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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
BY PAUL HALE BRusKE.

Detroit knows but one topic OF con
versation today. II is the grieVous
slump OF our doughty Tigers
Before the amazed gaze OF 6,454
bugs and bugettes, the Tigers, play
ing on their home park and with the
supposedly invlncible G. Mullin I'D
the box, actually lost a ball game.
The news was all over town In q
jiffy. Strong men stood aghast;
beautiful women tainted Frugal folks
who wouldn't give a nickel TO see an
earthquake, lamented in soulful walls
their failure to give up seventy-hVt
cents at the Bennett Park gate, 10
observe so marvellous catastrophe
Cailow youths bought sporting extras
and memoriZed the details with the
idea of providing pleasant topics OF
conversation with their grandchil'
dren when, in advanced age, they
should stand in need OF Preside small
talk.
And the details were almost as
thrilling as the mention OF the one
big, significant fact. ...
why the visiting horde held the
Tigers to four hits and one or TWO
near-safeties, though propoundlng
pitcher who twirled like an over
grown highschool lad on the village
common. And they got no less than
~ hits of "Our George OF when
two--whisper II lightly--were hon.
ers. Crawford and Cobb were both
baffled in the same game. One Har-
nv Wolter of the opposition actually
stole q base on Oscar Stanage. Null
lin failed to cover first on one oc-
casion. Even the two colts fell down,
neither Ness nor Smaller managing
10 bling the sphere safe on any of
their appearances at pat Schnlut
fell down as a pinch-hitter. The jumps
handed us an awful deal on several
z occasions, but couldn't have won LOT
us IL they had tried.
There wasn't a thing that broke
the Tigers way all through the COM
hat. They were licked by big mar
gin: that was all there was to II.
Even in the ninth they couldn't get
q man to first base.
Hal Chase took chance and got
away with II. He reasoned that
Fisher would either be very good or
very bad. In case Mullin should
twirl. he reasoned that it would take
opposing pitching of the former char
acter TO beat him. IL Russell Ford
started, 1t might result In New Iorks
losing and having naught with which
TO come back. He sent in Fisher ana
The latter, though awkward and I'M
calmly, had swell control of his spit
ter and lot of speed with 1t New
York won and Chase has Ford TO
come back with today, while Detroits
best bolt Is shot. :,
In all probability, Jennings VIII
send Lively to the firing line. his
other alternative Is Summers, who Is
again rounding into shape, after sew
eral slumps in his practice work.
when just on the verge OF readiness
The Tiger cohort has now passed
the 13 hoodoo, at any rate. The run
OF home games won lasted for an even
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Short Lengths

A namesake OF Bill Lamb, local
sporting celebrity won at Louisville, 20
10 l. And Bill didn't have cent on.
Polish Seminary ~ ID. 4. =. q. The
latter scored four runs Iva the ninth.
but ended up one short.
The boston National league club, al
ways scene OF strife. Is again IN the
courts the two owners not being able
TO agree.
southpaw PeasIey. Of the Tigers, has
been turned back by Jimmie Casey at
Fort Wayne and will join the Saginaw
club This Is coasting some.
The Phiilies are hack In the National
league lead again.
Bay City and Kalamazoo are tied for
the South Michigan lead
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
New York g. Detroit D Read this if
You Missed the Big Event of the Season

whatever andi acts as II he would be
good on only remote occasions.
Ford has been beaten once this year.
but has pitched swell ball all through;
his only defeat being at the hands or
Washington. with the score TO 0.
Cobb tried his diving speciality in a
frantic enort TO get Hartzslls snort
fly in the third, and IL went for base
knock, Ty being short by an inch or
two IL was fine effort.
Umpire Egan fails to impress one as
a giant or the dIamOnd. II was mis-
first game back OF the plate this year
and the Tigers already regard his pres
ence as a nemesis.
Chicago 70 his own carelessness. LANCE
had pitched up a wide one and Davy
wasn't going TO hit at the next anyway.
Hereafter he will be on the alert.
Hal Chase made most shocking
catch OF a throw from johnson, retir-
ing Schmidt Tn the ninth. Hal crossed
his gloved hand over and scooped the
Lall on the ground.
IL took errors by Johnson and Fisher
! TO help Detroit score its first run a
| walk and another error by Johnson, fol-
lowed by long sacrifice hies brought In
| the second.
The Yankee outfielders play SO far
back for Crawford and Cobb that they
game And they get the Tiger slug
gers, too.
Egan got into an argument with
somebody on the Detroit bench In the
| eighth and missed sneak ball that
| Fisher tried to get past, while Cobb
was at bat.
schaIler played Johnson's single very
carelessly in the sixth. using one hand
and letting the ball get away, when
he should have clutchcd solidly with
| both paws.
IN the former Detroit newspaper man
/ who gounag down from Portland Mich.
! three or four times year and never
4 sees the Tigers win. will stay away
hereafter. the Tlges will all subscribe
| for his pape.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Recruits are Regulars
So Long IS Team Wins

Smaller In left field and Ness
at first base are new names for
the American league scorers.
but they form nomenclature
with which 1t behooyes the lat
ter to acquaint themselves. For
the boys are regulars right now
regulars ia so long time
as the team q. itinues to win.
Hughie Jennings has one
cardinal baseball principle. He
never breaks winning COM
hination, no matter what 1t Is,
unless accident, Illness OF other
considerations OF the casual or
der make II imperative.
Both the youngsters made
good In fine style yesterday and
both will be on the Job again
today and indefinitely until
there comes a real pinch. Then,
II Is believed, Jones and Gainor
will be ready to step back on
the Job. Both are now viewing
games from the grandstand
Davy still dizzy and Dell with
a sore hand.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
THE TIMES SPORT PAGE
Sum Of $500 Paid
FOR This bIooded puTp

NEW YORK, May ll.-Champion
Prince OF York. the Airedale terrier
that swept everything before him al
all dog shows has been sold by Geo
w. Batson. or Brooklyn. TO Charles
ii. Perrin OF the Vickery Kennels. OF
Chicago.
The amount. $4,000, Is the biggest
ever paid for an Airedale. Before be
ing brought here from England. Prince
OF York had won 100 first prizes In
every section OF Great Britain.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Record Trial POSTPONED.

NEW YORK. May 11.-Allen Pink
erton's essay to annex the worlds
half-mile on a straightaway track for
his good horse, Booger Red has been
postponed until next week In order
to have the Jockey club sanction the
attempt.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Tigers Qenind Arson Of
Ills Old Chicago Colts

The way the Tigers hit the ball in
the opening game of the New York
series reminded the veteran Capt. An
son OF the old times in which his Colts
and the Detroits used TO vie with each
other in smuggling the sphere up into
the tree that used TO stand In deep
center field at old Recreation Park.
The captain particularly enjoyed the
batting OF Crawford. whom he deems
worthy to be classed with the slug
gers OF ancient time.
The captain was also reminded or
an experience which befell him and
the Colts when they engaged in run
Of victories similar to that Of the
Tigers
1t was one OF those years when We
won the National league pennant In a
walk" said he. I'VE were leading the
league by good margin and We won
seven or eight games in a row on our
home field. Then we took the road
and won eight or nine more, coming
home with a record OF 19 straight.
Would you believe il, when | walk
ed across the field and took my place
at first base to start the first game OF
the next home stand, there wasn't a
single handicap?
The crowd was simply sore on see
ing US win so many ball games. a
true American doesn't care mucn
about competition when one side
hasn't anything but an outside chance.
Your Detroit crowd hasn't reached
that stage yet, but 1t may; in fact, it's
sure to do so, II the Tigers keep up
their run Of WINS
However, it's safe to say that Jen-
nings' men will court the sort OF local
disfavor that Is likely to come from
winning too many ball games. The
big bundle Of coin that Is hanging at
the wire is what they are all dream.
ing Of at night and playing for by day.
In the meantime, Capt. Arson TO the
contrary, 1t Is possible that Detroit
could stand for about 100 more vic
tories without feeling nauseated.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
To Louisville To See RACING.

NEW YORK, May la party of
representative members Of the Jockey
club, including August Belmont. James
Butler, f. B. Cassatt. Thomas II. VIII
liams, Thomas f. Ryan, p. ]. Dryer,
Jack Follansbee. Thomas Monahan
and Andrew Miller left today for
Louisville to witness the running of
the Kentucky derby at Louisville next
Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
WILL SEE "CAP" ANsON ACT.
New York and Detroit Teams VIII
Be Guests of Miles Theater Friday.

Members of the Detroit and New
York baseball clubs have accepted
an invitation extended by Cap" An
son to attend the Miles theater,
where Cap" is giving a baseball
monologue this week, next Friday
evening. Boxes have been reserved
for the ball players for the first per-
Torrance, which will be over in plen-
ty of time to permit the New York
team to catch the boat for Cleve-
land, where they play Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
JAMS Lose 10 Knox.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Waseda
University baseball team returned TO
Chicago today, following their to 4
defeat by Knox College, yesterday.
An elaborate program for their enter
tainment has been arranged by the
student body of the Northwestern.
where the Japs will play, Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Sender Boats Shipped.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Two OF the
three American sender yachts which
are TO race at Kiel for the Emperors
cup were shipped today on the Ham
burg american liner America. They
are the Gina, owned by Guy Lowell
and the Beaver, owned by George B.
Dabney. The races will be held June
10.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
.Batted for Ness in ninth inning.
NEW YORK.

Two base hIt-MuIIin. Three-pase nIt
Johnson Home runs--W otter, FISH
er struck out--By Mullin (Fisher %
by Fisher. (Moriarty. Ness). First
base on errors-Detroit. 2; New York
/ Left on bases-Detroit, s: New York,
s. Hit by pitched ball--By Mullin Nv OIL
teri; by Fisher Cobb Time 81
Umpires-Egan and Connolly. Attend
anca-6 l2A
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Offers 70 Baldwin,

BOSTON, May 10.-Matty Baldwin
has received an offer from Jimmy
Coffroth, TO meet either Freddie
Welsh. or K. o. Brown In San Fran
cisco In June, the winner to meet VOL.
CAST Labor Day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Sheridan Meets Goodman.

KENOSHA, Wis, May IA rat
Ting good fight is expected here Dec
Grafton Day, when Mickey Sheridan
and Danny Goodman mix up in ten
round bout. Both are rugged fighters
who love TO indulge in a slam-bang
AFFAIR, and Action" Is promised.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
X. o. Brown-Murphy Tonight.

NEW YORK, May 11.--Knockout
Brown will have a chance at another
weight crown when he meets Tommy
Murphy tonight. II Brown puts it over
Murphy he will at once become the
betting favorite for his match with
the English champion, Matt. Wells,
here. about June l and will also be
in demand for long distance go on
the coast with Ad. Wolgast.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
AWFUL SLUMP BY TIGERS; THEY
ACTUALLY LOSE A BALL GAME!

closely, however, IL shows its brighter
features. When the Browns can get
IL hits OF the Indian, he Is in far from
top form. Mack Is depending almost
exclusively on Bender, Coombs ana
Plank this year, with Morgan and Rus
sell in the background II Bender
fails. Mack may have TO use one OF
his reserve twirlers and they nave
as yet shown no signs of real class.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Benedict is a .Hope."

NEW YORK, May 11.-Friends of
AL Benedict insist today that he has
qualified for the white hope class by
his excellent showing last night when
he made Bob Williams quit in four
rounds at the Princess Athletic club.
Benedict completely outclassed VIII
liamc
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Case Cars Enter.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE first en-
try for the Hawthorne speed meet.
June 10 and IL. was announced by
the management here today. The
J. l. Case Co. entered the three cars
which will be used in the Indian
apolls meet They will be driven by
Lewis Strang, Jones and Jergens-
berger
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


Ye.ferdsy's Results.
New York Q, Detroit 2.
Cleveland 8. Boston 0.
chicago 3. Washington 8.
athletics z, St Louis 8.
Today's Games
New York At Detroit.
Washington az Chicago.
Athletics az 81 Louis
Boston At Cleveland
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Hurley-Cross Matched.

NEW YORK, May 1l.-Leach Cross
and Battling Hurley were matched to-
day for ten-round bout at the Twen-
tieth Century club next Tuesday
night
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11

For the second time this year the
Athletics pulled up on the Tigers on
day in which both clubs played,
While the New York club was trim
ming Detroit, the men of Mack got
busy and pulled game out OF the IRE,
scoring four runs In the ninth off st.
Louis and coping S TO 6, after the
Browns had hammered Bender hard
enough 10 win three games out OF
four.
on the face OF things, this is a dis
turbing element. When scanned more
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
SOUTH MICHIGAN LEAGUE.
STANDING.

Yesterday's Results.
Lansing g. Bay City
jackson 10. Battle Creek g.
Saginaw 5, Flint 4.
Kalamazoo .. Adrian eli innings).
Today's Games.
Ray city at Lansing.
Kalamazoo at Adrian.
Saginaw at Flint,
Battle Creek at Jackson.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Walter To Be Streets AeropIane.
To "come Back" Again7

Jim Jeffries says he Is through. but
his trip to Europe II is intimated Is
for the purpose OF taking the waters
at the same resort he visited year
ago. when he started that famous
come back" excursion.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Yesterday. RernIt,

Yesterdays Results.
Philadelphia 6, Pittsburg 3.
New York II, Chicago 1.
ST. Louis 4. Brooklyn g.
Cincinnati g. Boston els innings).
Today's Games.
Cincinnati at Boston.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Chicago at New York.
Ptttsburg at Philadelphia.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11

Aug. ~ a. the latest date announced
for the arrival OF the National Auto
mobile circuit In Detroit The VOL
VERNE a G. will have something TO say
IN the management
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11

Catcher Ed Sweeney, of the New
York American league club wants TO
catch a ball dropped from the Metro
politan tower, New York city. The
distance is 658 feet, I03 feet higher
than the Washington monument.
Sweeney, while in Washington, took
a look at the monument and remark
ed that he believed he would try to
duplicate the feat OF Street and Billy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
GIANTS SIGN LATHAM.
Clowns Contract Among Those Rati-
fled BY National Commission.

Clowns Contract Among Those Rati-
fed BY National Commission.
NEW YORK. May 1.-THE follow
ing contracts and releases were an
nounced today by the National league
Contracts-With New York-Arlie
Lacnam.
Releases-By Boston: Charles
Evans to Montreal; Samuel W. Frock
TO Atlanta Patrick Keefe and Joseph
J. Callahan. Internationally. BY Chi
cago; William Foxen TO Atlanta. by
New York j. w. jenkins: Edward
Henricks and William b. Shontz to
Newark; Charles b. Tesreau and
Richard Rudolph TO Toronto; James
d. Nagle TO Syracuse; Clyde NJ. Full
lerton TO Jersey City; Frank Forsythe
to Dallas; all under the optional
agreement. BY Pittsburg: Alex. NAL
10y to Nashville; Urban c. Faber to
Indianapolis: both optional agree
ments. BY st. Louis Charles A.
Pickett to Minneapolis.
Walter To BE Streets Aeropiane.
Catcher Street, OF the Washington
team. who made himself famous by
catching a ball dropped from the
Washington monument. did not catch
a ball dropped from an aeroplane last
week as he said he would do. II was
not because he was afraid OF the aero
plane-but he was afraid OF Manager
McAleer, who put his foot down on
taking such foolish chances. Washing
ton fans made great howl at the
suggestion, for their team Is none too
strong on catchers and an injury to
Street would be disastrous. Street
has enough to do catching Walter
Johnson
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11

Detroit had the unusual opportunity
yesterday OF viewing Hughes Jen'
nings In the hour OF apparent defeat.
Hughie was alone well worth the price
of admission. How he did pull for that
batting rally that never came!
From his stance near first base
Hughie braved the wrath Of the jumps
with men on base or otherwise.
Right down TO the end, Hughie kept
encouraging his men TO do something.
This happened In the eighth.
"Ty!" he yelled; "Now's the time!
Shut up" replied Umpire Connol-
ly: there's nobody on basel
Ty swung viciously and raised a
dilly foul over the grandstand.
"wee-ah!" shrieked Hughie! You're
swinging fine at 'em. Get back, you
fieldersi"
shut up. | say" broke in Connolly
again. What are you trying to dor
Go hire a hall!''
Touch every base. Ty! Remember
our ninth here last Sunday" Hughie
was still rampant.
Now. look here!" Connolly's dan.
der was up. IF hear another yawp
from you without man on first base
I'll chase you sure. Act nice. Why
you haven't the chance OF one Irish
man at a schuetzenbund dance!"
This kept Hughie silent for the
space Of one pitched ball. After that
he was at II again and he didn't quilt
until Stanage was retired, the last
man to face Fisher In Detroit's ninth.
For today and tomorrow, in all prob
ability. the Tigers will preserve their
present lineup. After Friday, II Is be-
lieved, that Gainor and Davy Jones
will be ready to take their places in
the game. Whether or not they will
be assigned 10 them Immediately re-
mains to be seen and will undoubted-
ly be decided on the showing which the
team is making in the meantime.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11

ch.- nsshrat scrap. az. sooa-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11

and IL takes something OF the super
natural character to prevail over such
feat as that.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11

Sullivan.
why not go them one better and
catch q ball tossed from the Metro
politan tower" suggested Russell
Ford.
The pitcher was joking. but Sween-
ey took him seriously and says he will
make the attempt in May when the
Highlanders return from their west
ern trip.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-11
Three Leauue Races at a Glance
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

STANDING.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-03
FERTILIZER FROM COKE.

Every year more than 100000 900
tons of coal are converted into coke.
1t is stated on scientific authority that
the by-product of this conversion. if
they could be isolated and used, would
be worth more than the coke itself
They include enough ammonia sui
plate to fertilize most of the farms.
creosote enough to preserve all the
timber and Pitch enough to briauet
the slack Goals. to roof houses and re-
pair roads. The combustion of fuel
in the heating and lighting of houses
is most wasteful of all.
The efforts of experts are now di-
rected to the discovery of methods of
using the lignites and low grades OF
coal that have hitherto been consid-
cred hardly worth mining, and al
ready it has been found that some of
these despised fuels are especially
adapted to the economic production OF
power But the field is enormously
broader than that. The man who shall
find way to utilize 50 or 25 or even
10 per cent of the actual energy in
fuel will prolong the life of the earth
as the home OF the human race by
thousands Of years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-03
SEES TROUBLE AHEAD.
Illinois University Professor Predicts
Abandoned Farms Under Reel
procity Act.

DECATUR, H., March Sin his
address here to Macon county farm
ers, Prof. G. G. Hopkins. chief Of the
department of agronomy and chem
istry at the University of Illinois col
lege of agriculture, predicted that the
abandoned farm in the middle west
would be the result of free trade in
products of the virgin soil of Canada,
Just as the tilling of soil in New Eng
land had been given up because so
much greater crops could be raised in
the middle vest that it did net pay
the New England farmer to purchase
the phosphates and lines to fertilize
the worn-out soil.
Inasmuch as wheat is the crop from
which the bulk of foodstuffs is manu-
featured. Professor Hopkins argued
that the middle western farmers would
soon be forced to give up farming as
Canadian wheat raisers could produce
the grain twenty-five cents a bushel
cheaper under the reciprocity act
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-03
THE FUTURE OF kEokuk.

Two facts stand ont very clearly and
distinctly on the local horizon. One
is that Keokuk has the biggest oppor-
tunity ever offered to city in the
Mississippi valley to develop rapidly
and surely into one of the leading man.
ufacturing centers in the United
States. The other is that it proposes
to make the most of such opportunity
through a campaign of publicity and
the acquisition of large Industrial es-
Establishments The first fact is attested
by the work now in progress on the
big dam which is to develop 100000
electrical horsepower here. The sec
ond fact is vonched for by the sue
cess attending the efforts of the Boost
er committee TO raise $4,000 for the
purposes named above. Taken con-
jointly these two facts write the name
of Keokuk in large letters on the fu-
ture industrial and commercial map OF
.ile United States
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-03
The Iowa Senatorial Situation.


Clinton Herald: Senator Young has
let it be known that he is by no means
out of the race for United States SEN
ator for the unexpired term of the late
Senator Dolliver. His withdrawal re-
Gently was for the purpose of permit
ting the legislature to get together on
a compromise candidate if such a
thing was possible. Ten joint ballots
have been taken since that time with
out result. No man in the state could
be less Objectionable from a factional
standpoint than Judge Deemer, yet he
could not be elected. It furnishes pref
ty good evidence that the legislature
cannot elect. Senator Young and his
friends are still in favor of the special
primary and believe it will be decided
upon soon after the recovering of the
general assembly. If special primary
is held Senator Young will go before
the people for. the nomination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-03
Something of a Rat.

l.aPlata tMol Republican,. The
largest rat we ever saw was killed at
Fl. G. Reyner & Sons elevator last
Friday. 1t measured % IL inches in
length, from end of nose to tip of
tail and weighed 21a pounds. The rat
was killed by E. B. Reyner and John
Beall. The former hit it first with all
iron poker and the latter dispatched it
with club. It had flat tail and q
heavy coat of hair, and claws thai
would give a cat or dog that might
attack such a vermin lively tussle.
1t was doubtless shipped in car load
lots. Neldo Thayer first saw it some
weeks ago and when he described its
size he was accused of "seein' things
that We're in his imagination.