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The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
No Folding Bed Holocaust
For Tiger Kit, R. Works

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March 30
and there are several OF the rooms In
which half the occupants occupy a
folding bed.
Big Works, the New York State
league recruit, drew out OF the collap-
sibles and viewed II with some trepi-
dalton. He examined the mechanism
and noted that II seemed to have no
means OF insurance against posi-.
BILE closing up, aside from that AFFORD
ed by the weight Of the occupant. This
got en- his nerves and he hunted up
the housekeeper to find out IL there
was no hidden attachment for the pur-
pose.
why" said she. sthats just hike
the one where l worked In Ell Paso.
No. there isn't no way to keep 1t open
IL opens II IL ever gets started"
On being urged for details regard
ing the I'll Paso couch she related how
an eastern tourist and his wife arrived
there one evening and were assigned
TO a room In which there was a folder
just like the one in question. The
man was busy In the lobby during the
evening. When he returned his wife
was nowhere in sight He made dill
gent search OF the hotel and finally
called the manager That worthy had
a bunch. He rushed to the room in
hurry. pointed out the fact that lady's
attire was hung on a chair in the room
and then hauled the bed down, the
operation disclosing the miserable
victims remains. She had smothered,
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30

cellent care OF himself. is In fine con
dition physically aside from the arm
trouble and processes conservatiNely
IA hope which. IL fulfilled. will cause a
surprise to even his closest friends on
the club.
Speer has up To date been almost
an unalloyed disappointment Aside
from the fact that he is a fine little fel-
low personally and full of ambition TO
succeed. he has as yet failed To show
any thing approaching big-league class.
Placed by freak OF fortune In POI
sition where To make good he had but
To show fraction of the ability n
was said TO possess, he has been uh'
able 10 get the ball over the plate, has
been troubled with lame arm for the
first time in his life. and has played
the part of goat on three occasions
when on the firing line-once IN a
game which came near breaking the
Tigers consecutive run of spring vie
! tories
There will still be every chance IN
the world for Speer 10 make good. he
will most assuredly be retained until
IL is absolutely certain that he is shy
the necessary class. II, as seems now
very possible. both he and Killian fail
to deliver. the situation will he grave
indeed.
Detroit would, in such case, become
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
.BB FR|GHTENS
NEGRO WAITER
! OUT OF HOTEL
DgoRoIA PEACH REsENTs BEING
REFUSED COLD ROAST PORK
AND REsukEs ATTEMPT TO
ARGUE THE MATTER.
BY PAUL X. eRuskE.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. March go
HTyrus Cobb came very near adding 10
bis remarkable record one more
Iopisode arising out OF the race ques-
(ion when. at dinner, he took exception
\ 10 the actions and words of a Negro
waiter and chased him into the
Kitchen In IN attempt to administer a
Emore effective form of rebuke.
|H To the fact that the waiter lost no
y time I'm putting "A considerable distance
\ between himself and the Menger hotel
was the one consideration which avert
(; "a what might have been more serious
<trouble.
The Negro, known TO the ball play
Kers as New York." brought Eddie
Bummers slice of meat looking re-
/ markably like roast pork. Cobb or
'<dered roast pork included in his order,
too. The waiter alleged that there
was no roast pork what Summers had
(; he declared. was veal. The argument
continued and the waiter forgot two or
three other things. included on the
bill OF fare, which Cobb had also or
<dered. When called down by the base
ball star he accused the latter OF try
Ting to rattle him.
~ CObD retOrted Win some neat anu
the waiter left for the kitchen, osten-
Esibly to rectify the mistake.
Cobb kept his eye on the glass
doors which connect the dining room
with the kitchen. He saw New York
peer out OF one OF these. call another
waiter and point Cobb out to the lat
ter. The Georgian's blood boiled. He
pushed back his chair, rose, and
4 charged down on the kitchen door
with blood in his eye.
n New York" saw Cobb coming ana
K decamped in hurry. When Cobb ar
rived. he was nowhere in sight
The house detective, head waiter
and two or three other walters fol-
bowed Cobb into the kitchen, but took
mo action In the matter.
III you'd started anything in there.
YOU'D have been killed. Ty," was the
comment OF one of his team mates.
k~Somebody'd have hit you over the
bean with cleaver or something about
aE heavy"
~I1l stand for his forgetting stun
order. but I'll not stand for his point
fnE me out through that door, replied
Tyrrs.
k Another waiter served Cobb and the
other players through the rest OF the
meal
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still living in Michigan, though long
since out of the national game. Writ
uaily won for the Big Four and Five
More" the pennant OF 1881 In the Ma
tional league. and Lady" heaved from
the port ripper Western league fans
will remember clever Bobby Gayle ana
later Eddie Sieyer who won many a
game for Detroit away back In the
early days of the twentieth century.
as well as later >on, in the first PEN
nant year.
RUDE Waddell is another crack
southpaw that has done service on the
local club. Rarely has IL been the case
that some left-hander was not await
ing duty on the Detroit stan OF which
he was an honored and effective mem
Der.
AND ED KILLIAN HAS BEEN THE
BEST OF THE LONG LINE. SPEED,
CURVES, PLUCK. CONTROL,
FIELDING AND BATTING ABILITY
ALL CONSIDERED. Bought for the
waiver price from Cleveland in 1908
he has never had losing season, has
almost invariably won a better per
centage OF his games than his team
and TO some clubs--notedly Washing
ton. Boston and Chicago-has been
Nemesis implacable and enduring.
II is still possible that killian may
| recover the use of his arm and shoul
| der sufficiently To resume his regular
duties. That Manager Jennings is In
tensely worried over him Is obvious
however.
This is the third season that kiIliar
has had arm trouble and each yea
the distress has been getting worse
Last year he was unable to use spees
until the last month Of the season anc
then the effort cost him almost unut
terable anguish fact Of which few
OF the fans were aware az they ap
pIauded what they believed to be hi
lone-deferred return to form.
Killian is showing nothing in the
way of improvement this spring
though he occasionally tries to pitcf
| TO the batters bit. He is taking ex
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
BY PAUL Il. sRuskE.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 30
Unless some development, at present
unforeseen. places different face on
the situation, the Detroit Tigers VIII
be compelled TO fight out their pen
nant campaign of 1909 without left
handed pitcher who can be relied on
for regular duty.
Game, resourcefuI Ed kiIlian shows
no signs Of any return Of that prowess
which made him the best left-hander
in either league In 1907.
George Speer, the Western associa-
ton recruit on whom so much praise
was lavished last year for his work at
Wichita, may have the goods, but
hasn't demonstrated the fact yet. in
spite Of a multitude Of opportunities.
III as now seems probable. the Tig-
ers will be compelled to enter their
race and fight IL out TO the finish with
out left-hander, they will be severe.
ly handicapped. beyond question. q
BUT ONE TEAM HAS EVER sue.
CEEDED IN WINNING THE AMER
ICAN LEAGUE REMNANT WITH
OUT ONE CRACK SOUTHPAW AND
MOST OF THE CHAMPIONS HAD
TWO.
Plank and Waddell have been the
Athletics mainstay always. Altrocs
and White were Chicagos right and
left bowers in 1906. Boston had Tan
nehill in her second successful pen
nant campaign. Her first win was &C
complished without regular south
paw. the club being particularly favor
ed with a wealth of right-handed stars
The Tigers won their first pennan'
with Siever and Killian doing regular
turns. Their second saw Killian, con
siderably impaired in effectiveness. but
nevertheless right good twirler al
times. winning more than half his
games.
In fact. the Detroit club has Away
been more than bit partial to the
left-handed pitchers. The old-time
fans will recall that Lady" Baldwin
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
D. j. s. ATHLETES
SHOW TUESDAY

The annual indoor track games and
gymnastic exhibition of the Detroit
University school Will be held Tues
day afternoon in the Elmwood gymna-
yard dash, low hurdles and high hur.
dies and relay race. The winner OF
the events, counting points. will get
the w. A. Sturgeon cup.
In the gymnastic program are such
events as the dumb-bell drills, tug-of-
war. rope-climbing contest, horizontal
and parallel bars. fencing wrestling,
Indian clubs and exhibitions ON the
horses
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
10 DAY, GATHERED FOR THE DETROIT
ESCARCITY OF SOUTHPAW PITCHING MAY
COST TIGERS THE PENNANT THIS YEAR

the only club in the American league,
aside from Cleveland. without relia'
bic southpaw. Chicago has White and
Altroek: ST. Louis. Graham, Waddeil
and Bailey; the Athletics. Plank and
krause; Boston, BurchelI, and Wash
ineton, Burns, Tannehlll and Gray.
OF course, there is still this young
Allen. the Tennessee collegian. who
may develop into reliable man this
year but the odds are easily 20 10 l
against any such unexpected denoue'
ment.
For purposes OF publication. Hughie
Jennings views the situation optimis'
tically. and says the Tigers can win
without southpaw. II necessary. New
ertheless II Is hard To lose sight of
the fact that they have won two pen
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
OELEHANTY WILL
BECOME OUTLAW

CLEVELAND, o., March 29.-Jim
Deiehanty. hold-out Washington sec
ond baseman, today accepted Western
Reserve university's offer to coach the
baseball squad. lie had withheld his
signature, hoping to get $500 raise
from Washington His decision may
mean that he will go to the California
State league as an outlaw later in
the season.
This work will keep me I'm shape"
said Delehanty today. II had letter
from Cantillon this week. but 1t re-
quired no answer. I might say IL was
very tobasco in It's flavor"
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standing on her head.
"Oh very we'll" responded Mr..
Works.
With the assistance of his room
mate he pulled the bed down and
moved a handicapped table over till
II Tapped the foot The pair OF them
then hoisted a trunk 10 the top OF the
table The efforts of the pair com
bined failed TO raise the foot OF the
bed.
Works came down to breakfast tho
next morning in good order and after
a restful night. He still observes pre-
cautions when about to retire, how
ever.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
OFF FIELD AS ON,
TIGERS LAY IT
OVER RIVALS
oENTLEMANLY, REsouRcEFuL
BUNCH WITH WHOM IT'S REAL.
LY A PLEASURE TO LivE-POP.
ULAR ROUND HOTELS.
BY PAUL n. 6RuskE.

BAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 20
The more the writer sees OF other ball
clubs the more he congratulates him
self that fate has cast his fortunes
with the Detroit Tigers. This isn't
said with the purpose of handing tho
others knock, either. The author OF
this piece has no quarrel with any OF
them. He is just paying what he con
siders deserved tribute to class.
or course. anyone likes to identify
himself with winner, Je the posi-
tion only that of humble chronicler
But that isn't the sole reason for a
Detroit newspaper mans legitimate
gloat.
on the field the Tigers are a fine
bunch OF young men-resourcefu
enough In their hours OF ease TO make
them excellent company. and without
even one man OF the boorish order.
whose actions might tend to make one
ashamed for his connection with the
party.
Although II is department with
which the average baseball devotee Is
not concerned, the fact remains thai
the Detroit bunch is a very well-read
body OF men. II takes mighty OBJ
scure classical reference 10 get over
the heads OF such men as Jennings.
Crawford, Jones, Moriarty, Cobb, Win.
ter and others.
Seldom. aside from gathering OF
commercial travellers, does mau
come into contact with coterie who
have seen more OF their country than
the Detroit players. They are all sea-
soned athletes and have played ball
In most states OF the union with some
team or Other. They know how to or
der meal, even ii the bill of faro
does contain a little French. and they
are keen critics OF cuisine and service.
Never has the writer associated
with n band OF professional athletes.
with whom dissipation was SO unan-
imCusly considered bad reform. Tho
management has gotten rid OF the only
booZe-fghter who accompanied Its
south bound caravan last year.
Trainer Tuthill occasionally pre-
scribes little mild alcoholic bever.
age for some player who is training
too hard The man takes 1t as med
Cinc.
There are more Detroit players in
the hotel writing rooms each morning
than can be counted at any other
training quarters. Most OF the men are
married and the daily letter home Is
as much a part OF the training routine
as meals or sleep.
Horse.play in the way of practical
Jokes, rough and tumble wrestling
matches, pulling ARRAYS for choice
seats in front OF the hotel and all the
long gamut of rough-house amuse-
ment has no place in the Detroit
camp.
Quite number OF the Tigers main
tain a regular course of reading.
There is a larger sprinkling OF college
men with the club this year, tha9, eSec,
before. Not a single item OF unpleas-
ant nature mas so far married the trip
md nothing seems to be smouldarinS.
From present indications the pres
ent spring trip is going to be byhah
ODDS the most peaccable and pleasure
able ~ any of the long series OF south
ern jaunts in which the Tigers have
taken part since the organization OF
the American league.
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ey PAUL n. BRUsKE.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 30.--De-
troit people Will undoubtedly have an
opportunity OF judging for themselves
very soon regarding the merits of the
Burns-J ohnson fight, as exemplihed In
the moving pictures. a set OF which was
recenflv staged I'm san Antonio with the
Detroit Tigers In attendance
without attempting in any way to
preiudice the Judgment OF the home
crowd IL In perfectly fair to make the
statement that the ball players left tine
9exhibftior almost unanimously con-
WINGED that Burns would have won. had
the weights been anywhere near even.
As for Johnson and Jemries. such a
bout Gould have hut one ending, were
the old-time champion TO regain any
thing like his old form. strength and
endurance. so the athletes believe.
The. American league champions had
q particularly lively Interest in the pie
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
BALL PLAYERS LOYAL AND
HONEST, SAYS GRIFFITH

Clark Griffith says: Baseball has
the same effect on a young man as
Joining the army. the longer a man Is
connected with IL the more loyal he
becomes. A young man joining the
army might become discouraged a.
drst with the life and often feel like
deserving. after two or three years
service the same youth would face
the music without thought Of per-
scnal discomfort and look on a de-
serter as one ft for the swamps.
The ball player might be soreiy
tempted TO take the money of bribcr
the first year out; the second year the
same man would be disguised with the
individual who would hint az wrong z
doing. and the third year II would BE-
a case of serious trouble for the mar
who would attempt To- question the
absolute integrity OF a ball player"
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
FOOTBALL RULES
LITTLE CHANGES

NEW YORK, March 29.-The foot
ball rules committee has made but
few chances In the rules. The most
important is that reducing the value
of goal from field to three points so
that two field goals just equal touch
down and goal After touchback
teams may now either kick out from
the 25-yard line or put the ball In play
from scrimmage. A penalty of five
yards is provided for fake swapping
Of the ball by center.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
Hue5a Real kiny Of Swat
Who heVer Boasts Of DEEDS

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March
30.-If there Is one featupre
aside from his wonderful base
ball ability that appeals to the
admirers OF Sam Crawford who
have the privilege OF knowing
him intimately, IL is the innate
modesty he always shows re-
garding his own ability. Wahoo
never talks about himself. He
will sing the praises OF any
other member OF the team or
the team as whole but no
body who knows him we'll Will
ever try TO get him TO spin a
yarn OF which he Is the hero.
When the Tigers strollel
onto the San Antonio park II
was Immediately noted that. as
in Augusta. the right field fence
was the shortest one.
Nuts for you. Sam, re
marked Herman Schaefer.
"Oh, | don't know replied
the king OF sluggers. that fence
is quite some distance on.
That afternoon Sam hit three
of them over. The next day he
low-bridged the barrier a half
dozen times. After that nobody
kept count except the Negro
ground-keeper. who enlisted a
retrieving force consisting OF
one Mexican to stand on the
fence inside and yell Here he
comes and two pickaninnies
outside to chase the ball and
choke ii into. submission.
But it's dollars to doughnuts
that. when Sam gets back &c
Detroit. he'd lever admit he'd
hit ii over once.
BRUSKE.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
lAUBSCHER GOES
AFTER THE EASY

Lou J. Laubscher, who has been
playing his usual winning pool and
giving exhibitions around Detroit all
winter. has gone forth in quest of the
easy money that waits in other towns.
Disguised in the new set OF whiskers
that he has been growing during the
chilly season, the Detroit man has
journeyed out to take the local champs
on a wide circuit. He will go TO
South Bend and Elkhart, Ind, than To
Chicago and Milwaukee and finally re-
turn by easy stages across the state
OF Michigan to Detroit.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30

nants by the ability of their left-hand-
ers TO beat the life out of Boston and
Washington-clnbs that turned out to
be most dangerous To Detroit's closest
rivals. The Illustration Afforded by
Washington and Cleveland is probably
one OF the most striking In this line.
The Tigers have always been able TO
trounce the Nationals In big majority
OF the inter-club series. The Cantil-
Ion club is admittedly powerless he
fore good left-handed pitching Cleve-
land had no southpaws TO put against
the Senators. and thereby lost the Am
erican league pennant last season, just
at the moment when, after years or
disappointment. the honor seemed
within her grasp.
WILL THE SAME LACK COST
THE TIGERS THE FLAG IN 1909?
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
FEATHERWEIGHTS WILL
FIGHT AT WINDSOR A. c

Paul Sikora just returned from a
trip to the Pacific coast. will meet
Charley White. OF Chicago, in the
wind-up bout az the Windsor "A. g..
wednesday night Harry Paur and
Butch Zimmerman are the boys for
the first bout and Tom Hudson and
Pap Drouillard meet In the seminal.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
A. A. U. President Is Author.

NEW YORK. March ga new
Marathon book. compiled by James f..
Sullivan. president OF the Amateur
Athletic union, has just been issued.
The book contains a history OF the
origin of Marathon racing and a com
plete list Of Marathon races held since
the revival OF this form OF sport.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
h.y Combinations in The Way
IBG Pair OFF This Year

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March
30.--The fact that several Of
the Tigers have their wives
along In the present trip has
made necessary a new plan OF
pairing off this year. At the
Menger the party is domiciled
two In a room. each room con-
tanning two beds. Manager Jen-
nings and Trainer Tuthill occu-
by. the bridal chamber" OF
course, and Capt. Schaefer and
OLeary wouldn't be separated
for anything. The other pair
ings are:
Crawford and Kilifer: Davy
and "Bumpus" Jones; Moriarty
ana Mcintyre; Bush and Sum
mers: Willett and Suggs: Beck
endoff and Winter.
The scribes also double up.
the representatives of the News
and journal being paired, while
the Times and Free Press get
their dope of adjoining type
writer's.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30
|sCHEFER BACK
WITH REGULARS

N SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 30
(8pecial 1.-The Tigers practiced yes
terday shy OF two infielders. Moriarty
- out with a bruised left arm. For a
time ,it was feared II was broken, but
'examtnation discloses nothing serious.
O'Leary took day of. He is getting
|<Yained down too fine. Capt. Schaefer
rejoined the team and played second
base in fast infield practice. He ex-
pects to play regularly from now on
unless he suffers another relapse. This
'puts OIeary on the second team.
4 Ion Prfnting done right. Times PrInt-
~ Co, Is John R.-st. Phone 1893.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30

rir,Es CurhD ~ y TO 10 DAYS.
IAZO OTlSTM tisi - guaranteed to -urs
any case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or
Protruding Piles IN to IL days OF
money refunded SOC
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30

lures on account OF their personal and,
IN some eases intimate. acquaintance
with the theh champion OF the world
OF hstiana Tney admired his pluck and
cleverness AMI only wished that he had
been able to bring TO the match enough
pounds and inches to make himself a
logical rival OF the big black.
George MulIin. about as intelligent a
critic or boxing as there Us on the ciuD,
voiced the general sentiment or the
players when he said that Johnson was
a great disappointment.
From what I had heard OF Johnson.
said George, I expected TO see "a won
derfuliy clever man. The pictures
/ don't show anything Of the kind. Clev-
/ erncss Is all on the side 81 Burns. |
suppose lie made bad match in agree
/ ing to take on "A man 80 much larger
! than himself cut he was the champion
aud h. was game enough TO take the
| chance
ITO claim ;hat Johnson Is as clever
\ man as Jim Corbett Is absurd. yet Jeff-
/ ries out boxed Corbett on the occasion
/ of their last meeting. What he would
! do to Johnson would be a shame. pro-
/ vidtd he is anything like himself
sam Crawford takes about the same
| view OF the case
Give Burns a chance TO light John
| son clean breaks and he would have
/ beaten him" said sam. The Negro
/ simply was too blk and too rough As
Burns viii be out getting the money
| again. too. mark my words.
! Johnson really heat Burns by sheer
| strength. In the clinches he was able
TO shake one arm free and RIP ia those
| deadly right upper-cuts with such force
as to beat Burns guard out Of tho way.
! The men were Clinched most OF the
time. virtually all the lighting being
done at close quarters--a condition at
/ which Burns was at natural disad-
I vantage though doubtless the proNim-
! ity was not Of his choosing.
IN spite Of JohnSon's tremendous su-
| per iOrity IN size. he did not appear TO
have Burns in any real distress 'unt II
the thirteenth round-thc one proceed
INK the finish. Even in tho four
| tcenth. after the white-hatted police
man bad lcaped into The ring and
stopped the contest. Burns appeared to
he In very fair shape He was ccr-
tainly very Gar from being Out
\ unique condition Is I'M evidence in
the reception which the films have met
| IN Texas. ~ was apparently thought
that. as the Lone star state was the
native home Of the nawlN made cham
rtOn. its citizens would rush FOR the op-
portunity OF viewing the pictorial re
production of the battle iu which he
The Detroit times., 1909-03-30

In fact. the Detroit club has always
been more than bit partial TO the
left-handed pitchers. The old-time
fans will recall that Lady" Baldwin,