The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-17
Interest Is High in
Detroit in ROwland's
New Team
SOX NO LONGER
HITLESS CLUB
Recognized as Dark
Horse of American
League Race
BY HARoLD v. WILCOX.

Tomorrow VIII be Eddie Collins
day In Detroit. Not that any official
announcement OF that sort has been
made /Ail the ceremony and fub-
dub that has been left over from
opening day viii be saved up for
~Bill- Donovan when he FIRST comes
% the city as leader OF an Ameri-
can league team. But the people Of
Detroit will pay homage tomorrow
% the great second basenan. just
the same. II the weather man pro-
vides the climatic conditions called
Tor In the transaction by which he
became the possessor of season
pass--if be hasn't pass Frank
Navin has booted piay-it is prob
able that the throng OF fans at the
Tiger lot tomorrow viii surpass the
opening day record.
The White Sox. who come TO De
troit tomorrow for the first time
this season. will probably prove one
u the best drawing cards around
the circuit. during the early part of
The season az least. Comiskey's
team is recognized as the dark horse
of the 1915 race In addition to Col
Iins. II has among the newcomers
on its roster, q highly advertised
manager who has made q sensation
u leap from the bushes and to date
DFoven worthy Of the promotion. and
three minor ieaguers. who come to
1he bio show touted as possessing
No ability to transform the ''hitless
wonders- into ciouting aggrega-
tion.
No bushers have been more wide
" advertised this year than Brief.
she new nrst baseman. who comes
nom Ksns,s City. and Feiseh. the
elouting outhelder from Milwaukee
oulnIan. who has supplanted the tt
Ger discard. Demmitt I'm the left
onsposf. runs this pair a close third.
lie comes from the coast. and ranks
With Young. OF Detroit. and Rodgers,
n Cleveland. as the stellar contri-
buttons OF the Pacific slope TO the
big show this year. In connection
~iih The acquisition OF Quinlan and
rclsch. Il 10 interesting to note that
Il II rumored that Demmitt will be
cent 10 Milwaukee shortly. Lena
blackburn. the infelder who was 50
Sishlv tonted A short time ago IN
also slated for the block. II IL re-
ported The 81 Louis Cardinals
ma; gst blackburn. II the other
american league clubs permit
Il now looks as II the White Sox
were i.keiy TO conc IN Detroit to-
:norTcw shout 40 near tho top Of the
isaxnc a. q H. possible Tor a team
70 get sour days after the season
opens. while 81. Louis upset the
Cope yesterday hy winning the third
Kzmc OF the series. Il IL expected
that ,ie Hose viii make II three out
OF four for starter One thing IL
certain.
s;artiEg sunda.. providing the
weather IS al ali decent. the Tigers
vii get tho test that VIII give the
Fans line on Iranings' team this
ycnr. FROM iope standpoint, the
Cleveland series has not been very
cnlightcninK For one thing. no
body seems able TO figure out just
how strong Cleveland is this year.
For another, the games have broken
In a rather peculiar way, and Cleve-
land has been handed runs in
manor that a club seemingly so
strong as Detroit viii not continue.
There In no question but that the
indians got The jump on the Tigers
and pronted greatly thereby. but
there IL tendency among the fans
10 await the Chicago series for gen
uins enlightenment.
Tho coming OF the hrst Sunday OF
the season. coupled with the arrival
IN town OF Collins In new environ
ment. together with a rejuyenated
team that IN always popular here.