The Detroit times., 1912-06-13
THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY
TIGER WRECK THAT JIAi
GANDIL WAS IN--OH NO!
No. indeed Chick Lost a Pair
of False Teeth In Tigers
Railroad Smash
THEY WERE ANOTHERS
Molars Didn't Belong To Gandll'
But He Caused Their
Disappearance
THEY WERE ANoTHER's
Good-by. Chick!

Good-by, Chick!
You're a Jolly good fellow and We
like you, Mr.. Gandil, first oaseman 10
Clarke Grifith's crazy crew but goou
BY and good luck to you
why The jollity at Chicks de
parture?
Confidentially. Chick is the realest
ii7est Tiger ink that can be seen on
( the Washington team. The habit OF
accounting for the loss OF games
through the fact that one team plays
better baseball than the other is TIRE
some you know The jinx method Is
more satisfactory to everybody con-
cerned.
So. then. in the ink hunt among the
members OF the senatorial committee
we idly scan with dull eye. tightrope
walking Germany Schaefer, tights air
pitching Walter Johnson, Clarke Grlt-
nth and the blue-jeaned mascot, I'M
III our orbs float over TO the nrst
corner and We See long. ianky. good
natured Chick Gandil!
Chick Gandil--the man who lost a
pair tor set or whatever you can
fbeml of false teeth in the Tigers
wreck on their southern trip. They
weren't Chicks teeth, but he lost
them just the same.
Indeed. this last series that the
Tigers so reluctantly handed TO the
8 Nationals is not the first Tiger wreck
that Gandil has participated in. On,
no. he started the wrecking season
with them.
Gandirs home is in Dixie. He was
wending mis- way northward TO join
n the Montreal team this spring on the
same train that the Tigers had taken
ont of Camp Monroe. He had been
talking with his old friend Jean Dubuc
IN the Tigers Pullman. Then he had
gone to his own car and was con-
versing with gentleman opposite
him. when-crash,
Chicks head eatapaulted against
the front teeth Of the man ahead,
there was a dull thud and said teeth
dropped TO the floor and rolled away
under the seat They were never
found.
Chick came back to the Tiger
ciaches In time to see Dubuc pick
himself and a very much soiled pair
"a trousers out of pail OF water ana
Y Hank Perry's eyes bullying out as he
nnnrmured again. Are you ready
lGandil was the only ball player on
tie train besides Mike Maurer who
Didn't collect damages
Before that Chick had started his
crusade against the Tigers when he
uhpired couple of exhibition games
3 ID them
when Clarke Griffith left here with
rs four Tiger victories he would have
lied to have taken with him also
Jan Dubuc, Tiger hurler Dubuc is
al pitcher after Clarke's own heart
II fact he is regular model OF what
Cfiffith used to be.
fGriffith taught John that change OF
rice that has made him the pitcher
tAat he is. That was when John was
With Cincinnati and Clarke was the
boss down there.
III is due 10 neglect OF some OF the
Qifiith cohorts that Dubuc Is
fbt Red right now. After he had
developed into pitcher ne became
i'd and was let go to Buffalo Ii was
C&ifhth's intention that he should be
Rpt there until he recovered sur
IN iently to be OF aid TO the Reds
again.
but while the Red boss was away
Oh q trip. Buffalo decided that he
wasn't good enough for them, and
Garry Herman reasoned that II he
wasn't good enough for the Bisons he
Wasn't good enough TO be chung 10
and SO let him 20 to Montreal, from
- faA ~ I'm,
Griffith considers Dubuc TO be one
OF the greatest pitchers in the Ameri
c4n league. He says that while John
hasn't the curve that he used TO have
hk makes UP for 1t in speed SO thai
ht is just as good as he used TO be.
Not handing himself a bouquet, o.
cturse, for everybody acknowledge:
t4at Grin used to be among the top
nktchers.
kThe safety valve on the rowdyisn
bNiler didn't give way while the Ma
FINALS were here In spite of the fac
taat they took every game, 80 IL ma!
nkw be whispered that there was an
other strike wound up In one NC
bride. Washington shortstop, al
READY 10 De leN 20 III sOuhe IAN SNaAiV'
something.
Mister Mcbride did the Cobb stun
the latter part OF last season al hi
home grounds at Washington. Tn
Only thing that prevented an en-
ctunter was that Mcbride couldn'
md the fan who was abusing him.
He had been made the subject OF
lot of unnecessary attack from Ger
tain section OF the pavilion and h
lhd stood II as long as he could. Ate
AZ Particularly abusive strain ha'
p/erced the air In his direction, h,
gIthered about him the genial coun
t4nance OF Umpire Billy Evans ant
started for the pavilion. He gravel!
demanded that the fan make himsel
Known. Everybody looked as some
bIdy else and was silent.
Peace indeed hath her victories!
no there isn't anything else doing
~ Cobb can be depended upon 4
Kife the fans the value OF thei
money In that Johnsonesque contes
81 yesterday. In which Il was gener
ally agreed 70 SIT back and hgure OF
What the score would be. Cobb pulle'