The Detroit times., 1913-05-08
They Get the Best of the Umpir'
ing, Only to Have 1t Per-
fectly Useless
KEATING Is ALL THAT
HE is TOUTED TO BE
'Eertainly the New York Young
I ster Looks Like Another
! Ed Walsh
BY RALPH l.. YONKER.

When the Tigers do get the best OF
hhe breaks in luck ana umpiring they
are unable TO use them.
sS During the series with the WINS
bSox in which the Tigers dropped
levery game here. Manager Jennings
khimself was free TO admit that the
,Eigers were deprived of two games
Int least the breaks in the umpiring
and that with perfect decisions they
had q chance for two more.
But Yesterday no particular falllt
could be found with the umpiring or
the two veterans. Dineen and hart,
I; who replaced Hildebrand and Evans.
/, Evans work had been satisfactory,
= but that of Hildebrand caused good
deal of dissatisfaction.
The breaks In the official guessing
came the Tigers way yesterday. but
the iunglemen were unable to make
use of them When they were in
position to use a run of good luck,
said run failed TO come.
II Is to be supposed that you want
proof OF these statements SO ruthless,
~ thrown at you.
Here tits.
DO you remember in the second In
Charlie Deal had met one OF keat-
ing's offerings for the only clean MT
\ single. the Tigers amassed, whis-
tling drive TO left ,hat advanced
yeach to third? At this situation,
with two down, Oscar Stanage bouna,
4 ed waht was apparently fair oai'
into Sweeney's hands. Sweeney was
about to throw Oscar out and end the
inning when Dineen called the pan
foul. II might have been called fair
without causing any excitement.
Here was Stanage. his life preserV-
ed with two men on the bags waitihs
to score. But instead of cracking out
= double as the Sox would have done
last week. he popped up to Derrick
and the show was over, this-way-out'
". In the next inning. errors put Mui-
Nm on second and Bush on first with
none down. Mullin ad Bush essayea
: double steal O ball that looked as
II Il graxed Oscar Witt. II Oscar had
been allowed to take his base on the
hall. there would have been three
men on with none out. but as 1t was
+ Mullin was caught at third and the
inning went runless, for Witt tanned
and Crawford drove long liner 10
Wolters.
Here is another instance. In the
fourth, with Derrick on second. ana
two men down. WoIter hit TO LETT
Held. The ball apparently dropped
3ust safe. AT least II might have
6een called safe without murmur
(, But Dineen called II foul and Tiger
fans breathed In relief.
According to the way the Tiger
3 luck was breaking, Wolter would now
be an easy out. But no, He went
3 back to the plate and cracked a single
to right, scoring our friend Derrick.
This Ray Heating, the young TEL
low the Yankees picked up from the
4 Lawrence club, Is all that he Is
touted to be. He is hailed as an
4 other Ed Walsh and he certainly APP
= pears to be one.
He had the Tigers completely AT
his mercy yesterday. In the early
part OF tn egame they were hitting
him hard but not safely. Later on
they were not even hitting him hard.
He allowed only one good hit,
Charlie Deal getting his bingle 10
left. A little awkwardness on the
part of Keating himself gave the
other hit. when Bush knocked one
back at him i'm the eighth, which
caromed from Keating's glove in
such a way that Derrick couldn't
handle ii.
He was inclined 10 be wild at
times. walking four men
Heating had all kinds of speed and
dizzy break 10 his splitter, which
Is his trump card He is a big fell
low who appears TO have that kind OF
Endurance which makes ED Walsh
the greatest splitter in the game.
This | sthe third game that the
Yankees have won and Heating has
lake them all.
1 Cobb's illness came at very un-
fortunate time. He complained of
D severe backache and headache.
which affected his eyes and he was
Allowed to quit the game after
striking. out twice while Heating
pitched eight balls to him.
The first time up. Cobb got as far
as two balls before he famed II,
fOuled one ball The second time vi
he swung at three straight lie swunS
at bad balls as he never does whel
h II right. After taking his thirC
lupge, he beat II for the club house.
His illness and necessary retire
ment came at an unfortunate time
The fact that he had famed twic,
made It appear to those who have ",
sympathy with Ty that he was stall
ipg. Then Dubuc tried TO fll his plac,
and stayed in the game only to max,
q Wild heave from right field that lie