The Detroit times., 1911-02-01
MON ROE'S
FIRST
GLlM

team has made moNnosS
in the louisiana rnSa.
town. Unless an GLIMPSE.
| other delye into
history reveals something more that
has escaped memory, the Tfges' mon
roe inaugural occurred on the spring
| trip of 1908. This was the club which
Ed Barrow managed, with George
| Smith captain.
I'VE were i'm Monroe for just one
game" recounts my informant That
/ furnished Ms enough excitement 10
last for some time. The town then
supported q team In the Cotton States
league. This aggregation was full OF
ambitious Youngsters from up north
and was right nifty aggregation.
They had young left-hander ON the
mound that was using everything he
had and could get II over the plate,
too.
NAL Eason started for Detroit and
was found for a couple OF runs In the
| first three innings when ne gave
way TO Frank Kitson. kitsons curve
hadn't put IN an appearance yet ana
Frank was mark for the Monroe
batsmen. In the three innings that
he occupied the slab, Monroe scored
| Ave runs more.
.The score was Z to 0 when. in the
seventh. Wild Bill Donovan walked
out on the firing line.
ain those years Bill used to do
quite a bit OF pitching in the spring.
| The day was warm and he was there
with all his old smoke. He whined
three batsmen with neatness and dis
match. The Tigers got couple OF
! hits i'm their half Of the eighth, Dut
couldn't score. Wild Bill went out
and famed the side again.
Then the ninth for Detroit and
things broke loose. The Monroe
southpaw began to weaken. The boys
hit him hard and he went wild. A
succession of long blows. mixed IN
with two or three bases on balls and
hit batsman, gave Detroit eight
runs.
THE crowd begged the Monroe
PLAYERS TO come back in the home
| teams half of the final inning but
Wild Bill wouldn't consider letting
'em--no, not for a minute. With neat
ness and dispatch he famed three
batsmen and the game was over, De-
| troit winning. s to Z.
Talk about your sore crowds.
sWhy that mob at Monroe refused
pointblank to go home. Everybody
hung around to hand II to the Detroit
players when they emerged from the
gate. :,
The street leading from the ball
ward runs for some distance through a
gully with high. clay sides. Alone
! the tops OF these ridges gathered the
able-bodied citizens OF Monroe. In
their hands they held large goDs OIL
the red, Louisiana mud with wnicn
the region abounded. As our bus
came along they let fly. For two
blocks or so we ran a gauntlet. THOSE
bugs had speed and control. IL seem.
ed as II there wasn't a handful oil
Monroe, La. flung In our direction
that didn't spat squarely on It's mark
You should have seen that ball club
when it got back to its hotel
II was Abe Attell's numerous bone
that he broke at Cleveland. but Abe
will be long time seeing anything
funny in that.
Wonder why Charlie Schmidt didn't
| tip Hughie Jennings on 10 the star kio
brother catcher that one OF the rival
American league clubs has picked mp
Too bad that Connie Mack couldn't
turn young Mr.. Derrick over to some
club that needs him worse. or what
use is derrick to worlds cham
pion?
Expressions of the welcome-home
order that have been pouring In on
the carpenter Of. these words are
| pleasant indeed, But the acme Of ap
probation Is due the old friend who
didn't forget, I'm all these months
even the pet brand OF "makin's."