The Detroit times., 1916-06-01
CHANCE TO WIN
SERIES TODAY
Tigers Can Get In Good Posi-
tion To Meet East H
Beating SOx Again

The Tigers this afternoon will
battle for an advanced trench in the
path OF the first eastern invasion
OF the west The invasion starts
Saturday. with Washington the first
club to call on Tige. BY winning
yesterday, Detroit slipped past Chi
cago in the standings, but a slip to-
day would drop the Tigers back
again in sixth place. Victory would
give our side full game and a
half advantage. and make the rec
ord al home six victories OF eight
games That could we'll be con-
strued as a young winning streak.
Cunningham is slated 10 work
again today. Dubuc also is ready,
but Jean is still considered a goot
man to work against Washington.
and il is likely that he will be sent
against the Nationals. Saturday
Coveleskie and Dauss then can hn-
ish the series and work against
Boston, and if Manager Jennings
wishes TO spare Dauss 10 open and
close the series with the Red Sox,
Hamilton will be available for a
Sunday or Monday game.
Cunningham has pitched only one
game against Chicago. Ii was his
first game in the major leagues, and
combination of wildness, hits and
poor support gave him a bad start.
The next week he won his game
against Cleveland and established
himself as a regular. Cunningham
is a hot weather pitcher. but II has
been his misfortune 10 be called
upon almost invariably this spring
10 pitch in rain or in a raw wind
Even when the day has started fine.
the clouds have rolled up and the
rain cut loose the moment he took
the slab. As these lines are writ
ten. the outlook for an ideal Gun
ningham afternoon is bright. but the
fact that the spitball lad is on the
program should be kept secret from
the weather man.
Changes in the Tiger lineup today
are not probable. HeAmsn's hitting
undoubtedly will hold him In right.
although Crawford got out yester.
day and prscticed a bit. Sam has
been far from we'll and he will not
do more than pinch-hit until he has
worked out a few days. Heilman
showed some dazzling speed on the
bases yesterday, and there is now
hope that he will yet show the same
improvement in the outfield that he
has on the paths.
Had Eddie Collins been able to
hit the ball yesterday. the Tigers
would have never been able to win
that 10 4 game. Dauss was hit
hard Fourteen safe blows were
scored of him. and included were
three doubles and triple. In three
innings three hits were punched.
Jackson had perfect day and
Weaver did nearly as well with
three blows. Schalk. who is usually
a deadly pinch-hitter in Detroit
also came through with two blows.
But as a rule. Collins came up in
the real pinches. and Eddie was
easy for Dauss.
The Tigers did not do nearly SO
we'll on totals. but they took ad.
vantage OF Danforth's wild streak.
and won a neat victory They laid
for Danforth from the start OF the
game. Evidently under orders.
every batter insisted on working for
a base on balls. The policy didn't
get them anything until the fifth
inning. then Dauss, Cobb and Veach
walked, Bush singled and Heilman
tripled All this was worth four
runs. In the next inning Young
doubled and Stanage sacrificed.
Danforth got wild with Dauss and
wolfgang replaced him. Dauss
raped the first ball pitched clean
over the fence into Cherry-st. and
added two runs. In the eighth
Stanage doubled, Dauss singled and
so did Witt. scoring another run.
The funniest incident OF the game
was when Cobb was hit on the
ankle by a pitched ball. He limped
to first and promptly stole second.
Cookingham. the Kazoo Normal
southpaw, who is TO be given a
trial by Detroit, is in town and is
working out. He IL chaperoned by
Coach Spalding. OF the Normal. who
is taking advantage OF an oppor-
tunity to watch the Chicago series.