The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-12
LOST! ALL TIGER
CHANGES FOR
BUNTING
Cold Figures Show That Practically
the Jungiemen Haven't a Ghost
Of q Show For the Champion
ship Pennant In 1911.
Tigers Must Stick 70 Second Place
Unless q Miraculous Change
Comes.
nY RALPn 4. YoNkERs.

Lost--at various places. but mostly
IN Philadelphia. Pa. between the mid
die Of July and the middle OF Septem-
Der, all yestige OF hope for q Tiger
pbnnant In 1911. No reward is offered
for its return, for II Is gone forever"
However,. Tigers. and notwithstand-
log. when youz see those villainous
Athletics. who, II seems, are respons-
ible IN large part for this loss, please
take better wallop at them than that
Athletics 12, Chasemen s. that New
York was guilty OF yesterday.
The figures In the case show that.
unless there IL some miraculous
change In the playing OF the teams or
the American league. the Tigers must
stick to second place. They can't so
~ or they can't go down: it's second
Notch for theirs.
III the Athletics continue to go at
the pace they have set throughout
this season until the final contest is
through, the Tigers have as much
chance to cop the American league
pennant as the camel we have heard
about has to get through the eye OF
tie needle.
/.
n the Athletics continue winning two
out of every three games they play,
the Junglemen can get the bunting IL
bnt one way--by winning every Saue
they play from now until the close OF
tie season.
Nov. granting that there Is no ap-
parent reason why the Mackmen
should slump. that puts the Tiges face
u face with a proposition that the IA
Dies aid society can see is impossible
70 overcome.
Here are the figures that prove the
case:
The TIGERS have won 10 and lost
50. and there are still % games TO
be played. II they win all IS. their
percentage will be about .682. The
Athletics have Sc games to their
credit and IS chnlked against them.
With 81 still to be played, II they
take "a out OF these 81. which they
vlll do II they keep mp their record
u date. they will have won just an
csen hundred games and lost 81, 30
that their position will be second with
4 figure OF about .65S.
But now change the figures. Let
the JenninEsites lost but one pas
time. and zowiel the Tiges are $50.
Just weeny bit below the Mackmen.
y When Il Is all figured out. the case
Of Tigers w. Athletics ct a'---at ~ CO.
ihg most OF the American league
seems wellnight hopeless.
but Philadelphia might slump.s
I'm case the Mackmen do hit the
dDungrade. II must be conceded that
fkey won't do any worse than about
jkng on to the level from now on and
f8ke as many as they lose.
let us say that they will win but |
ID out OF the 81 pastimes remaining
sill the Tigers can AFFORD TO lose
oily four OF their games and come |
ont on top.
Ito have to win every lick II their |
rivals don't hit the toboggan; to have |
u win 10 out OF 20 II they do-woe
u the Tiges!
But there is something besides the |
hole 10 this dope doughnut. An opti- |
mist's eyes can see the dough. II the |
Iiges Just keep the even tenor OF their |
way, as exemplified in their percent |
age OF sos, neither the dangerous
crew OF Hal Chase nod the chesty |
Maps can pry them loose from the sec
ond perch.
THE Tigers should take at least - |
q the skidoo games to be played yet. |
md II they do that, not even the win
ming OF every single contest by the |
yanks, or q similar performance by |
the Maps can shake their hold on the |
place reserved for the runners-up.
Take this for whatever consolation |
there may be IN IT,
Between the Cleveland games and |
the beginning of the eastern invasion,
tbe Jungaleers will play the Baltimore |
Orioles. The Tigers have been offered |
q good guarantee. which shows that |
dFen II their pennant case is beyond |
redemption, their value as money |
makers r. still AL Also, II shows |
that President Navin isn't counting |
very strongly on iag-hghting. II he
n willing to risk his men at this time |
u the year for an exhibition game. |
When the team left Detroit there |
we're 20 players on the roster. |
Schmidt, Mitchell, Lively, LATTE |
Fathers. OTeary and Davy Jones will !
rest here 0'Leary is not in good con-
dition physically
big squad &c huskies answered the |
ohll for football men at the Eastern |
1gh school Monday, forty men turning |
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