The Detroit times., 1911-09-23
lTHLETICs' SERIES.
Is FINAL
CRISIS
Tiger Must Win Series OF Blot Out
Last Ray Of That sickly Pennant
Hope and Practice for
Next Year.
Cobb jackson Race, While Almost as
Definitely Settled as Pennant, Is
More Interesting Now.
sy HALpH /. YoNkER.

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-. T,ears start the last series OF
~ season against the worlds cham
nions today. They play team tnat
~. h.afen them in the race for the
<~.rican league pennant, but team
<I.f has 10 admit that the Tiger Danu
a. ~ equal when the contest Is Dc
tween the two teams.
1be Mackmen have won their way
{hne Ear TO the pennant, not by deteat
Int the Tigers, but by consistently oe
feefinr every club from Hal Cnase
Vonkees down to the Browns OF SI
.ouis. While the Athletics were 90
Inr this that mysterious something
<haf thu cellarites OF the hrst DIVISION
1lainable In asebali, hoodoo. was
working nicely every time the Tigers
a the Yankees and thus II happens
fbaf the cellartes OF the first division
Ala for the Athletics what tney
.onldn't do themselyes--they Dlockeo
ne way OF the Tigers to tn cherisneo
There we're few Detroit fans no
>,ir admit that man for nan the Atn-
tofiee have A over the Tigers When
fhev are working right. excepting per
hans in the pitching box With bender
ana Coombs and Plank and Morgan,
{oeefher with Krause and Danfortn, the
4fhletics have a combination OF men
that look better than the DetroN nuri
ing stan In the aggregate.
zach Philadelphia series towards the
I.ffer mart OF the season has come
,rhen Detroit was at crisis. When
rh,iadelphia came here for four games
Z. INV II II was up to Detroit to
<how the best II had. At that time we
hurled Connie Mack, forever, as we
fhonrht. under an avalanche or VIC
tories and prepared for the world
series. Truly, them was the nappy
1aysp
And. then. when the Tigers journey
~ down to the Quaker town for four
4ettoos which proved to be setbacKs,
n waa different. The Tif,ers-but
what's the use. Use the black bor-
1cred ia absorber Don't y3u hate
fha. a. sickly odor OF neral
loWers.
Just now. one OF these lastfaint.ray-
of.hoDe crises. these at-last-Ethink-
I-see-a-sail-no-it-cant situations has
1evcloped In the baseball race. They
are coming TO tie stretch with the
Mackmen far IN the lead. IL the tt
rers can make few long, quick
etrides. crush the leaders to earth, so
hat they cant Use again and take an
ofher game, we are saved.
Don't stake too much on our saliva
tIon
The situation Is this. Unless the
TIGERS take two OF the three games
With the Athletics. the pennant Is
automatically lost II has been theo-
rcficaily lost for some time, even on
Detroit theory. and practically lost fur
the back than that. But when 1t be-
comes mathematically lost, il is lone
you know absolutely.
Leaving out . presnt Philadelphia
series. II the Tigers win every game
and the Athletics lost every gace from
nry until the end OF the season, the
rercCntage OF each team would be 629.
N order to have dying chance two
fnmes cf this series Is an absolute
Necessity
The race that Is worth watching IN
the American league is that between
Iy Cobb and Joe Jackson. Joe Is the
original home-sick boy. He came
from down south as did Cobb, but
. when they hrst brought him u. In the
baseball country to perform for the
benefit Of the Cleveland fans he sud
denly became convinced that the place
Tor him was In the hospitable south
land and not where the chilly lake
preezes began to blow before the 90
1egrees weather was through the
southern engagement He left the
Maps unceremcniously and dug for
warmer climes.
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few moments. however, without think
nc shout the time to pack his trunk.
be was touted as the coming rival OF
~ Cobb. Ty Cobb among batsmen is
Ike sterling In silver The most sen.
safional slugger, base runner, and run.
Eefter that can be hooked In the coun-
try Is Immediately hailed as Ty Cobb's
rival, which honors Cobb considerably
more than II does the whole shebang
81 his rivals. Jackson is rival Of
Cobb
IN All probability both players win
continue TO hit al the rate they are
doing now, for there Is no reason why
Cobb should slump any more. The
strain Of the pennant race Is over. Ty
has worked himself out once and re-
tptered By an enforced rest. Jackson
a too consistent a hitter to slump
badly or on the other hand, TO take a
@1dden boost. There is enough OF a
<'E<ac 70 their relative daily positions
|1Hefer. 70 make the show interesting
But here's a fip. Ty. Get that mo-
@It<rIe Of yours tuned up when on the
|@|@& on your little classmate. DOME
#.|1. = going TO be ordered TO stand
n |+r htad OF the class. IT'S pretty
|# FOR DOME 10 attempt anything very
|['0U4 m fbo 8. B. class. but he's been
-11|1G Wild lately. excelling every.
|1|/ n his thievihg.
|'|&'IEs putting another crimp IN the
|.r|0.air1 hopes Of tho Red Sox for a
'.<. N fhe cellar of N FIRST division.
..I||1+ emartabIe occurred IN yes.
||.I'1 contest besides Donie's steal
.. unless a tt i1e circus performances
||'.|nnfy. who pulled on back
@|| scoop caich IN ihe second inning
|'.| saved tHo runs. On, res. Drake