The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-07

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ea.ly one fun day OF play to the good
nm rl1s Tigers today begin their second
red home series OF the year against the
Ing /&@(srn clubs The rejuvenated wash
ne ton club u scheduled to furnish the
(. .06sition and Gray and LATTE vii
: 81 Al @Iably do the pitching,
~ |or the first time In more than 9
~ #@nfh Il looks as II the Tigers had
IA M 1xcellent chance TO increase their
.nnS had over the Athletics sAt..--ss'.
a m Yesterday attention was called ~
y \, ~. column 10 the fact that Connie
ais 1|&t<'s uifchers were slipping. IL was
}6rdiv Expected thHt the batsiaen
q would follow so closely In the tum-
af hh|e down the toboggan, but that was
,e,r hnDarently Just what happened. Al
aHad |oyeland, Morgan was lambasted Tor
.finod round dozen OF hits, while Gregs'
Sc. tine Nap pitching stat, let the .MaeS !,
hinI.tn down with four blows ana smut
out.
!, w. me game marks an epoch in the
= n, ..fcer OF the Athletics. Ii was their
a ayIIt1t shutout OF the season and the
.sTh Xr6t game out OF nine played LII
,ere which they failed to trim the Maps.
acheI AZ Il was also the first game when
~ y 1900 has twirled against the Mack
"a ,.1n. the average bug will probably
"a "a .1nder why In the world Gregg hadn
Ter U1fied before when the Maps ana
~. Athletics were pastiming. This Is
,donl. .Itsfion that one win have to refer
a{c1i0 MCCLURE and Stovall. As they
AtfoE ould probably refuse to be quoted
: Will Il Just about certain that the an
Z ma .xer viii have to be filed away with
eThf 1o six other deep mysteries OF the
~. +. II
forl Gregg has worked often enough
800 Ie1inst Detroit, however. though MS
4Iccess has been nothing OF the SEN
ER0ttional variety.
TWO clubs In charge Of field cap
t&Ine win do the battling at Bennett
1.fk today and, In all probability, for
'ncy IA. most OF the washington series.
icati Manager Jennings, as all the world
= ~ nous. Is on the bench, under sus-
" t.nsion which does not expire until
|onday. the final day of the duel. Last
.@|1hf the Nationals got In without
MANAGER McAleer, who had quit the
-, sam at Rochester and gone nobody
1ows where, though, of course, It Is
oSs &Inrally suspected that he Is on a
~, ~ Icont somewhere In the little leagues
tne GEORGE Moriarty and George Nc
N #ri1o become. accordingly, the lead
~ executives on the field. The for
80 hers opening efforts "Wednesday
go ere crowned with victory and he
- .oDes to make consecutive run OF
,,-a The other George Rex calls atten-
49, |on 70 the fact that the Nationals bat
~ .ed the Tigers to q standstiIl on their
!. y, [ior appearance here, and says that
~ Hey expect TO do II again. with
',.,x. lance Of Improving that record de-
~ I1Ite the fact that. In Washington, the
49,, hers turned the tables and copped
~ f'1ree out Of four.
- II the series, the Nationals VIII
IN oDound their new outfelder. Walker
60 his name--no relation TO Dixie.
80. ever and Detroit came very near
<IInk him through an option which
~. Buffalo club secured on his ser
lees early In the spring. He came
1.fed as q second Joe Jackson ana
roteeded to make good with the
-<Ick for several days Then some
80. Hint happened. Since then, MI.
amer has been chiefly famous for
/|s feIding, which Is said to be good
.uneh 20 counterbalance the success
49," 81. a.. AwaA