The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-11
MESSRS. GEORGE AND WILD BILL
USE THEIR RETURN PASTEBOARDS
~ RALPH 4. YoNkER.

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~ RALPH L. YoNkER.
Have the pitchers come backG
Those old-timers whom the fans
have been bowling their heads on
about for the last few weeks. surely
made the return trip Saturday and
Sunday and showed the bugs that
they are stin here.
Both Mullin, with his -fourshit. vic
tory over the White Sox, Saturday
when he had to keep out every run
10 tag the game Tigers" and wild
Bill Donovan, allowing Lajoie, Joe
jackson and the rest OF the Cleveland
gang but Ave bingles in thirteen
sounds OF hard-fought battle, proved
that they are not yet ready for the
discard, even II everybody who wants
m excuse for the Tigers slump fast
ems the guilt on the Tiger boxmen.
h Sox defeated, / and 0; Maps
& and J. .r
Pretty good ball.
II Mullin said some time, not 80 very
|Ibng ago. that he had pitched his last
Name for the Junglemen. George Is
n poor prophet. And, perhaps, like
The proverbial prophet he Is not with
but honor save In his own haunts.
II But that's another question.
III He camesacross with vengeance.
Saturday, anyway He had about
Everything there is any use for In the
pitching game and when the Sox did
manage to get to his slants they lift
I'd them TO the gardeners or rolled
them to the inner patches where
could grab 'em.
II And wild Bill" was even better
ID the Sabbath row.
II His curves were breaking right, he
Mad the speed and he passed only
bne Nap. He caused seven OF the
men from across the lake to Whit
Ind, as before said, let only Ave Of
hem touch him for hits. These DIAL
He'd along so far apart that they we're
useless except In one inning. All this
"a nine innings OF regulation baseball,
md four sessions Of as exciting extra
line baseball as has been held at
Bennett Park for some fortnights.
y What kept the fans from sleeping
last night was the unanswerable,
why didn't they do 1t before?"
II The four big sticks OF the league
Had an excellent chance to pull on
Whatever they were capable Of for
the candid comparison, OF the fans,
Sunday, and they did, to the delight
Of Detroit's loyal ones. Our own
Ty-rus Raymond Cobb and his much
touted rival Joe Jackson. and the
famous veteran. Lajoie, were all
there and In action.
X The three rank In the order named
u batting averages and Crawford Is
the merit among those who have
played more than score OF games.
Gobb had all clearly outclassed and
There was not even q chance for argu-
ment.
"A percentage of half a thousand
from q pitcher, who was working the
way Handing did was the first OF his
achievements. three stolen bases on
Easterly the second, and q mad dash
Pll around the bases on an infield
single--a dash that would have mark
I'd any other man In the league but
Cobb az needing Uranium attention
Tor even trying twas the third.
Cobb's scamper from bag TO bag
and then to the plate In the eighth
with the run that sent the contest
Into the postscript department for set
klement, was as spectacular az cir
Gus poster.
The Maps had already laid on two
pf the Jennings hands when Cobb
poked what seemed to be q harmless
little single past Turner. But Olson
grabbed It and flung II wild to Lajoie
when Cobb circled the bag and ske-
|laddled to second while Larry chased
the pellet to the stands. Nor did the
savage Tiger rest there, but lead
ING far on, he pulled throw to sec
Dnd and then slid into third as Ball
threw too high to get him there. On
from his slide he tore and with fall
away glide for the pan, eluded East
eriy and took to himself all the hon
pr OF the tying run. Later he got a
hit In the thirteenth that helped in
bcoring the run that won.
And while Cobb was doing all this,
what were his rivals contenting
themselves WITH
Jackson got one hit out OF four
times at bat, and Lajoie whipped out
y two-bagger In I'VE times officially
IA. b. II had happened, fortunately
Tor the Maps. that their two perform
brs worked in conjunction when they
bid start things. In the seventh,
Joey sent q hot one to Gamer that
Del couldn't handle very convenient
~ and Lajoiei sent him across. BIt
M the ninth. when Banding had got
bn and been sacrificed to third,
Doey's best effort to bring him IN
was q bounder that Bush handled all
hunky.
Joe stole one base when Bill nearly
'Hild-pitched. but besides that he
didn't worry Stanage to any extent.
And all this time. Crawford, who
ranks below the Clevelanders, was
showing them up with three bingles
M Ave times up, one OF which was a
bwirling three Dagger to left.
Detroit Is perfectly satisfied with
Cobb and Crawford when they see the
Nap wonders In actual play.
Sundays contest demonstrated an
pther thing There Is more baseball,