The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-06
~ PAUL HALE sRuskE.

~ PAUL HALE bHOSNe.
saturday, the Tiger nemesis, ii
beIe and the bugs are today op
pressed with awful fear "Our Boys
nay fail TO win q ball game.
saturday has been the Tiges losing
Jay up TO date. Twice-and both
Times on foreign fields-they have
been defeated this year. Each time
the day was the same.
II was Saturday that Doc White
licked them in Chicago.
II was Saturday that West out
tucked them In Cleveland.
The Browns haven't won a game
from the Tiges, out of the six played
The law of chance will eventually gel
IN its work. Will II be on Saturday
that the blow falls. or will the Tigers
light on the hoodoo and enter another
week OF undefeated play?
Lively Is due to pitch for the lead
ers. with Lefty George or Joe Lake
the probable selection for the mer
of 81. Louis. The big Tiger kit hasn't
<virled for full week and ought tc
De In fine form.
In the meantime, the Tigers sup
porters. reckless OF consequences tC
he league race, continue to exhibit g
burning thirst for more triumphs. The
XIges can't win too many to suit us
The Athletics are pasturing on the
rucculent fodder at Washington, and
Are now 30 close to second place that
. there II practically no difference be
Tween them and Boston, which is .
Tow points ahead, though still In the
.xomote rear of the Tigers. New
Works defeat pushed Hal Chase's
mem from second to fifth place yes
<erday, SO closely punched are the
Dursuing cohorts.
II would be great race il II WASH I
for the Tigers.
Should the Tigers win today, and
nhould the Athletics, New York and
cleveland also win, Mack's men
would find themselves In second posi-
hon and the issue would doubtless be
sharply drawn through the rest OF
the season. Walter johnson may bar
the door, however. II Is his day TO
Toll for Washington.
He entered unostentatiously and
oidled up to the sporting editors desk
IN his hand there was a piece OF a
Dink-deep pink-newspaper on
which he had penciled a long row OF
6eures In his eye there was the
Rlcam which one sees through the
erating at charitable institutions, fire.
Quented by those crippled under the
. hat.
He peered at the 8. E. from un'er
pair OF beetling brows, bent ( 1r
s low and said, In sort Of whispered
yell:
DO You know what 1t means"
What what means?' replied the |
scribe, getting firm grip OF q four
column cut of Ty Cobb, which hap
pened to be handy. Talk up; get II
out Of your SYSTEM"
why the way the Tigers are sprint
Ing away from the others, of course!
Do you know what 1t meansr
Now the Sporting Editor had some
very vivid ideas of what II had meant
up to date. II had meant feverish de-
mands for additional copy the graft
6cation natural to some strong per.
oonal friendships, the repeated pleas
IRE Of milling out cheerful chronicles
other things. But
there's everything In getting new
point Of view.
.Proceed." said he, and. observing
( the harmless character OF his visitors
6{1nent, he relaxed his hold on the
cut which, appropriately, slid with
grace to the floor.
s why 1t means that, IL they keep
travelling at this clip, they'll finish
the season with 136 games won, 16
E I06f, and a percentage OF 1896! I've
rot the dope all here, Listen!
They've won IL and lost 2. They'll
probably play about 1852 games. Just
< multiply their present figures by eight
and what do you have? Just 1876 and
16. Total, 152. All they've got to do
~ 10 hold the clip. The season Is just
+ one-eighth over now. Only seven
ciEhths left! Why there never was a
team like 'em. Worlds champions
&rcn't in their class. | said last year
nd had the figures to prove it."
nd there he stopped. Two burly
|iduals had entered. One of them
4 long breath and remarked,
IS he is!"
IL had come to carry him back
1orborn and he started meekly.
ter those eastern clubs have
and went. I'll be back again and
but he was talking over his
der and one Of his captors ruth.
NJ shut the door, with the statisti-
on the outside. a.
rev minutes later the janitor was
11erved 20 bring the screen doors
om their winter crypt. He said
ere were too many bugs floating in
rom the outside.
Are the Tigers really the record
&reakers they have appeared up to
Or are they just an improved ball
club that had pennant chance in the
0rst place, and has been out-classing
three weak opponents?
Here Is the question that Detroit
and Michigan--yes and a good share
81 the American league is debating
today.