The Detroit times., 1909-06-04
RESUME 4
LONG LEAD IN
PENNANT RACE
Push Boston Into Fourth Place and
Increase Their Margin Over
the Athletics Whom
Sox Defeated.
Willett and Crawford Heroes Of
Combat in Beantown in Which
Tigers Won Out By Score of 5 to 3.
BY PAUL n. 6RuskE.

ton child by the curly locks. the De-
trit Tiger chucked him down into
fourth place IN the American league
race. and. kindly assisted by the
doughty deeds Of the Whitesox at
Philadelphia, resumed the long lead
with which the eastern series had be-
gun. Today the boss OF the jungle has
an opportunity TO even up the count
FAINT and Eddie Summers will un-
that very thing.
come back with Burchell to oppose
Baltimore southpaw has been batted
ances makes Manager Lake a bit
chary Of the result.
Yesterdays combat was one In
which more gore was split. There
were men on bases right along and
something was doing every moment
| for the entertainment of the populace
| which was present In large numbers
In Mr.. Taylor's ball yard. Seldom
was IL the case that the side at bat
did not have a man or two or three
on the paths. waiting for a swat to
score them. Both teams ran bases
after the fashion OF the famous resi-
dent Of Borneo, who acted first and
thought about II afterward. Five times
scurrying Tigers crossed the pan In
safety. Thrice members Of the ten
second bunch representing the hub of
all creation dashed over the spot
where Charlie Schmidt held sway for
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plays and bad but, after the Tigers
| had tied the score in the sixth inning.
batting Pitcher steele of the slab. the
Boston bunch began TO slide into the
background.
| WIIIett and Crawford.
F.! The game, from a Detroit point Of
view, embraced two heroes, one OF
them Edgar Willett, whose doughty
deeds at bat and in the box were the
real feature.
The other OF these heroes was Wa
hoo Sam, whose errors of judgment
had been to blame for the loss Of the
game OF the day before. The score
was 2 to 0 in Boston's favor and Bush,
who had Just hit, was on first base IN
the sixth when Sammy pulled on one
| OF his clouts. High and far he hit
that ball and the large paid attend
ance held it's breath as the sphere
hurdled the right field fence. II was
surely mighty drive.
| Schmidt doubled and Willett singled
| in the very next inning and Detroit
was ahead. Manager Lake then yank-
ed the spitball twirler and sent out
the unbeaten Cicotte. Detroit hit him
for two drives and a perfect bunt in
the ninth which, preceded by an er-
ror and a wild throw, netted the Tig-
ers two runs more.
Madden hitting for three and scoring
Wagner with two out.
Lucky With Plnch-Aitters.
In this connection II might be re-
marked that the success which Bos-
ton has had against the Tigers this
wear has been due almost entirely to
the uncanny ability OF the Boston
pinch-hitters. On but two occasions
has the individual selected for this
duty failed to make good and In
stances have abounded where he has
come through. Almost any old bat
ter seems TO be able to come up and
make good for the Beanies. when hit
ting for somebody else. as long as the
Tigers are the opposing aggregation.
Madden Is a catcher. secured from
California or some similarly out or
the way locality. He is a genuine colt,
no non-ball-playing Splinter with a
Hong list OF turn-downs. or course,
he didn't break It up yesterday. but
he did come so close that he had the
crowds at the various points where
returns were being received locally,
very much on the anxious seat.
The Sad Case Of GessIer.
Once more the American league
race has developed a case in which a
captain seems 10 be unable TO make
the regular position on his team
which he is supposed to occupy. This
Is now In evidence at Boston. which
last spring selected DR.. Gessler. the
lhard-hitting outfelder, TO be its field
leader.
Doc" is a fine ball player, hits them
hard, fields we'll and throws in grand
form. But he would find 1t difficult
10 do the hundred yards in better than
IL seconds. In all probability, though
} a reasonably fast man. Judged ac-
cording TO the apparent standard that
prevails in the Taylor camp-where
the men must be able TO beat IL in
Dan Patch style whether they can
play ball or not-the captain is appar-
emily an undesirable person on the
teams lineup.
Like the placing OF Wolter at first.
I'm Mace OF Jake StahI II Is the hone