Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-11
DETROIT TO HAVE
GRANDSTANDS WITH
$4,000 CAPACITY
Ed Walsh Stops Athletics VIM
ming Streak -Pittsburg Gets
0'TO0le's Partner.

Detroit is to have a new concrete and
steel grandstand next season. Presi-
dent Navin, of the Tigers, returned to
the Michigan city yesterday and an
nounced that the council had consented
to allow him to close an alleyway run-
ming through a large piece of property
which was acquired recently and that
work on the new s~ingle-deck stand
would be started at the close of the
season. When it's completed it will
give Bennett Park a seating capacity Of
$4,000. E. S. Barnhart, vice-president
of the Cleveland club, will superintend
the work.
Big Ed Walsh stopped the Athletics
winning streak yesterday. He out
pitched Cy Morgan. Ed scored three
of the White Sox five runs and got a
pair of wallops in three journeys to tho
plate.
Hans Wagner was up four times and
failed to get a hit. Jack Miller picked
! the pill twice.
Elmer Leonard, the giant California
College pitcher, has been turned over
to Oakland by Connie Mack.
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Bill Douglas, of the Macon, Ca, Club,
who has won twenty-eight out of the
thlrty-four games he started in this
season, will join the White Sox next
month.
Billy Murray, the former manager of
the Shelters, now chief scout for Pitts
burg, closed the deal yesterday with
st. Paul for Catcher William Kelly,
Marty O'Toole's partner. Dreyfuss's
check for $12,5 500 is now on the way to
Secretary Bruce, of the National Com
mission.
Harry Lord tripled and doubled twice
and Briscoe Lord tripled and singled.
Paddy Livingstone is the latest ma
jor Lacquer on the injured list. Harry
Lord spiked Paddy yesterday in the
ninth.
Jack Lapp qualified as a pinch hitter
In the ninth yesterday. He batted for
Livingstone and doubled.
Jennings's crippled pennant contend
ers lost the final game to h Yanks
yesterday. Davy Jones's batting was
the only redeeming feature of the
Tigers work. He got four out of Ave
off Jim Vaughn.
Hal Chase had a big day with the
stick. He tripled, doubled and singled
and scored twice.
Paul Krichell had his finger split
in the game against the Senators yes
terday and gave way to Stephens.
Jimmy Sheckard is another n OF
those old fellows who are slipping. He
punched a triple and pair of singles
and a a lot to do with the Cubs
victory over the Cardinals yesterday.
After the Phillies got to Leifieid in
the ninth Cy Ferry was sent to the
firing line, but the game was gone
from a Pirate standpoint.
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Fred Clarke, the ancient leader OF
the Pirates, had a pretty good day. He
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singles.
That fellow Madden. the Phillies'
backstop, took Charley Dooin's place
yesterday all right. He tripled and
singled twice.
Connie Mack was presented with n
large bouquet yesterday by a pretty
miss. Connie bashfully rose, smiled
and bowed.
Even in Philadelphia, some Of the
fans are ''roughnecks." Cy Morgan,
who has lone much for the While E'e-
plants for the past several wears,
famed twice yesterday. and whcn he
popped up a foul in the third time up
some howled and cheered. cy's work
in the box should get MIN a no-hit
ticket from the fans.
Connie Mack's Athletics will meet the
Long Branch team at the Jersey re-
sort Sunday
Baumann, a recruit from the New
Bedford club of the New England
League, covered second base for De-
troit yesterday. He broke in with a
triple and figured In some clever bits
of fielding.
The total lack of that thing which is
spelled esprit du corps n pronounced
espree du core, is noticeable in Fred
Tenny's National League club.