The Detroit times., 1913-08-23
Had Tiger Got Hit His Substi-
j., tute, High, Did, He'd Be
!. Even With Joey
ABSURD CLEVELAND TALE
q SAYS TY is COMPLAINING
Accuses Johnson of Lieing Down
to Jackson Which Is To
e Laugh

game OF yesterdays double-header
with the Yankees and cracked out
the single that his substitute, Hughie
High, annexed, the Georgian would
today have been tied with Joe Jack
SON of the Maps for the American
league honors.
n Jackson now has a percentage or
1894 and a fraction, his two hits In
four times up yesterday pulling him
up slightly. Cobb has an average or
392. That hit that High took would
have raised his average TO 1874 also,
only a fraction OF a thousandth be-
low Jackson.
Cobb gets his opportunity to take
the lead over joey today in another
.double-header with the Yankees. II
the can keep up the work he was do
Nng yesterday, he is almost sure OF
pvertaking the smuggling Clevelander
Yesterday was a notable one for
both men I'm the tight little race OF
their own. Jackson passed his 4O0th
time at bat and Cobb his Booth. Jack
son got two hits In four times at
bat, somewhat better than his aver
age, and Cobb got five hits In nine
times up, also considerably better
than his average work.
The race has reached point where
Il is nip and tuck al the way now
and every hit that either man gets
makes a noticeable difference in the
players relative positions. Jackson
has held the lead almost all the year.
but Tyrus has constantly expressed
confidence that he would onertake
Z and lead the feet southerner.
Outside Of beating Detroit In a
close race for position in the Ameri-
ran league, Cleveland takes no great
or delight than in seeing Jackson
beat. the impetuous Cobb In batting.
. Hence the story told in the For
est City about Cobb's accusing Wal
ter johnson of Icing down before
Jackson and putting all he had on
the balls he threw Cobb sounds
4 rather Biased, not to say absurd.
1t is farthest from Cobb's dispo-
sition, for one thing, to give public
vent to feelings that he was being
&liscriminated against. He Is too
broud to whine about such thing.
Furthermore, Walter johnson is the
last pitcher in the world one would
Accuse of taking in his pitching.
They pitch harder to Cobb than
they do to ordinary batsmen. They
bitch harder to Jackson than they do
4 10 ordinary batsmen. But there Is
no reason to believe that he is not
pitching just as hard to jackson as
to Cobb.
Furthermore, all the Maps seem to
have had Johnson's number when
they did manage to beat him. 1t ID
4 hardly right to assume that Johnson
would ease up on the whole Nap
team In order to give Jackson
\ Ehance for hits. Especially, when
The Maps and johnson met at time
when Walter was within one OF the
Reasons records for straight wins,
Is happened when Cleveland cut MS
hrst string at IL straight.
Cobb simply reiterates his state
ment that he'll be leading Jackson
AZ the wire. He said long time ago
4 HAT II jackson hit 400 he'd hit Az
Y 81 better. 1t looks as II he meant 10
hake good on his promises.
Nv the way. where's the guy who
always believes that major league
baseball games are fixed?
How does he explain that In the
critical week OF the American league
remnant race, the only time In the
Tear when any real excitement over
the closeness of the leaders was
aroused. the Athletics pull away cas-
Nv from the Maps, the runners-up'
while they lose steadily.
/. The best chance in the world was
( hffered for the Athletics to lose rev
4 kames and the Maps to win some ana
bake the flag seem to be dangling
ketween the two clubs. Mack was
krippled badly in the battery depart
hent of his club with his veteran
\ kitchers gone or disabled and his
81 Natchers injured. Birmingham, Nap
nanager, on the other hand. had
kitching stan that was conceded 70
q the strongest In the league.
4 Yet in spite Of the fact that the
\ Athletics were playing on the road
hhey beat Detroit two OF three hght
M games, and then continued their
j Nean-up work on Chicago, while the
Maps lost TO Washington and then TO
Boston.
b The only chance TO make the pen
R Act race close has gone.