The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
DETROIT 0UTPLAYS YANKEES, COPING
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New York, Sept Up at the Polo | Grounds yesterday afternoon, Tyrus l Cobb, Sam Crawford and Hughey
 Jennings fixed up the gosh blamed
 old ball game, so that Detroit won
 by a score of 7 to 8. All the flashy
 plays in the pastime were contributed
 by the best of the Tiger performers,
 and the sum and substance of the
 whole affair is that Detroit played
 smarter baseball game than the | Tanks
 It was a rather dull sort of a soiree,
 with very little enthusiasm, very little
 emotion. The crowd present would
 just about make a quorum at a Pro- | hibition Convention. But what they
 saw they liked. Ty Cobb stole second
 once, but every one had a great, big
 laugh when he tried to steal third
 and was tagged out by the peppery
 young Fritz Maisel, who has lately
 come back from the trenches. In the | second inning, Bob Veach was hit by
 pitched ball. Sam Crawford forced | him at second and Burns was out, third to first. Pep Young slammed a double to right field, scoring Craw- ford, which put the Jungaleers in the lead.
 Then came Detroit's big inning. Mitchell singled to left. So did Witt. Bush walked, filling the bases. The populace at this time became more enthusiastic, because, with the corners damned, Ty Cobb came to the bat.
 Every eye in the stand was centered
 on the Georgia Jewel. Young Allan Russell wound up the. most mysteri
 ous curves in his kit. Cobb swung
 once and Cobb swung twice, and then
 he famed palpably. Bob Veach came to the bat and got free trans
 portation, forcing Mitchell over the plate with a run. Crawford hit a ball to Pipp and Oscar Witt was out | at the plate. Bush scoring in the
 meantime. Young hit a single to center field, scoring Veach and Craw ford.
 There was more activity in the fifth. After Veach had walked the gangplank, good old Sam Crawford
 got an amble. Bill Burns hit a single
 to centre and the ball rolled between the well known feet of Rube Oldring, Burns travelling as far as third base.
 while Crawford, naturally scored. Young hoisted a foul to Waffle Pipp. Red Mckee, all tanned and freckled, cudgeled a hit to centre field, and Burns romped home.
 In the eighth inning, the Tanks
 made desperate effort to catch up. Lee Magee ballooned to Downey
 Bush. Hughie High beat out an i'm field hit. Captain Roger Peckin- paugh took a stroll. Waffle Pipp hit terrible smash to deep right field for three cushions, High and Peck romping home. Fritz Maisel pickIed hit to right, Pipp scoring. Oldring forced Maisel at second, Young to Bush. Charlie Mullen lofted a high one to Mister Cobb, ending the ses- sion.
 The Detroit team, in spite of the inn pending railroad strike, has ambitions to grab the American League stream | CT. When MT. Jennings was inter- viewed last night about the chances of the Jungaleers to grab the pennant he said: "I think we will have pleas ant weather tomorrow"
 A persistent interviewer went even further and consulted no less a celeb rity than MT. Cobb himself When MT. Cobb was asked if Detroit had any chance of copping the oriflamme he said: Boys, it ought to be great hunt ing in Georgia this Fall'
 MT. Jennings has closed up his law office in Scranton, Penn, because his interest just now is centered on his second best bet. The second thing that he does is to play baseball to win. He won, and when he won, he won like a good sportsman. He may not grab the pennant this year, but depend upon him, he will try hard,