The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
TyVillett Loses His First Game
& When BOrtOn Is Called
Safe at First
THREE OF FOUR GAMES
HAVE BROKEN BADLY
with Crawford and Cobb on,
Three Tigers Fail to Get
Either Home
BY RALPH T.. YONkER.

n BY RALPH l.. YONKER.
Tough breaks for the Tigers In Um-
pare Hildebrand's decisions have given
he White Sox three Of the four games
thay have won.
The Tigers are not kicking because
they realize that one team or the other
must get tho breaks II there are any,
but they do believe that the White
IN have the good will of the fates
Ethat control the oficial guesser's &C
Efluns In the present series.
By yoy that matter, II might have been
&Woll II the Tigers had done little
Ek3cking of q strenuous verbal order
Eoa some of the decisions that have
q 49, during the series which comes 10
~ clnao today. IL might have helped In
<notting q better break than they have.
Tough decisions by the new umpire,
E1Illdobrand, have lost three OF the
kluur games that the Tigers dropped TO
tie Sox. Tuesdays went when the
6unptre missed what looked to be
fGtrike that Lake pitched Collins In
ktho twelfth inning. Thursday saw the
y nux ocoro ave runs In the seventh in
knamw1n win q game from Mullin be-
foanse Of q doubtful decision at third
k1nDo.
y Yesterday the climax came when
nurton was called safe at first on a
10y that evidently both Gamer and
Horton thought had retired Chick,
End then scored the winning run on
Evulett on Easterlys double.
N Hdfaf Willett. making his season 5
*Hobut, pitched Z great game for the
TIGERS. He had great opposition. too.
*lm Jim Scott who pitched his fourth
Fame yesterday. Willett. in spite OF
R1he fact that this was his first start,
khhd fnO control, passing nary man.
Vie got In the hole but seldom and
Eheld the S0x to eight scattered hits.
(which netted two runs. Scott allowed
&Seven hits. two Of which were triples
Ely veachi and Deal In the fourth in
ming. bringing In one run.
Pitching such q game, II was
though one for Edgar to lose. After the
$Gourth inning, In which Lord got a
Ifx1ple and Borton a hit that scored
him, Willett showed no sign OF weak
foning and would apparently been able
#ko 70 into extra innings nicely. when
EDOrton, with two out rolled one TO
<NWi1lett Edgar pegged to Gamer, who
*ouapped the ball across the diamond
I'm the manner he has when the side
l0 retired, and Borton. believing that
He was out, started to prepare for the
H1noxt half OF the inning, when he no.
ficed that Hildebrand had called him
*bafe.
Cainer himself says that he had
1is foot on the bag when he took VIII
E1ott'S toss and that Borton was still
Aalf Z step, at least, from 1t when he
kgot the ball But Hildebrand said that
1.-THE ball reached Gamer at the same
{nntant that Borton's foot reached the
1ag.
Other Tigers believed that Borton
was out and so did the spectators sit
ting h the stand near FIRST base.
HIT Hlldebrand's decision stuck and
DAneogly came through with the timely
6ouolo that scored Borton and sewed
kup ~ game.
Wednesday. after Schalk had sin
kglo1 on Mullins shins. in the seventh,
1o teok third on Bens' double to left
g locked a. II Deal had the ball wait
Ing for him when he slid into third
&but Hldebrand said no.
&T Thon Rath flied to Cobb. With only
f6me down the Tiger infiled played in
Enud Lord and Collins slammed out hits
1hat settled the contest.
E Tuesday In the twelfth inning, Benz
&qinelod on Lake to start the section.
ERAtA sacrificed him down. Lord forced
SAlm 1t third, making two out and a
E1nan on first. Lake got two strikes
Ton Collins and threw what looked TO
be another which would have retired
me- side. However. Hildebrand called
4 H . ball. Collins walked and two
&oinglos following scored two runs.
IN their half o! the last inning the
ETigers scored one run, enough to have
= won the game had Collins been called
Tout
The heart-breaking part OF yester.
LAYS game, however, came I'm the
6lghth inning when Tiger hopes were
Eth fitted to the bursting point only 10
4 - pricked by Veach. Gamer and Deal
With one run needed TO give the
EIleers the lead. Crawford, with the
kholp Of Cobb's maneuvers behind the
kBat. worked Scott for base on balls
Cobb smacked the first ball pitched
him for q single to right that sent
lam to third and Cobb to second on
the throw In.
X This looked good for the Tigers with
knobody out. But veach grounded tc
Dnrton. Gamer let strike glide over
J. 1buled one and struck at high one
TU6Q came through with a hard drive
5.to center that would have manufactur
Lea Z run by the sacrifice process II 4
&had come with less than two down
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