The Detroit times., 1912-04-22
Tigers MUST TAKE FOUR
DF FIVE FROM BROWNS TO
CATCH MAPS AND ". SOI
In Case Cleveland Chicago Split
Quartet, Tigers Can Lose Only
One To st. Louis
BILL BURNS MADE GOOD
He Has the Stuff, But His Poor
Fielding Wedged Him in
a Tight Hole
BY RALPH L. YONKER.


To catch up with their formidable
western rivals, the Maps and the Sox,
the Tigers must take four OF the fve
games scheduled for this week at ST.
Louis.
While Jennings is battling in the
Brown city, the Sox and the Maps
play a quartet of contests at Cleve-
land. At the rate they are going now
these two teams may be expected TO
split even, which will give each OF
them seven games to their credit and
FIVE lost.
II Jackson's being out of the game
should weaken the Maps enough so
that the Sox can cop three OF the four,
the Tigers must win every one of the
ST. Louis quintet to head Callahan.
Likewise IL Cleveland should take
three of the coming series the Jungle
men need all five games to put them
I'm the lead of the westerners.
While the eastern teams in the
American league have been jumping
away up In the air and landing hard
on New York for six straight games
Sd that even Washington is even up
With the world, the western teams.
an but the Tigers have fattened their
averages above the middle mark at
the expense of Bobby Wallace's crew.
It Is now the Tigers turn for the
easy meat.
The Tigers go to st. Louis with
everybody in good shape. Tex Cow
ington, who pitched such masterful
game against the Maps, Willett and
Dubuc. are all available for the open
er, with Mullin and Burns ready later
I'm the week Works, LATTE and Per-
noll are all anxious to get into their
first regular game also, and IL
wouldn't be surprising to see them get
chance in st. Louis.
Bill Burns did all that he guaran-
teed to on coming here. He held the
Maps so closely yesterday during the
regulation number OF innings desig-
mated as enough for one afternoons
work that had the igers come across
with any one of the four runs that he
said ne wanted, he would have had
his first game to his credit. Further
more Bill made good as Tiger hurl-
er. He has the stuff.
There was perhaps nobody who
hated more to lose that game Sunday
than Bill himself While 1t hasn't
been SO stated, it is probable that Bill
gets sort OF bonus IL he wins so
many games. When he first came
here he promised that he would win
majority OF his games II the Tigers
would hit out four runs for him. The
Tiges didn't.
When Bill missed that simple little
roller of Easterly's and gave an imita-
ton OF the clever little Japanese in
polite vaudeville juggling stunt, his
mouth moved impressively. Even
those closest to him couldn't hear
what Bill said and II they had probab.
" they never could have printed 1t in
a home newspaper.
Saturdays aeroplane exhibit was
mapped out especially 10 show the
value OF good fielding pitcher in
pinch. Two misplays by Burns him
self wedged him into the hole in that
fatal tenth. First, he failed to hold
Gamers throw on Lajoie's grounder,
when he covered first. IL looked as
II Gamer had to throw too swiftly for
Burns to hold II so Larry got a hit
in the Official dope sheet. Then came
Easterly's bunt, for the poor handling
of which there seemed TO be no ex-
cuse.
Without these bungles, the hitting
would not have scored a run. Lajoie
would have been the first out. Gamer
10 Burns. The rest OF the story would
have been like this: Ryan was hit.
Hohnhorst beat out beautiful bunt
along the third base line. Turner hit
into a double play, Bush to Delahanty
to Gamer.
But this Is no consolation. It
wouldn't have been that was at all,
probably.
Another play by Burns. that proved