The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-29
IN PAUL HALE BRUskE.


After one OF the longest home stands
"A their history--a practically contin-
nous series In which they met every
club IN the league and two OF them
twice. the continuity being broken
only by two short forays-the Tigers
have at last taken the road.
They will be gone until June 10.
IN all probability, that being the earli-
est possible date for the postponed
game with Cleveland which will cele-
brate the Tiger return. During their
absence they viii play at Cleveland,
Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and
New York in order.
The first game of the long road trip
Will be played at Cleveland this az
ternoon. In all probability Mullin viii
tuirl for Detroit Two games are
carded for Memorial Day. Summers Is
about certain TO pitch one OF these
with Lively the probable selection for
the other.
II 10 unquestionably mistake for
any club to make so long a home
stand as that which the Tigers have
recently finished This was plainly
demonstrated by the way the crowd
dropped away during the closing week
when. with Washington and st. Louis
as the attractions, crowds fell far
below the average. the series closing
with less than 5000 persons on deck
on either hot, bright Saturday or
> similarly propitious Sunday.
Unquestionably the opening of the
excursion season and the added fact
that tail-end clubs were furnishing
the opposition had much to do with
the falling on of interest Neverthe-
LEES the big consideration was this:
Detroit has been satiated with base
ball The bugs felt that they had
done their duty and turned their at
tention to other amusements. The
tourist season was too young to al
low out-oftown folks to make up for
the absence Of the regulars and the
games were frost, despite the fact
that the team is still leading the
league. N
II IS safe TO predict that It will be
many years before the Tigers--or any
other club In the league, for that mat
ter-are forced to repeat so long a
home stand at the start OF the sea-
son or In any other stage Of the
league race.
There IL unquestionably an air OF
apprehension over the Tigers long
read trip and many Of the bugs In
cline strongly to the belief that the
team 10 going to Guido anything IN
the high-diving line ever accomplish.
ed by Annette Keilerman. There 10
unquestionably considerable founda-
ton for such belief. The pitchers
are IN far from good condition and
the infield includes two men playing
o,1f Of position. The team has deyel
oped suddenly an alarming weakness
aeainst classy lefthanded pitching;
Wllett, relied on TO develop into the
bikRest winner Of the year seems nm
Able to get going: everybody in the
league has learned to lay for Tyrus
Raymond Cobb. and the situation
surely exhibits certain tough features.
However, the round weeks lead
which the Tigers still hold, should
carry them through and bring them
back either In first position or with
IN striking distance. IT Is hard to con-
ceive OF o catastrophe which can ac-
compIish worse results than that.
Dne or Hughfe Jennings theories
his always been that any good infield.
III can 60 to first base and cover the
1s|ck without particular attention to
Mat are supposed to be the fine
,nts OF first basing, considered as An /
Hughie did 1t himself. when his
lost his cunning. and prolonged