The Detroit times., 1910-04-20
HUGH|E IMPATIENT
!. OVER STRING OF
/. POs7PONEMENTs
Little Tiger Manager Anxious 20
Play His Men Into Form In Keal
Games and Dislikes These
Vacations.
Browns Manage To Pull OFF Some
Diverting Stunts at Their Hotel
in Spite of the Dampness-
By PAUL HALE BRUskE.

This spell OF inclement weather Is
bad enough for any of the bigIeasue
baseball clubs. but is probably WolA
ing q greater hardship To the llseI'
than to any of their rivals III the
1eague race. on account OF the unques-
toned fact that the Champs need the
training worst right now. husnle
Jennings tramped the floor OF the
baseball office most of Tuesday, ike
IA Gagged lion, and il was not until the
near approach OF the hour OF tue
game that he was willing 10 can on
the scheduled combat with the
Browns. and then he did so, only De
cause II WAS still raining and there
was no letup in sight.
But three OF the Tigers pitcners
have gone the full limit OF nine IN
nings yet, and every DAY lost sets
them still farther back In addition,
the club is all needful Of batting prac
.tice, as it has shown in ali OF It's
games.
The short time accorded the Veter
ans at the spring training camp Is
largely TO blame for the comparltlNe-
" half-baked condition of the team
a condition that nothing but play can
remedy.
However. Hughie has the satisfac-
tlon that none of the other teams mas
gotten far away from the Tigers IN
the meantime Unless Boston iolioWN
It's double-headed win OF yesterday
with q run OF wins. the little Tiger
boss viii be able to keep his safety
valve in place until his men nave
chance to show what is in them
There is also some consolation III
haf 4
found Detroit wellitted ont In the
weather line-a condition which has
not been in evidence all along the
circuit. By considerable margin.
A Pathetic Episode.
The baseball poker game which
forms so prominent "a feature OF the
rainy-day program of any aggregation
on the road, has ragged almost with
out intermission at the Browns mead
quarters. There were several thrll-
ling episodes, the most striking Oh
which occurred late last evening al
data when O'ConnOr, Trainer LAWYER
Howell. Petty. Hoffman and Wallace
were sitting in. Jackpots were being
played. Howell had dealt and Doc
Iawler skinned down his hand, dis
covering four lovely skies With
peevish gesture Doe laid the cards
down and remarked succinctly as fol
lows:
Il pass
O'Connor was next The first card
disclosed itself as a jack. So were
the next three. Jack plainly showed
his disgust.
SO do l." quoth he
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 il was 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
tluced the boquet of jacks The paw
had been laying back for someone
else to open, in the hope OF handing
the pot bump, after the others were
In.
WaddeIl a Collector
On these rainy DAYS. Mr. Waddell
Invariably sallies forth in quest OF eX
ritement. RUDE has a host of friends
pnd his appearance in any OF the
downtown cafes Is always the office
Tor a cordial welcome All hands line
up at the bar and the gentleman in
the white apron inquiries OF Mr.. Wad-
dell: What will YOU have"
"A cigar for mine, ! guess is the
Rubc's invaria5le reply. for he IS still
occupying front seat on the wagon.
This process is naturally repeated
several times.
Ruhe comes back 10 the hotel from
one of these forayng expeditions.
laden with smokes Last night he
took a shoebox out with him AMI
dropped the cigars into it, one by one.
When he returned 10 the hotel he had
about 80 OF them. no two alike. which
he endcavCred 10 work off in a burst
CT generosity on his mates None OF
them cared TO accept all the veterans
having Aaa prior experiences with the
, Waddeli cigars. With tears in his
eyes Rube finally begged Manager
O'Connor TO smoke one Offering even
to bet Jack nat that he could select
good one from the pile, but Jack
was obdurate.
Rolling cigarette. Rube silently
walked NJ stairs to bed leaving the
cigars on a chair in the lobby
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