The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-23
Tigers Look Like World Beaters
In First Two; Like Dubs in
the Last
ATHLETICS SHOW HIGH
CLASS BEHIND PLANK
Mark Hall is Wild and Gets in
Holes That He Can't Get Out
Of-Hammered
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

BY RALPH L. YONKER.
Any club looks good when It's win
ming.
The Tigers looked like worlds
Z champions when they were wallop-
ing the Athletics In the nrst two
I games of the series which closed Yes
terday. They hit Mack's pitchers all
over, ran bases like hends. and
showed some pretty fielding.
Yesterday the Tigers looked like
J, dubs against the rheumatic Eddie
Plank, southpaw, and the Athletics
!, looked like a million dollars, knock
ing Hal lout Of the box and Fostering
4 Zamloch before he hit his stride.
The dumping OF Eddie Plank from
I q hospital cot where he was laid up
1 with rheumatism onto the ball field
I to work for the Mackmen, and the
2, result of II all shows how much
| these three veteran hurlers OF the
! Philadelphia crew means to them.
With the youngsters pitching. the
Athletics were pretty prey for the IT,
gers. With the veteran pitching. the
Tigers didn't have q look-in.
Detroit had no opportunity what
ever to win yesterdays contest and
only two good and one doubtful OPP
uortunity to prevent a shutout. They
failed to take advantage OF any OF
them.
Mark Hall went to pieces because
he lacked control. He got himself
u holes with the batters from which
he couldn't extricate himself. Fam
loch, also, was wild at hrst. and the
Athletis completed the work they
had started uon Hall upon Carl be-
fore he settled down. During the
last four innings he allowed only one
Nit.
Eddie Plank, supposed to be can
dadate for the old mems home,
showed q lot OF speed and q great
curve that had the Tigers. confessed
II weak against left-handers, bafhed.
they had Lefty Clauss pitching to
them q whole lot In the morning. ex.
Decting that Plank would be used
against them In the afternoon but II
apparently availed little.
Az the fates would have It It hao
TO be Frank Baker to spoil GOODS
record Of perfect hitting average IN
Z whole series against the Athletics:
Ty Invariably plays his best ball
against the Athletics and this series
vas no exception to the rule. HIS
batting WAS wonderful. In eight times
/ 1t bat he secured seven hits FOR an
average Of .876. He would have had
1000 had not Frank Baker ran to the
pavilion for Cobb's foul on the hrst
ball pitched him the last time he hit
against Plank.
Cobb got two singles OF Wyckoff
end . single and q walk or Bush in
the 6rst game with the Mackmen. He
bot . double and q triple and two
I walks on Houck and q single on
Brown in the second game.
Yesterday he got two walks and
{. single on Eddie Plank. When he
! tame to bat the last time It was for
' the purpose of keeping his record
clear. But on the first ball pitched
4 he lifted 4 foul out back Of third, near
the grand stand. Frank Baker made
| = nice running catch Of It. retiring
! Tyrus.
4 Cobb had quite q day at Plank's ex-
bense at that. He walked the nrst
fime up and forced Eddie into balk
! Sor the nrst time in several years.
1lank's long experience keeps him
from many misplays like that. Cobb
/ lxied to steal third, but was an easy
(: hut.
In the fourth inning Ty got a pretty
blngle that advanced Witt. who had
hloo singled. to third. eVach walked
! on four straight. but Gamer was call
, I'd out on strikes. ending the inning.
In the sixth Plank was very much
in q peeve because Umpire Evans
Nidnt call the third strike on Cobb
when Plank thought that he curved
one over. Cobb walked on the next
ball.
That's all right" yelled Plank at
Cobb a. Ty trotted to frst base.
ferhats all right" he yelled again in
hcorn, although just why II was all
htYht nobody but Eddie seemed TO
know.
The Athletics were the first to pro-
rest on Navin field on the habit Cobb
has OF swinging three bats AS close
\ Eehind the batter as he dares. pre-.
uumAbly In order to rattle the pitcher
While other clubs apparently don't
Notice 1t, the Athletics tacitly admit
hat It bothers them. for they ap.
bealed yesterday Evans to make Ty
Init It. Cobb was perfectly willing to
10 20.
II The Athletics who have no great
hive for Cobb call that underhand
WORD, although just why II should be
hailed underhand when II Is done In
the open and Is forgotten when the
umpire mentions II to Tyrus is not
A sasy to see.
III Rube Oldring carried on friendly
Mud with the Tigers. Cobb and Stan.
tge particularly. during the series
6bst over. He and Cobb were con
tkantly trying to cross each other $
CrAp WITT anne d.