The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-25
ntelasses st. Louis and Chi.
cago in Last Series
Looks Good Here
MEN ARE FIGHTING FOR
1 FLAG AND BIRMINGHAM
Playing Scrappy, Inside Ball
/, Take Advantage of OppO-
nents' Every Slip


The Maps are the pennant hopes Oh
ohe west.
I That Cleveland bunch Is the oh1y
xlub upou which the westerners can
Nth any confidence pin their hopes
1pr bunting.
I The Maps themselves believe that
hey are going TO win the penhaht
Ind they are battling their heads on
- it--and for their young manager
Birmingham.
II They have outclassed both the
browns and Chicago in their last
2eries with them and judging from
"a way they started yesterday they
- going to do the same Win the
t1yefs. 49,
N the recent series with the
bruwns. the Maps won two out Oh
hree. losing the middle one because
and. Graney and Chapman all had
Z dip into the soup of errors at criticai
lines.
The Naps cut the string OF one
Mailman, the Browns giant portsider'
fnIkenberg turning the trick. Iney
III To Hamilton, the no-hit twirier'
krd won from Roy Mitchell. their own
fitchell, Willie beating his name
nike.
The Maps are taking advantage OF
livery error OF the opposition. Ihes
Iro playing lighting ball, such as was
ispiayed when Jack Graney tumoied
Subuc into the dirt. making first on
ohn's error, yesterday. when II
hoant . run.
They are playing inside ball suV
y Birmingham pulled off when he
nueejed Olson home, the fourth
sueese he has started which result
Il "a success thu season.
They are out to win Ihey are
\ knitting.
n How they outclassed the Chicago
Nh n shown by the following sum-
- Of the series In Cleveland. by
nlnh Sickle. q Cleveland writer.
n vine pitching and alright Catching
7 - imposed to be the safety pins That
~ un Chicago's White Stockings.
- IL the four-game series just closed
Chicato the Nap battery men bent
y nina and ruined the Sox.
sC3eyeland's boxmen. supposed TO
voak a q stan, showed up the
- hurlers. and the Nap catchers.
m 70 b, mediocre performers. had
m oyer Schalk, the boy wonder
f&a four games, three OF which the
IiGg captured. our pitchers equaled
surpassed their opponents. None
g them was Knocked out OF the pox'
hDroaS- four Of the Sox boxmen, In.
a. 80 ri
vAlsh, were derricked.
ssThe number Of hits made in the
\ories, each, might indicate that the
1tching was equally good, but II
asn't. Most Of the Sox safeties were
NoAe after the Maps had the games
Sell In hand and were taking things
asy. They did not materialize into
una either as the total Of Is for
cleveland to s for Chicago shows.
I'm the first game, won by the Sox,
to 1. Willie Mitchell pitched p great
nme. deserved at least q tie, and
kas taken out to allow Beall to bat
'Ibr him In the eighth. The second
lame was al Steen by to 0 score,
witch fairly. represents his superior
IN over Benz and Russell. The third
ame was taken by Falkenberg. 8 to
over LANCE and the Smith family
r. recruits, Robert and Clarence.
4Alkenberg had the Sox beaten at
avery turn. but slowed up after the
Igaps had q nve-run lead and let
HEM ret couple.
n Before Cleveland took its COM
handing lead Cy gave an exhibition
81 how to set them down when in
Xfonble.
n Sundays game was won, 2 to I,
I y the expense Of Big Ed Walsh, who
HI . victim to the Nap batsmen in
/ No three innings he performed. John.
non smashed the first ball Ed pitched
- : Aouhln and acOrad IN lack sou 9