The Detroit times., 1913-05-14
Peach's Battle of Wits With
Battery and Infield Is
Exciting
TRIPLES, DOUBLES AND
SACRIFICES FOR r. SOX
What Breaks of Luck There Are,
Bend Away From the
Beaten Tigers
ny RALPH L. YONEER.

After two and one-thrd innings IN
which the Red Sox did almost every
thing to George Mullin that they pos
sibly could. according to the rules and
.~regulations of baseball, the third De-
troll Boston game yesterday settled
aipwn to q duel between Tyrus Cobb
nd the Red Sox battery and infield
n Inasmuch as Cobb got three hits In
kHur times up, stole base and forced
ERS3e and Speaker into errors that
i've him two extra bases, 1t Is evi
ent that Cobb had the better Of the
tkttle. On the other hand, his stunts
ere productive of nothing but high
ktting average, an addition to his
t1eft record, couple of bungles for
u opponents and some excitement
II the stolid stands.
HkWhen Cobb attempted to score by
|kkealing home In the second inning
fftBrien got the ball to Carrigan IN
enty of time for Bill to block Tyrus
kmpletely of the plate, touching him
e after he had slid around II.
tCobb's actions were very amusing
~ the crowd and sustained the inter-
Efkt that Jagged when Mullin was
bunded of the mound in the first
.6ree innings.
Hin the second inning. Cobb laugh
gly declared to Gardner that he was
bn9 to lay down bunt. Gardner
|kkfused to believe him and Cobb ala.
He beat Il out. Then he coaxed
Throw from OBrien to Engle and
Then Clyde was careless in returning
Hke ball Cobb went to second as
|SfBrien dropped It.
|lSHhe danced OF second while ana
Men went down. Carrigans throw 10
Ardner was q little low. Gardner
Sok the ball on his knees and CopU
|Sid around behind him. Trying TO
1eal home was unsuccessful. however.
Hin the fourth inning, Cobb slammed
u single through the box. Speaker.
kldinx the ball, did not dream that
.bbb would do any more than turn
Nke bag. Spoke was careless ana
kmbled the ball. Cobb sprinting 10
cond before iris could recover the
I In.
/ Cobb famed in the sixth. striking
Ia last time at q low splitter that
tried to cricket. A clean smash to
II was his contribution In the eighth,
Il a. there were two down and
Each fiied to Hooper. it didn't get
Nm much.
Il vTriples. doubles and sacrifice hits
Ia nies were the Red Sox speciality
Yesterday. They fairly reveled In
Hem. Iris Speaker led with two
t31ples to almost the same spot in
'ght center. He also had sacrifice
npDufPy Lewis had q peculiar record,
WITH three sacrifices in four times up.
Two Of them followed Speakers triple
and scored Spoke. The other was a
hunt that advanced Speaker and
rerkes In the first inning.
Gardner contributed double and
! sacrifice ny.
One Of Yerkes two hits was
double.
The TIGER hurlers, Mullin and Lake,
wese generous with their passes,
which together with the unusual num-
Der OF sacrifice hits. kept the Sox
times at bat down and assisted most
Of them to boost their averages.
amloch, in the two innings he pitch
ed allowed only one hit. OBrien get
ting that,
What breaks there were in the luck
went for the Sox yesterday. There
were two of them, one OF which meant
q run for the Red Legs and another
the loss of two runs for the Tigers.
veach had Speaker trown out on