The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-30
BOSNIAN 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. sRusKE.

BY PAUL n. 5RUSkE.
In the full view OF the assembled
thousands. including the stan CORES
pondents OF the Cleveland journals of
daily intelligence who, a few weeks
ago were rejoicing over his apparent
downfall, Appius Claudius Rossman,
the Roman Emperor OF the baseball
1eld. yesterday exuded from his syS-
\ tenn three ringing drives. one OF them
and it was a beauty brignt-enabied
the Tfges 10 score TWO runs III the
opening inning. finding az II did tho
manly frames OF Mcintyre and Craw'
ford on second and third, and two out.
The other. not quite SO bold bin. was
nevertheless good enough TO enable
Claud To reach first base, whence he
scored with the assistance or
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 bit OF care
lessness by the Precocious Child In
allowing himself TO be caught and
run down on the leeward side or the
sack.
Mr.. Rossman's deeds with the Whit
fitree thus permitted the Tiges 10
they did get of the heaving OF Cy
Young and Cy's faultless support. As
the Maps In the meantime were able
TO amass but two. however, three was
q complete suffciency.
Sort OF Mean Of Tiees.
The Maps must soon get busy or
they will not win the American league
pennant this year.
or course, IL is a bit mean for the
Tiges to continue 10 hog all their
games with these western clubs. A
great hope is going down in the city
across the lake. particularly. 1t IL
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 at
work around that second cushion. the
force OF this view Is materially lost
III Lajoie ever played a better sec
und than Turner did yesterday, he
didn't do II on the Detroit park The
little shortstop has taken his switch
To the keystone corner with all tho
~
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 be scored
himself. On the sacks he was feet
and in the field his arm showed II.
self equal TO any task imposed upon II.
The writer was one who believed
last winter that Turner would not
come back, his reasoning being based
K ON the numerous apparently similar
uscsses OF dead arms within his recol-
Election. 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
4 every minute as to the final outcome
This was particularly so, through tho
demon work of jumps Connolly and
Hurst who didn't give Detroit a sir
gle close decision all through the COM
bat
On at least a half-dozsn occasions
on the bases. Hurst ruled against the
Tiges when II was either close enough
10 call either way or else the Tigers
speemed to have considerably more
|lndu NAH the IlSHl W ANAN
7 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
"a hits to win. regardless. II Ban had,
& however, given his umpires instruc-
Itfions to shade the Tiges on close ones
Ia condition entirely contrary. In all
Probability, to fact-the Job couldn't
laon oocounDlfobad bff more
$artistically.
NJ To a certain extent. the game was
piece OF additional vengeance for
1.-THE Champions. They had beaten
n 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
|rankled.
Poor Old Cyl
q Poor old Cy!
n Struggling at a middle stage be-
tween the all-in and the good-as-ever,
his age makes him look as much out
OF place on a modern ball yard as a
y GENERATED member OF the Grand Army
Of the Republic would be at a reunion
OF the S. w. V. association. The
pastime and it's players have out
grown Cy. The friends with whom
he has played for the past two de-
cades have fallen by the wayside and
h he remains alone the relic OF former
days. The friendships and frateru-
ties OF ball club are NO longer for
him. He is past the stage where he
AN longer enjoy the horseplay and
Kidding match SO dear TO the heart OF
the average young athlete. He enters
Che field alone before the game and