The Detroit times., 1916-09-14
Gets Up "ShOcker Day"
To Poster
Urban
BY HAPoLp Y. WILCOX.

Hughey Jennings is cheating
again. Much as il pains us to bring
charges, the path OF duty leads TO
an exposure Of the underhanded
methods Of II Auburnlocks. Some
where the manager has learned that
Eli Donovan intends 20 pitch Urban
shocker today. NoV Urban Shocker
is = De'r0i, boy. and the Tigers once
had chance 10 sign him The
chance wRs passed up. Urban went
our IN tho Canadian Vilds 10 make
a rsuAt-LIn- and finally has Mound
On zish 'Ne Yankees - one II their
promising Young pitchers II IA Gus
omar f1- soUug men OF his sort TO
beat the nome club that recognized
not their merit. and the Tigers are
due for q fall. anyhow.
Wughey was desperate. He with
drew 20 The throne room and medi-
fatad Then hr 90; the big idea. \
BLACK conspiracy was Matched
io- down frama-up was designed
7rd tho aid ~ all the former play
mate ~ Saocker was modified AT
az Drt.oifs amateur and semi-pru
ban uIayers are 70 be az the PARK
ihis afternoon, In "A special section
So, apar- FOR hem. They are Ma
s0ns. Oddfellows, 2 a. y. A. y. a..
3 p, and Factory leaguers ard all
the rest ~ them Az will be- there.
They think they arc coming out 20
Do honor 20 the lad they all knew In
his sa-aIot DAYS Most % them eN-
ncct 10 sir and dream 81 the DAYS
when they viii be- Shockers IN a big
league "gal"
Hrt .hey arc out there not 70
honor sNocker but 20 jiny him. This
fs -Sh1rEer day" what does 2 ball
PLAYER d. Rhen day Is organized
for him srd 'hr-e are presentation
ard cheers ant greetings from Tho
old pal.2 YcI know a. well ~ va"
do Ee rvt-lauiy blows. Aba So
that r. HGsasv's scheme % save 'he
dsy. Yep that's b.. lie has wished
the Jv~sy sax m T-ban Quite
clever. don't yor think And very
re1reh ensi5Ie II would Do awfully
cute OF Bfu Donovan 20 switch pitch.
as and shoot Nick Cullop into he
game regardless Of the happiness %
The cr0Rd
Meanwhile the Tigers sra within
'~o points OF the lead A hair
Yalae expresses the margin for ALL
frsc'i,sI purposes, but - IL even
c'-ser tran thu A. matter %
tat. De'.3i' mist deem i'self about
a game end ? haf behind and work
on that notion because % tho three
extra games the Red SoI have 20
PLAY Maybe Boston will win them
and maybe not But r. won't hurt
no Tigers 20 DO scared while
0nKer
Meanwhile 'he-e are rumors
broad Thar 'te white Sov have
5IoRn That is because - I'M hov
rible game played yesterday with So
.ouis Now II the Tigers played
that game. We would say that thew
we're lucky and won one they should
have lost Winning on a bad day
would only bring cheers. because no
one here would expect a repetition
% the performance tomorrow Well 4
that is The Chicago viewpoint re.
gardinE the So1. So maybe they
haven't "hleV"
Wednesday's game was a beauty.
despite The lack ~ timely hitting
Tho Yanks PLAYED good ball. making
only enough slips 20 give Detroit
uice victory. and doing that after
holding tho game IN suspense FOR
eight innings The Tigers perform.
Cd faultlessly The Heldihg ~ the
'nfeld vas wonderful. The headlinsr
being q stop bv VIII and pickup
by Hoffman ~ Oscars hsstv throw
on The same play Coming or the
start of 'hc frh when Detroit had
0nly one rWu. aud iUsf preceding
double nv Baker fhl- plsv WIS very
important Except FOR 'nis stop and
fnr running catch by Vnsch this
Inning might have seen three runs