The Detroit times., 1916-06-10
Tige Greets Yankees With
Record of Wins Since May27
Clean Sweep Over Red
SOx Keeps Team
Happy

The Yankees are here and Bill
Donovan is home again. William
and his bowery gang will remain
with US until Tuesday. and II pres
ent peace negotiations with the
weather man result n a truce, the
Tigers and their guests will engage
/ in four games OF ball in that time.
This is the first visit OF the Yankees
| 10 Detroit this season, and weather
] interfered with the series out east.
80 there is no way 10 tell whether
New York will be as soft for Tige
this season as II has been in recent
years Only two games were played
out east. The Yanks swiped one,
and the other was that memorable
l6-inning fracas which was pitched
/ by Coveleskie
Donovan's team Is the enigma Of
the league. Caldwell, Magee. Baker.
Gilhooley. ard Gedecn, all expected
10 be stars, have proven disappoint-
Inents. still the club is very much
in the pennant race. and has been
since the beginning OF the season.
which has now run about two
months. The secret seems 10 be
pitching from recruits of which out
siders know little. Mogridge, Mar
kle and Cullop have been going
pretty well. and both Heating and
Fisher are having good seasons.
Caldwell has been hurt, and that $
the alihi for his poor work. hut the
tip seems 10 be out that Donovan
can't expect much this year from his
star.
Heating and Mogridge worked at
ST. Louis, but Donovan has the rest
of bis staff ready for work. IL would
not be surprising II William pitched
Cullop today. ard he may try TO get
by with Caldwell Sunday. Both
Fisher and Heating are also likely
10 work. and Mogridge is going so
we'll that he is deemed a certainty
for Tuesdays game.
Every body except Dubuc. OF the
Tiger stan, Is rearing to pitch. and
there is no way 10 tell who will
start today IL may be Hamilton
or Coyeleskie. and Dauss is just as
likely.
This winning streak still is in
glorious Gloom. The clean sweep OF
the Boston series has put the club in
fine spirit, particularly because OF
the manner in which II was won. Why
Dubuc was picked by Jennings TO
work against Boston Is a mystery,
for Jean has more trouble with THAI
club than any other in the league.
lie was hit hard. but he wasn't Wild,
and the game Is won. SO all is we'll.
Carrigan's motive in attempting to
stop Detroit by the use OF MAYS is
equally as mysterious Mays Is the
one Boston pitcher the Tigers do
not fear.
in addition TO his superb hitting.
Ruth pitched z splendid game. His
support was miserable. The Red
Sox made five errors. and a couple
OF other boots that were officially
scored as hits and which might be
construed as eitrer errors or singles.
Strangely enough. not an error fig
ured in the scoring, although the
misplays kept Ruth working over.
time contin tally, Eventually he
cracked Under the strain.
The only solid hits secured of
him before the eighth came in the
second round. Vesch opened with a
doutle tc the score board and He'll
man sacrificed. Burns Put ny over
Hoblitzell that dropped on the foul
/ line and went for a double, Bobby
scoring from third, in walk. Until
the eighth, the game was then all
| Boston, starting with Ruth's home
| run in tho third. Until the last half
OF The ninth, the game Mas still Bos-
ton, but solid clouting in the big
pinch made he Tiger record for the
home stay 10 victories in f. games.