The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-13
REAL THING PROVES
TOO MUCH FOR
THE YANKS
On Their Showing Here, Present
Position in the Race Calls for
Some Sort of Explana-
ton.
Chase, Keller and Cree Look to Be
Good Material, But Others are
Shy the Needed Glass.
BY PAUL n. 6RUskE.

bthckeQ UP against Httio VI ING ioeA'
thing. Then they blew.
Such seems at present to be the
manner In which the baseball historian
will be called upon TO chronicle the
doings Of the New York cub OF the
?, American league. when they are for
mally compiled at the close Of the sea
son A. ID. 1909.
Stallings brought his team north In
fine condition. played dozen or more
games against teams not any 700
strong and In not quite such line con-
clifton, won big majority OF these con-
tests and then hit the trail for the
, west. The first team they encountered
swas Detroit, and the Tigers proved 10
be equal to the emergency. The New
. YORK pitchers could not stop the Chan-
pions at the bat. the New York In.
field went up In the air, the Tiger
pitchers proved to be able to dis-
charge the duties which they had been
selected to perform apd The Cham-
pions shattered the iridescent dream
OF the eastern sporting writer's who
were beginning fondly 10 imagine that
the team would be a pennant winner.
Sized Up In Detail.
or course. the two brainstorms into
which the visiting athletes plungen
themselves here are doubtless consid-
erably worse than their normal clip,
when they shall settle down TO sec
end division berth and get used TO II.
Nevertheless. II Is difficult TO see
where the team from the metropolis
has a license to take very many games
from a real good club. The catchers
are mediocre. the pitchers who have
been shown here up to date are very
much minor-league and the inheld. par
ticularly at third base. appears to be
porous. Elberfeld Is grand little
shortstop and retains all his ability 10
field ground balls at third base. When
IL comes to covering the bag on throws
rom the catcher. the Kid Is all At sea.
however. Knight can field. but can't
nit. Engle can hit, but apparently IL
an uncertain reliance In the field. Keel
or. Chase and Cree are three grand
PLAYERS, but II takes nine good ones
TO make a ball club that has chance
To beat the Tigers these days.
What an awful. inexcusable, GRIM
ipal blunder the New York manage
ment made when II sold George NOR
lsrty,
Yesterday the Tigers went up
against Southpaw Wilson, who, II had
Teen felt all along. would furnish the
hardest opposition OF any OF the yam
kee twirlers The slender youth was
wild. however,. and this kept him from
showing at his best.
For a while the Tigers had to rely
on their ability to put the New YORK
Inield In the air. After they had won
the game for Eddie Summers in this
way. Wilson began to aim them over
end then the batfest! The score was
IL 10 Z, and the game was really over
pfter the third inning In which Tyrus.
. the Peach, swung sQuarely on one Oh
Wilson's offerings. knocking IL over
the dome Of the stocky Mr.. Engle IN
left field for triple. There were TWO
our at the time, and the bases were
grooming. Three runs.
Ty Strikes His Gait.
Further mention OF the proceedings
would be incomplete without fuli re-
citai of the daring deeds Of this same
Cobb. Ty gave the home folks MS mrs;
. grand day OF the year and they wiz
be expecting more of them from now
on. $50,
The first time up he beat out
grounder TO Wilson. In hne burst Oh
speed. Rossman sacrihced. OLea.y
hit n high bounding grounder 10
Knight ON which Cobb came all the
way home.
The second time Ty faced the pitch.
er he whistled out that triple alluded
/, to above.
/ In the ffth inning. with one out ne
smashed cleanly to center. Rossman
dribbled one at the shortstop position.
Did they double Tyrus up? Not In
any noticeable style. There wasn't
canoe TO get him at second, 80 Aus
tin completed the play on Rossman.
Ty turned the sack and dug for third.
II looked as II Chase had him nailed
but one OF those swell fall-away
slides got him past Elberfeld with
the ball. He walked home when Aus
tin chucked O'Leary's grounder low
to FIRST
In the sixth Ty rolled one at Aus
tin. who tossed to Laporte at second
TO get Crawford. Laporte muffed mis-
erably, and two runs clattered over
the pan.
In the eighth he wound up his day
by beating a bunt. stealing second,
keeping on TO third on Austin's mum
OF the throw. and going all the way
|, home when poor Austin chucked Wild
~ to Elberfeld to get Tyrus there.
Also Contributes the Catch.
or course, such an afternoon as that
had to be celebrated by the Peach In
came In the seventh when he retired
the side virtually unaided. wilson's
fly was pie for him, but Cree singled.
Keller lifted high one far back and
down the right field foul line. Ty
sprinted full speed and made swell
catch, Just as Cree had rounded Sec
/, ond and was squaring away for third.
Ty could have trotted to first base
aud had an unassisted double play,
but he didn't; tossing the ball to Ross
man who, with aggravating delibera-
ton, waited till Schaefer had come
over to the bag and let the captain In
on the cinch.
Today, In all probability, Manager
Hugbie will give the opposition a
chance by starting one OF his colt
twiriers. Both Works and LATTE are
ready and Suggs is rapidly rounding
to. Mullin was to have pitched game
In the series. but will probably be re-
served for Boston. which is at pres
ent in second place.
Every day up to date Manning OF
| the visitors has been exhibiting speed
and curves that have been simply
sfageerfng I'm his practice work Per-