The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
LAST CHANCE FOR
THE POOR BROWNS
( THIS AFTERNOON
McAIeers Won't Be Seen Here Again
After Today Until Sept. 6 and
They Want To Win
This One
McAleer Breaks Long Silence TO An
nounce Declaration Of Sticking IN
Spite of Resignation Rumors
BY PAUL Il. eRusKE.

BY PAUL n. 9RUSkE.
One more chance the men OF Jen.
ihngs are vouchsafng the fhinions OF
McAleer 10 get game out OF the pro
longed series in which the two cluOs
have been engaged for the past week
This Will be the last occasion IN
which the McAleers viii be privileged
10 exhibit their manly beauty Ia De
troit's ball yard Till Sept. 6. and they
have sworn a mighty oath ot Nense
anee.
The Browns have not yet been cai
loused 10 that tailcnd position They
haven't learned 90 take seven beating
In row from one club without ieel
ing irats about IL, and for this i2tt
McAleer raises his thanks 20 high
heaven. lie Will send Jack Powell -o
the box, In all probability, % stock toas
batting order OF yesterday and the
day before and start The game with
a fervent prayer for his Sl3s.ro---.rd
a little more--of the baseball luck 20
be distributed during the day.
Wild Bill Donovan is the twiIlcr
selected for the Detroit club, and lt
will be his first 1909 appearance on
the home park since his arm work
ed into shape.
Browns Play Good Ball.
In the meantime, IL might be re-
marked that the Browns are playing
rafting good ball and have been do.
Ing so IN every one OF the games play
ed here with the one possible eNcep-
ltion OF the day Crisis pitched bad
game. On all other occasions the mea
from Missouri have been fielding lake
fiends, running the bases with rea-
lsonably good judgment and hitting AZ
most as well as the Tigers. They
haven't been getting their hits at tLo
moments when they have counted,
however. Yesterday, for instance,
they had men on bases IN every one
OF the first five innings and more than
semi-occasionaIly they seemed % OF
on the verge OF scoring. Only once
they pulled of the threatened stunt
however. On almost every occasion.
though. somebody would hit a linz
drive straight at the position occupied
by some Detroit fielder. The Browns
claim that they have hit IN the neigh
borhood OF 20 OF these drives during
the present series, which. II veriet a
yard or two In their ira itt-tt4fs fvtstfii RI
have gone through with a whoop. They
are not Understanding this figure
much, either, according to a detailed
examination OF the statistics.
Yesterday both teams were pulling
of this stunt, two or three OF the
catches being patent acts OF self-de-
Tense. On one occasion Graham sim
ply had to catch line drive from
Rossman's bat 20 save his face ana
avert the marring OF his wellknown
lineaments.
Graham Good as Usual
The Detroit boy. as usual, pitched
q mighty neat game for the Browns.
greatly delighting his east side friends
who were out in force For FIVE In
nings his team led by a score OF l
to O. Then Bush and Crawford bunch
ed drives and Cobb contributed a
sacrifice fly, which, with OLeary's sin
gle, allowed the Tiges TO tie and pass.
Then Eddie Summers began TO NOV
the enemy down in his happiest style.
The Browns never had u chance to
score after=the= REth.=httt ttfEet- Eiea
batting In each period
The irrepressible Bush and the re-
liable Crawford got together again In
the eighth and Jumped passes. COBB
sacrificed again and Rossman raised
q iiNiNutCuo iAltit Ag bAlh gl I "a l4r
which fell right IN the center or Il
triangle formed by the ourUsbinE per
sonalities OF Ferris. MCAIecsc au.
Wallace, none of whom could quito
reach. Bush had waited az third 10 see
about the catch but Crawford had
madesnp his mind that the drive was
good. When II struck The ground
'Donie" turned and dug for the plate
Of ft,I1 clf I'm h. a.. ft, boz Oh.
he could do 10 keep out from under
the hoofs OF the flying Samuel wh1
was laundering along Ia close pursuit.
The pair crossed the plate almost TO-
gether amid roar of applause and
the Tiges were too far ahead for ans
possible hope Of the Browns 20 be- fgt
filed.
MeAleer No Gutter.
For the first time since his team has
been IN Detroit Manager McAleer ui
the Browns, lying sick on 81 Louis
bench before the game spoke of tl-
reports OF his resignation which have
appeared in various forms in one OF
the St Louis papers.
There isn't one OF ~ the fakes
that have been printed while I've been
managing a team IN s. Louis. that
has made me so sore as that one said
the boss of the Browns SIS only com
fort is that I know none OF my fricul
who know me personally or Uy rcpu
tation will believe &c. For eight years
now I've been running 2 nall club iu
that town and It's been eight year, o..
the hardest 0ghtin1 The IMAGINATION
of man could conceive l.c been .u1
mitted 10 enough abuse - make "a
f.l- ~ Cd.
that could have optcred- Al-Al--4 -p-,li