The Detroit times., 1912-05-11
JAHAGE is BOOKED FOR
SOME TROUBLE WHEN FAST
TANKS GET ON THE BAGS
Peerless Oscar viii Have To
Keep His Eye and Arm
Working To Hold EN-.
Tjvo SPEEDY oUTFIELDERs
Dplan, Martin and Chase, Too
Are Thievishly Inclined
For Inner Gardeners
TjvO SPEEDY oUTFIELDERS
BY RALPH L. YoNKER,

when the Tigers stack up against
tho regular Yankee lineup in their
series with Harry Wolverton's pets
at New York. beginning today, one
Mr.. Oscar Stanage, Tiger catcher ex-
trkordinary. is going to have his
hands full, according 10 the dope.
IA keep these same Yankees from
ttoevish ways.
Hhe Yanks have an infleld that is
ssfre some speedy on the bags aud
the outfield isn't composed OF truck
horses, SO that II will be necessary
fof Oscar to get his whip oiled up
and working smoothly 20 cut down
overly ambitious purloiners.
1t is more than likely that this
REGULAR lineup will not be able TO
start against the Tigers but when
Tidy do get Strengthened around.
lobk out!
Dolan, young third sacker. who
b Is not been in shape to play lately
WI probably be played at third base
d,|rinR the series. This man stole
GA bases last year, which is some
tfkeving. or these, SO were taken In
fh Eastern league. He took every
thing in the deck but the joker there.
THEN he stole IL more In the Amer
lean league after he joined the Yam
KEGS last season.
Young Martin, the shortstop, prov
ed his speed last season By running
aday with So sacks In the Virginia
lekgue. He left only the Joker also.
OF course, the Virginia league is not
the American league but his success
there shows his speed possibilities.
Hal Chase rounded SO corners sur
reDtitiously last year, himself, and his
friends say that he wasn't going at
hiI wonted speed. Gardner, the Sec
orh baseman, is slower than the
other three infielders.
In the outfield. Birdie Cree Topped
on As OF the forbidden canvasses and
Daniels eight less. Wolter was the
sl(west Of the outfielders with %
bin his heavy hitting maze up for
1T Hartzel got only %.
Despite the feeble condition Of the
Tikers who go 70 Gotham tomorrow
toEdo battle with Harry Wolverton's
Yankees, these same Yankees are
trembling.
They are trembling principally for
twp reasons. Ty Cobb and Sam
Crawford are their names.
They are trembling for what Ty
hab done and they are trembling for
what Sam is expected 70 do. The
Yankees know, Just as well as we do,
that Crawford Is going to get started
sooner or later and they are afraid
that he has chosen New York as the
place for his first real permanent
st1de.
ID has been shown several times
already this season that when Ty and
Sam are clouting together II means
lo6 of runs. The few times that
th&y have been able to collaborate,
getting bases on hits have been fruit
Early in the season, Ty and Sam
both had off days and good days. The
trouble was that Tvs good ones came
almost invariable on Sans bad ones.
Now Ty is hitting his regular clip
ana 1t Is up to Sam to strike his.
The Yankees know that Sam has
the capability. That has been tried
and tested before. IL Is merely a
matter OF time until his ability will
send him up where he belongs.
IN the meantime with Bush hitting
vety well and getting his quota OF
pa4ses, Witt hitting consistently and
DeIahanty doing the same, the Tiger
arfhy of sluggers is still one to be
feared.
The Yankees are planning to win
the games with the Tigers oy getting
to the Tiger pitchers. They know
that they stand very little chance OF
stopping our wrecking crew. wrecked
itself though Ii Is with Gamer out,
with any but Russell Ford so they
are planning to clout for their lives.
For a second time in the eastern
Invasion the Tigers oppose a team
Weakened by the loss OF a star first
baAeman with an aggregation itself
without its regular man at the init M
coiher. Gamer was expected to loin
the Tigers at New York out whether
he will be able to get into the game
befbre the series with the Athletics
A I question.
The Yankees are much more seri-
ou8ly hampered astfar as actual play
in< is concerned by the loss OF their
first baseman than were the Red Sox,
however. Bradley for the Sox was
playing nearly up to Jake StahPs
standard, while there is nobody with
thd Yanks who can take Hal Chase's
plafe.
ehase's sickness has given rise To
rufRors such as these: Hal Chase Is
20 be traded for iris Speaker of the
. Rec Sox. Hal Chase Is to be traded
rIWalter Johnson OF the Nationals.
Thkre would seem to be little fouIda-
fiOk for them, however, and Chase
II Expected to be back I'm the fray
befbre the Tigers series IL completed.
He has been suffering from sickness
for several days.
Zen though we won II, 6-5, Il
want much TO be proud OF. that get
away game with Boston yesterday.
a looked as n Jakey Stahl didn't
DOH on Il particularly. anyway, and
20 tecided to make use OF his candi-
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