Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-12
Tigers Are Here Today.

have provided the big upset in the dope
in the American League race this sea-
son are here today to open three
game series. The Jungaleers no longer
are accounted sure enough contenders
for the flag. which the White SoX have
Just about sewed up, but they are hot
after the emoluments accruing to the
| runner-up in the race and may be
counted upon to put forth their best
efforts against the GriffS.
The Detroit batting order has an
| odd appearance these days. due to the
! fact that Ty Cobb is hitting second on
| the list. Pep Young, who usually
comes up after that eminently sue
cessful lead-off man. DOME Bush, is
| having rather lean year of it with
/ the stick. This may have Influenced
Jennings to make the shift. However
that may be, boosting Cobb up to
second place is noteworthy in that it
marks the first time in the fifteen
| consecutive years he has been con-
nected with the club that Cobb has
batted anywhere except in third or
! fourth place. Being shifted has not
! affected 7. Raymond's batting orbs to
any extent. With the lead of more
; than twenty points he now holds over
Joe Jackson. runner-up. it is practi-
cally assured Cobb again will top the
! league, as he has on all but one oc-
casion in the last dozen years, iris
| Speaker nosing him out in 1916.
Cobb Pessimistic on Youngsters.
| Cobb. in addition to being the
greatest aIl-round ball player the
| diamond ever produced, is a keen stu
| dent of the pastime, and frequently
hobs up with some pertinent observa-
| ton in connection with the game. its
welfare and development His latest
| is a rather pessimistic opinion of the
| quality of head work used by young
sters breaking in nowadays He says:
Although the game has grown
! faster and more scientific, in my mind,
there has not been the individual i'm
! provement you might look for. The
boys today play scientific base ball
| because it is taught them. not because
they dope it out themselves. They
don't study the game like the young
doctors; young lawyers or engineers
study their professions. After a game
these kids are through with base ball
until the next day. They don't take
{ their chosen profession seriously
enough. My success was due entirely
to self-application and study
Shaw Now Ready to Collect.
| In bagging the first game of the
double-header from the White Sox by
to 3 yesterday Jim Shaw registered
| his eighteenth victory of the cam
| tract with the Nationals every win he
now turns in will net him a cool 500.
The Nationals have a dozen games re-
naming to be played before the cur
tain falls, and in the ordinary run of
events Shaw should start at least
three more battles. 1t goes without
saying that the hurler with the best
developed grunt in the American
League will expend herculean efforts
to collect those century notes.
/ The second contest simply was a
, story of too much Williams for the
Nationals. The diminutive southpaw
held the Griffs to two hits and appear
ed to be on his way to no-hit game.
the first of these bingles not being
recorded until the seventh inning
The locals never had a chance with
him. Zachary, who opposed, twirled
well. allowing only one run until the
seventh. when Shanks got him in bad
with a tumble. A couple Of hits and
an error by Charity. a wild throw
from the outfield. netted the aliens a
pair of runs and removed all doubt
as to the outcome.
In the opener the Nationals hoped
on Lefty Kerr for trio of counters
in the initial inning and gathered an
other in the second. This was the ex-
tent of their offensive. but 1t suf
feed as the incentive Shaw had for
working his head off held the Gleason
ties to only three runs, all obtained
in the third, the only bad inning ].
Aloysius experienced.