The Detroit times., 1913-05-15
Yesterdays Game Against the
Worlds Champions Makes
Baseball History
TWO HITS ALL THE son
CAN GET FROM EDGAR
Tiger Wrecking Crew Gets Sal
wage Enough From Be-
dent to Win
BY RALPH l.. YONKER.

a b1 hALfh l.. O%N N Eh.
Edgar Willett begins to look like
the most reliable pitcher the Tigers
have at present.
Willett pitched his second game OF
the season yesterday and ne maze
baseball history while he was doing
20. He pitched game that will APP
pear In the baseball record book In
the Games OF few hits section.
Two safeties were all that the
worlds champions could get from Big
Edgar. One Of them was triple
which resulted In n run when Willett
Let 90 Q Wild pitch. Gardner got 1t
to start the second inning.
The other was clean single past
George Moriarty by Speaker, In the
seventh inning. An error by Morrie
on the next ball Lewis bad bounder,
put Wlllett In the worst hole he found
himself in during the day. The Tig.
ere had only q one-run lead when all
this happened. With two on and none
down things looked serious. but Gard
ner lined to Crawford. Engle popped
: to Bush and Wagner flied to Cobb.
Besides those mentioned only two
men reached first base. Hooper got
there on Wits boot in the first inning
and Hendriksen, batting for Bedient
In the eighth walked and stole.
This was better game than Ed
gar pitched against the White Sox,
when he lost 81. He allowed eight
hits then. but the Tigers couldn't get
to Jim Scott, 20 Willett couldn't win.
Willett's underhand delivery had
the Sox plainly worried and his slow
bail proved their downfall. Time and
J time again they either swung wildly
1t Il a. It hoated up to them or pop
ped Il up hArmlessly to some fielder.
Willett II . pitcher who needs lots
OF work and doubtless he will get 1t
from now on. Unless he is going
faster than his gait now he is likely to
prove the Tigers most dependable
hurler before the season II over.
! Il took the wrecking crew, including
|, veach, to accomplish the defeat OF
Hugh Bedient, worlds series hero.
. Cobb took an important part In the
I manufacture Of the FIRST two runs that
were scored. He singled to left In the
fourth inning, went to third on as
pretty hit and run az one could care
|. to zee when veach drove through
WAgner's vacated position and scored
when the two men attempted double
steal In which Bobby was caught at
second.
He drove In Crawford with a single
amer Wahoo had tripled to the far re-
ceases Of right field in the sixth.
Witt. Crawford and Veach were re-
sponstble for the mauling given re.
cruit Foster. the shortarmed wonder.
Witt and Crawford singled in success
sion. Crawford tried to hit In the hit
and-run. His effort was q fiuke single
past third. veach doubled the two
men home.
The Washington club opens its FIRST
series here today with the Tigers.
The club has been crippled by q hos
patal list and by the lack OF a de-
1 pendable pitcher beside Walter John
son.
Their two hank infielders, First
Baseman 0andil and Third Baseman
Foster. have been out Of the game.
0endil II with the club and IL expect.
90 70 be able to play here. He was
In yesterdays game for a while. Eos.
ter IL still III with typhoid in a Wash.
ington hospital.
Laporte has been playing third for
the Grimth crew and Williams has
been ct first base.
Shortstop Mcbride 10 playing the
greasest game Of any Of the inneld-
err. Milan. OF course. II UNFOLDING
the honor Of the outfleld
The supporters Of the Nationals are
about disguised with the work OF the
pitching star with the exception or
johnson. They are yelling for II TO
come through or quit.
Walter johnson now holds undIs-
kputedly the record for consecutive
fscOreless innings pitched. He made
Ut IS straight yesterday when he
worked three and one-third innings
against the Browns yesterday before
tb>ing scored on.
This puts at rest disputes "a TO
WHISTLER Jack Coombs or Doc White
held the record. Howe, ofYicial stat.
jstician OF the American league. yes
ftor0ay went to the trouble to decide
ko0cially that Coombs held 1t. but
I3ohna0n shattered It q short time az
ktse the fact was ascertained.
4 rather satisfactory part OF the
lbroaking Of Johnson's long string OF
Ioooreloos innings IL that tho Browns
Iearned their run on Johnson. Had It
Iboon Gained through an error the man
ywhO made Il would have been ia for
kDome pannins ythe fans who hated
TO So Walters string cut Williams
lara Pratt did the deed. With one
k1oWn, Williams doubled and Pratt
koing1ed him home
Walter will pitch here Sunday.
81 Olsler, the University OF Michigan
iDilehing. hitting and base running
tnosvel, Il continuing his marvellous
EWoek agAlnst college teams.
Yesterday he was the means OF de-
14onk1ng Cornell at Ann Arbor lie
<nnned II men, allowed Ave hits. go,
~ home run and two other hits in
f1o0P times up. scored two runs. had
tive putouts and Ave assists. This IL
66otty nsarly playing the whole game
.{z1Io team won. 6 to 2.
olaes nks George Mullin are eel
: - ooI1, unless the club owninr
- G1oro n anxious 70 get rid OF
~ ~ price - the Cubs were
NJ Cbonce.
>an oars are altogether too