The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-20
with Coombs and Plank Out and
Bender Being Saved, Young
sters for Us
WYCKOFF KNOCKED OFF
TWICE IN TWO DAYS
Leslie Bush, Who Replaces Him.
is Former Terminate OF
Carl ZamlOch
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

The Tigers have caught the A.h-
letics in bad shape and should tahe
the greater part OF the present series
from them. Thee have a lead OF one
game after yesterdays victory, ana
ought To be able to win at least TWO
more OF the four.
The Athletics without Coombs, Ben
der and Plank, are like Hamlet WIN
/ out the ham. Yet these are the Atm
letics whom the Tigers are facing ia
(, the present series, Coombs-less'
! Piank-less, Bender-less Athletics.
Connie Mack will use his young
4 sters and near youngsters against the
| Tigers for the pitching. and II they
don't show up any better than ala
Wyckoff and Bush yesterday, they VIII
be easy jungle prey.
Wyckoff, the best OF the Athletic
recruit pitchers. 10 today under the
anguish of having been knocked from
the slab twice in two days by two
clubs. Cleveland put him away In
two innings Sunday at Cleveland, Ben
der replacing him. and the Tigers ala
I 40 much In the third inning OF yester-
/. days contest, Leslie Bush replacing
! him.
Wyckoff is a young fellow without
any professional experience In base
ball, except that gained with the Atm
J letics this year. He was secured pv
Connie Mack direct from Buckness.
He 10 still kid OF 20 years
Leslie Bush, who replaced him, Ia
former teammate Of Tiger Zamloch, OF
the Missoula club in the Union Asso-
citation out in the Rocky Mountains.
When Jim Mcclure looked the Mis-
soula club over he picked Zamloch
rather than Bush. although he could
have taken either or probably both
men.
. Houck and Brown are scheduled to
pitch today and tomorrow. II the
program which calls for Dubuc to face
Houck il carried through, 1t ought to
add another victory to the Tiger
strig. Both Houck and Brown were
with the Athletics last year.
Coombs Is out of the game for prac-
tically all season Mack hopes that
he can use him month or SO at the
end OF the year, but hasn't any expec-
,fation that he can use him more than
the four weeks.
Plank ID out only temporarily. He
IL afflicted with a touch Of rheuma-
tism. Eddie isn't as young as he used
to be. strange to say, and the ailments
Of the aged are coming to him. He
may be able to get into the last game
with the Tigers here, at that, but II Is
hardly likely that he will.
Bender was used in Cleveland Sun
day. and AZ he is the only one of the
veteran trio who is dependable. he Is
most likely to be saved to open for
the Athletics when they start playing
In the east again.
;, This means that the Tigers are not
likely to face any OF the old-timers.
= The Athletics are very proud OF
their little lead of man. Eddie Muir
ply. whom they secured last year
from the Baltimore club.
IS Eddie didn't have a chance to show
. thing yesterday for the only time he
ygot on the bags he was at one end OF
= double play.
They say that he is going to rival
| Bush az q waiter. He'll have to 20
some for DOME is certainly waiting
Them out this season better than ever.
Murphy usually gets on whole lot
and Is fast as lightning once he does
n, Murphy IL left.hand hitter. which
helps him. In getting to first on hunts
and other infeld balls. He has a good
eye and seldom hits at a bad ball.
IN II Murphy lives up to the reputa.
!ttlon he IL being given he will make
the Mack outheld something beside a