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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 8

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SPORTING SECTION Johnson Wins Game That Should Have Been Scoreless RECORD BREAKING CROWD 24455 SEES TIGERS BEATEN IN INE PITCHING DUEL RIDERS WHO WILL SHOW SPEED HERE AND NEW MOTORDROME ERRORS TO BLAME OR ALL RUNS MADE IN THE STRUGGLE Lets in ourth HARRY GIBSON BETIIOI AMERICAN LEAGUE AB OA MANDING 0 3 5 3 3 Hendershott Has Edge on Von Speed Course best baseball contest NATIONAL LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE and and for Mack pal HALDA A AB A Mills 0 nirklnrond In America BATHERS ALL 0 0 0 Runs BEORE The Stroh Brewery Co Detroit Mich to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION El Toledo RED SOX II 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 NOT SO BAD AGAINST MR JOHNSON MW 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 AB SB TB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 1G 3 0 0 MICHIGAN LEAGUE SOUTH 0 6 0 3 0 0 RHE uowen bank 2 I Gagnon 0 0 Totals 33 0 0 0 1 JOHN WOODHOUSE CO Distributors When Responding to ree Press Advertising Sav'e Your Sales Slips See Page 3 3 Most V'l A 7 expensively Brewed Beer 3 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 SH 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 Tnotney 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis Minneapolis 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 16 de and the 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Wtlsh Milligan Peltier 8 0 one and io0n booked to The North 2106 1 4 for this season 13 14 14 li 12 IS 11 21 One rut when winning Parsons out In sixth hit Red bv i 3 0 1 0 0 41 4674' A311 Columbus Kansas 'tty JuUvide Milwaukee Kaylf Scrlbners Gagnon 2 Dingwrlll 0 in Pc 7 4 1536 both sides the main 9 10 0 0 1 3 In ninth ninth YANKEES AGAIN BEATEN Talhert Weaver Renner base on Hit THE DETROIT REE PRESS: MONDAY MAY 19 1913 the remainder SB 0 1 0 2 0 1 from there home was Hodge says he has no first chance to inning when single to cen wedlsh Cobb The that it in Oldrlng was driven by Umpire Dineen Mayor Oscar Marx consented Sat urday afternoon to personally at tend the opening of the new De troit motordrome to inaugurate the sicjrt in Detroit by acting as starter of the first heat uf tin: Mayor Marx sweepstakes At this meet the St Louis teain of five riders will meet home team which will be captained by Don Klarkc while the St Louis team will have as captain Cat" Gibson The meeting between Klarke and Gibson will be a great feature of Die program The meeting Wednesday evening inaugurates a series of champion ship races between the Detroit Cleveland Cincinnati St Louis and the Detroit teams and each evening of racing Wednesday Saturday and Sunday will so a great intercity team race for the championship Old time cyclists who were promi nent in the days of cycle racing are greatly interested in the re opening of cycle racing as a sport in Detroit and will be In attend ance in great numbers for the open ing meet Many nave joined the ranks of motoring but many others have stuck to cycling and are now ardent motorcyclists AU are in terested in motorcycle racing as a sport no matter what their affilia tions at present onl slug the Johnson the greatest time one should not the fact that a pin named Zamluch hur baselxUl in a I eft on basps 'Euclids 15: I Struck By VanSkkle 3 by 5: bv Dean Michels 2 Wild plti 2:10 Northrup Zanilocn McKee In ninth inning 0 Crop of 1912 Vuelta Aba jo exclw sively used in fl Premo 5 Burgess Huth 2 Lagoe inn Petrosky s6 Kirby 5 Totals37 10 1 12 will race her in 2:08 1 2 last understand her else Strafford buth Adrian 7 Elint 7 LjinalnK 6 Battle Creek 8 5 545 3 4 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 off Zamloch WILL HH THE (ENTER IT NOW 1 Pc 18 10 M3 19 11 576 18 15 545 18 15 545 Phone Main 316 OR A CASE Delivered to your home DETROIT I I I 0 I 0 dette in Pretty Duel Score Is 3 to 2 elids wen left languishing on the paths Catcher Knapp looked good to the crowd as did Dingwvl) while Boh Kay made a classic clutch in left field Manager Burbank's work was the only bright spot for the Score: ror 1 he Home The athletic exhibition at Euclid park yesterday started out re sembling i hockey developed into something resembling basketball and terminat'd in what looked Hk TB aH 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 hitting The score: MT CLEMEN'S AB 0 the outskirts of the ully 5000 stood or ropes or found vant the fences Several sought a haven on bat vo base Gainer EUCLIDS AB MACK PARKERS SCORE WINNING RUN IN TENTH MAYOR MARX WILL START IRST EVENT Wil EX THE AVENUE 'NEAR THE HUDSON MOTOR COMPANY'S PLANT fast the bv Outfielder Carrier on the rebound the Centerfield fence the fleet outfielder was safely perched on the semi final cushion Parsons the n'Xt man up who took place in the fourth when was oanisneci ror disputing a vision hit through Vondette the winning run camo across Mueller Milan in Morgan 2b fiandll lb Laporte 3b McBride a Shanks 1 Alns'lth Johnson NEXT EW LAV IS IN (I1B AT THE CROWD BETTERS PREVIOUS RECORD BY 73 Totals 83 8 27 14 and again such portions of it as were nut already leaning In attitudes of careless grace against the outfield ropes Moriarty was must orna mental defender catch that he pulled at the expense of HowardShanks being the head liner of the afternoon both because of its in trinsic worth and because it saved some trouble With nearly 25000 persons In a park that was built to seat less than 20000 it is needless to say that there was a thick hem of hu manity arouna field of battle at behind the age points on hnndrpri rl the roof of the grandstand but these Alpine explorers were shooed down by the attaches in or der to save some of them from fall ing off and breaking their necks when things became exciting down below Mr Nevin took no chances on having his coffers lightened by st Joe County Gamw Social to The ree Press Sturgis Mich May White Pigeon 1 Sturgis 2 Burr Oak 3 Constant Cen treville 14 Mendon 7 Ooton 3 Three Rivers 3 (17 innings) called account dark ness rtit'ff Three basc hits Carrier Sacrifice Harins stolen Harms Gutzeit Car 'irSt IDtBC OTI UMHS lilt irst Ballantincs 2 Baliantlneu 10 Struck out Ry Hendershott 9 by Vondette 5 Time Two hours York Pc Kalamazoo 5 8 455 Jackson 5 8 455 Bay City 5 8 455 Saginaw 3 7 30? Batted for titan for Iloin in Waited for Steen In ninth Inninas Cleveland Athletics Rune Tumer Innes 4 Baker 2 Two base hits Bairy wydwiff larKson Baker Sac atsn Benner stolen Hasee nn bails bt off Bender 1 Hr: Left on huiw truck Totals31Batted for Batted fpr Innt igs Detroit Washington Pitching 7 hila and 29 times at hit 4 times at bat in 1 Inning run scored by batted ball 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 and pronounced by connoisseurs to be the finest Havana Tobacco grown on the Island of Cuba since 1905 MomLsy'a Games Ja kson at Bay City Aaiainaxoo at Juismg sginaw nt Rattle Creek bsx at Adrian Johnston 14 Chapman a 3 Olson 3 4 Turner J3 Jackson r4 Ryan m4 Grancy I 4 C2 Steen 3Lujole 1 tLelboid 0 JBeall 1 inning bases ihe contest might still be going on tarte mt one or vonueites ones on the seam and when horsrhide had bet retrieved Games Athletics at Detroit Boston at Chicago Washington at Cleveland New York at St Louis Sunday's Results EDRAL LEAGUE Covington Covington 9 Chicago 8 Cievoiand: Cleveland 6 Pittsburgh 4 Everything Is in Readiness for irst Races at Motordrome It E022 4 13 2 MeQuillen Tally Cleveland Mack's Athletics in tilt break on the series Wyckuff started the game for th visitors but weakened ami was dr ricked in the secund and Bender substituted Barry was the star his work being responsible for three of th AuutJLiiM runs from the game The score: CLEELAND li 2 11 uf high life As a sample of tho game It ia only necessary to sav that 15 Eti Both pitchers were in rare form ani nad it not been ror mighty wallop in the tenth which was good for three Wolverines defeated the to the tune of 8 to 4 The fraturft uf the game was the quick ami active work of the Infiehl Man ager Krieko had Harvie and Kmrv as a battery: Emery pinyins a nn game and Ilarvle allowing but hits They have also secured iht services of at third base who plays' a fine game The Wol verines will journey tn Wyandot to play the fast Hillside on Decor ation day or games write Krieko 725 Beaubien street nr North 1310 Ja BENDER SAVES IT WHEN WYCKO IS DERRICKED of the season at Mack pack Hender shott pitched the club to a hard earned victory over the Bal lantines in a battle which lasted 10 innings Vondette former South Michigan league hurler opposing him and thp final score being 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Jackson i some damage suits to say nothing of his humanitarian distaste for having Day patruns tumbling on the heads of others who had paid equal ly good money to see ball game rather than leap for Hfo all Oil I'eucv As it was a young man arrayed in a violent shade of brown suit ing did a Brodie off the fence near the scoreboard when Gainer got his first two bagger but survived the dive and lived to root for Del's second extra base smash Gainer by the way was the three star special as a batter get ting a pair of two sackers neither ul which needed the assistance of the mob and being placed on first base another time through stopping one ul fast ones with his arm Jennings wanted him to be allowed a home run and a medal for bravery on this occasion but Griff presented a minority report which was accepted by the umpires as reason for over ruling the homo reasonable request it be like Ty Cobh tu lei 24455 people gu home without seeing him do some uf the things that have gained him the laurel as brightest jewel Ho had but one chance as he wasn't rocking any fences with Johnson's delivery but he grabbed this op portunity like a mink grabs a stray broiler With one out in the seventh he hit over third Laporte making a great stop but being un able tu throw him out 27 12 eighth hieing Innings 0 2 Hy Zamkrh 5 Moe Her Gsn'lll McBride Alnsmith 2) by Johnson 1 McKe Baue on Off Zamlor i (McBride) off Johnson 2 Veach High) Double plays McBride and Gandll irst base un Detroit 1 Washington 2 Laft on Detroit 7 Washington 6 Hit by pitched Johnson 1 (Galmr) ww ssimiocn tuporiej lite Cunnoily and Mcutcevy Atten MtM A 0 Poor Exhibition Is Staged With the Delray Red Sox Who Are Worse Than Home Club Mackmen Break Deadlock in Sixth and Trip Birmingham's Outfit 4 to 2 inding Steen for 10 Safe Blows Results Adrian 6 lint 5 Bay City 13 Jackson 9 Lansing 3 Kalamaz oo 1 Battle Creek 7 Saginaw 5 AB r6 Oldrlng r1 uaiey tn Collins 2 Baker 3 Melnnes 1 Walsh tn Barry Lapp Wyckoff Bender EUCLIDS BUST IN WIERI) TILT Totalsc32 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 1 1 ns tilts Baker Barry laly Ktepn 1 off Wyckoff base on Athletics 1'tvlnnd 7 Athlclka Stern 4 by Wyckoff I by Bonder 3 Ti Dlneon and Hart ATHLETICS 0 0 With perfect play on both sides the game would have been scoreless hi the regulation nine innings and they might have battled until dark without altering these conditions Zamloch's failure to cover first base promptly following an error by Cobb and followed by some hust ling on part and a bud throw by McKee gave Washington outh of its runs in the third in ning hit error which enabled Ty tu sprint from first to third and a clean steal of home blended to produce the De troit tally Tills happened in the seventh and made it necessary fur Johnson to bear down in the clos ing part uf the brawl tu save him self from being tied up or beaten In buth the eighth and ninth tiie Jungalevrs had scoring openings the one in the semi final frame be ing the best ot tiie game burring Cobb's seventh inning solo But set the table as they did the Ti gers couldn't onset the fact that a uivine Providence made Walter a little better than any other heaver so only excitement arrived wnere a harvest of runs seemed imminent Johnson allowed five hits two uf them doubles by Del Gumer issued three bases on bans and hit a man the gitts being more than he usu ally passes out any one after noon Had he been a human being instead uf a machine for shouting the ball tu the plate his wildness might have been his undoing but under the existing circumstances It just guve opening for the fans to throw fits laint fall off the fence and do other untoward things Zamlorh Hut rd Little Zamluch was batted only a little harder than his celebrated and splendid rival and only two safe ties one of them the gift of his own tardiness in getting tu the first canvas figured in the run making The youngster from the west was cool and heady and was handled with splendid Judgment by McKee another man who but recently has cracked the big league snen Errors there were on and costly unes but in the fielding was great Bride and Laporte time Drought the crowd to its Highlanders Lose Another to the White Sox Special to The 'rce Chicago May 1 1 1 i hlandrs were defeated again today by th White Hux by a score of 5 tu 3 isher started to twirl Tor ih New York aggregation and lusted less than three full Innings navlng been chased for disputing wltn in umpire Clark tnicccvlad him ana the biz CunHiiucd ou Pngc Xlnr rutlg 1 Carrier hi McCallunil Brnwn Runway Vondette Schacht and McCarthy Martin ana vsiinama At Montreal 0 0020001 Jersey City 10010301 1 MeGraynr and Madden Mc Hale and Crisp Buab a Viit 2b Cra'ford Cobb Veach 1 Gainer lb 3b McKee loch 2 Lake 0 1 THREE YEAR OLD LAST TROTTER Barry Is Responsible Jor Three of the Runs While Error Totals43 Innings Mt Clemens Lavens 2 Premo Roth inn retroKy rLiroy xi Merritt Dery Noyes To uls 34 6 30 15 Dodge Sets Record at Lexington With One of Own Breeding kn eial io The ree Lexington Ky May 18 Until a heavy rain riday afternoon and put it out of commission fur train ing uses the Kentucky Trotting Hurse association track was fast and some very creditable work was dune oer it this week The fastest mile of th season tu date is 2:13 1 2 trotted by the tnree year uld buy filly llollyrood Bertha uy Joe Lodge dam Nciiit Vice by The Viceroy which was bred and is owned and trained by Dodge the millionaire medicine man The filly went tu the half in ami eased douut that she is capable of trot ting a mile in and he has in llollyrood May and Hollyrood Kate two others daughters of Joe Dodge that are of the same age and near ly as fast as is llollyrood Bertha John Dickerson rode a mile in 2:14 behind Gazeta the little black daughter of Admiral Dewey and Dickerman's good mare Portrait 2:23 1 i and Mike Bower man drove Andy Smith's Stainless in about the same time Waller paraded a mile in 2:12 1 2 fur A Owings Lillie the Great a three year old by Peter thy Great dam Mary Louise by Audu bon trotted in 2:21 for Will Owings Jr Joe Bowers 2:08 1 4 from the Dodge stable worked a mile in 2:16 Joe Bowers was lame last year but there is nothing the mat ter with him now air Virginia owned by Secre tary II Knight uf the American Trotting association and under lease to the Pastime Stable of Cleveland was shipped this week by Andrews to Chandler at Indianapolis wno Chandler drove her year and seems to better than anyone11sq Trotta and the property of Morris of Cleveland their breeder were ship ped this ek by Edward Allm to red Jamison at Washington Pa Jamison will race them over half mile tracks during the early part of the season and if they prove to be the goods he will get onto the big ring fur the latter end of the doings Lillian IL 2:04 1 4 owned by Captain David Shaw of Cleveland foaled twins a colt and a filly by Bingen 2:06 1 4 a few days ago The filly died and it is believed that the colt will live and thrive The mare has ern Man 9 2 0 7 May is Connte defeated the Naps and got an tveu Sunday's Results No games scheduled I'ltttiburgh at New York things looked deridly had tfio home team in work nt short Mills's splendid stop to get Dickin son In th ninth with Tourney wait ing on third to beore the wlnn'nK run were the brluht spots in the lialhintlnes's defense while h'chaiili's play at first base and thehortstonnlnc of Cameron and Par sons fentured lor or uric with a double and triple led the hitters and Carrier and Erutlg wore the best clubbers for the op posttion xt Hundav the Cuban stars whl li the ouponiits for the Ar at At St St Paul Columbus Karger and Miller anti Smith (Second game): RHE si Paul i Columbus 3 10 I Gardner and James Davis and Smith At li neft polls 3 6 3 Louisville 4 10 12 innings) and Owens: IxHidermllk Powell Smith demon ana neeier At Kansas City Indianapolis Kansas City Works and Cotter Vaughn and At Milwaukee 3 5 i 7 Cutting and Hughes Boskette and Livingstone Sevond gamv): Milwaukee 7 10 1 Toledo 2 5 2 Battrrlea and Hughes Steven son Walker and Kruger MUTOHDHOME MOTOIICYCLE RACING GAME AS CARRIED ON LN THE AMERICAN ILAGII ClKtlll LO11S4NI) DETROIT TEAMS CLASH LN SIX RACES THE OCCASION BEING THE OPENING A PICT! RE WHICH IS SHOWN IN Ttiw i'iam at i hi OUT THIS SHOWS THE TRACK IX AX UNCOMPLETED STATE BUT THE EIN1SHING TOUCHES WERE ITT OX 3ESTHHDAY A b'T EltXOOX AXI HH 11 MISS 'OR THE RIDERS TO WORK OUT ON UNTIL THE RACING HOI II WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 8:30 THE ItIDEll AT THE LEI'T IS SON WHO CAPTAINS THE ST LOUIS TEAM AND WHOSE DARING HIDES HAVE BEEN THE THRILLERS ALMOST EVERY' RACE HE HAS COMPETED IN RIGHT IS HARRY' McNAMUlA A CLEVELAND SPEED ARTIST WHO IS A MEMBER THE DETROIT HOME CLUB Misplays by Cobb and McKee and Slow ielding Give Nationals a Couple Gandil Muff and Clean Steal of Home Produce Solitary Home Youngster Gives Mighty Walter a Great Battle BY A BATCHELOR NY time a bail club gets one run off Walter Johnson the way that Swedish man is going nowadays it has a right to claim a moral victory regardless of the score and' the result of the game That is what Detroit did Sunday or rattier what Tyrus Cobb ac complished and the mere fact that Washington won the game 2 to 1 docs not lessen the Tigers' right to pat themselves on the back and remark: Walter was not quite so good as usual accord ing to the Washington players but he was plenty good enough when he had to be and if be had been any more effective it wouldi have taken much of the interest from the battle The game was close if one ever could be called' that with Johnson pitching on a two run lead of the time and the largest crowd that ever witnesed an athletic con test in Detroit numbering 24455 paid went home with something to talk about for weeks to come Detroit had men on the bases in seven of the nine innings and' often threatened to score At least the fans thought so though Walter did iiot appear to experience any sink ing feeling because there were some lads in white rompers wait ing on the sacks for the succor that never came In praising pitcher of all lose sight of leather party Lrl unni vp I 1 place that was not exactly a bed of roses It was the first game which Zam had started lor De troit and he covered himself with glory by running the invincible'swede a close race for honors Cobb's great work in the seventh lulling naturally called fur the in geat commotion of the day and fur several minutes after he mole home the fans were in hysterics Zam lochs line pitching in the face of very discouraging circumstances won him a lot uf iiservcd applause and toward the finish he was at tracting more 'attention than ids more celebrated rival Little Hughie High who enjavs the popularity that comes to all small men who cun do things drew a lot of attention when he appear ed as pinch hitter This voung ter without ever having dne anything of an ultra sensational nature here has become one uf the favorites were he in the gam every day would have his own private coterie of admirers in the bleachers whlcji Is about the last word Tn distinc tion for a ball player Totals 40 15 37 12 Imdngs Euclids 1 Red Sox 3 i Made bv Kav well 2 Weaver Knapp 3 McCallum 9 Bowen Renner Talbert Vansickle Bur bank 2 7 Scribner 4 I Gagnon Bowen 2 Talbert' 3 I Watson 7 off VanSickle 7 in 4 Innings off Tanner In innings joff McCallum 6 in 5 Innings Dean 1 I In 4 innings At Against Van sickle 20 Tanner McCallum 23 Dean 12 Threr baso Scribner Kacnfice numarsn eaver nenner i Stolen Gagnon Dingweli Allen Knapp Mcf'alhnn I Burbank Geisler Michels irst Oft VanSickle 3: Mcalhitn 9 by By Tanner Whltmarsh Weav er irst base on url Ms 4 Rod fOX Sox 7 Tanner Passed Tanner Dery 1 4 Levisun 2 3 Wilson a 4 Lapointe m4 Merritt 12 Games Cincinnati at Boston Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Brooklyn ATHLETICS TAKE GAME ROM NAPS Knapp I McCallum I Dtanp 9 2 11 2 3 Lajtoe Levison Roth Petrosky Dery Noyes Ttvo base Lavens Petrosky Three base Kirby Double Roth Petrosky and Lagoe: Petros ky Roth and Lagoe Wilson and Merritt Milligan and Wilson Struck out By La vens 5 by Peltier 4 Bases on Off Lavens 4 off I Stolen Pi emo Roth Lagoe 2 Petrosky Levlsufa Merritt 2 Parsed Kirby Wild pitcher 2 Two pours Johnson merely smiled in and buzzed a counit? over with un second of these Tv lifted so Ainsmith was able tu gather Nothing Third Washington did nothing until the third which Shanks began with a hit Ty fumbled the ball and Howard made second this error be ing the means of giving the Nation als a start toward prosperity Ain sniith had a little trouble with curves and sat down af ter three strikes Johnson rolled to Zamluch who intimidated Shanks back tu second and then threw the hitcher out Moeller came along with a slow one tu Gainer and Continued on lsc Nine Superbas and the Phillies See saw for League Lead Battle between Philadelphia and Brooklyn fur the lead is furnishing daily excitement for followers of the National league fortunes or a week or mure these clubs have been less than a game apart each regularly winning or losing when the other wop or lost and even ma tching postponementsManager Dahlen has develup ed a hustling organization whose boxmen are just now going well Kagan's showing in particular has been a great help to the Superbas The Quaker boxmen how ever have done even better work such men as Alexan der and Seaton keeping up their fine brand of twirling day by day Results Washington 2 Detroit 1 Chicago 5 New York 3 St Louis 9 Boston 1 Athletics 4 Cleveland 2 earing that the Pea oh would an nex second by the theft process unless discouraged Johnson began to heave the bail' over to Gandil to hold him on inally Walter put a little toot much zip on one of these cautioning pegs and Gan dil wiio used only a first sacker's glove and nut a mattress let it get through his hands Like a flash Ty was off lor third which point ho easily made Veach a left hand batter and a dangerous cuss in such a pinch was up and Johnson figured that Tyrus attempt the appar ent madness of trying to steal home in such a situation su he paid lit tle attention tu the antics and false starts engaged in by the runner around the far corner Here Is where sume great thinking came to aid He analyzed John son's mental processes and doped it out that Walter looking for anything so contrary to Hoyle guide and the constitu tion oi the United States of Ameri ca as a steal of home witn one out and a southpaw of King propensities occupying batter's box Sets ail for Home Therefore Mr Cobb set sail the plate and was uver it before Ainsmith who was thinking in tan dem with hi pitcher could get the ball un him Ty beat the play in the first place and Ainsmilh drup ped the ball in the second so he was reasonably safe It was as well planned and perfectly executed a piece of hall as the Georgian ever has shown Detroit and the crowd went into paroxysms of joy that by comparison would have made the inmutes of the vio lent ward of an insane asylum seemed subdued and self contained Having seen the peerless Cobb outwit the master of the mound the patrons were perfectly content to go home licked the defeat be ing no more than the course of events and the theft an interpolated number that made the show a suc cess reganuess or of the bill The fans had timir yell in the opening Crawford banged a on Both These Occasions in Detroit's history was 224GS which turned out April 21 the first home Sunday last year Did Ben nett record was is 471 thU? being the attendance on Sunday April IS lOvt when the Naps wtwe playing hero Detroit's biggest world's series thrung numbered 1s 277 which number paid lu see the ligers and Pirates play here Octo ber 11 umy crowd was one of the most enthusiastic but at tlie same time most orderly ever seen here it was partlcularlv friendly to the visiting players and Walter John son was given a splendid reception wnrii he appeared on the mound in the first inning and when he made acrosse but vr mice during I no I Tart in frigid rounds did It resemble th i 1 'arnn particular kind uf sport scheduled I Hu uiueia! scorer ny spreading the broad mantle uf cJianty was able to cut down the priors i modest 13 but it is a gm bet that the fans will swear this should be 1300 and this dues not include several dozen bone heads pulled during the fray The only redeeming feature fron the Euclid viewpoint lies in the fact that for six rounds the Euclids fought an uphill fight and finally won out because of the fact the Bed Sox played even worse than the home guards McCallum who was so good his last' time out was in a barrel of trouble from the kick off and was supplanted in the fifth bv Dean who stopped the hostiles cold as he was onlv nicked once during the four stanzas lie lolled Van Sickle started for the visi tors but was not right and gave way to Tanner In the fifth and this Ballantine Hendershott Tnrio 2 Schaub 3 Lee base hits Tarte Tuamey Tarte Mlllw Mills MrCiilIlini Hendershott 1 off Vondette 3 by By Hendershott Brown base on lft on 1 0 1 i Raker 2 Me Mt Clemens Weakened by Loss of Pitcher Is Easy for Carey's Men Mt Cletnrns Mich May Jim chib of Detroit showed the na tives some class as hitters today and won easily from the local Border league team Carroll who was to work today for the locals failed to appear and Peltier waa forced to go the route after having pitched a hard game Saturday Mt Clem ens put up a pretty game in the field and all the runs of the visitors were the result or good ciean Totals 39 827 14 Pitcher llnttle was a pitcher's battle from start to finish with both hurlers being accorded almost perfect sup port by their teain mates Ilcn was in trouble oftener than his rival but his iron nerve ever was present and he pitched him self out of rhe Jioles as if the has socks nai not uevn ptopieu dershott fanned nine batters Vondette set down five flliHtv fhut Ilondershott strung in the pinches the sixth and ninth innings are proof positive for lie extricated himself from holes in both the sessions wnen wan Clear Havana Cigars WASHINGTON AB Attendance at Opening Game Last Season Numbered i 24382 Paid Third Largest Throng 22468 1 Turned Out for irst Sabbath Contest of 1912 Cleveland Big BV A UATC1IELOK It there is anybody where news papers circulate who still harbor the delusion that Detroit is a bad ball town a Hash at the attendance figures for Sunday's game ought to convince him that there is some ruum for an argument on this point to say the least This goes fur Cleveland too where the idea of lack of support for its ball club originated and gathered the dimensions of an obsession It is hard for Cleveland ers to admit that there is a re deeming feature about the City of the Straits but figures especially when the visiting dub is paid uff by them do not lie Theie were 24455 paid patrons in the ball yard Sunday afternoon which Is 73 better than the previous record of 24382 established Apri 20 1912 the opening day of the local season with Cleveland as the attraction Both Secretary Navin of Detroit and Secretary oster of Washington verify these figures the Nationals' financial man being given a check for the money repre senting the share in a crowd of this size At least 2500 persons were turn ed away many mm accompanied by women declined to enter the park when they learned that standing room only ww to be had With a grandstand of greater capacity it is probable that there would have been 5U00 more present some fans undoubtedly anticipating the crush and staying away in consequence The third largest baseball crowd I 1 1 it I sporting II (Eh ffletott I I AT 2 RACING GAME A 4 1 4 '7 it i os a 5 1 6 0 uiio 3 0 0 0 i 4 0 0 3 p4 3 i 7 werSKSsKf 2 I fl9 a PM frit 5fl ISA dte ti 1 i I i 4 I Pc Pc Athletics 49 7 731 St IxHiis 14 19 424 Wash' ton 17 9 G54 Boston 12 18 (X) Cleveland 19 11 633 DETROIT 10 21 323 Chicago 20 12 625 New York 7 24) STANDI N4 Pc I Pc Phillies 16 7 696 Chicago 15 15 500 Brooklyn IS 9 667 ton 11 14 410 Sew York 14 12 63S rgh 13 17 111 St Louis cindifati 8 20 286 STANDING I To Tc Newark 16 10 015 Toronto 12 I8n Buffalo It 593 RnrhGter 13 15 44 Bahimore 14 11 560 Montreal 10 II 417 Providence 12 13480 Jersey City 1117393 Result At RHE Newark 000000000 07 3 Rochester 0 230 lOOO 12 2 AB II Bowen a 4 1 I Rtmnerm 4 10 Talhenl 4 5 VanSfiklop 2 1 2 Tanner 1 Rurh8Dk2 4 0 Watson: I Brayman 4 I Geisler If? 4 MkhviMc 4 I 9 Totals 34 7 21 2 4 5 7 9 10 2 1112 I 2 0 0 Whitmarsb Din I pill.

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