The Detroit times., 1911-06-02
BY PAUL HALE eRusKs.

The entire east is now the battle
ground OF the American league. Yes
terday, on four fields the carnage
was terrific. Pitchers were slaugh-
tered at a merry rate. A total of %
runs were scored at the expense Of
Is perspiring pitchers who allowed
Jos hits.
When the smoke had cleared away
and the red-cross contingent went TO
work, il was figured out that honors
we're even.
The Tigers and the White Sox
maintained successfully their pres
Y tige as occupants Of the first division
in arst and fourth places respective
ly. The Athletics and New GorF
were the teams which successfully
repealed the attacks on their respec'
tive citades.
AS for the leadership OF the race,
the margin remains the same as at
the opening OF hostilities. The Tigers
still hold the van and by the same
margin above the Athletics, with a
slightly increased lead over Boston
in third place
In passing IL might be noted that
the lesaliZed rabbit has lost none OF
his mus h-criticised agility and elias
ITCHY. In fact there were only i
pair OF twirlers who were able to
weather the storm through their re-
srective games. Both of them were
spit.eTs. One was the king Of all the
saliyated slant servers-big Ed
Walsh. The other was Detroits Ala
bama magnolia. Jack Lively, whose
glands concede but little TO the tai
ented dispenser from Chicago.
Whether Il was the eXpectoratIOn
that saved them from sharing III"
fates OF the job lot OF curvers, right
fnd left, is not established. Per
laps II was merely coincidence. \,
isat. both OF them were hit hard. sur
yiving only because of the superior
4 .eSation which they and their mates
were doing with the beavers of the
foe.
Lively pitched plucky, never-say-
die sort of a game. He would have
won ii by a large margin and with
out the necessity for its going ten In.
nings, but for the fact that his sup
FORT wobbled woefully at times. That
\ made IL tough for Jack. but il didn't
one OF the things which have endear-
ed Lively 10 Hughie Jennings is the
pitchers courage. Jack merely took
things as they came. stalled over the
hard spots with all the stun he had,
and held the foe for the Tigers turns
at bat, helping nightly In the slug,
fest on Walker and otey himself.
The slaughter. OF the. Washington
pitchers was really the feature of the
Gay Every Tiger hit the ball and
everybody but OLeary banged it
more than eBea.L Cobb. Defahanty Anl
Moriarty thumped II three times. The
rest had to be content with couple
This made the total 49, drives-a re.
markable bloody day. H., +
From now on Jennings is going to
try to use his left-handed batting
pitchers against opposing southpaws
only. Works. Coyington and Lively
will get but few chances against
southpaws. LATTE. Mullin, Donovan
snd Summers. with Willett, If he re-
covers effectiveness, will monopollze
the southpaw diet. ..
Hughie figures that. now he has his
veterans in shape, they win help
their sides a lot with their hitting.
provided they aren't started against
monumental handicap Works and
Lively are both good batsmen when
opposing rightnanded pitching. and
:, are. likely ITO d, hsaa6.e.ua,g Shair orss,
games at any time. On the other
hand, the right-hand hitting pitchers
can thump the left-hand pitching bet
ter than the other.