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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
RECRUITS LOSE
LONG CONTEST
Works Pitches thinning Game, But
Team Mates Play Like Amateurs
Score, To O.

FORT WORTH, Tex, March 90
Ralph Works lost his game with the
Fort Worth team here yesterday al
ternoon after IL innings, because his
team mates could not hit the ball.
The locals won, | TO o.
Works pitched splendid ball all the
way through, and II was only his
wild heave to second in the final inn
ing that allowed the Texans 10 score
the winning tally. Many times the
Tigerettes had opportunities, but fell
down on attempts to advance men on
the bases. The athletes played like
bunch OF amateurs, and Manager
Wild Bill Donovan will held .Yeet-
ing in Oklahoma City today, when he
will give them lesson in some of the
fundamental principles OF the game.
The northerners seemed 10 do the
wrong thing at the wrong time.
When a hit was needed, they hunted
or just reversed it,
Works seemed 10 get better as the
game progressed. III the ninth, tenth
and eleventh, the first man up for
Fort Worth singled. Two only
reached the initial bag, while the third
would have died there. had II not Deen
for Works wild peg to second with a
doutle play In view. The lawyer al
lowec only two men 10 walk.
Robinson, southpaw. pitched
seven innings for Fort Worth The
locals made three double plays, and
Detmit one. Tho Tigerettes play in
Oklahoma City today. Score:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
|MAzERITES WIN
! THE STATE TITLE
Outplay ~" in Fast Game and Win
BY Score 81 To 1S-Lavens and
Mazer Star for d. A. C.

( Outplaying their opponents from
whistle TO whistle, the d. A. 9. has
ketball team, Wednesday night, de-
feated the " M G.. A team and won
the state championship, Jake MAJ
er's outfit played a fits, consist IN,
game, taking the game by score Of
81 To Is.
N The off-form which was displayed
by the athletic club team at the sec
ond game OF the series with the Chris
tians, totally disappeared in Wednes-
day highs contest and the "Y'' boys
were made to appear as If they were
pm color this time Only one little
squirt on the part of the "Yr wnicn
tied the score, ever made the game
look bad for the d. A. c.. but this
little brilliant play was soon thwart-
ed and again the Mazerites lcaped
into the lead.
"a Lavens, who played his first game
with the ID. A, c. regulars, started the
scoring with a pretty field goal and
from that time, he was always in the
game. His passing was feature. He
was about the fastest man on the floor
and showed a thorough knowledge
OF the ins and outs OF the game Bran
Ston who did most of the scoring in
the second game of the season, was
held TO a lone basket by Joy Miller
aggravated because he could not avoio
Miller, the star "Y'' man began foul
ing and in the last of the second hair
was put out OF the game by Umpire
Macklin.
Mazer and Layens starred for the
Deltas although all the members or
the team outplayed their opponents.
Mazer scored more points than any
other member OF his team. Ernie VIII
son did the stellar work for the chris
fians and although he only scored one
basket, his floor work enabled his as
fociates to make as many points as
they did.
In the curtain-raiser, the "Y.' Blues
defeated the Deltas, by score or 81
TO %.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
THE TIMES SPORT PAGE


Base stealing is one of the accom-
plishments OF a ball player that re-
quire more than an ordinary amount
OF skill
Speed. of course, is essential to the
good base runner but IL is not al
ways the fastest man that does the
most pilfering OF bases. The man
who uses his head and knows when
TO take advantage OF his opportunities
frequently makes up for the lack OF
speed.
have known some rather SLOW
runners who were grand base steal
ers. And | have known other play
ers who could run 100 yards in 10
seconds hat, who were always get.
ting caught when trying 10 steal a
base.
The base runner who signals that
he is going 10 steal is an easy man
TO catch TOR the catcher who is wise
quickly realizes he is about 10 go
down.
on the other hand, the base run
ner who watches the pitcher care
fully and takes advantage OF the
windup flor some pitchers when they
break into the major leagues bring
their minor league tricks with them,
or of some other motion that loses
time. will gain a step or two on the
faster runners AS q general thing
good base runner notes carefully the
foot OF the pitcher for some peculiar
ity that indicates he is about 10 de-
liver the ball
To get a long lead off first is es-
sential when runner intends TO
steal second. A six.foot lead often
means a stolen base In the race be
tween the runner and the ball thrown
by the backstop.
The clever runner keeps the pitch
er worried and frequently makes him
nervous.
The runner who can draw a throw
from the pitcher TO first frequently
advances by reason of a wild throw
or a mum by the first baseman IL
requires considerable skill to return
TO first from a long lead when the
pitcher whips the ball across the dia-
mond
Base runners should keep an eye
on the pitcher every minute, and
watch for his motion to discover II
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30

TIGER SECONDS
COULD COP FLAG
Hughie Jennings Believes They
Would Walk in Winners of Any
Minor League Race.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 30.--Af-
ter watching most OF the Southern
and bunch Of other league teams
at work, including one representative
OF the American Association, Manager
Hugh Jennings of the Tigers has
come TO the conclusion that the II
ger second team, now touring the Ear
west under Wild Bill Donovan, could
step in on any minor league I'm the
world and waltz away with title.
Furthermore. Hughie is willing TO
wager that his second team can trim
the Yannigan outfit of any OF the rival
big league clubs Certainly IL seems
TO outclass by liberal margin the csc
ond team OF the Chicago Cubs, which
the Tigers recently saw performing
at Memphis.
Hughie has great respect for the
batting ability Of his second team and
doesn't believe there are many ag-
gregations that have anything on
them in fielding either. Even their
pitchers. without Willett and Dono
van, are by no means To be sneeZed
at. Works, Smith. Peasley and Lou
dell are all good beavers and rein
forced by the discards from the first
teams stan, would be far I'm advance
of the twirlers OF the average first
class minor league aggregation.
AS for Lathers, Drake, Kirke Ness,
Corcoran and the rest. they can hit
any sort OF pitching and get fat on
the minor-league article. BRUSKE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
COBB IS SICK, Goes
TO SPRINGS FOR
TREATMENT
viii Rejoin Team at Evansville in a
Few Days - Jennings Says
Tvs Condition Is Not
Serious.
Reported Late and Tried To Condi-
ton Himself Too Rapidly-Been
Suffering With Colds.

LOUISVILLE, KY. March 29.-TJ
Cobb left today for French Lick
Springs, Ind, where he will boil out.
He win rejoin the team at Evansville
He has been complaining of throbbine
headaches for several days and at
Memphis played with such a high
temperature that Trainer Tuthill ad-
yised that he go to the Hoosier
springs for treatment.
Because of Cobb's late arrival at
Monroe he did not have the time that
ithe other players had TO get into con
'dition. Cobb tried TO press his con-
'ditioning work into few weeks and
sit Is thought that the strenuous
Workouts may have been the cause
of his present trouble.
He also has been suffering from a
slight cold and all attempt of Trainer
Tuthill TO stop il proved futile.
Manager Jennings said today that
Cobb's condition was not serious.
Drizzling rain caused the cancel
lation of today's game in Louisville.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
WARREN DETROIT CARS
SCORE IN SPEED CARNIVAL

PABLO BEACH, RACE TRACK,
Jacksonville. Fla. March 29--Ideal
weather and perfect beach brought
10000 motor enthusiasts here today
TO witness the second days card of
the speed carnival.
The first event, five miles, went
10 Tower { Warren Detroitl. Time
4:24 12. Evans (Warren- Detroit)
was second, time 4:37 90. and Rouse
Uancial, third time $3.50
The ten-mile open race for cars
from 23l to 300 inches piston displace-
ment was won by Wilson. (ColeD,
time S:l6:36; Hughes (Mercier) sec
ond, S:25.2S. They were the only en-
,trants
Ten mile event. open for all cars
OF class d. (Non-stock) won by VIII
cox tNationaD, seven minutes fiat.
Burman (BuickD second, 7:40:27, and
Disbrow, Pope HARTFORD third,
1896.
Ten.mile, free for all (Handlcap)
class H., (Non-stockJ won by Hughes
(Mercer) l0.1O:50; Wilson (ColeD
second, 10:14:14, and Disbrow,
ope-Hartford) third, 10:30:7S.
Fivemile. open, for all cars OF from
23l TO 300 inches piston displacement,
won by Hughes (Mercerl, time
4;14:55; Wilson, (Cole) second,
4:45:92, and Tucker (Cole) third.
5:t6:12.
A second ten.mile free-for-all handi-
cap event for class ID tnon-stock post.
poned from Yesterday. resulted VII
cox (NationaD. first. 10:09:63; Dis
brow pope Elartford). second. 10.09.
%; Wilson (Colel !, third. l0:23;30
Ten-mile open. for care from 30l
TO 100 inches piston displacement
class Il, stock: Merl tNationaIb,
first. s 0S g.. WilcoE tNationaD.
second S.04. Dsbrow pope. Hart
ford), third. No time.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
BY PAUL HALE sRusKE.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 29.-Ty
Cobb and Joe Sugden had the whole
Tiger party listening last night TO one
of the old, time-honored baseball de-
bates.
Are the players OF the present supe-
rior to those OF the past?
There has never been a ball club
that didn't stage this argument at
some stage OF the training season. II
is brought up just as regularly by the
fans. On account OF the fact that
there is no possible authority on which
the argument may be settled. IL is one
which viii undoubtedly rage as long
as the national pastime endures.
or course, the veterans side OF the
debate was represented by Joe, Tyrus
standing up for the present genera
tion of which he is SO bright and shin
ing luminary'
Nobody knows how il started. but
Sugden found himself maintaining
that there was nothing new in base
ball. He told how Willie Sudhoff had
pitched spit balls ten years and more
ago, and how the venerable Dick Pad
den, long since superannuated. used
TO work the delayed steal. other
plays, exploited as new by many writ
ers of the present day, Sugden took
up In detail and told how heroes OF
old had used them as adeptly as the
stars of the present.
Joe closed with the statement that,
in his belief Billy Hamilton could
have stolen Just as many bases OF
tho nrasant generation ~ catcharS
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30

he intends 10 pitch or throw to first.
They should have the distance they
stand from the bag measured TO the
fraction OF an inch, TO be able TO get
hand or foot on the base before the
frst baseman can touch them.
A good base runner always has a
slide or lodging motion which helps
him get around the second baseman
at the end OF his sprint.
Fielder Jones used TO slide around
the infielder in way that made him
extremely difficult TO touch. With his
body on the ground he would shove
one foot onto the bag and get away
with stolen base, often when the
fielder had the ball In time To retire
him, but for his cleyerness.
Base stealing cannot be overesti-
mated as a value In winning games.
Many a tight game has been decided
by one stolen base. II the runner
that gets on first can make his way
10 the next station unaided, he is In a
position to score on long single.
while II would be next TO impossible
TO score from first on two-base hit
unless II was an exceptionally long
hit and he particularly feet runner.
| advocate more practice Of base
running. Ty Cobb is as valuable TO
the Detroit club because OF his Won
derful base running ability as he Is
for his batting and fielding. He wins
as many games by his ability TO get
around the bases as he does with his
batting.
Many players fail to make good on
the paths because they do not keep
track OF the ball They run bliadly.
II is necessary TO know just where
the ball is all OF the time, but IL is
not necessary TO turn and watch the
ball to know where II is. and thus In
terfere with runners speed. con.
slider good base runner as valuable
as a good hitter When | find the
combination in one man l consider
myself doubly fortunate.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
BURNS MAY Be.
NEXT CHAMPION
California Lightweight Has Won
Friendship of Fans, Who Hope To
See Him Get Title.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 3O.-
frankie Burns OF California Is beliey-
ed by many enthusiasts on the coast
TO be the coming lightweight cham
pion. His bouts with Owen Moran,
One-Round Hogan and Lew Powell
have established him firmly In the
hearts of the fight fans anu they are
hoping that he will some day wear
the lightweight crown once worn by
that other Californian. Jimmy Britt.
Burns is well endowed with pluck
and is very tractable SO far as corner
advice Is concerned He Is "A rugged
fellow and a hard boy to hurt. In ad-
dition he can punch with force lar
above the average.
To attempt 10 describe Burns style
OF fighting would be diff1cult. He Is
one OF the most original men that
ever entered a ring and he boxes no
two rounds alike. Part OF the time he
stands straight and hits out with
plenty OF dash and fine discrimination
He holds his own so we'll at this kind
OF work, In fact that the wonder is he
does not go in for more OF 1t. At
other times he is all bent over, Gov
cred up and peeking between his
crossed forearms at his opponent. In
some rounds he goes In for mixed tao.
tics and keeps his opponent guessing.
Burns hackers have n great deal Of
faith In his ability and say that some
day his name will be mentioned with
those OF such men as Jack McAultffe,
OF Cork. George Lavigne, the Saginaw
Kid; FRANKIE Erne. OF Buffalo: Terry
McGoyern. OF Brooklyn; Young Cor
bett, Of Denver; Joe Cans, OF Balti-
more and all the rest of the illustrious
lightweights who have gra:ed the
ring
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
Tigers Debate Merits of
Players, Past and Present
HUGH DUFFY.

more ago. Then Ty took the floor.
x can't be persuaded that baseball
hasn't advanced he said. 1T stands
TO reason that the number. OF bright
men interested in improving the
game, must have changed II.
Then, too, there is the difference
In the habits of the men who played
then and now The stars OF the old
days drank and disslpated as a gen.
eral rule. Now men who do that are
the exception and are shortlived In
the big-leagues. II stands to reason
that men who take care OF themselves
and play baseball with all their might,
rather than as a means TO keep them
-selves supplied with amusement. will
develop the game TO a higher stage"
At this juncture Manager Jennings
took hand
There Is big improvement in the
general grade OF baseball Nobody
can consistently deny that. There are
more good ball players now than there
were before, though I'll not say that
the stars OF former years were not
up to those we have now.
"A team of Is years ago almost al
ways boosted one star pitcher When
the opponents had that one out or the
way they could rest assured that a
very different article would be pre-
sented the other days OF the series
Now It's case OF a star pitcher every
day, even IL the series includes five
different games without repeating a
single twirler.
And it's the same with the other
players. Where there were few first
class men In the old National league,
there are now two leagues full OF
.first-class men. And that's only rea-
sonable, for there are infinitely more
ball players in the country. from whom
the teams are 10 be picked. To be a
star means much more in this day
than 1t did when stars were scarce.
Were some OF the old-time stars to
try a trick modern baseball club,
they would be astonished by the rap
idity with which things would happen
to them"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
WILL HOLD MEETING.
Three ]. Masnates To Peacefully Meet
and Arrange Schedule.

CHICAGO, March 3O.-After getting
a decision from the National commits.
sion in the Waterloo scrap, President
Al. Tarsney of the Three l. league to.
day called a meeting OF the league
magnates to be held here tomorrow.
He has notified Waterlo otto with.
draw their court proceedings and at.
tend the meeting The 1911 schedule
will be arranged
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
OFFERS $4,000
TO WREsTLERs
Utah Promoter Wants To Stage Bout
For Championship Between
Gotch and Hack.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. March 80.
Word was received today by Chi
cago mat promoters, that Harry Hea-
gren, the Utah promoter, has offered
d purse OF $4,000 for a match be-
tween Gotch and Hackenschmidt.
Klank. Gotch's manager. has wired
the offer TO Jack Curley.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
HAVE ROUGH BATTLE.
kiIbane and Joe Getz Fight Rough
and Tumble Draw.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 3O--In
spite of desperate eff0fts on the part
of both lighters to annihilate each
other, Tommy Kilbane, the local
lighter, and Joe Getz, OF Pittsburg,
are both alive today, after ten rounds
OF the toughest lighting ever seen
here. last night Although fans in
sist Kilbane had the better of IL, the
referee decided the fight draw.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
Corbett Matched.

NEW YORK, March 3O.-Jim Cor
bett is today matched 10 compare
measurements and muscle with Katie
Sandwina. a circus strong woman. In
spite OF the assurance of friends that
he hasn't chance to display any SUI
periority over the feminine marvel.
Katie weighs 2l0 pounds and her
neck. biceps and calves measure IL
inches each
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30

Three-base hit---Drake Sacrifice hits
Curtis Stolen base-Shapp First
base on balls--By Works, 2 First base
on errors-Detroit. / Fort Worth. 2
Left on bases-Detroit. z Fort Worth.
4, Struck out-By Worth. 4: 10y Rob
inson, g. Double plays--Ness and
O'Leary Ness and Kirke Curtis. Coyle
and McMurray; Robinson and Coyle
Passed -McMurray. Time 40
Umpire-Simpson
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
POST $1,000 SIDE BET.
NORM and Maupome, Mexican Bill.
liardists' Matched.

\ CHICAGO, March 30.-Arrange-
'ments were completed today for
'three-cushion cue match between
Charles NORM, of Chicago. and Pierre
Maupome, the Mexican billiard shark.
THE match Will be the biggest. from
"a financial viewpoint, OF any in the
history of the three-cushion game
each man having posted a 81 900 side
bet
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
Walter j. Travis, thrice American
Matched For 10 Rounds.

CHICAGO, March 30.-Tommy
Moore, Tom owats lightweight pro
tege. will get tryout with Rudy TN
holz in a l0-round bout at ST. Joseph,
Mo-. April Z. II was announced to-
day that articles have been signed
calling for 1873 pounds at 8 O'Clock.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
OLDFIELD RECORD STANDS.
Wilcox and Burman Fail to Lower
One kilometre Record.

PABLO BEACH. Fla. March go
Wilcox, (NationaD and Burman.
Buick made unsuccessful attempts
to lower the worlds record OF 1904
seconds held by Oldfield, for one kill
ometer, at today's auto races. WI
cox covered the distance in 22:75 sec
onds, and Burman in 1926 seconds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
Hayes Runs Tonight.

NEW YORK, March 3O--The first
Marathon appearance OF Johnny
Hayes. the olympic star. in = some
time viii be In Brooklyn tonight,
when he meets Alessio vambra, for
abe full distance.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
Plan Bio Stadium.

PRINCETON, n, j., March 3d.
Plans for stadium. seating 10000.
are maturing at Princeton university.
The new field viii probably be ready
for use I'm two years.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
DAILY Retains Title.

NEW YORK. March 30.--John DAILY
remains the champion three-cushion
billiardist. At the close of the final
block of his challenge match with
George w. Moore last night, he had
registered $50 points to his oppon-
ent's 131.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30
Short Lengths
The P.pe'. Athletics VIII open the

The Pape's Athletics viii open the
season with a double header at the
DiN-ave park Sunday with the Mon
archs and Kremers Delray Athletics
as the opposing teams.
IL II rumOred that George stone, Of
the ST Louis Browns. is slated for the
minors He lead the American league
batsmen in 1907
Walter }. Travis, thrice American
and once British champion golfer,
William j. Fownes. Jr., national anna
teur champion, and Charles Evans. Jr.,
western champion, VIII compete in the
finals at Pinehurst, " c., OF the So
hole qualification round OF the united
north and south golf championship on
Thursday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30

Pitcher Art Fromme may show the
National league something this year.
He has been working like a beaver 10
get into condition 20 DO himself JUS
tice, and Clarke Grifith the Cincin.
natl manager, seems satisfied with his
showing. Fromme did his best work
with St Louis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-30

Chew Muskrst scrap. Irs good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-04

avenue Christian church, is holding a
picnic at the Reform school grounds
today.
Mrs. c. B. Cunningham of 833
North Kansas avenue, has returned
from a ten days visit in Manitou and
Colorado Springs
Miss Julia Flohrschutz of Tecumseh.
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Fred Buech-
ner of 524 Grant street.
The streets of the First ward are
practically deserted today. The ma
jority of the people are at Garfield
park This morning was remarkably
quiet for the 4th. The sane Fourth
was in effect and only the explosion
of a small fire cracker was heard oc-
casionally. The old merry game of
tracks was attempted, but the pollce
stopped it.
The heat of last night showed how
necessity was the mother of invention
A great many slept out in their
porches-in their clothes. Others-at
one home where there are only women
/ folk in the family, the expedient of
/ ma king curtains out of hammockS and
hanging them on the porch railing was
adopted. This formed an open air bed
| room.
The choir of the Church of the Good
/ Shepherd are spending the Fourth at
the Frizbie grove near Granville.
! Those who are in the party include
! Miss Hanum. Miss Edna AtWell Miss
Dorothy Walker Miss Emily Crow,
Miss Wright. Miss Iona Buchanan,
! Miss Boyce, Miss Daisy Kimball. Miss
! Thompson Mr.. Albert P. Mack, Mr..
| George Anderson, Mr.. Ben Atwell, Mr..
Ralph Thompson and Mr. Ralph Ga
briel
A party who are picniclzing near
| Wakarusa today include Miss Myr1
Ward. Miss Stella Ward. Miss Grace
/ Forbes Mr.. Bob Allen, Mr.. Barratt
Waghoner and Mr.. Boyce Emmerson.
( The young people made the trip in an
auto.
A. E Hodge is spending today in
Kansas City.
In few days the mills of the North
side will begin to work night and day
to grind the Kansas wheat crop. The
millers state that the wheat crop is
good over three-fourths of the state.
A levee to cost $500 on Soldier creek
at the r. r. Roger farm northwest of
! Topeka is being planned. At a meet
| ing of the North Topeka drainage
board Monday afternoon it was decided
| to get the engineers estimate on the
work. The dixie will be made to pro-
tect the adjacent land in time of high
water.
Mrs. J. S Bacon of Americas is Wis
j iting her son. w. E. Bacon, of 900
North Van Buren, street.
Mrs. A NJ Meeker of EmDoria is
visiting her son, Rev. w. c. Meeker
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church.
| c. L. Firth is in Kansas City to at
/ tend the automobile races
Mrs. William Wetherholt of 11o7 Cen
trail avenue is visiting relatives in
Wichita
A T. Brown has returned from a
visit in Excelsior Springs. Mo
Miss Bessie Sheetz Of 1892 North
Quincy street is visiting in Burlingame
! Charles Denny of Shorey has recov-
cred from a sick spell.
A. M. Petro druggist