The Detroit times., 1912-05-30
. THOUGH ERRATIC, WORKS
HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF
HIS TIGER TEAMMATES
In Many Wabbly Places, HIS
Support Stiffens
Behind Him.
SUMMERS NOT AT BEST
Evident That Eddie Has Yet 20
Get in Tip-Top Shape
For Season
SUMMERS NOT AT BEST
BY RALPH L. YoNKER.

The Tigers Rave confidence In
Ralph Works. That Is apparent from
the way they stiifeR their support be
hind the lhfky lawyer when the op-
position begins 10 look strong. In tne
last two games I'm which Works has
worked (beg pardono he has been
In all sorts of trouble, but his friends
have been right there with the help
ing hand when he Wps IN need.
Works has a whole lot to be thauk'
lful for In this. When a hurlers team
kmates have no confidence in their
lchief defensive strength, II makes IL
hery. very bad for that parsonage.
iYoung Remneas, the Tiger spitballist
who was sent to-Pfeyidence, is an
lexample or the Unfortunate individual
IN whom his teammates place no con-
tidence. The Tigers were as good as
lost as soon as Rem stepped into the
box.
The team has more confidence in
Works than Manager jennings. Works
has always gone well in the spring
and saised Hughes expectations
high, only 20 let them fall down later
In the season. That is what has made
the Tiger manager prone TO view
Ralph's work with very critical eye.
Over at New York, Hughie yanked
Works in the fourth inning on blue
Monday after his support had got him
in a bad hole. Thereafter the Tigers
played baby ball. 1t looked very
much as II they were trying to show
their manager up for having jerked
Works against their judgment.
In that 17anning game last Satur-
day which Ralph pitched without a
run for 13 successive innings, he was
In trouble time and time again hut
at no time did his support falter. TIE
men behind Ralph seemed TO know
that he would pull through. However,
an earned run finally lost him the
contest.
Not only has Ralph had the conf.
dence of his mates, but he has been
having some good breaks in fortune
Yesterdays game would have been
lost in the eleventh had not the
Browns taken that time, so opportune
for the man with the wing collar, to
pull of an ivory nub that would have
originated only in the darkest Africa
The solid plays of Bodie and Weav-
er that helped Mullin win his last
game at Chicago had nothing on the
exhibition of bewilderment made by
four alleged baserunning Browns yes
terday. The moving picture man re-
tired from the field of action. The
Browns brain motors moved too
slowly for depletion in motion
II was at time when a run would
have meant that the Browns could
have retired to their clubhouse with
another victory. II was the second
inning after the regular workday Pre-
scribed by the baseball union. There
were three men on bases.
With one out in the eleventh the
Browns got to Works, Pitcher brown
and Shotten singing and Hogan walk
ing, blocking the paths. Then Stoyall
rolled to Moriarty When Brown on
third saw that George had the ball
he started back to third. Shotton aud
Hogan, tearing wild for third and sec
ond, respectively, saw their lea Ter
stop and Shotton returned to second
where he convulsively embraced
Hogan as both of them tried 70 re-
tain their balance on the same sack.
q In the meantime Moriarty had pegged
to Onslow at the bag, forcing Brown
and had received the return from
Jack, forcing Shotton at third.
It was rather peculiar that the
same play came up in the thirteenth
inning with the same man at the bat
but with two out There were three
men on when Stovall rolled to Mortar.
ty who forced the man coming from
second by touching third.
As an example of the unfairness @:
the rules covering the awarding OF
games to pitchers is offered that con
test yesterday. Works had every,
thing to lose and nothing TO gain f.
the average columns yesterday lie
went into bad start that tied ur q
game that Summers had officially won
Had he lost he would have been
charged with the defeat As II was he
gets no Official credit for the victory
The showing OF one Eddie Summers
yesterday does not tend to enrapture
bis faithful fans I'm this mans town
Eddie was evidently not in :iptor
shape. He went TO Philadelphia q
week or more ago claiming 20 be
ready to work, but Hughie evidently
thought that Kickapoo had made q
mistake for h9' didn't use him anti
yesterday, when he made his season :
big league debut. --4ets.r
IL Is hoped that Summers Is simply
not yet at his best for he Is capable
OF pitching much better ball than thai
shown against the weak Browns YES
terday, II he is the Eddie Summers ot
old The season Is past its sprinp
chicken stage already. We're nseGins
you, Eddie. Fiddle up
And IL here isn't that Willie Louder
with his face all washed and his mai,
brushed back waiting for his dail,
boQuet.
Here y'are, Bill. You're worktrs
like sn old warhorse out in that shoTt
garden. The shortening OF the dis
lance required for most Of the throw,
10 first has been what you needed fol
you're getting them over there in poo(
shape. You're covering all kinds Of
ground too. Going out TO right ant
left for short flies and getting ground
ers all over Is the proper stunt Tn,
error that some OF the scorers cav,
you yesterday was called a nit b,
many. II was bad bound.
OF course. we don't mind II you &c
, hit now and then, too.