The Detroit times., 1910-04-20
AUGH|E IMPATIENT
lover STRING OF
|POsTP0NEMENTS
Little Tiger Manager Anxious 20
Play His Men Into Form IN heSi
Games and Dislikes These
Vacations.
Browns Manage To Pull Of Some
Diyerting Stunts at THEFT no'e'
in Spite of the Dampness.

This smell of inclement weather Is
rad enough for any OF the ois-easue
baseball clubs, but Is propaoS WI
ing n greater hardship 10 the llseI
dian TO any of their rivals In the
hogre race. on account of the unques
toned fact that the Champs need the
Raining worst right now husnle
Iennings tramped the floor OF Tue
Baseball Office most of Tuesday, nkS
4 Gagged lion. and il was not until the
naar approach OF the hour OF tue
xame that he was willing to eau on
fhe scheduled combat with the
Browns. and then he did so, only De
eause IL WAS still raining ana there
was no letup in sight.
But three OF the Tigers pitchers
Rave gone the full limit OF nine III
nings vet. and every day lost, sets
them still farther back. In addition
the club is all needful of batting prac
tiee as II has shown in all OF lis
games. .or
The short time accorded the Veter
ans at the spring training camp 10
largely to blame for the comparative
ly half-baked condition OF the team
a condition that nothing out play can
remedy.
However. Hughie has the satlsiac-
ton that none of the other teams mas
gotten far away from the llgeIs III
the meantime. Unless Boston IoiloW
it's double-headed win OF YESTERDAY
with run of wins. the niue llse'
boss will be able TO keep ms safety
valve in place until his men nave d
chance to show what is IN them.
There is also some consolation III
the fact that the opening day OF play
found Detroit well-titted out In inc
weather line--a condition which mas
not been in evidence all along the
Eircuit. BIZ considerable margin
4 A Pathetic Episode.
I The baseball poker game whlch
forms so prominent feature OF the
fainy-day program of any aggregation
On the road. has ragged almost Win
out intermission at the Browns mead
Quarters. There were several thrll-
Hing episodes, the most striking Oh
which occurred late last evening at
data when O'Connor. Trainer Lawler'
Howell. Petty. Hoffman and Wallace
were sitting in. Jackpots were oelhs
played. Howell had dealt and doc
Lawler skinned down his hand. dis
Covering four lovely skies. with a
peevish gesture Doc laid the cards
down and remarked succinctly as tol-
lows:
Il pass"
/ OConnor was next The first card
disclosed itself as a jack So were
the next three. Jack plainly showed
his disgust
sCo 10 o,lotb hp
Wallace hadn't even a suggestion.
There were no openers in the hands
of Hoffman or Peltry. Howell. to the
CONSERVATION OF Doc and Jack. re-
marked that it was a shame nobody
would open and let him draw one
card. He was informed by the genial
trainer that he wouldn't probably
have done much Then followed dis
play of skies. Silently O'Connor pro-
duced the bouuet OF jacks The pair
had been laying back for someone
else TO open, in the hope of handing
the pot "a bump, after the others were
in.
WaddelI a Collector
i On these rainy DAYS. Mr.. Waddell
Invariably sallies forth in quest of eN-
citement. RUDE has a host OF friends
and his appearance In any OF the
downtown cafes is always the Office
for cordial welcome. All hands line
up at the bar and the gentleman in
Che white apron inquiries OF Mr.. Wad
DELI What will you have?"
"A cigar for mine. ] guess, Is the
Rubc's invariable reply, for he Is still
Occupying a front seat on the wagon
This process is naturally repeated
several times.
RUDE comes back TO the hotel from
One of these foraying expeditions
hden with smokes. Last night he
look a shoebox out with him ana
dropped the cigars into it. one by one
Ehen he returned TO the hotel he h2d
1bout SO OF them, no two alike, which
Ne endeavored to work off in "A burst
Sf generosity on his mates. None OF
Them cared to accept, all the veterans
having had prior experiences with the
Kaddei cigars. With tears in his
&yes Rube finally begged MANAGE
O'Connor to smoke one. offering even
10 bet Jack nat that he could select
4 good one from the pile. but Jack
was obdurate.
Rolling a cigarette. Rubc silently
walked up stairs TO bed. leaving the
cigars on chair i'm the lobby.
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