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SATURDAY. APRIL >«. t»»T.
Real Pennant Battling to Start Sunday, When Flag-Chasing White Sox Come to T<M|
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SOMK piping hoi pennant brawling wUI be dished up at Mr Navtn •>
outdoor palace of nwat Sunday afternoon The aame dish. Rerved
with tobasco aauce, Is on Ihe menu for Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday The White 801 are coming and whether or not these
rleror young gentlemen from Chicago leave town a* healthy *s when they
arrived will have a big bearing on certain perplexing matters that wt
come to a bead next October It Is very likely that the Tigers will not win
the pennant this seaaon unless they whale the tar out of the White Kox
and It la likewise vet*y probable that the White Sox will not cantei
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«ra« hunters <»f skill. Detroit won 15 of 12 games from Chicago l ?
shat fact made this hamlet runnerup to Boston tn a li|h ’ r * .
Issirolt captured only eight of 22 games from Chicago in 1!1«. wl IJJ
fact made the Hose runnersup to the Red Sox In another quite r g
fag frolic
The White Kox toted about the same strength In 1815 that they t ad
tn 181* So did the Tigers Why Detroit should clean up with Chicago
one year and curl up the next may appear to be Just one of thoae elusive
things that puts a punch Into the national pastime. But there Is no m'Mt-n
about it. I»etrott failed to exert Its oldtime jinx over Chicago last
because It wae against the White Sox that the feeble pitching staff of 1. 16
d ,d its worst. The Comlskeyteera picked on the Tigers when the pick
mg happened to be softest Coveleskle and I»au*s had »0
<M?lcago The role snared five out of eight start, sinna
a.id IHmss snagged three out of five. Thoae were g .. Tiaer
complete the 181* conquest of the Hose by our No oth g
heaver won a lone decision over the Kox. say the ret or
Chicago scored eight runs in e’ach of two games that they won from
Detroit last year. The Boi scored six tallies in each of two other triumphs
over Tlge. Thetr winning counters were twelve, nine and seven in other
victories. That account. Xor .even miserably pitched games and that I.
half of the Chicago wins. Once last year the Ttger. scored nine runs
against Chicago and lost. Another time they scored six runs and
«oTh« -comm, four run. .nd
two runs and lo.t Pitching of even ordinary merit would have bag**d sev
•ral of these decisions.
May Do Bettor.
WE still string along with the assertion that the Tiger slabbing
staff is much Improved this year. The samples served this
spring promise greatly Increased strvugth. Ordinarily *<><"'
pitching last year would have evened up the Chicago'Detroit
inter-city series to such sn extent that It would h»ve given this city seroml
place and probably the treasure flag The Whit* Kox seem stronger than
last rear only on first base, and that Is not likely to make much difference
to the Tigers, because John Ness always did hit Bengal pitching mighty
hard There are only two good reason* why Detroit may not return to
something like thair 1915 mastery over the Sox are 1-aber and
Williams Faber won all four games he started against Tlge last yeat
and Williams captured three of four decisions. IJow these two fellows get
along with Detroit this season is likely to bes big pennant factor.
If the weather is warm tomorrow. Manager Jennings expects to pitch
Ifirry Covsleskie. The program for the Chicago series calls for the Pole
in the first game. James is slated for the Monday contest. Plhmke will go
Tuesday, and Dauss will conclude the series, proriding he gets in some
good practice before then If Georg. I« no* in top shape. Jennings will
choose from Jones. Poland and Cunningham
Hughey is rearing to start Jones. The lad showed so much In two
Innings Wednesday that it seems impossible to keep him out. He has
the stuff, all right, but the first time a smart club get* at him. he is very
likely to be bunted out of the box Carroll never will be great until h*
learns to held hts position. Until he develops In this respect, probably he
will be held In leash for relief work, despite the temptation to Use his
tipping curva tn regular turn.
Hughey Win*
N>T manv days ago Hughey Jennings fired a broadside, st the lax en
forcement of the balk law. complaining that the tolerance of the
umpires had made baserunning s lost art and robbed the game of
many a thrill It ought to have. Hughey's notion is to compel the
umpires to enforce the balk law to such an extent that players ran
again run the paths without fear of unfair deception on the part of pitchers.
One of the most Interesting portions of Hughey s lecture was that which
dealt with a comparison of base running In the old days and nowdays.
There wasn't a club in the American league last ye„r that could average a
atolen baae a game There were five clubs In U. Johnaon's circuit that
couldn't average two thefts in three jousts.
Jennings aava that tn the nineties, when runners could start with the
pitcher's motion without fear of Illegal delivery, each good club had at least
four men who could among them steal 2uo sacks a season. All this dope
was boiled in Texaa. where old lime records were scarce. Now we have
the dope on Hughey. He was modest. The Big Four of the Orioles actually
stole 7U9 bases in three consecutive seasons! Here are the amazing
figures |*nft i sea i swr
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> Keeler 21 TU
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And in those days Philadelphia bad Billy Hamilton—the 100 or no count
Tally trail burglar-and Boston had a crew fast enough to make the Orioles
squawk oftener than once In a whUe Httghey can crab about modern
base running all he wants to. He totes a license good in any state of the
Union and Canada.
Walter at the Gate
RECENT compilation of attendance records at Navln field brought out
ihe fact that until last Wednesday, both the top record and the
second record belonged to Kabbaths w lien Walter Johnson pitched
against the Tigers, and that the Cleveland park record la also
credited to a Sunday afternoon when Walter dished up a few smoke bails
for the boys That ought to prove something concerning the ability of a
star pitcher to draw at the gate A fellow like Johnson or Alexander can
work only once in four days, but he can give the turnstile a hot box on
that fourth day.
Walter will have two chances this season to take a pot shot at the
new Detroit attendance record created Wednesday. Washington #ill be
here on Sunday, July 7. and on Sunday. August 19. Maybe the July date
will not be in the championship class, because on the preceding Wednes
day the White Kox will play a double header here in celebration of Inde
pendence day. The August Habbath has record possibilities. *
MicKigan'ti Super-Je.vs
J 1 ESS WTU.AnOli* ti.~ Twrtght champion of ths wortd chiefly because
he Is six feet and half tall, has « reach of nearly 84 inches, and
weighs t#6 pounds when In fighting trim. He possesses wallop, en
durance and boxing skill, but these talents are offset by a gentle
soul that finds no Jol In battling. The blggent champion the fistic world
ever had. Is the verdict on Jess. That’s the bunk. The biggc.-t boxing
Champion the wortd ever had belong* to Mtrhigan. He was born In this
state in 1820. He won his title In IMS and held it two years This Wol
verine king of fisticuffs was six feet. 11 inches tall, and weighed 820 pounds.
Hla name was Charles Freeman He left Michigan to play strong man in a
circus. For such a whale, he was quite agile and found pleasure In spar
ring A promoter discovered C harley In a side show and Induced thla
prehistoric beef trust to go to England as a fighter.
Freeman agreed and learned to bo* while on shipboard, bound for
Europe In all Europe there was only one man who would fight Freeman
The daring one’s name wa» William Ferry. He was later to become
known as the Tipton Slasher, heavyweight champion of England. Freeman
outweighed the Slasher 116 pounds and had 10 Inches In height on the little
fellow. The articles called for a bare knuckle encounter under the Ix>ndon
prise ring rules, and the winner’s reward was to be |sf>o In coin of the
realm.
Here was a championship fight that was a scrap It lasted two days.
For 70 rounds on the first day. the 190 pounds of Slasher pummelled the
820 pounds of circus freak Then fog compelled a postponement. For 89
rounds on the second dsy the 190 pounds of Slasher pummelled the 120
pounds of Michigan frontiersman. At the end of round 109, the Slasher
punched himself out He dropped to the ground In his exhaustion and was
disqualified. Freeman took the puree, proclaimed himself rharppion of
the world, and like Willard, found worthy foemen scarce
Only on* challenger took a chance with the American Hia name
wi4 K'd Tuberculosis, and he won by a technical knockout at the end of
two years, when the Old Referee with the Scythe mercifully stopped
the tight to save the beaten champion from further punishment.
Burned Out at Twenty-one.
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EDDIE HANLON FOUGHT 20-ROUND DRAWS
WITH a CHAMPS - ATTELL AHDTbuNG CbCBOT | AH. VWEN HE
HE WAS'THCu’AT 21 ■ I| 1 1 rousaT Owen Moean
By ROBERT L RiPLfcV.
“Kewpie’’ Ertle may retire from
th< ring unless he regains his form
Aitho but 21 years of age. EOrGe
f»ara that he ia '‘slipping”—that hr
hn» b'lyn-d himself rut.
Ertle is just another Instance cf
many hovers who have found them
selves “has been*” at the age wbep
they could be the great “! am'*’
Ihe prise ring la a bit too atrenuous
for undeveloped boys. Be warned'
The most famous instance of
youthful folly Is Eddie Hanlon Ed
die Hanlon was s wonderful fight
er. He began at the age of !5. and
at the age of 17 he fought 20-rouud
BOLAND ON SUB
IN FINAL GAME
Beraie to Go After Indian
Scalp; Tippecanoe Club
Day at Navin Field
Two down, hut with 152 holes to
play, the Tigers are ready today to
tackle Cleveland’.* Indians In the
dual game of the opening serU«.
There Is no chance to win the series,
because the first two games went to
(hi visitors, and Ihe third was post
poned because of cold weather No
congest is too trifi!ng to overlook
In this league, h iwever. and Tlge is
d-'srm ned to g ugc at least on?
decision out of the FohJli'-s before
they leave town \Unnft>T Jennings
announced this morning that he
would pitch Bernle Boland In the
Saturday contest He: ate usually
Is poison for the Indians, and when
he last appeared this sprit.g. p*- had
a lant ball that tv.is better than any
thing he ever «how, and tn this ctt>
There Is Ilk*’y t.» be a bit of ro
mance connected wl*h Bernie's slab
I -ng est >rts tins sfte»r<oon At tin
mart of the irt *tn- trip, the .It:
••gtn lender anno t r>l liu> • n*. ig«-
tn* nt lie had planned to wed soon
after the season started, end It has
teen suspected tjgpt the wedding
hells would ring the day after he
pitched hts first game of the *ea*on.
The Cleveland pitcher is expected
to be either Klepfer or T-ambeth.
hut the adverse weather condition-*
may induce Manajtcx Fohl to mange
hts plans. In fact, the game mr.y
be called ».ff again beenuee of the
cold, b.ut the policy of the Detroit
club is nev--r to postpone a Saturday
or Sunday game if there Is m
ble rhanre to pl«).
The Tippecanoe Athletic club will
be the fans of honor at Navin field
today. Members to the number of
1.400 havs made reservations and
will parade to the park In autonso-
Lilea. Not the least Interesting fca
ture of Tippecanoe club Uny will b«
sn Indian band of 50 pieces.
FORDNEV WANTS TO
WAR TAX BASEBALL
WASHINGTON. April 14
Sports have entered the high cost
of living lists On the theory
that all sporting events baseoall.
pugilism, horseracing. etc.—are
luxuries. Rep Fordney, Michigan
Friday on the floor of the house
urged a special tax on nil admis
sion tickets to such errnts as a
means of raising additional funds
for the nation to rstry on the
war
DETROIT TIMES
diHWtt with two cuampiona- Ait.*-i
and Young Corbett —who had jus:
whipped Terry McGovern He also
beat Benny Yanger the same year.
It was the first time that Yanger
was ever defeated, and he was In
his prime, having a short time
previous knocked out Attell, Young
Corbett. Harry Forbes, and won a
decision over George Dixon
However, *t the age of 21—an
aye «hi(4 should have been Ms
bvst, Hanlon was absolutely thro--
a wonderful career was ended
Take K O. Brown Happy' croup
eyed little ‘'Kayo' was • •ba-*
been'* at the age of 24. He is ai
moat forgotten now—and he is not
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING.
W L Pet W L P- t
t'l»T*l'd I 0 I.OAA St. Lula I 1, .'>oo
Honor I 0 1.000 Detroit o "00
Aiih n 5 0 1 000 v. York 0 ? non
Chicago 1 1 too Athlat ■ 0 2 000
)«IHrdi; a bur*.
< ’laraland In Detroit.
Beaton In N*w York.
Washington In Philadelphia.
Chictfu In St. I»ula.
rrUir'i s*»«uit».
r’laveland - Detroit—fold.
Boetnn-New York-—W'et ground*
W»«hin*tnn - Philadelphia W>t
ground*.
Inning* 1 > I 4 i « 7 * % H If K
Chicago . 0 0 A 0 | 1 A 0 I—3 <t 2
St Louie .1 0 A 2 0 1 A 0 • 4 * A
Ratterlee--Faber. Danforth »n«l
Schalk Koob. Sot heron and Mat*
Umpires—lflldenrand and o'l/>u|hlm
NATIONAL LEAGUE
HTtHDIIG
tY L Pot TV T. r »
Ch Ira go S 0 1 000 St. Lula 1 2 *'l
f'htllioa. 1 0 10 On Boaton. o l "An
N. Tork I « 1 009 Rrnrk’n ft l oon
flncl tl. 1 1 00? Ptttab h 0 1 .<*aa
ftatardar** Raair*.
St T»ule In Cincinnati
N#ar York In Horton
Pbilllea In Brooklyn.
• ’lttaburgh In Chicago
Friday’a fteaalta.
Inning* I23«sa:ai P UK
St lunula. . A 1 a a a a ; a A .1 a £
Clnclntl ..0 0000000 2 2 * -3
Batteries—Stoat and Snyd*r. J>lit<h
all and Wlngo. I mpirti— Riglat and
Orth
N'aar York Rn*ton Rain
Philadelphia - Brooklyn ">t
ground*.
Inning* 1 I t t t « ? t • R H K
Pmabu'gh | (t| » M * 0 2
ChM ago I 1 000000 *. a * A
Rattarlaa—Mamaua and Schmidt
Tteuther and Huhn. Dmplrea Klrtn
and Knalta.
“Y” HAS TOURNEY
FOR KID TEAMS
Tha Y, M C. A. thla month mil
give the Junior basketball laam* of
tha city an opportunity to plar out
a schedule for tha Junior champion
abtp. Tha Aral gamas will ba played
toi.ight. tha toumtmant starting it
? o'clock at tha "Y* gym Tha fal
lowing church taama will play out
tha Arat round tonight;
Campbell II R u. Herman Bapt'it
Blmpaon Tabarna< lava. Trumbull
Aranua Praahytarlan
Brlatah Bible Claaft va. Martha
ffolma* M K
Scoval Memorial Preahyterian ve
Central M R
North Woodward M It vi Red
Brick*
Jahnsan Win*
Olda bant Saga, SO to 37 ard
Johnson baat Olda. 50 to 37. In th*
city championship fourttay play *t
three cushion* at Sweeney-Huston's
Friday.
Freddie w etag tSe Msk«w*daht
‘ h*ni*t*« Ha* added a tag-acre tract
la Raw Jean*? ta at* realty balding*
—By Ripley.
t|>UU .4 . I .iff ol . ~i»>-*n, uu
d**i the skilful handling of Ihin Mor
grn, reached the summit of his fame
at the age of 2d. when he whipped
Ad Wolgast. then champion of tbe
w-ortd and knocked wit "Harlem
Tommy*’ Murphy In one round He
wr.s then matched with Matt Wells,
champion of England at the time,
ard the bout drew a record gate for
lUht weights—something over 830.-
not).
Frankie Neil of Fti«co. the han
tarn champion in 1903 04. won and
hst the Mile he wraa oil
enough to vole He quite the ring
entirely soon after his twrvmty third
birthday.
DEVONSHIRE
OPENS MAY 12
Date for Opening Racing
Season Across River
Is Set
In less than a month, horsemen
who patronize the Canadian racing
circuit will know where thsy stand
on the shipping proposition. It has
benn Intimated that they will have
difficulty In securing special horse
trains this year.
It Is announced that the Devon
shire track, at Windsor, will open
May 12. That will be the t-lgnal for
Bowie. Hot Spring* and Tijuana
horsemen to «hip into Canada for
the summer.. In case the Dominion
government refuses permission for
the special trains, many horsemen
probably will lexve their steeds at
Windsor all summer long They
ran do that with some profit, oe
cause there will be six meetings on
three tracks over the river this
year.
!>evonshlre purses will total
190 each da\. Ther« will be a >l.-
PPO feature race, one fkUO event,
thres |7oh scampers, and two nutri
bers worth ff>oo ea< h In charge
of the judg* s' stand thl-* year will
be Martin Nathanaon. and his aid
will l»e Willmm Morrison. Judge Ste
I‘lerre and Charles Campau.
M. I. A. aTtEAMS
GET STARTED
M.rn*v MW»K \luiJ : 4 —Mfc-hl
van intercollegiate baseball Is get
ting a running str-rt this week
'•his afternoon Albion college will
play Kazoo Normals on the Albion
i amond OUvwt i«.*.l**d Ypsilanti
Friday and took a 7 to 1 trimming
olivet was |e* down with four hits
fcy PoWers Hillsdale tackled Kazoo
Normals at Hillsdale yesterday, and
was defeated, a to 2
JU4KK AYO HU KH
BEBSEQ
Steamers for Cleveland, Pittsburgh
and points Cast and South. 10:45
P. M. daily, Cantral tima. Pares:
Cleveland, $3.50. Pittsburgh, SS.SO
Steamers leave foot of Third avenue
STUAM'lllirt
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STATE BOWLING
MEET BEGINS
Down Teams to Compete at
Schmidtke’s Drives in
Opening Program
Twelv# five-men teanta, represent
Inf Detroit. Port Huron, Saginaw.
Grand Rapids and latticing, will
clash tonight at the Otto Kehmldtke
•tileys. Brush and MncombsU., tn
the opening rounds of the annua*
stale bowling tourney. Rolling will
be in two divisions, starting at 7 4.*
o’clock and at 10 o'clock The line
up for the opening night is as fol
lows:
First Sqn n a ■( 7i4A p. mi.
Alley Name and Captain
1 Elk* Knight*. Gd Rapids.
O It. i'urrv
2 Empire. Uneng A. U llarb
1 Hiudebaker Corp.. Deiratt,
A M Messier
4 Cal-le Puno Cos.. Detroit.
Wm. MacDougall
5 l-eibnld * Detroit \V . Lang
S River aides. Port Huron
L. R. Morton
Vrr.ml «<«*4 at Kt.SO p. an
Nam* and »'ity Captain—Alley
Massey*. t*etrolt .. . .. S. Massey 1
Lnshe'a Tailor*. Detroit.
T W Klnnell 3
Voss Tire A Rubber Cos., Detroit.
I* It Voss 3
Van Dveren, Saginaw.. F Brhoer 4
Co-mey A Smith, Saginaw,
M Cooney 5
Valley Home. Saginaw..J C. Oeder •
The tournanvenl will continue un
til April 24. Secretary Neszler an
nounce* an exceptionally large entry
list this year and an increaa io prize
money of no less than SI,OOO over
normal yeara. Six alleys will be
in use for the stale tourney all the
time, and Mr. Schmldtke has made
speclnl preparations for the com
fort and pleasure of the tournament
bow |ers
Jnmes C. Ilasa. owner of Ik* Cleve
land (min. has latest*-* sino.noo In
»rs platers alnee hr laah .ter the
Indiana a >ear a«s
Pennsy Athlete to RetattjfH
Sport and Prepare for Waj
300 Trained Athletea
Ready for Bugle
Call
PHILADELPHIA. April 14—Th*'
t’UlviTslty of Fenosylvnlla xihletlr
• warn*, without a Ringte exception,
b* gan their dally military training
‘hi* afternoon under Maj. M J
Pirkering, ihe graduate manager of
athletics, who served on the Meat
<utn border laai summer.
The crew, baseball, track, la
-1 rosse. swimming wrestling, gyro,
football and taoekry teams all
• timed out and there were 100 cf
•be finest athletes in the country
ir the first of the r* gular drills.
Penn intends to push her military
campaign, and not only will th*»
I.sffh undergraduates continue their
work with Maj. William Kolly. TT.
9. A., but Maj. Pickering plan* to
make s b'g drive with hia athletes.
Hr Will teach them all the drill
cone, an ddevelop them Into exper*
rifle- shots, bridge builders, and
road makers.
The Red and Blue athletic teams
are all continuing thetr athletic
training and will complete their
schedule. Penn will hold apriug
football practice anti Head Coach
hob Folwell has completed plans to
work out some 250 knights of the
pigskin. Folwell will direct the
work for about a month.
The Instant that Secretary cf
War Baker informs Penn that her
sons are needed, every athletic
rehedule will he abolished, some
2,500 under graduate* will be swept
Into a unit by Maj. Kelly and Maj.
PAIGE
Most Beautiful Carin/hnerica
NATURE is reawakening. And with
the coming of Spring, Summer and
the Season of Outdoor Living comes
the Call of the Road For the Joy and
Comfort of Tounng you and your family
require a car you are sure of, a car in
which you are comfortable, a car you
are Proud of.
Such a car is always a Paige. And if your
needs require a 6ve-passenger car such, in
fullest measure and without an equal, is
the new Paige Linwood “SiX'39* It has
all the essential features of the most ex*
pensive cars and the price is only $1175.
You will find Comfort in the roominess, in
the luxurious upholstering and finishing,
in the tremendous power of the motor
and the delightful ease —scarcely a finger
pressure —with which you can drive, ’
control and steer this amazingly lively car.
You will find in the Linwood the Pride as
well as Satisfaction which every Paige*
Owner feels and declares in his Paige.
Stratford “Six-ti" seven passenger, $1495 f.ah. Detroit
Fairfield “Six^46" seven passenger, $1375 fa h Detroit
Linwood “Six-39" five-passenger, $1175 f. a K Detroit
Brooklandx “Six-51" four pas**enjjer, $t<SQ5 f. o. h Detroit
Dartmoor “Six-jq" aor j-passenger, $1175 f. a K Detroit
Limousine “Six-51" seven passenger, sl7*o f. ab. Detroit
Sedan “Six-ti’* seven -passenger, $2300 fa b. Detroit
Sedan “Six 39" five passenger, $1775 fi ab. Detroit
Town Car “Six 41" seven passenger, $1750 f. o. b. Detroit
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.
Wetmore-Quinn
279-281 Jefferson Ave.. Detroit. Mick.
Onrn Evenings und Sundays
PAIEC*
SPORTING LCGION Wlkki : »
FURNitH sue ertAMfeflp
NKW YORK April I^HMM
mmvv S moeefutto Heat
'■Jtimuriur chaeera -la lho fMfjßi
attracttoa to recnil*a
'li»* aportlng i-gion today. j|
There are more* of tMgiyHH
apt t*u boata than there art aMfljfl
An a refttilt men looking for flfiQ
mediate action are eaaliy acttfil
modated In tbla branch of |9B
aervice The ‘porting legion flB
composed entirely of mag
have followed athletic It nee. ]
» Irkenn* will have :UK) athletaa
■»»•*» er nny purpose that l ucl* la J
tray deair*. |
Moran l«at« Cowtor. 4
NtW YORK. April 14,-JWt M
Drove that he U n* good M WtyfM
Fulton. Frank Moran last MIJP
Knocked out Tom Cowlar Mb 4M
'ourth round of a echednled
bout her*. Cowlar never 111 11
t hanre J
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th« 4*r
Its-til Cam Am, DUf :
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