The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-15
Tigers Spend Open Dates
Transforming In Jungle
Will Be Back To Play
Senators On
Friday

The Tigers are pAi lN me JAbt''
This afternoon they viii play an ex'
hlbltlon game A. Toronto. and
Thursday afternoon Trey wiz Jour
ney 20 Flint 90 pasumc tor The
Vehios-tp there They viii uiow
back 10 Detroit FRIDAY 10 1me 20
resist more or less lecby he final
onslaught a. mo eastern clubs
Washington win be tho FIRST 70 ap
pear here Probably iohsson tih
huri a Saturday or SUNDAY game
The series plth fne Browns
brought no joy 20 this town Bernie
Boland pasn able 80 work IN three
games IN two DAYS, AMI Manager
Jennings had trouble IN nnding 4
suitable succes sor. SO Tige took A
beating and tho series became an
even break
II wasnt 2 good series. any how
Eddie Plank didn't pitch single
innings. Inquiries for the hero OF
Gettysburg revealed rumoTs that he
had quit tho game. silently folding
up his "unW and slipping away With
out giving the band "a chance 70
play q dirge
The greatest southpsw ~ his time
hurled II innings against Walter
Johnson one dag last week. took
| 20 beating m which he displayed
great skill. and then retired from
baseball forever Plank IL one ~
tho most remarkable players that
ever wore major league uniform
10 didn't start In ~ big show
until he was IS years ~ age. ana
then he starred FOR ~ consecutive
seasons. PLANK and Ma'hewson were
the brainiest pitchers 0f iheir time
PLANK qui' he game simply be
cause ne Nas tired Of 70 and wasn''
,hriving On hotel eats
Dave Davenport Na- nc pitchins
hero 81 the Tuesday milling a. NJ
Navins binele orchard he permit
ted II hits for a total OF Is bases.
hut held The Tigers 20 four runs. no
b.. OF which were aukey and the oiNer
two OF which DID nof come until he
game was safely won by he Browns
Dave also was The cioutlng hero.
even tho be famed thrice. The on
time Dave didn't Whit was IN TIE
fourth. AZ this time Tho Tigers had
two runs Pratt and Smith walked
Iavan came az Vith Two out and
scored Pratt with 2 single Dsver
port took pair OF strikes and then
knocked the ball over Cchcs head
he stopped a. second out ne two
runners galoped home giving re
Browns lead thew never dropped
The visitors got frsky again Win
Tige IN the hfih This tine cur
nlngham got the pounding Austin
walked and took third or Sisters
single. PRATT thrilled 70 the score
board. sending home two runs sew
ereid's sacrifice As 20 Cobb scored
Pratt and made the Brownie total
hafdozen
The Tigers bombsrded Davenport
Justify. Bush and Young each goi
q trio 81 blows But Cobb and Neach
could DO DO effective clouting, and
few runs came home pair we're
scored in tho third Young singled
pas, Lavan. and Spencer was hit BY
a pitched ball. Boland sacrificed
Bush got credit for q hit when be
rolled TO Lavan and beat The throw
Young scored AMI Spencer came
home on an inheld out
Tiee did nothing more until the
ninth. Holman walked After two
were out, Spencer tripled 20 center.
Young. who had arrived ~ Arst on
force play. Tailed on 'his Rallop
Harper batted for Ehmke. who had
finished the game, and singled thru
the infeld. Spencer scoring The
hit and run was attempted and
Pratt went over 20 cover On his
way he scooped W Bush's grounder.
which would ordinarily have been a
hit. and DOME vas caught a. hrsi
for the third out That finished the
roufaef