The Detroit times., 1915-05-22
May Reach Top Today
if Yanks and SOX
/, Tumble
WIND is BLAMED
COR WEIRD GAME
Nobody Could la y
Much Real Ball and
Nobody Did
BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX

AnlbAA i4o'f #NNA so
nrst place today Had they taken
the big end OF the score IN the FREAK
contest In which they engaged the
Athletics YESTERDAY. they would De
back in the lead, instead OF the pre-
dicament in which they now ana
themselves. said predicament beng
third place in the league standing.
There IL a single bit OF consola-
tion. however Certain combinations
Of circumstances can put any OF
three teams on top today. and De
troit IL one OF the favored trio n
both New York and Chicago should
hose. the Jungaleers should come 10
their senses and make hay while
the sun shines Sunday morning
would End Jennings back in the old
top story again enjoying a pleasing
panorama.
II Chicago should lose TO the Red
Box, the first division would be so
closely punched that bit OF smut
Sing might send team from rrst
20 fourth place In day It's
great race, anyway. and Ban Dono
van still leads the three iayorites
n should be prominently mentioned
that Clarence Rowland has put The
white Sox in second place The
buaher is making good with a ven
9oance.
Those romantic souls who can
lear back and dream OF the OLD days
back at Perkins Corners, when eoun-
fryside teams engaged In rioious
combat, when but one umpire was
legal. when any ball to the outheld
vas q single and likely TO be worth
more and any grounder was almost
o. good. when runs came thick and
fast and the fortunes OF the teams
wxvered. wigwagged and changed
freouently--those old buffers had a
hns time yesterday at Navin field.
TOR they could dream OF them hap
~ days" TO their hearts contents.
and then open their eyes and see
their whole "reminiscences re-enacted
C their presence.
Yesterday game VAS 4 typical
rural contest, except for the fact
that nobody present lost a conseTya-
tive neutrality. The illness OF Irish
man Mullaney compelled Billy Evans
20 umpire the contest all b. his
lonef ONE and that gave the rural
atmosphere al the start The new
and highly press ACCENTED uniforms
Of the Athletics also featured in the
rustic aura that developed the park.
Something rare and enhancing was
expected Of Connie Mack when he
finally broke away from those color.
less duds that made his champions
look like garage helpers for many
years. but much cannot be h. nded
him on the change. IL IL an improve
Eaent. but the light greenish gray
and the green stripe. together with
thu new cap affected by the phila.
cslphians. are disappointment
II Is hard TO pick odt any one
J thing and say that tlNt was what
was the matter with the game yes
serday. Probably the safest things
20 sbuse would be the high wind
&-hich blew over the field. and which
seemed TO develop into a gale
up In the regions where fy balls
ram. n II hadn't been for the wind
there r. no reason to believe that
there would not have been a real
ball game.
The Athletics started out with
three runs and FIVE hits. one OF them
double. There wasn't a bingle In
the whole batch that shouldn't have
Seen an easy put out. But the gun.
~ wind played antics with the ball
IN mid air. and the outhelders seem
"a to have no idea where the ball
was going 10 drop. After q trial or
two they PLAYED safe. taking all
abort nies IN the FIRST bounce ANY
nice easy Az was COON for > single
Any pop that bounded badly went
. for extra bases That explains the
heavy hitting the box score records.
frequently runners did not advance
rt ell on singles. not knowing just