The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-18
Tigers Are Grateful for Their Good
Luck, and Promise to Tighten Up Now
Fielding Slump Due To Depart;
SoN Come Tues
day
- RAROLn V. WILCOx.

appreciate the tremendous luck
that has enabled them 20 cop con.
tests despite ragged feldinE during
The past few DAYS and they also ap.
prociste the fact that this sort OF
thing can't go on forever There Is
theory in camp that the Jungaleers
are having their usual slump have
had ever since the beginning ot the
New York series and that they are
ready 10 come hack in old time form
about today or tomorrow Perhaps
the wish Is father 90 The thought.
but that theory does have something
go recommend &c besides reassur.
ances for the panicstucken
The errors have been entirely me
chanica, and have been followed
hy desperate plays as fine as any
thing ever seen on Nayin field Nitt
threw AWAY bait yesterday bat
his play on Pick a. the plate eas AS
fine fning as ever he has done
NolnI booted some easy ones but
te sawed IA, game by "A marvellous
stop and throw m tho tenth. Bush
has been ragged. hHt he went back
M second and made a stop ,cstcr
day that would sprou' hair or
Srsndpa's barren pate That Is the
spirit that rises above slumps and
b. lend color 90 IRE notion that all
viii De well when Boston comes to-
morrow.
An had better hc we'll for tho
Red Sov are great ball club game
Go The core and aggressive IN q
deadly. efficient fashion thar gr.nds
oIt victories Had they not lost
BARR The spark plug ~ the !nAold
probably they sun would be leading
'he league ar -he fax end of the
arduols road trip handed them by
he schedule certainly they would
be ahead bad not the schedule So
favored Chicago and Detroit
r. is r. cineh that this series with
Boston Viii decide Detrof's chances
FOR The pennaat and II the Tigers
DO BOT take the series The race will
ae hetseeu the TWO soS clubs.
Meanwhile Detroit has another
arg meut with ,hc Mackmen. who
laye done soun very effective d..
tat.n2 over the weekend. Prob
ably Bill jane viii hurl f1r D..
'ro.t. leaving Dauas Ehmke and
Cove.rsNe FOR tha Boston series.
MACK has Nabors. Sheehan and
Myers 20 pitch with none more
probable than another There is no
reason 10 expect the Tigers 20 lose
today The Athletics have played
their good games and they are not
accustomed 10 20 through whole
series as fa.' ag rhey have gone
here Certainly ibis Monday fracas
81 one which the Tigers must win
IN order 10 take fgll advantage OF
whatever happens IN Chicago
sunday game vas played before
throHz - 1900 fans. and was a
genuine Sabbath thriller Coveles.
k.e VAS hit freely, bat had 81 not
been for motley coIl-,'io n ~ half
a dozen errers hr never would have
been IN danger Bush was not bit
often. bu' he vas very Wild. and
OioVs usually followed his passes.
The Athletics started we'll. grabbing
rim IN the first round \ base
hi' bv VIE. a sacrifice ~ Grover
and n single 20 right by Srunk did
the WORT
The Tigers came right back for
three runs iu their half VIZ, walked
b1t was forced ty BusN Cobb took
stroll and veacb cleaned up with
q double into fAe crowd that would
have been q triple on clear field.
7 Crawford walked, and Hellman got
lucky double TO center that scored
7 veach.
There was no more scoring until
I the Gf'h, and the Intervening innings
were tame 10 tae point OK duiinr a.
both pitchers doing good work In
hc afth VIII was hit on the wis.
/ ~ pitched boll and took second
on Bu-hs acrifct re stole third
and ran home on Cohb's sacrifice hy
20 left
The heavy blow foll IN tho sev
/ onfb With ono out StrNuk singled
Youug's mur ~ Wits throw on
schsng cost double play and all
hands we're safe Then Mclnncs
cleaned mp with = double and scored
himself on Brown base knock "a
right knottlnR tho count
\ palk By Wiz and Cobbs double
I'to thc center field crowd that on
an ordinary day would have been =
home RIM. put Detroit back 20 the
lead ~ Tho start ~ the eighth A
horrible throw 20 Second by Stan
age. after Pick had singled. enabled
Tho Nactmen 70 again 10 In the
eighth. and The -core went 10 tht
tenth r % =. clever pitching -
Coyel.sk.e and grand stop hy
Young saved rho situation IN the
Crit half of tbo overtime round and
cobb started Tho winning rally d.
drawing pass Vcach hunted. ard
cobb ran an ne way 20 third o.
|1He arr'1co, orr of The finest play
1 ~ hip career Crawfor! Was pas rt
/ Intentionally. and with ono out