New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-09
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Runaway Tigers Causing a Lo1
of Anxiety in Baseball.
REASONS FOR THEIR SUCCESS
Johnny Evers Stays in Chicago
When Cubs Leave to Face
the Giants.

bAO NA0hb0s
Who Is going TO stop Detroit Inns -
the question OF tho day. out or inc hiSI
twenty-five games played the Tigers nave
lost only two contests and have devoureu
everything that came their way. siahce
at the records will show that there's a rea-
son. The team has maintained high pat
ting average Of .2s2 for tho season so Iar
and the fielding Of the nine has been Dill
liant. only twentyfour errors having Deeh
made, a trine over one for each game
Tho stolen base column shows total OF
forty-two for the team, Ty Cobb leading
with ten TO his credit. ana Crawford WIN
eight, the two players pilfering about hair
the total.
Cobb. as might be supposed. IS the leading
hitter with an average Of 1897. while Gainor'
the young recruit first baseman. Is SEQ
ond with .S5e. Sam Crawford Is third
with $40. Tyrus has proved to DO the star
long distance hitter with three homo runs
two triples and FIVE doubles TO his credit
Delehsnty and Willett have both made
home runs. whils Stanage. Delehanty ana
Crawford arc each credited with three
doubles. Gainor has record or three
triples and two doubles. Moriarity Is hit
ting at the rate OF .276. Stanage at '2S5'
Jones at $50, Bush at .2lo. and Deehanty
at .?o3. These eight players have taken
part in every same so far and may be re-
garded as fixtures.
The pitching stan has developed unex-
p.cted strength and has done It's part along
with the heavy htters. Mullln has come
back in great form and leads with six VIC
tories and no defeats TO his credit COW
ington, LATTE and Works are tied for
second place with three victories ana no
defeats. Willette and Lively have each
lost game, but each has two VIC
tories 10 his credit
When the Yankees left for Detroit last
night in an effort 10 check the runaway
Tigers, Jack Knight stayed at home. the
clever hard hitting infelder says his arm
Is better, but that he Is suffering from
malaria, and has been advised by his ply
stefan TO rest up for two or three weeks.
Just before going West Hal Chase re-
leased Joe Walsh. a catcher, TO the In
dianapolis club OF the American Associa-
ton, Walsh. who Is a graduate OF Villa
nova College. played with the Jersey City
Club, OF the Eastern League. last season.
Once moro John NJ. Ward, the onetme
player with the Giants and now golfer
OF some prominence failed 70 cross words
with Byron Bancroft Johnson, president OF
tho American League. in tho United States
Circuit Court. In the Postofilce Building,
Yesterday. The case IN which Ward IS
suing Johnson for SANDER. asking balm 10
the extent OF 5000 for utterances when
the former was running for president OF
the National League was again postponed.
An unfinished case took up the time yes
terday. but the merry little war Will go on
to-day.
John J. McGraw manager Of the Giants,
was in the city yesterday. lie came on
from Boston 10 testify IN the Ward-John'
son case, leaving Larry Doyle In charge or
the team. He was all smiles when he heard
the Giants had scored four runs in the first
the last news came.
johnny Evers, tho willy second baseman
of the Chicago Cubs, will not be seen IN
action on the hilltop to-day, when the Ma
,onaI League pennant winners Of last sea-
son do battle with the Giants for the first
time this year. According 10 reports from
Chicago. Evers is suffering from nervous
rrostration. and did not leave for the East
with his team
The Superbas and the ST Louis Cardinals
will fight out thrilling four game series
at Washington Park Brooklyn, this week,
| for sole possession OF the cellar position.
The first struggle will be played to-day.
! At recent meeting of the Jockey Cluo
approval was granted the Maryland Jockey
! Club to conduct a race meeting at Plmllco
! from October 10 October %, inclusive.
| Thomas O'Callaghan, the national and
METROPOLITAN fancy diving champion OF
former years Will conduct the motor cycle
| races to be held AZ Gutenberg this sum-
mer. The first meet will be held on May II.
Seton Hall College Will so back 70 foot
ball and baseball. An eleven will take the
field i'm the fall. while the nlne for which
no schedule was arranged this season will
be reorganized IN 1912
Jack Britton. who In the last year has
| risen from position Of obscurty to q
! ,.oir, u.hera critics urOclairn he must have