The Detroit times., 1914-09-04
Many More Two-Ply Bills Are
Costing So That Race Can
Be Decided Quickly
DEAL,S POOR HITTING
KEEPS HIM ON BENCH
Hx-Tiger Would Gust Smith,
Who Hits Only $50, II He
Himself Could Swat
By RALPH l.. YoNKER.

By RALPH L.. YONKER.
Every time the lead In the National
league has changed since the nrst
week OF the present season double
hoodor has ben the cause or IL. Every
Z tine that q club has taken the lead
\ ~ has been because OF its being able
~ win two games IN single after
mon.
xYesterday the Giants again took the
l&adership after relinaurshing IL for q
1nsle day by defeating the Brooklyn
Uoogers twice. The Great Matty out
Dtched Ragon and Schmuts In the
:. 0rsI game winning TO 3. Hitting
y vas frequent but the Giants man
Ggod to make more OF the Ia blows
& they got than the Dodgers did OF the
y Al they copied. Tesreau opposed At
s cb1Don and Steele In the second game
nd won to 2. He allowed only six
Dte while the Giants were getting IL,
. George Burns, OF the Giants, got q
4 homer with the bases packed. .g
Following the precedent established
/ - far In the old league-that there
4 nall be- no change OF clubs In first
4 lace except when double-header Is
4 GDheduled--there In still plenty Of
/ chance for the Giants to wabble up
md down q whole lot. They have dis
LT1oed OF one double-header at Brook
Nm In this series but they have an
cher one to come. which will be play
- Saturday, when the Giants wind up
tne1r series at Brooklyn.
The Giants and the Braves double
lDad ON Labor day at Boston. The
Giants then rteurn to New York and
nay three-game series with the Phil
Ia, two days OF which win be de-
Vbted to double bills. They have a
6bubleheader coming when the Cards
|ktach New York shortly after and two
|ok them In three days with the Pirates.
with all these games punched into
m abort time the National league race
lay be decided within the next two
yooks. The teams up at the top can
- up and down with great rapidity
i INV. II may be that the race will not
decided but In that case there
III be q constant changing OF occu-
<IH1ts Of the FIRST berth or thrilling
>ck and neck race along the home
4 0|Petch.
E Many weeks ago the Giants took a
!; l|ng leap into first place by advancing
4 40 games on the Pirates, winning q
e >uble-header while they lost one.
n "wednesday the Braves strutted q
W game ahead OF the Giants by
piping . double-header while the New
DgkerB lost Yesterday the tables
1U1o turned, the Giants winning two
4Qe the Bostonians lost one.
& The Phillies defeated the Braves
E 1oy got To Tyler. Boston's star south.
M, for six runs In the first two in.
>gs. while Alexander held the Braves
IS Bk. The final score was Z TO 4.
I'd Charlie Deal, former Tiger third
Deman. whom Manager Jennings al
I>wed to 90 because he couldn't lift
4uld get chance to get back into
~ game II he was worth anything
1& 0ta1lings Of the Braves az a hitter
\ n1fh. the Brooklyn CASTOR who took
IonrS place at third base, ID hittins
@rD than $50. He Is not the felder
& ~ Charlie II, either. But when the
nnDylyanfa boy was taken on the
Ivd cushion by Manager Stallings he
ii ~ average for the year OF .21S.
Qea1 u q freeswingfng batsman who
H. nts the ball hard when he does hit
+ Hut he can't connect with major
! (1gue pitching often enough TO make
~ valuable sluggist. Manager
|)onfngs tried TO change Deals style
|G{ hitting here. Deal didn't want %
>G1onge and made half-hearted effor,
||19 10 20 with the result that he failed
Xxx nearly spoiled what hitting he
|G>Q1d do IN the failure.
{Yhe Brooklyn boz score brings 4
>I&1Dd queer kink Of baseball. Thii
IN 9chmutx, q pitcher whom Brook
ID has kept since the season opened
mid have been Tiger property II [
rtake IN kilograms had not heen roc
~ n time. The Tigers intendet
D0Tchase Dchmufs from q North
ICtGCQ league club. n was announc
nat the Tigers had purchase,
0mutx Cf the Same club. When th,
orF0lt mana cement noticed the an
; nb0ncement Il hasfensd to correct 4
~ 70 secure rights to no man 4
Vnntsd. 6chmutx failed 70 start ths
p&esou with Detroit but was sen d
fFovidence, from which club he was
& ~ taken when Detroit owners turned
3 no team over 70 IAnnin OF Boston.
FIELDER Jones was the man who tip
~ the Tigers on 20 Schmutz, He'll
+ ~ nand others from the Pacific Coas,
(. an1 Northwestern leagues, Now tina,
Jones IN Federal league manager the
TIGERS are minus another scout II
Nhom they had great confidence.
Jim Maroney. whom the entire part,
I'M the Detroit club when u traine,
sSE
II III