The Detroit times., 1912-08-28
GRAYS POUND OUT rs
HITS WHILE DONOVAN
PITCHES FOR THEM
Put Wild Bill On Roller Coaster
With Final Stop at -
Victory ' aR
TAKE DOUBLE HEAD E R
Sluggers From Providence Rap
Out 83 Safeties in Two
Buffalo Games I'd
AXE DOUBLE : HEAD E R
BIZ RALPH Z. YoNKER.

By RALPH L. YONKER.
Guess that they're with Bill and his
smile out there in Providence.
Yesterday, wild Bill decided that in
asmuch as there was to be a double
header at Buffalo and some OF his
pitchers needed rest and he needed
work, he would enter one game and
show 'em that as manager he could
heaye as well as the next one.
Then did the youngsters rally 10
the support OF their leader. they
tried q unique method OF showing
Bill M They had a conference De
fore the game. Discussion raseu
like this:
This guy has come out Of the west
10 boss us and incidentally show US
that he Is still a pitcher even II ne
didn't stick with the Tigers. Now
they have sent bunch of these T1g-
ers out here for US. Some OF them
have made good. Some OF them nave
not.
Nobody likes Bill Donovan here, so
wen go after that Bison hurier 80
ferociously that Bill can't get any
credit for pitching a great game.
I'd and at 'em.
Tnereupon they proceeded to take
their big sticks in hand and got busy.
They took q good look at their op.
posing battery. "Fullenweder anu
Shang" Ach. Louie!
Alter they had Fullenweder ana
Schanged for nine innings to their
hearts cotent, they found that they
hal ciouted out 16 hits on the man
with the chairman name and also that
these l6 hits combined with tnroe
Bison errors meant 16 runs.
Riding on a seven-run lead optain
ed In the third inning, Donovan neia
the Bisons to Ave hits. These ana
two errors made by his supporters
gave Buffalo total or Tour runs.
The news Of Bills success at bui.
falo Yesterday, tickled his Detroit
admirers who are always giad 10
learn OF his making good.
BEFORE Bill had the Providence Job
thrust upon him he said that he
wouldn't like TO pitch for the team
he managed. He pictured graphical
" the sorry portrait of himself yank-
inc himself from the box to let an
other pitcher take his place and ne
sighed, Nay, nay!'
But Bill has evidently changed ms
mind and II he can continue to pun In
victories like that of yesterday, II Is
well One OF the important features
OF Bills winning Is its evident testi-
mony rs to his popularity among MS
players. II they ever wanted TO lay
down on a manager they have tnsar
chance when he is pitching
Sixteen hits says that they didn't.
Added to the interest In the Provi-
dence-Buffalo double-heade-, yester-
day. was the winning OF the second
game with q nee-Tiger battery.
Moran, the young college pitcher,
Bailey. the former Brown and then
Tiger. and Schmidt. former Tiger
catcher, formed the defense that held
rBuffalo to 10 hits and FIVE runs, while
the Providence sluggers again got
enormously busy and pounded out IL
hits, which Melted them, howeyer
only eight runs.
These 80 hits in two games aren't
so bad for the Grays.
The season Of 1912 for the Tigers
has been one unique In the shifts
that have been made In the infield.
Hardly a week has passed with
shifting OF one or more me nfrom one
position TO another, or from or to the
bench.
This inability of Manager Jen-
nings to get an fnfield that injuries
and other circumstances would leave
Intact long enough for them To get
to working together has been In
large part responsible for the miser-
able showing made by the Tigers.
Yesterday there was another
wholesale shifting which resulted in
a good combination after the team
got started. Sad to relate. however.
the team didn't get started until
after the Athletics had copied of
enough runs to cinch the game at the
rate the Tigers were going.
1t doesn't hurt, however, TO see
these shifts being made now as much
as IL did the first of the season. II
is realized that Jennings is simply
looking over his men nowadays for
line on their ability for next year.
Reports from the east concerning
this man Corridor are such that he
will be watched with much interest
when he makes his appearance here
probably Friday. They tell US In
Philadelphia that he is better man
at second than Bill Louden. II that
De 30, ne mas 10 20 some, TOT BILL
has shown class there.
Witness, at one time unknown tc
George. was instrumental in letting
the Athletics have their four runs
In the first inning yesterday. After
that George was working in great
shape and held the Mackmen run
less The Tigers, however, coult
cop only two counters.