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HSiSWhile We’re Happy,” Whoop the Indians-They’ve Won Eight Straight Now’ y&JffiSth T '.i:- ?;&.- . wM KB |VKg| || ' * . *■* j — mm— ■B*'* apn*l IIN^BPc 1 ' : 'A fltoatfi 40 flea Mrs and spring la May. Y! tCvBfWMMMWWMItf to* *Ct full! gay Kr - " Aari fayt with geawchsi gat in bad - Hwi aaba tbaaa Makes that moan and mop*. ■S RlaM naat thalr namoa throo hand rod dope B? Old blmi~ out In April showers. And mw thoae baaaball lada art made— | Kst- Her*** why far tbam May haa no ahoor- Mr Ta aaa thalr lafty roeorda fada Away la bloom na more thia yaar. ■K^Ml wk **• ckvdand Ch,b? MfIUKEE la given credit for making the Cleveland club There IkPmSh Bfffftt hat that be 1* a big factor in the whirlwind pace at imPallilfc tha ladlaaa are galloping down the pennant trail The pep BHK/SS t-u, the Rip Van Winkle club of the American league thing. But Speaker is not the whole smear mSSßmnm Laha Brio. Too moth credit can not be given Lee Fohl. sßk% a green pitching ataff hurl superb ball day in and day ou» the Iron man of the team, be praised too highly. The ~oßek Os the club, however, is found in right field A young man was a busher who batted only .245. Fohl seriously BlSad taming him back to the minora this spring, and would have IgliPllPmNl tggfQ ho c n any one elee to place in the outfield. Today Smith ta .400 «htn any man in the league. He Is the sensation BSum Hit hatting ta not mere spring pepper. It is pinch hitting ggiith is why the Indians have been winning so man> Jm ralliee. speaker is plaving great ball, and while his fielding BSfISJt mta that of former years, his batting is even better But Hg «MMd baa It on him. . - Mmm bt the roeorda of the games played between Detroit Hltohai, since Smith was discovered and the winning streak started. IlifXgKfMith gas driven In seven runs. While Speaker has driven home Mm chances to deliver in pinches, Smith railed in only three. HB|a Called in soar. This recruit may not last If he doesn t. the That club is going to rise and fall, not with Tris HhW AMttbßS would be better off if they were not winning so steadily. HmrV Mftalb to be aa end to this brilliant spurt, and because it has bßm f ertaruler the comeback from the slump that is sure to come is |l||Eip take the heart oat of the club. Perhaps they have the stamina BMftte storm, hut few baseball men belive that thy have. Certainly llilfiljA Mreagth of the Indians Is not stronger than that of the White HfnHtolM onrted ay under the first slump to come their way. p '-it . 1 - - - Hftfeco— made a prediction just before the season started The RP'fPmMMil propheeled that there would be a btg slump in batting m Hf ifHm Atoertoua leagne this year among star batsmen—not excluding ’||jp|pMlf*-4H|d that the reason would be pitching far superior to that hi thla leagne for many years. There has been a complaint Wmm the ClrcnM daring the past three weeks that the pitching was ip: Itooton. Philadelphia. New York, Detroit. St. Louis and Chicago SMMIMd because their chuckers were not ready, and has bam played in which the slab starters finished. Only with its flinging, and. of course, Cleveland baa been bad. It is because the twirlers have been wild. jpd baaaaM famous batsmen have mauled them. Cobb s aatoe tnm. It may not stay true, but it 15 impressively Btattfttcs prove It. ? *j r . ,b( j w? 5 PcfffuTbattJd third 1 fourth and fifth These »maap> tha fffcNgl <9 moa and are deemed the star batters of each af the haUlag this spring of the third, fourth and efnb revenls the astounding fact that more than 7*< WmW athletes are hitting below the average with which they '4ll'fKiphM an the heavy end of the butting order arc far iEWHiHm Only Ctovoland Is getting the clean up hitting for which T. lAm mm ihmim. hotting third, and Smith batting fourth, arc aft a Mtetertng clip. Gandil. the fifth man. is hitting only haa SAfN OtfHaa. Jack Fournier and Joe Jackson in th* clean HHI: JMmb tfl hitting lee than .200 and both Collins and Fournier mmmrjm. Jpm Oedeon. hatting fifth, tops the Yankees with 2ko* Ijfid third, and Baker, who bats fourth, are onh .230 and 245 WIIHIMII la saving the situation at Boston Both Shorten Plllfafr latttni third. !• holding up Washington Rondeau And Judge BMftjii'lnll men. are now .232 and .145. Strunk, batting third, is the Athletics. Bchang, the clean up man. is hitting for only U points shy. Both Miller and Pratt, of the Browns, their normal stride. Staler, batting fourth, lll'' gpvx Whore Tigers Stand ■Ell* the Tigers—they are worse off than any other club in the » stride. There Is no questiotf about that, because Its hi tried and true. Today we are writing of what has ■»*— Today Cobb is batting leas than .275. Asa matter :Bh\jPf.>W<h baa mads only two hit* In the last 21 times at bat mSm mMKHBti hll than .270. Crawford’S average Is under .240. The Bp fcbt oeme this spring from the bottom of the order—we were MHgtJMP PW the neck down, but that would be too unjust to be IBSMWPMgJgP* •»<* Stanage have kept the club in the ■WKJbsar* nothing but great prsUe dshestlos as a prophet The players named are the *■**" W *M» bat third, fourth snd fifth in their lineups —» Baker's record is that of 1914, his last In the '}^C V ' .MbtSSMw M a coast leagne record. Rondeau sis from the American from the Federal league and Shorten a and Judge * Mere is the dope on the recognized sluggers of i ‘"k l*u I*ll Atlftln ISIS ISIS *** • 2 *“ *«rw.a amt: rsnwftMg nan jn i>«4wa. jm an uiai* ju i ff 'PSiL: «■*» MwfcMla‘l Jlir. jwa Wilier . JM J9»7 Wmmm .<9j& fii?<— •» Mm >u«ro« .z>i staler ju **• <M*Mto-.. d4b jme U«Ha... jr» .Ml l*rat« JW Jtl , IWGood to Loot *bd go. la 1104, the star outfielder of the Boston Braves m - O—bßy. Against right handed pitching he was the de jPH AHWyiOf■ >ha team that swept from the cellar to the garret wMs-"Wlam BP"—>l *••««•. npseltmg all dope and making all form PMrners, and Anally captured a world championship in ibthm for Jo€ that year, topping his team mates by a mar IBGWjMNMIJid lkwt # year Joey played in 91 games and batted .hoard of him. Thla spring he is slated for the neon asked for him. A major leaguer for three mmt** *** lo9 pmmos on. *h Ownia. Don't remember Ownis? W>H. Own is was Bot ms ibvnn years ago. be was entered by a farmer at the OMMilg One morning this trotter was worked in 2 M then * l <*<»es now snd the horse became the In n few days Ownis was started in a race, and Anic Incidents of the harness game. Ownis tra.k WA flB the far turn, his driver drew up at the fence. 111. 0 m h>t Wan pitched, and yelled to his young son the MMM Water on them beans, they're burning.” Then went ahead and won the heat That summer f Mt LMt week the trottor was again sold, this time *** hArth a college yell on the grand circuit after the k bhe «f the best hitters the Southern association Ihtfolt, New York and St. Isvms that in the Mt What IS said to he a new batting record ’■.lKjflflfl Mt Safely In 15 consecutive g;tme« ihi.« with Little Rock this year. The Driver of Bob Burman’s “Ghost Car.” Here la an Irishman who fears no Jinx. In the Indianapolis race this month, he will drive the car that Bob Burman built to pilot himself. Be fore his death a few weeks ago. Burman realized the ambition of a life time. He long desired to build a racing car that would be constructed along his own ideas and would contain all the features which long years as a speed king led him to believe would make the speedster de luxe. Bur man completed the car before his death, but his life was crushd out be fore he could give It a speedway trial. Rooney will drive that auto for Bur man. and right now the greatest ambition in his life is to pilot that “ghost car" just as Burman would want it piloted. Pontius Finds Michigan Football Men Indifferent Reports to Work With Forwards; Only 14 Turn Out ANN ARBOR. Mich.. May 9 “Brute" Pontivs is indignant. The former M ehlgan star, now assistan’ to Coach Yost if the Michigan foot ball tent*, made a special trip to j Ann ArVtr yesterday to help get the men In line tor a big and sue ' . essful season next fall —and only !14 men responded to bis call for 1 Candida-ec. Pontius had expected enough men to arrimir.age with the latter »»art of the week, and when so fee appeared for work, be vigorously voiced his opinion of a school that would rezpond sc poorly In the face of such necessity, when Yale. Har vard and the r.fher colleges which turned out championship teams had £0 or 70 men < n hand for workouts thmiighr u the spring. Yost left la*-* week, and Pontius came f'»r the purpose of improving the poor* at line which ever repre reoted Michigan, the forward wall of last fall. Tha? there was ample room for improvement and a great need for add :, *<nal coaching, was f dmitted by Yost before he left, i when h» reeu#-ted his former star to return foe t. few days to help with the * con e-»,ack" of the Wolv erine* in the gridiron sport. None rs the former first team *nen came out for practice. Nie mann and Dunne were playing var sity baseball, ami so were not ex pected but Capt. Maulbetsch and “Pat" Hrpith were looked for, and to were Rehor. W’eske and the other subs of the 1915 eleven. Unless more men make an appearance to day. Pontius rosy give up the idea of accomplishing anything this spring, and will leave Ann Arbor st once. The 14 men out were pu* through a long passing and block-. lng drul. BOX SCORE DETROIT. AB R H O A E Bush. s s. ♦ • I 3 2 4 Vttl, «b 4 4 1 1 1 4 I Cobh. c. f. 1 • 4 4 4 0 Veach. If. 2 4 1 2 1 4 ♦ ’rawford. r. f * • 0 4 0 9 Heilman, lb 4 0 4 13 4 « Young. 2b 3 I I 3 t 4 Mtanage. e. 2 4 1 2 I 4 Dubuc. p 2 0 I 4 2 o !'Harper ........... 1 9 I 0 4 0 ! tKavanagh 1 4 9 4 4 0 i Totals Z 2 T 724 H 0 CLKVKIsAND. AB R H O A F Hraney. If 3 1 14 4 9 Turner. Ih 4 4 9 2 2 4 Mpeaker, f 2 1 1 5 4 4 Mmlth. r. t 4 1 3 9 4 4 Oandil. lb 2 4 | 13 I 4 Howard, 2b 3 4 9 2 4 0 Warn by, as. .2 9 1 4 S 9 O*Nelli, 8 4 9 4 4 9 Bagby. p. 2 4 4 1 1 A Totals 27 3 7 27 13 9 •Batted for Young In the ninth. ♦ tta*ted for Htanage m the ninth. Innings. 1 234547*9 I Detroit A 4 1 9 4 4 4 4 4—l 'Cleveland 9 4 0 0 9 4 It * —3 Total bases- Detroit. 7; Cleveland. I 14. Marrlflce hits—Duhuc 3. Oandll. Mtoten base—Y’ewch. Two-baee hits— ** A»th 2. tfraney. Left on base*— Cleveland. 5; Detroit. 7. He*e« on halls--off Itagby, 1. off Dubuc, 3. 1 Hits snd earned runs—Off Hagbir, 7 hits 1 run In 9-lnnlngs; off Dubue. . T hits. 3 runs In I Innings. Hit by . pitcher—By Duhuc. 1 < Wambaganss). * Struck out—By Baghy, 3: hy rnthuc. 11. Umpires—Evans and Hildebrand Time—l 4 a. “He's a Mearner. *• aaM » larke Orff. • *tk In* saawtba age, after laalag Ms I e|ala» *a Jee Oedaaa. Grt* mar he right. Met fa Ms preseat farm the es lf«Nia« leagwer leaks HIM a eewtary :| STANDINGS ■ I J American League. STtXDinG. VV I. pv-t W I, p.-t H* land !• 7 SS7 Menton 10||.47« I W’oh'ton It 4.57*i Ckkaxo 1«* 13 .435 N. York It S ',7:* s*t 7 11 3a<» Itrlratl 1511.47S Athletiv* 7IS.3S* T*a»r’« l.iara. t*etrolt at Philartsiphla St. Uoui« at U‘a«hlnxton. «'l»velaml at Boston Chicago at New York. iMtfrdnpt Hr.alu. At Boston — Innings I 1 I I S t ’ U Rlf K New York t o a » o « a a•—« « o Boston OOnooSOO o—o i 0 Battens*—Mogridge and Alexan der; Gregg, M- Male and Agnew. Umplre*--Owens and Connolly. At Philadelphia— Innings. I 2 1 I S ( * n RII F Sash ton SSASSOOS o—2 I * Phtlaphia 10 4 0 29 0 1 * —4 12 1 Batteries— Johnson, Boehllng n«d Alnsmlth and Heary; Myers snd Sr hang empire* [tinxn and \»IHn. National Lea^ae. mxon«. w I. P-t. WLPet. Br ky - 14 * .TT4 Phillies * 4 Vfl Boston 14 3 447 Mt. Isiuia 10 to :.0n t'hleago 11 9.534 Plt‘*t,urg 912 *29 Cin natl 1119 *24 N. York 213 13* Tadar’" Gum. New York at Pittsburgh. Only one game scheduled. ▼ea4erday*a Nnslta FTRMT GAME. At Chicago— Innings 1234*4749 RHR Pittsburgh 4MMMO l—l 7 • Chicago... 04940402 • —2 7 1 Batteriea—Cooper and Wilson Mc- Connell and Allen. Umpires—Klem and Eroslle SECOND GAME Innings 12245*749 RHE Pittsburgh 449X3024 4—4 10 1 Chicago. . . 9 4 9 4 1 1 0 2 4—4 4 4 Batteriea—Mamaux and Gibson Packard. Hendrix, Prendergast and Alen. Umpires—Klem and Emslie. At New York— Innings. 1 22414799 RHE Boston .... 422401 44 4—4 10 0 New York 0 1 4 0 1 4 4 4 4—2 3 J Batteries—Kagon and Dowdy Pal mers. Mtrond and Mchauer and Dooln. Umpire*— Bigler and Kaaon. At Brooklyn Innings 1224547*9 RHE Phtla'phla 04404094 4 o 4 j Brooklyn.. 92444400 • —2 * 4 Batteries- Alexander And Born* Dell and McCarty. Umpires— Quig ley and Byron. Watching the Scoreboard Mil With tha Pirates. V.r Wllliama’ •»«» the • ret g.Le n,.” ***** Tlakerlie* rram laalag hath games. ▼W earM'i ehamptea* eaald get aaly three hlte ass Wogrldge. af “ha Yaakaea. * A ellg drahMag was haaded Wal. •er Jahasaa. The Athletics grave thr ***■ * ,mh »■ fe J*«hth aad waa free, the «*eater*. *" **•» eaMMilan sssur'wSS'.a,." •• • Jahaaaa wasa’t thr aaly SL**sw.l*.r r - Tb ' l> * 4 «' r - /rise <W Phil lie* waa lea much fnv %le ß . wha swreamhed la a 3 ta 4 WOLVERINE NET TEAM TO START EASTTHIS WEEK ANN ARBftR Mich . May Th# Michigan tenni/. team leaves Friday for It* annual eastern t r | p Capt. Crawford. Swtfxer. Mack and Codd will make the trip The Wolver ine* will meet Rensselaer, May IS; Tlrown. May 15; Yale. May 14; Jji high May 17; Igifayette. May IS; fohna Hopkln*. May lit, Navy, May :o. DETROIT TIMES TIGERS IN EAST, MEET MACK FIRST Recruit Pitchers May Carry Brunt of Hurl ing This Week PHILADELPHIA. May J —The Tigers ere in the east, still clinging to the first division but sporting a •econd division average Today they plav the tall-ender* of the league, who an' so hopeleaaly weak this year that ti took them erven inning* 10 knock Walter Johnson out of »he box yeaterday Mean while t'levelard Is at Boston. St. Louis at Washington, and Chicago at New York The east is all set for its cla->b with the west this vear. Beyond question Detroit has the easiest picking of all four western clubs. Lut It »o happens that there Isn’t any plcki-ig in the league this vear -o easy that It won’t frequent !y backPre and lick the everlasting tar out of a pennant contender. These Athletics haven’t a formida ble lineon yet. but like Cleveland’s I roster, there xr« a number of very <apable . lavers enrolled, with some vounyster?- who make up in enthusi asm wh.it they lack in .'kill. Walsh and Strunk. In the outfield, are remnants of the championship machlm- So Catcher Schang and s rin-t Bs.-eman Vlclnnla. laijole. on recond « still a great second base man Tr.e re>- of the club is new. A youngster nimed Pick is playing third ba.'«. and another by the mon ick'T of Witt hMN succeeded Barry jit shortstop Some days Uldriug ♦-lays ir th« outl.eld. but yesterday a rookl» I v th»’ name of Thomjison broke Into the lineup. All the pitch *rs exc« »>t Bush are young, anti •*ooo' of th* m a * working splendid ly. Th« best o{ the lot seem to b Crowell. Meve’f and Nabors Marine*- Je t mngs. of the Tlaer« 1 has .ilK>i;t mad< up his mind to 1j ; wha’ he sho’:!! 4 have done la.vt ‘spring to-vlt. rive his young pit« h »r-> a go, and tria’. * arly in the season •»nd use them regularly if possible. | Cunningham Is -ure to work tn thij series *>ibU2 probably will be aved so» Washington, a club thai he • an oeat oftener than any other. Iktus* is rick and Bill Janos in dis grace. Covele.Vsle. of course, will work tomorrow or Friday. Very j likely either Frickaon or B»>ehler, ior per he pa bi'h. will ls“ given ' chance* this week. A good start for j either would help out a Irrt. } If th« re weren’t so many Smiths ,In the world. Detroit might have won that game at Cleveland yester day although Gagby had the boys sating frr>m hl.< hands. This Smith has developed a deadly aversion to right field fences. He bounced three blows off the screen at Cleveland yesterdny and »vo of them account ed for all the scoring by the In dians. Bight livid is short in the hYircwt City am! this fact undoubt *dlv heliied M- Smith Monday, but after wgfehing him bombard daily •he bleacher acreen In Detroit, which 1* by nt meanj close, we conclude ♦h»t the distance makes no difTer ence u> him. One can’t help won dcrlng what l.e will do when he strike* the Polo grounds at New York In a few daya. Dubuc exhibited a fatal Tiger weaknecs yeaterday. He allowed the majority of batters to work him into •he old l and 2 hole, and then be bad to groove the ball. This hill pitching really lost the game. Detroit had fire acorlng chances, of which the first only was cashed The Haase Business Was Built On Honor The "One Low Price to All" system ha* prevailed from the start—and it has made us thousands of friends, who have found it much to their advan tage to come here season after season, year after year, for their clothes and furnishings. Our Suit* Are Winners Every new style for the Spring and Summer — choicest novelty fabrics, striped flannels and staple weaves In models for the business man and young *15.00 to *35.00 ICKamc J- Sou W WOODWARD AND CONGRESS Tailor* Clalhlrra HaU.r* Hak.rdaahara I ■ 11 "" "" 1 teM3WM^ g ;Mg!*H-*W!"*gmaßmgaMßMeaewwne»"wg!!Y'..ta'. | .ii . ..!_■■ <'■ . ■■ -ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES—IT PAYS Young i n|lrd in the third, and Stannic pulled the hit-and-run with which Lr is becoming adept. Pep pulled up at third and scored on Dubuc'w fly to center. Bush singled In this li.ninf but Vltt and Uobb (ailed to mom him and Stanage around. Veach started the fourth with a single and stole, but wa* not hel|H>«l 41 round Stanagt started the fifth with a Talk, tui was stranded at •.hlrd. Dubuc started the eighth with n single, and Vltt pickled another, cut no’<odv scored. Harper pinch hit a s-ife blow in the ninth with one down, but waa glued to first. The Indians were pacing up soar scoring chances too. In the early portions of the game, but Friend tf.nlth warmed up In the sev enth aud singled to the fence to start the Inning. Oandll sacrificed and Wambsgann* singled, and the count was tied. Graney doubled to right in the eighth, and Speaker drew 4 pass. Smith doubled to right, two runs scored, and the final <oant was 3 to 1. I LPrE Wttrt E—l I-LI-lE—■ IEJ IPrMjM (j® iItI H Your Summers Go Better B| fj thanks to the soda fountain—soda nj ijw fountains -are better, thanks to Ml [ w —the drink that made the soda fountain 18P ' Q national institution. That's because [D| ih it gave them a useful, wholesome, deli- [|m|. W cious and refreshing beverage to serve. I UfJ » J" * Demand the genuine by full name—nickname* encourage subetitutwn. ( AVI THE COCA-COLA CO.. ATLANTA. GA. THBKK OF HALCV’S FIVE OAMKS aCOBK.. 245 on BETTER Tom Haley delivered some of the fluent bowling of the season last sight, when he rolled five gain>>s «t Hweeney-Huaton's for an avirage o( 22k and a fraction. Four of the five game* were more than 200. two were 245, and a third vii 246. Fred Galstar happened to be opposing Haley in a Greater Detroit tourney match, and Ills excellent average of IV4* didn’t do him any good. D. A. B. A. To Moot. The thMroit Amateur Baseball as sociation will meet at the reeren •lon commission office in the Far well building U night. New clubs ‘eeklng membership must have their entries In before May 15. ttcmnuu 4 HOMRRRi W Ilium*. I Mb*, *ST 4 o*»er. Pir ate* | Barker. WaablMlM. ass M * rr». %thel4le*i Iltis*lrlek. Brave*, off Palaiero. 4*loat*. AWUSKMBNTS, tiff* «• 441, row **4 aits TOM BBOWNM MINsnUBI.* MR. mm 4 MBS. BA BN MY «tt,NO>B •"-OTHER OB RAT ACTS—4 zrss. pnwff-yr«snaAft.. MADDrAtfxsrs 3**t Weefci -me Mrtl eg ■ gagsa* GISH ” Marriage Pelln M*9 gm. Mat*, off seat* IH. «Aimicit - r%jrw*s: VAUOHAN OLASKR « w __ And ***** otto PatsritM. nrnmtr Rivts steamcws beEle Jl ® ISLE MAfi.r Fvaai * a. a*, la I* 9. m. Waadword and taatgaa Ava. Daeka. TUESDAY, NAY I, ltt*. WELSH AND WHJHREADY Will Fight 20 Rottnda at Bomn Aires If Money Is Posted NEW YORK May 9.—lightweight Champion Freddie Welsh and Chal lenger Charlie White are today prao tl-ally matched to meet at Buenos Aires, Argentine, sometime In lato July or August. Fans there havo offered 520.000 for the bout; If the mouey Is posted the boxers will leave here July 2. The bout, If staged, will be 20 rounds. Dicker * are now being made to have Jick Britton and Ted meet In the Argentine capital, also. V* aever Save oora aay ao< ao Mark aloasaro oat of a ralToA ■trike a* tmotre Bill By row. AMPIWm «aid«- km t I VALENTINE QUANT I I to *n» iiraocwT ur I K| *m« rawiKu nmir Ulwilkar Ma*k aa* Kalla Walkar HgSLi'S ftSS! J "“ o ” , ‘^’ , moßHnia*DnFirßsni FOLLjIC^IY W#«<—rwi Infill i% Itw. LYCKiiiw sig-^ajariag "The Fortrae Hunter w»»<i AfrtlM nißM* "AftA—»" CAPiU AC THE THKtfPIL "■•HI IN THB MUTP