The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-14
Ia the Great Finishing Pitcher
of the Club-Wins His
Own Games, Too
BROWNS CASTOFF HAS
BEEN OF GREAT VALUE
He Has Better Control IMAM
Any Other Finger on
the Club
gY RALPH Z. YONEER.

TO he has been the DIX ihulaH enc
a star pitcher who won the maJorlJ
of the games that he went into
This wear Bender has not only beeh
pitcher TO be relied upon 10 win
the greater portion OF the gamei he
started. but he has been great
savior of Younger hurlers. Time anu
time again he has gone into the oatt'e
started by one OF Macks Kid pitchers
and held the enemy az bay When they
started to look dangerous
What Bender has been doing TOT
the Athletics the veteran Joe Lake
has been doing for the Tigers ne
has not only won a greater percent'
age of his games than any other ~
ger hurler. but he has finished, the
greater part OF the time successlully
name after game that the other Tiger
fingers couldn't get through With
Brought TO the Tigers as Brown
CASTOR in 1912. Lake was supposed
to be merely temporary prop TO the
> pitching STAFF. II was tacitly under
stood that he was to serve his time
for the rest OF the season here as
first aid TO disabled pitchers ana
then. If waivers could be secured, De
shipped TO Providence where he
would be a mighty valuable man
Put there were several objections
to that method The first was that
Joe pitched such good ball that he
couldn't be released from the club
without injustice TO the team ana
himself. The second was that walV-
ers couldn't have been secured on
him even il the Tigers had wanted
to send him east Clark Griffith or
the Nationals made a statement 10
the effect that any time Hughie Jen-
nings wanted to let Lake go, he would
take him simply as pitcher TO finish
games.
III Jennings ever had an idea of let
ting = Joe 90. he changed his mind
when he heard about that for he said
that Lake was just as valuable TO the
Detroit clrb as to the Washington
club. But instead of combining Lakes
duties TO finishing games. Hughie
made him one OF the regular men TO
get his turn at pitching and Joe leads
the Tiger hurlers
Lake Is the Tigers spitball pitcher.
He has one OF the best dewey deliv-
cries in the league. Furthermore. he
has better control than any other
or four Tiger hurlers fail TO get the
ball over the plate enough times 10
make the game interesting, Joe is
sent TO the rescue. and he puts the
ball where opposing batsmen can
reach il or at Ii, and the session il
soon closed Besides this, Joe knows
how TO pitch He is veteran OF
many years experience and he uses
everything he has learned, to help
him out
Lake has shown a fine spirit In his
work for the Detroit club. He would
rather be with Washington than with
Detroit. but nevertheless, he has
given his best efforts to the Tigers.
He has been ready and willing TO go
In and work at any time No matter
what the conditions he has been
anxious TO do his best. He is always
In condition to do his regular wors
and little more.
r Hall is the only Tiger who has
been In more games than Lake. Joe
has been in 20 games. He has won
seven and lost four Hall has been
in % with eight won and eight lost.
He gets his chance TO go over the
500 mark today, If pitching against
the Athletics can in fairness be called
a chance Dauss is the only pitcher
besides Lake who has won more
games than he has lost. Dauss has
five victories and four defeats
rs Paddy Bauman, the 2S0 hitting
infielder that the Tigers are looking
for?
That is an important question that
Paddy himself will get a chance 20
answer in a short time now. as the
little Providence infielder has been or
dcred TO report TO the Tigers at once.
Baumann has been with the Tigers
before. He went south with them in
the spring OF 1912 and was released
later IN the season TO Providence He
has been playing good ball for the
Greys and is hitting over 300. Bill
Donovan. manager OF the Crews. says
that he believes Paddy is the man the
Tigers need
Bauman has been playing short for
the Providence club so that Charlie
Deal could stay at third. but when
he comes here he will be played at
third as soon as he is taken of the
bench. with Witt remaining at second
base. Bauman will probably hit
\ seventh during the time he is in the
lineup.
f sefR4a ~ -
Dauss held the final obsequies over
What ink of his Sunday AFTERNOON.
when he beat the Athletics ~. Up,
4 recent date unable 10 win games
IN the west, he has dispelled whatever
" was that was keeping him from do.
4 ing 50. beating both Washington and
the Athletics.
II was some stunt. by the way, for
the Tigers to show such complete
reversal OF form Sunday. Playing like
bunch of dummies Saturday, they
came back strong Sunday and beat
the Athletics a double-header
Jy,, Cobb IL through at second base
< C0bb2is not convinced that he codldnt
Z make an inielder OF himself II he wish
\ I'd 10. but he is convinced that IL can
not be done in day and the Tigers