner'S Fielding and the Battery
Work Of Mullin and Schmidt Are
Features of Combat.
BY PAUL n. 5RUSkE.

by PAUL ". bHOoNG.
In the full view of the assembled
thousands. including the stan cores
pondents of the Cleveland journals OF
daily intelligence who. n few weeks
ago were rejoicing over his apparent
downfail. Appius Claudius Rossman
the Roman Emperor OF the baseball
neld. yesterday exuded from his sys
tenn three ringing drives. one OF them
---and IL was beauty brignt--enabled
the Tiges TO score two runs in the
opening inning. finding a. it did the
manly frames of Mcintyre and Craw-
ford on second and third, and two out
The other. not quite SO bold a bin. was
nevertheless good enough TO enable
Claud to reach first base, whence he
scored with the assistance o.
Schmidt's walk and Mullins hit. The
third drive came with Bush on first
and might have been productive OF
still another run but for a bit OF care
lessness by the Precocious Child in
allowing himself TO be caught and
run down on the leeward side OF the
sack.
Mr.. Rossman's deeds with the whiI-
htree thus permitted the Tiges 10
accumulate three runs. This was all
they did get of the heaving OF Cy
Young and Cy's faultless support AS
& the Maps In the meantime were able
4 to amass but two, however, three was
complete suficiency.
F8 Sort Of Mean Of Tiges.
The Maps must soon get busy or
they will not win the American league
pennant this year.
s& or course. IL is a bit mean for the
ir1uo tn oil kair
\ games with these western clubs. A
great hope is going down in the city
y across the lake. particularly. Ii Is
\ felt there that the poor. crippled base
ball team which represents the Ohio
metropolis should get little the bet
ter Of the breaks, on account OF its
misfortunes. Lajoie is out of the
game and that alleged bulwark is said
to be grievously missed. But. some
how. after watching Terry Turner AZ
work around that second cushion, the
y force OF this view is materially lost
IL Lajoie ever played a better sec
N ond than Turner did yesterday, he
didn't do Il on the Detroit park. The
little shortstop has taken his switch
to the keystone corner with all the
Y Versatility OF an O'Leary. His work
yesterday was the feature OF the game
from a Cleveland point OF view. His
batting was productive OF both OF the
Maps runs, one OF which he scored
himself On the sacks he was feet
and I'm the field his arm showed IL
self equal TO any task imposed upon 1t,
The writer was one who believed
last winter that Turner would not
4 come back. his reasoning being basel
ION the numerous apparently similar
cases of dead arms within his recol-
lection All those who shared this
opinion must admit that they were
wrong. Turner is very distinctly o. X.
Jumps Acts Slightly Biased.
AS for the game itself, IL was full Of
thrills and had the crowd guessing
every minute as TO the final outcome.
This was particularly so. through the
demon work of Jumps Connolly and
Hurst who didn't give Detroit Sill.
gle close decision all through the COM
bat
On at least half-dozsn occasions
on the bases, Hurst ruled against the
Tiges when II was either close enough
20 call either way or else the Tigers
neemed to have considerably more
than half the right TO favor. There
was no downright robbery In evidence
and the Tiges stuck 10 their policy OF
taking their medicine with grim de-
Termination and getting enough clean
hits TO win. regardless. II Ban had,
however. given his umpires instruc-
/ lions to shade the Tiges on close ones
"a condition entirely contrary. In all
probability, to fact-the Job couldn't
1 have been accomplished a bit more
artfstically
To a certain extent. the game was
piece OF additional vengeance for
/ the Champions. They had beaten
Young soundly In Cleveland. 10 be
sure, but the memory OF the defeat
which he had handed them here In
Detroit early in the season still
ranked.
Poor old cyl
Poor old Cyl!
Struggling at a middle stage be-
tween the all-in and the good-as-evef,
his age makes him look az much out
Of place on a modern ball yard as a
venerated member OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic would be AT reunion
"a the s. w V. association. The
oastime and its players have out
Rrown Cy. The friends with whom
he has played for the past two de-
rades have fallen by the wayside and
Ne remains alone. the relic OF former
days. The friendships and fratern.
tiles OF ball club are no longer for
NM. He Is past the stage where he
I'm longer enjoy the horseplay ant
Bidding match so dear 20 the heart OF
khe average young athlete. He enters
he field alone before the game and
haves II In majestic isolation. his eyes