The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-12
|DHNs0N PITCHES
UNBEATABLE BALL
AGAINST TIGES
Wonderful Walter Simply Has One
Of Those Days That Washington
Sings About for Weeks
Ater.
Jsnnings Already Planning to Use
His Pitching Staff to Best Advan-.
tage in Series With Athletics.
BY PAUL n. RRusKE.

Pursuant TO their general custom OK
1<I06lng the opening game of every
a series. the Tigers dropped one TO
4 Washington yesterday. succumbing to
l-MalteF7 Johnson by d seefe of one to
Ituif.
4 Provided the remainder Of the series
X&tmuarly follows precedent, there will
4 20 no kick coming.
~ In the meantime II Is we'll TO inject
~ game of this sort into the proceed
1x1gs once In while. just to show that
the Tigers can be beaten once in a
while. yea even shut out and with four
hrs at that.
Baseball is OF itself by necessity an
uncertain gamble. Were IL not So
there would be a sad falling on in in
torest- Greatly as the Detroit bugs
Would love TO gloat over a continuous
run OF success, IL Is the closeness OF
j tie race that has always kept the
4 c1Dvds fnssed over the progress OF
The American leagues season. The
I3gers are dangerously near making
t4e contest this year farce and every
/ tine fan who loves 10 have the thrills
ctursing up and down his spine will
tlnly welcome every such reverse, pro-
yJded they only come just often
. etohgh TO leave the team he sup
! p6rts. with a nice comfortable lead,
4 bit scrapping hard all the time.
EF Wonderful Walter Wins.
For three seasons now we've been
khnafing OF Wonderful Walter Johnson.
FFteBs and public have united in the
Eorinion that he Is simply the best Of
tnem all. Yet Walter has never been
{n<consecutive winner or even a relia-
DE one for his club. At least two OF
y tie less sensational twirlers have in
tvoriably delivered more goods when
| the seasons returns were footed up.
{<Jnet why this Is true is a matter re-
kmrding which many opinions have
fb&en expressed. The most generally
! efodited one Is embodied in the belief
fNnt Walter has been poorly managed.
4 Ebrhehow he has been Ill and out or
f&Fm so much OF the time that he has
hen unable to give his club the best
~ mas. except on remote occasions.
He was never better than yesterday,
however. The long rest which he had
had taken as the result Of the rainy
npeIl of weather allowed him TO bring
u the box yesterday all the speed and
coryes for which he has been famous.
With IL he had well nigh perfect con-
tfDl. For a wonder, he was also per-
11ctly supported by his mates.
This was the only combination
mich could have resulted in the rout
ot Ed Killian.e
Bush Slipped; Run Scored.
Zone run washington secured in the
414fd inning en- pass TO Street, john
ans sacrifice, Brownies hit, and n
ntlp that Bush made on the muddy
aid, In starting after Conroys little
founder.
kft was luck that came to the aid
a the Senators and who would be-
afudge Il to a team that has been
ntting the worst of 1t SO long?
Detroit had one scoring chance and
fkis came In the opening inning in
<15hich Mcintyre hit safely and adj
<hnced on Bush's sacrifice. Crawford
I'D Matty tried to work the hit and
xhn but Street called for pitch-out
nd caught Mcintyre going to third
5[he tough part OF 1t all was that
IIrawford followed with n screaming
dbnble.
OF course, there were men on bases
- various times thereafter but the
r&eded hit was never forthcoming.
II was "a grand game OF ball and
few can be SO fiinthearted as to
neeye over the fact that Washington
non II.
Today the Tigers will probably start
E(nmmers or wiiiett, while Joe Can
tf3lon will undoubtedly send out Dolly
Gray, his effective left-hander. who
u1tched two four-hit games against the
Tigers here. one of which was the
only Washington victory accumulated
80 T. ..~tf ph he "
fnlon aggregation engaged in Tiger
Own.
plans for Philadelphia.
JENNINGS is already grooming his
1)tching stan in preparation for the
)ries with the Athletics which fol
16Ws the washington skirmish. This
ust be conceded by all odds as the
&ost important OF the trip. The Ath.
31tfcs are now in second place and
<Aefr victory over the Browns yester-
~ coupled with Detroits defeat
1<0uRht the teams considerable closer
kxefher, Detroit's lead having been
|rnduced from 10 points to So
an this series Jennings will I'm
nonbtedly rely exclusively on his right
5nnded pitchers. There are but three
~nrnes carded in this list and Hughie
S&ooId like to use Mullin, Summers
~'nd Donovan for the three. To have
kese fingers fresh IL Is more than
1oas{b1e that he VIII leave Thorn all
- ME bench through the Washington
kriea. using willett, Speer and Kill
12x IN the three games that are lett.
This sort OF procedure will not be
<,ifh the purpose OF increasing Mul'
E <<nr record OF consecutive wins, as
f1porre can always beat Washington.
ma will make his next game against
40. hardest club IN the league.
M. Jennings Is not, however, con
1ncfing the Detroit club with an eye
- fhc record OF Mr.. Mullin, but has IN
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