The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-22
TIGERS BREAK
INTO VICTORY
AT CLEVELAND
Are Last of American Clubs to
Escape Three Zero Marx in
Percentage.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER

Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
New York, April 22.-Every team
in the major leagues has now won
at least a game. 1t took Detroit a
long time to get theirs but sweets
long delayed have keener relish,
and then, too. Detroit defeated its
hated lake rival, Cleveland. Ii
was well worth waiting to defeat
Cleveland.
The Cleveland defeat was New
York's gain. The Yanks are tied
for a moment with Cleveland. Sig
nally lucky were the Yanks. They
slid into the tie because Lamotte,
Washington third baseman, who
has shown remarkable aptitude for
making plays in a smart, 1nteilI-
gent way, overthrow first base and
gave the Yanks the only run made
in the game First contest of the
season by ! to 0 also puts the
Yanks in a tie with their old rivals
for the leadership.
Lamotte, never mind that one err
ror, has played third base with
keener judgment as what to do
with the ball when he gets it than
any youngster who has come
knocking at the door of fame for a
brace of seasons. 1t is the one base
wherein decision will make a man
look more like a ninny than any
spot in the infield.
It seemed as if the specialized
Meadows of Philadelphia had his
game in hand in the opening of the
season at Boston, but the pinnacle
light was smashed, his bearings
were lost and Boston celebrated
the start of the year by a home
victory, a sad blow for Philadel-
phia, because Meadows is their
field of the cloth of gold.
The Giants Unanswered Reuther
out of position and Brooklyn will
be ready for the scrap pile with an
other defeat or two. Giant success
is soaring the hearts of Robbie,
who is as fond of being defeated by
New York as a pup is fond of 4
cayenne pepper sandwich soaked in
tobasco sauce.
Resent Ruth's Absence.
Snow crept into the season and
ruined it in the east. The fall of
snow makes the season different
from that of last year About this
time in 1921 some of the baseball
owners were looking at the four
figured columns in their bank
books but in all the history of
American league baseball in New
York never has there been such a
cavity knocked into the body poll
tics as in the opening Washington
series. Not 1900 paid admissions
have been present at the games and
worse than the Yankees used to do
when they played at their old
ground on the hilltop. While the
weather is desperate there is un-
resentment on the part
of the New York public that Ruth
has not been permitted to play.
The New York fans are a queer
lot. If they can't have what they
want they want none of it. Al
ready they are beginning to ar
range for opening day on May 20,
the day on which Ruth will BE- able
to resume his activities again. But
they are not going to pay to see the
Yankees, not unless they
change their minds by the ratio of
1 900 to l.
The Giants are still taking on
Davy Robertson bluffed
into giving him an I'M
release. Then New
York grabbed him. Before long
New York will have to begin to
pare down its team. 1t has many
more outfielders than are needed.
1t looks as if Stengel may go else
where and Cunningham may be
used to pay uD some of the deals
that have been made. Possibly they
are to be shipped to Toledo if the
Giants succeed in picking off that
young pitcher for whom they are
angling. The pitcher is not SO
young in years but he has been
successful with Toledo, who has
hung on for high price when 9TH
er clubs have opened negotiations.
Cincinnati is as Enthusiastically
last in the National league as De-
troit in the American and the races
in both circuits give nd:cations
for the moment of being very
Straggly.