The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-28
Tigers Can Be Leading the
League BY Sunday Night
Three Straight Wins
Sure to Put Club in
Top Berth


place, or a tie for first place by
Saturday perhaps and Sunday night
surely. is the present ambition Of
the Tigers. Boston. New York and
Detroit are all punched at the top
today, and Boston must play New
York. or remain idle. Either a
game or postponement In New York
will send Detroit up a notch IL the
Tigers win today. and II Detroit ON
take today's game and the first two
OF the series with Cleveland. moth
ing can prevent the Jungaieers from
at least sharing the top berth with
somebody. Sunday.
Three straight victories seem to
be lot TO ask OF a team this spring,
particularly since this procedure
would mean FIVE victories In a
string. but II Is far from impossible.
st. Louis hasn't a dependable pitch.
er. other than. Eddie Plank. to work
today. and II Is deemed likely that
he will be saved for Chicago and
the Saturday and Sunday crowds.
Cleveland has been giving the White
Sox Q beautiful battle all week. but
many pitchers have been used and
the Indian stat is not In It's best
shape. while Detroit's Is prime.
The pitching selections for today
have not been announced. Gov.
eleskie Is ready and Is a likely NOM
inee. with Dauss coming back Sat
arday against Cleveland With
Hamilton not in shape, Koob iii In
bed. and four pitchers used yester-
day Fielder Jones is plumb up
against 1t today. The weather has
taken turn for the better. and II
Is probable that Cobb will play cen.
ter. Young at short. and Heilman
at second. worked acceptabiy In
their new positions, and Jennings
this morning planned to give Bush's
knee another day Of rest.
II was q valuable victory the tt.
gers won yesterday. BY sQuelching
both Weilman and Groom. former
jinxes de luxe. the club has gained
confidence which II priceless. The
Browns have been q great nuisance
to Detroit in recent years. thanks
chiefly to Weilman. and a series
with st Louis has been dreaded.
That impression is missing today,
and unless Weilman gets some huge
breaks in luck this summer. his
regime 10 ct an end.
Luck broke splendidly for De7
troit. Thursday. The game started
with the same fear of weilman that
featured the past two seasons. II
was not shared by Holman. Gun
ningham and Dalton. who were
strangers to this particularly hoo
doc and they did some nifty hitting
In the early periods. II so hap.
pened errors by the Brownie inneld
allowed the veterans to. get on the
paths Just In time to help the scor-
Ing. and the combination of CIR.
cumstancss WAS enough to make the
tall southpaw blow. In the frst
round Heiiman drove veach homo
with . tally. In the fourth. STAN
age was safe on an error by Lavan,
and Cunningham tied the score by
q triple 20 left. A sacrifice ny by
Witt scored the pitcher Kavanash
walked, vssch singled, and Well
man was jerked In favor OF Daven-
BORT, whom Heilman greeted with
a two-baxgsr that cleaned the sacks.
Thereafter Groom and Park also
worked for st. Louis. and two nm.
necessary tallies were registered by
Detroit.
Cunningham pitched excellent ball
until the seventh, when he grew q
bit wild, and Dauss replaced him
and retired the side without Q hitch
although the bases were full. In
his he was assisted by a batted ball
which struck q base runner. Gun
nlngham had not worked for a
week, and this was blamed for his
temporary loss OF control. The ter.
rible batting OF veach and Heilman
featured the game. Between them
they divided six blows, two Of
which were doubles.