The Detroit times., 1913-04-28
Rain and Cold Makes Tyrus' Re-
turn q Sorrowful Anti
Climax
sWEATHERMAN HAS LOST
HIS GRAFT WITH NAVIN
Maps Are Especially Sore BE.
cause They Expected to
Take Two Games
BY RALPH l.. Y0NKER.

d Jup Pluv put 4 crimp in the Coor
coup.
Now Jack Frost is doing some fas'
work and threatened to get an assisl
and q putout himself in chizsiy
double play.
Between rain and cold. the heat oi
Cobb's return to the game has been
y chilled perceptiably. A grand AND
/, eloriouS return to the game on IN
Il enthusiastic Sunday against buncn
Of pennant chasers. has been turned
< into an anti-climax, for Cobb mus'
make his temperance At Navin neld.
following q few thousand reams OF
: COPY written about his holding out
Y n the inkish tint Of blue, cold Mon.
day. or AGAINST q half organized ball
club on Tuesday.
n . miracle is possible. the club
VIII play against tho Maps In the maj
{ ssme of the series here this afternoon,
4 This morning the weather gave little
promise OF this being possible. II the
saame this afternoon cannot be played,
Cub will open against the White Sox
Z Tueeday, weather again having been
duly consulted.
Even the most dramatic situations
! nay bs turned into farces by cold. vet
hlankets. We were on the point or
I siyinr the prodigal Z most enthusias'
tic welcome, with Thousands OF ex'
cited fans spinning the turnstiles a.
Nnyin nold on Sunday to see the great
ana only feed on the fatted can.
vhen the weather man ducks ~ with
few blankets Of cold. clammy water
ana ve slink home to await his pleas
ure.
Cobb. the most spectacular holdout
az years, signs his contract and 10
waiting for his reinstatement by the
national commission when 10! SUD
denly the biz mogul Of the American
loa6uo. Ban Johnson, wires that Co0o
en- play without being reinstated. We
\ aoe IN heated up about IT wnen the
1olugo comes.
Isny times and Oft has Frank
Navin tried 70 impress 1t upon nis
voeo Aomanding players that he ID
tan1ng al the risk and that baseball 10
- - eonnblo and that the players are
oufU q their salaries while he must
6nd upon the weather and prox'
iHAf3. d the psnnAnt for his success
4 S01tlng In the milled cartwheeis. a
\ - oxample Of that vas shown
\ 0SQnr6ay and Sunday, which with
} Cobb "a the game. would have been
fho biegeet ordinary days OF the year
without hardly q doubt, but wnicn
were completely lost on account OF
rain.
while the rain vs1ed Detroit great
eat In the vicinity Of the pocket BOOK.
Il hurt Cleveland not only there but
IN ito psnnant prospects. With hve
pltchsrO going In great shape and the
cub nghting like sin. the Tigers
wiakened by Cobb's long absence and
the doubtful work Of some q the 9th.
or players Just - present. Cleveland
INJURED that Il stood IN excellent
chance of coping OF couple more
Of gamee while the coping was good.
The Maps right now are In great
shape TO clean up on these western
clubs. with fve hurlers in top notch
form they would welcome . bunch OF
double-heAders right now. But In
+ stead they are forced to accept post
ponements with prospects OF double
headers coming later In the year whom
they may be crippled n TO pitchers.
The real test for Cleveland and the
reok Of the western clubs begins May
when the eastern teams make their
weotsPH debut. II the westerners
can hold the easternsrs down during
their invasion Of the wild and WOOL
II. the pennant race a. far a. this
part Of the country IL concerned will
take on new life. Otherwise. the
hunting will be much OF dead
issue.
y r Cleveland looks like the pick Of
the west, especially since Ed Walsh.
the big prop Of the White Sox. is i'll.
Chicago without Ed Walsh is salt
without It's savor.
Cleveland has demonstrated that
Il can more than hold its own with
the other three western clubs. with
the Tigers Cobblees. but Its real test
comes when II faces the clubs from
tho east and II should not be too
cocky until II shows something
against them.
The Tigers start 4 series Of six
eamos with Chicago before tackiing
the eastern clubs Five of the games
With the Sox will be played here
starting Tuesday and one at Chica 20.
Sunday.
Manager Jennings 10 through with
Charlie Deal and Bill Louden aa
Tiger regular innslders until they
accomplish . change. Oscar Wit
will play regularly 1T second until
Bill Louden changes his style Of hit
ting 20 suit Hughie and 0eorg
Moriarty viii be st third base until
Charlie Deal shows moro Abrasive
nee and confidence than he has In
the past.
The sams lineup that would have
been ueed saturday will BE- used to-
day n the Tigers aud Maps can ge,
eogethsr. Hall will huri for thu
Tl0srs and FalkenbefR for the Maps
. seeoeljng to present plans Cobt
viii FUplacs Hughis High ct center
ASe AslaS isn't halping Cobb any
q - 1olay we're fer seos other rsa
& - thoa the weather - that Tyru,
oouA - II some practice some
u1oso beeoee setting into ths same
! tonwo might - ssoS bensSt N Il fol
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