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Recent Detroit Chicago Battle
viii Never Be Forgotten.
TIGERS WONDERFUL FIGHT.
With Score IS to 1 Against Them Jen-
nings' Warriors Made Most Phenom-
email Finish in History e the Ma
tional Game and Won Out.

sesses greater gameness and greater
! skill in fighting against overwhelming
odds than the tiger, then the popular
name for the Detroit baseball club
ought 10 be changed For the past
/ four seasons the club has displayed
| wonderful lighting spirit against big
! odds, but In game with the Chicago
/ White Sox at Bennett park, Detroit,
on June Is last the Tigers played and
won the greatest battle In the history
Of baseball. There never was strug-
gle like 1t before, and there probably
never will be another.
The score stood 16 for Detroit and
is for the White Sox when the great
game ended These figures, though
large, are not particularly impressive,
for there have been lot OF major
league battles In which the runs have
. been about as numerous on both
sides, The point Is however. that
when the Tigers went TO bat for their
fifth time the count was 10 TO ! In
favor Of the enemy. II ball club
I isn't licked when its opponents are a
dozen runs In front with only five
more periods Of batting remaining, at
least its prospects of escaping said
licking aren't sufficiently brilliant to
encourage extensive betting.
In this exciting game the Sox piled
up seven runs in the first inning, three
in the fourth and three In the fifth, the
Tigers the while landing one lone tai
ly-then began the fun. In the fifth
started series Of batting rallies by
Jennings terrors that gave them four
runs In that inning, three in the sixth
and five In the eighth. In the mean
time the Sex In desperation had added
two more to their count In the sew
enth, leaving the score at the begin
ming OF the ninth at IS to Is in favor
of the Sox.
jennings used eighteen men TO turn
an impending rout into brilliant vic
tory, and the climax came in the ninth |
In such thrilling fashion as to rouse |
the fans to high pitch OF enthusiasm. |
Hughey had nearly exhausted his re-
serve forces in three previous rallies. |
but his resources seemed amending.
He sent Lathers TO bat for Mitchell. |
who had stopped the visitors hitfest |
In the eighth inning. Lathers famed, |
but Jones, another pinch man, wait /
ed and then drove a single TO center
Bush followed with a single TO left.
Then came the king Of hitters Ty |
Cobb, and the fate Of the game for the
Sox hung in the balance. The crowd /
went frantic with enthusiasm to think
two men Were ON the bases. one out
and the old reliable one at bat.
In this emergency Cobb had two
strikes called on him and was angling
after hit when Walsh threw spit
ball on the outside and low. Cobb hit
the ball sharply 10 Lord and raced for
first. LORD knew the runner and
scarcely took time to steady himself
His throw was low, and Collins never
helped him out of the hole The ball
rolled to the bleachers, and Jones and
Bush romped home with the tying
runs. Crawford laced ball to the
center field fence, scoring Cobb with
the winning tally and ending the most
remarkable game ever played on the
diamond
It was surely a phenomenal game.
To overcome so great a lead speaks
well indeed for the Tigers 1T shows
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not give up a fight under any circum-
stances. For this state Of affairs Jen-
nings alone Is responsible, He never
quits Regardless of what the score
may be Jennings is on the lines work
ing his hardest. He inspires his play
ers with the never say die spirit, and
many is the game which the Tigers
have won when but for Jennings de-
feat would have been accepted as soon
as the opposing team gained formi-
dable lead.
Jennings has proved he is in class
by himself in the American league as
a strategist and manipulation Of men on :
the diamond when the occasion de- |
mands something out of the ordinary.
He manipulates his men in an impor-
tant battle as a chess master would :
move his pawns. with a view Of final
climax in checkmate.
The recent game also illustrates why
Detroit is leading the American league
race. 1t Is not the great pitching or !,
he defensive strength of the Tigers !
hat allows them to win. but their real \
v wonderful run getting proclivities. a
It is, OF course, a great hitting team, t
,ut as a rule the Tigers get more runs
'or their hits than does the average {
BALL team. On the bases It is undoubt-
IDLY the strongest team in the circuit.
Zones. Bush. Cobb. Crawford and Mo-
iarty can all run the bases, end. what n
s more, they are constantly at it. il
and also the team Is made up Of hus- c
lers. Under all circumstances every Il
nan is on his toes and doing the best b
lie can to help his team. With high
Tade pitching the Detroit team would Z
imply walk away with the flag this !,
ear, but with a stan Of twirlers which
: none too certain Jennings will have
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