The Detroit times., 1909-07-10
CAN Comics MEN
REACH AMBITION 5
HEIGHT TODAY?
Jennings and Tigers Make Their
Last Stcnd in Effort To Hold
Their American League
leadership.
Philadelphia's Left-Handers Gone,
But Summers and Donovan Must
Face Bender and Combs.
BY PAUL n. BRUskE.


our beloved Tigers in the American
leagues pennant race, the architect
Of this column has refused to wax APP;
prehensiye over them, 40 long as they
have retained the position which all
the other seven clubs have been en-,
deavoring To flch from their grasp.
The Philadelphia Athletics would
give year of their lives TO grab that
lead today and to cinch II tomorrow.
The youthful Redsox would forego
baked beans and brown bread for the
rest OF their natural lives could they
be ensured OF a secure hold or the
position IN which the Tigers have been
ensconced all year with the exception
of two days and a small fraction. In
Cleveland, were the team 10 establish
such a lead as the Tigers had this
morning, they'd be turning out VITA
bands And the same would be the
Ease 10 an even more marked extent
in the other towns that make up the
eaguc circuit.
Still there are a lot OF folks In De-
troit who are waxing pancky over the
Iact that the Tigers margin has been
so materially reduced that they are
actually within the reach or one or
The hostile aggregations!
Can't Expect This.
There was never an American league
team yet that seized the league lead
at the start OF the season and held IL
10 the finish. They all have their ups
and downs and in this fact Is found
the great secret OF the interest which
has always been manifested In the
event
Detroit people showed conclusiyely
that they didn't care to see the home
club slaughtering the opposition, by
the way they refused 10 play the part
OF the Roman mob while the Tigers
were chewing up- St.-Lonis. A little
real competition will lend Zest 10
the race that the lead of 100 points III
which the team has INDUCED on sew
eral occasions, seemed to have re-
moved.
To pull cut OF Tigertown after sun
DAVIS game with the lead in their pJs-
pession, the Athletics will have TO cop
both the games OF this afternoon anu
tomorrow. The Tigers believe that
this will prove an impossible task.
Pitchers Lined UP.
Mack's left.handers are through and
"
wolves on Bender and Coombs,@fhey
will be opposed by couple OF sling
ers VINO. in former years, have been
-atways- Jonahs tot the hopes of Tire
Nacks Eddie Summers came In from
MI. Clmens yesterday, entirely recov-
cred in health, and with his game
Knee giving him no bother whatever.
He will probably twill the game or
today against the Indian Chief.
Wild Bill Donovan. back In gooc
health gain, has been tugging at the
leash all through the series and wants
TO 20 to II the worst way. He'll get
his chance on Sunday
AS for the batters on the Tiger
team, they have gone hungry for two
DAYS and are due TO tear loose. Heaven
help the opposing pitcher, regardless
who he may be and how good, on
whom they have to break their fast.
Jennings Rallies Tigers.
Like Wolfe at the Plains OF Abra'
ham. Jennings is today remarking that
there is tide In the affairs OF men
which. taken at the food. leads on tot
fortune. Laid aside IN memorys tau
tets are the defeats Of the past TWO
DAYS. The future only is the concern
Of the scrappy little manager. and the
Team which he has rallied In so many
more grievous straits and has always
brought through successfully. The
Tigers arc game. and, unless the nckle
goddess Fortuna has shifted all her
allegianc without warning, they are
lucky, That ombination has never
been beaten yet.
What little retrospect there was at
10
ont In sympathy for big Ralph Works,
whose dreams OF an unbeaten row Oh
pames were SO rudely shattered yes
terday, though through no particular
fault OF his own. Ralph pitched n
nice game. scattered the hits well,
crawled out of numerous excavations
not all OF his own digging. and held
the hostiles TO two leaps across tho
Matter. but the Tigers couldn't score
OF Plank. and finally cast TO the winds
their best chance when. with two on
base and none out, Stanage failed TO
sacrifice. Moriarty made an illtimed
attempt To steal third with the ball
I'm Planks hands and Wade killiter
whitfield.
plank Out TO Demonstrate.
Genial Eddie. the vet. was out to
show that Krause wasn't the whole
cheese in the backstopping line. and
he did il. pitching an even more ef-
fectiye game than the unbeaten gen
tlemau had the day before. He whin'
ed seven Tiges-many Of them In
pinches--and the box score tells the
rest of the tale. Also. he was there
ty a large majority with the saplinS,
his three hits being all or them Clean
ones to center and one OF them batting
in a run which would have made his
game safe had not his mates come
To the rescue with another.
In conclusion, the present affords an
excellent opportunity for the repetf
ton OF that old, .soui'1lling line:
Now is the time for ali good rams
to come to the aid OF the Tigers" And
orna thev will