The Detroit times., 1910-05-24
az MILTON r. PALMER.

With the eastern tour three-quar-
tiers done, American league fans have
chance to get a fair line on the re-
spective ability OF the teams. Eacn
team has now played six OF the other
seven and form is pretty well ascer'
tanned
Detroit, particularly in the light OF
the Philadelphia series, outclasses tue
other western teams 20 a greater eN-
tent than In previous seasons fnha,
delphia and New York are far ahead
OF the ether eastern teams anu no'
SO very far apart in their own form.
N looks now as IL the race had about
been made up and would be between
the three teams now at the top tor
the next two months at least.
Just one thing accounts Tor the
Tigers being in third place; their
pitchers have not been going as Wen
IA those of the two teams up ahead.
But that is condition that cannot
endure much longer. Mullin has been
right ever since the season started
Summers has pitched good ball but
unluckily and Donovan showed on
Monday that he Is right again. WIZ
lett will be ready to get into the Tray
with his old strength as soon as the
team returns, and II only required
winning form on the part OF one other
hurler to round out a pitching stan
that will do.
The Tigers have 1t on the Athletics
and the Yankees sufficiently outside
the box that a slight discrepancy
there can be overcome.
That four-game series in Washing
ton does not look like such an easy
wind-up for the trip as 1t did when
the teams came east. The spirit OF
the Nationals has been perked up oy
Jimmy McAleer until he has them
fighting like regular ball team, ana
the way they have been beating the
other western teams is enough 10
assure the Jennings party teVerish
welcome. Cleveland and chicago
woke up to find a different klnd OF
washington team opposing them,
while st. Louis was routed entirely.
After many shakfngs McAleer has
nut a team together that very nearly
pleases himself. He has catcher
who is going very well In street, put
the Tigers may take some liberties
Ifer, is guarding the keystone and
the Tigers know OF his old weakness
in failing to tag runners coming down
fast.
There were two especially worth
while things about Mondays game
In addition to the big fact that we
won II and thus got an even break
81 oil n
break on the eastern trip to date.
The fact that Bill Donovan went
the full nine inning route and was his
old splendid self all the way from the
fret ball TO the last, with never a
moment OF serious weakening, Is
about the biggest thing that has hap
pened in the way OF omens OF good
fortune this spring. Donovan In his
best form Is plenty good enough pitch
er for our towns fans any time. That
he is back and right again indicates
that we are likely to win whole lot
Of games that he officiates in.
Second to be remembered Is the
fact that the Tigers annexed 1t by
superior nerve. They put the opposi-
ton up In the air couple OF times
and themselves refused to aviate I'M
der circumstances that invited such
q course.
Right in the first inning the fun
started. Davy Jones singled. but was
forced by Bush. Cobb hit for three
bases and got to the home plate
through rafting Chief Bender into
making a wild throw to third. Nor
iarty pulled of one OF his dare-veil
stunts in the second inning and won
the game by 1t. He had been passed.